"Pro-Europe bloc wins Serbian elections
Pro-Europe bloc wins Serbian elections
The pro-European political bloc lead by President Boris Tadi? seem to have won a surprise victory in the Serbian elections. In the country’s national elections citizens on vote for party lists, and probably uniquely in Europe, all the seats are allocated proportionally. This system gives room for even small, regional parties of ethnic minorities, suchSerbia's pro-Europe forces claim election win
Blair 'secretly advising Brown'
Tony Blair is advising his successor and has told him how to win the next election, Cherie Blair says.German clashes on key EU corps
Splits are emerging in Germany over the future shape of the European Union's new diplomatic corps. Senior lawmakers in Berlin's ruling "grand coalition" want the corps...The EU and the Balkans: again?
Following Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia, many European Union countries and Turkey have recognized its independence.Can EU leaders be silenced?
European politicians have consistently proven they are fully aware of the root causes of the tensions and fault lines in Turkey. They have also repeatedly emphasized that democracy has to be the only game in town and that parties can only be closed down by the people, at the ballot box, as long as they do not advocate terrorism.Why is the EU appeasing Serbia? by Hajrudin Somun
Serbia is once again faced with a choice. A few days prior to the parliamentary and local elections that are taking place today, it took a student, interviewed on one of Belgrade's streets, to clearly say that his country now has to decide whether it is going to Europe or back into the 19th century. The dilemma is not so simple.Giuliano Amato: Europe by Degrees
ROME -- A year ago, few people would have bet that the European Union, still reeling from the trauma of the Constitutional Treaty’s rejection in 2005, would be poised to ratify the new Reform Treaty, adopted in Lisbon last December. For some, the fact that the United Kingdom might ratify it even earlier than traditionally “pro-European” countries like Italy merely underscores the Treaty’s lack of new and bold initiatives to accelerate European unification. But they are wrong.Eurabia Fans: Not just stupider than you think…
Stupider than you can imagine. Evidence, the map over at this fine post from Sadly, No!. Read the whole thing, but as well as introducing the best title for a blog post ever, they’ve caught “Gates Of Vienna” pretending that in the future, Europe will be divided into Islamic states (with incredibly silly names), Russian protectorates, and the Russian empire, due to teh demographic menace.
Serbian election: EU signals worked?
To the extent that the EU was able to cobble together a single position on the Serbian election, it was clear that they wanted President Boris Tadic’s Coalition for a European Serbia to do well — hence the offers of an Association agreement during the election campaign and the introduction of fee-free visa travel last week. Apparently the gambit worked –
‘Eurogeneration’ or the Erasmus effect?
It travels in planet 'Erasmus' and speaks 'foreign' without choking. Young, free and equal? Facing multiculturalism and the work world, we still have to break down many walls. Testimonies from an identity still in progress
Serbia: rising nationalism imperils Mladic, Karadzic hunt
Where will the ballot results place Serbia in its snap election on 11 May, and what consequences will it have for the hunt for the Bosnian Serb fugitives?
