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March 21, 2016
Commentary: Assignment To Harass

Attempts by authoritarian governments to intimidate and harass Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists only serve to emphasize how well these reporters are doing their jobs, says RFE/RL's Editor in Chief Nenad Pejic.
June 05, 2015
Khadija Ismayilova: When Your Principles Become Your Life

Today, June 5, Khadija Ismayilova has been in prison for six months. But everything started much earlier than December 5, 2014, when she was arrested and incarcerated.
January 14, 2015
Commentary: 'Je Suis Charlie' Is Not Good Enough

At RFE/RL's most recent weekly editorial meeting, as we discussed coverage of the Paris terrorist attacks, a colleague said: "We all feel guilty! I know many of us who are ashamed or afraid to leave their homes. We need to do a story about this as well." Needless to say my colleague is a Muslim. I understand her.
March 11, 2014
What's The Difference Between Putin And Milosevic? About 22 Years

As I watch the news and images from Crimea, I can’t help but feel a sense of deja vu. It's as if am reliving the 1992 break-up of Yugoslavia and the beginning of the Bosnian war.
April 04, 2012
How I Failed To Stop The War In Bosnia

Twenty years ago, on the eve of the Bosnian war, Nenad Pejic was the program director of Sarajevo TV. War seemed inevitable, but he was prepared to make one last attempt to save the peace.
October 31, 2011
The Results Of Hate Speech And Inaction In Bosnia

"Credible deterrence" in Bosnia can only be imposed by the international community. That community still "agrees to disagree" about the causes of the country's problems.
May 26, 2011
Mladic's Arrest. Serbia's Gain.

Belgrade found itself with a clear choice: Arrest and extradite Ratko Mladic or give up its ambitions to join the EU. In the end, they made the right choice. Mladic is finally on his way to The Hague tribunal to answer for his crimes. And Serbian President Boris Tadic now stands to reap several benefits.
May 25, 2011
Biased Balkan TV Helps Forge Differences

In Bosnia, the media are preparing for new crises in the same way they prepared for war 20 years ago.
May 10, 2011
Back To The Bad Old Days In Bosnia

The problems Bosnia-Herzegovina faces are long-established, and the only way to solve them will be by addressing the core issues that have bedeviled the federation's existence from the very start.
March 16, 2011
The Balkans -- All Talk And No Listening

Every time I publish a commentary on RFE/RL's English-language website or on the website of our Balkans Service, I watch in amazement as the reader comments begin to come in. But it isn't because I am so brilliant or even controversial. It is because my topics attract an audience that knows how to speak, but is incapable of listening.
March 04, 2011
In Serbia, It's Time To Issue A Warrant For The Truth

The recent arrest on a Serbian warrant of Bosnian Army General Jovan Divjak in Vienna was just the latest in a series of provocations by dark, internal forces within Serbia who continue to fight the last war.
December 29, 2010
The Balkans' Calamity Of Leadership

Would the Balkan countries be better of if their leaders stepped down amidst all these corruption and criminal allegations?
December 14, 2010
The Balkans Look To 2011 With Cautious Optimism

A number of situations could have turned ugly recently in the Balkans. Does the fact that they didn't translate into hope for progress?
November 04, 2010
The Weight Of Wreaths And Words

On November 4, 19 years after the Serbian army marched to Vukovar, Croatia, Serbian President Boris Tadic came to Vukovar and laid a wreath at the Ovcara memorial, which honors 260 Croats slain there by Serbian forces. But is a wreath enough?
July 29, 2010
Another Showdown For The Two Faces Of Serbia

Around 11 p.m. on July 24, the editor of the Belgrade-based weekly "Vreme" (and a contributor to RFE/RL's Balkans Service) Teofil Pancic boarded city bus No. 83 for home. Two young men on the bus proceeded to beat him senseless with metal rods. It was an incident that, hopefully, will compel many in Serbia to take a good look at their country and themselves.
April 25, 2010
The Suicide Of Multiethnic Sarajevo?

Sarajevo has always been proud of its multiethnic culture and argues that this diversity is the root of the country’s strong contribution to world culture. But since the 1992-95 war, Bosnian Muslims, feeling abandoned by the West, have grown closer to Islam, and Sarajevo has slowly but surely lost its multiethnic image.
October 31, 2009
A Land Where War Criminals Are Heroes

A government plane was waiting to carry the released convict from prison to a hero’s welcome in Belgrade. Journalists clustered around her, eager for any statement. Not bad for a convicted war criminal returning home.
October 08, 2009
A New Strategy For The Balkans?

Clearly, Brussels needs to devote much more energy to the problems of the Balkans and it needs to be prepared to bring sticks to the table as well as carrots. The EU already has the instruments it needs -- it has a legal framework for making decisions and a police/military force to implement them. But over the years, EU action in Bosnia has consistently been too little and too late.
September 17, 2009
Bosnia On The Verge Of Dissolution?

An intellectual in Sarajevo told me last week that Bosnia is like a sick patient who needs hospital treatment but who is told he must recover before he can be admitted. The world -- particularly the EU -- has been slow to respond to developments in Bosnia, usually reacting slowly rather than acting decisively.
July 17, 2009
Tearing Bosnia Apart One Decision At A Time

In effect, Bosnia has once again been divided along ethnic lines. This time, by the European Union. At a time when most analysts are warning that the fragile country is on the verge of collapse, the EU -- by lifting visa requirements for visitors from Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro -- is acting to intensify the ethnic fault lines there and to make Bosnia weaker.

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