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CNN - Sarajevo Summit Seeks To Write New Balkans Chapter - July 28, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9907/28/balkan.summit/index.html

Extractions: Web posted at: 10:53 p.m. EDT (0253 GMT) WASHINGTON President Clinton is expected to depart early Thursday for Aviano Air Base in Italy, where he will spend the night before meeting with world leaders in Bosnia to endorse a "stability pact" for the war-torn Balkans. The leaders of southeastern European nations will first meet in Sarajevo on Thursday to discuss commitments to human rights, democracy and regional security. Western leaders will join in on Friday. The conference was agreed to during last month's G-8 summit in Cologne, Germany, and is sponsored by the European Union. Countless buildings in Sarajevo still lie in ruins from the 1992-1995 Bosnian War. The city where the 1914 assassination of an Austrian monarch dragged Europe into World War I was chosen for its symbolism. "Instead of trying to isolate themselves from the instability of the Balkans, the European Union and others outside the region now have the chance to turn the tide of history by helping to bring peace, stability and prosperity," said Alpo Russi, an adviser to Finnish President Marti Ahtissari and a coordinator for the summit.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: World War I
WEB Steven W. SowardsTwentyFive Lectures on Modern Balkan history At MSU Indepth coverage of Balkan history from 1804 until today.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html

Extractions: Other History Sourcebooks: African East Asian Indian Islamic ... Pop Culture See Main Page for a guide to all contents of all sections. Contents The War Resistence to War Literary Responses The Aftermath World War I WEB World War I: Trenches on the Web . It is best to start at the Library Page [At worldwar1.com]
The Balkans Historical Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
Resources showing changes from ancient and medieval times to the present, from the PerryCastaÃ±eda Library collection.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_balkans.html
Social And Economic Change In The Balkans
Discusses the domestic impact of the Cold War on the Balkan communist parties and how the Communists' policies shaped the society, economy, industrial development of the Balkan nations.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/lect23.htm

Extractions: Twenty-Five Lectures on Modern Balkan History Lecture 23: Social and economic change in the Balkans Previous lecture Complete list of lectures Next lecture Significant changes from longstanding norms are easier to find in the area of Balkan socio-economic development than in the world of politics. No matter how discouraging the repetition of Balkan crises and nationalist enthusiasms appears, one must remember that the inhabitants of the Balkans today [in 1995] have access to better food, transportation, industries, health and personal goods than at any time in their history. There is room to hope that the satisfaction of basic human needs and wants can help blunt political discord. We can measure socio-economic progress in several ways. One is to compare contemporary achievements against historical statistics. Another is to compare production figures among the Balkan states themselves: when we do so, we can cautiously draw comparisons between change in the various socialist states and change in Greece, which went through a totally different "Free World" experience during the forty years of the Cold War. Finally, we can look for signs of fundamental change in social structures and practices. There are few more striking measures of social change in the Balkans than changes in the status of women. This lecture will spend some time on each of these three topics. Two questions can help us assess the degree of social and economic change in the Balkans since 1945:
Blackwell Synergy - Cookie Absent
The book brings together many strands of Balkan regional history. As mentionedabove, Balkan history is presented within European developments.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1354-5078.2005.214_10.x

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SYPRESS FORLAG Welcome
Specializes in books about the balkans and the field of humanities.
http://www.sypress.no/
New Articles
Challenging the image held by the public of both the Serbs and the nature of US and NATO intervention in the balkans.
http://kosovo99.tripod.com/

Extractions: Search for: (Iraq) The Perfect Storm (Iraq) 20 Lies from the President of USA (Iraq) My policy will destroy only one street (Iraq) All necessary means (Iraq) US Looking for Trouble Again Fox News NATO's Kosovo mission failed Facts about USA - A Rogue Nation ... Srebrenica: The Mythological Massacre 3 Years Later, And Still Searching Srebrenica Vanishing Corpses Srebrenica Numbers Game Srebrenica Eyewitness E-mails to Chameleon - Hugh ... New Age of Humanitarian Vigilante Power (11 articles) The Story "Decoys for Nato"
CNN.com - U.S. Soldiers Injured In Balkans - June 25, 2001
http://cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/06/25/balkans.soldiers/index.html

Extractions: Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW A soldier came under fire north-east of Skopje By CNN National Security Producer Chris Plante WASHINGTON (CNN) Two U.S. soldiers have been seriously injured while on duty with KFOR peacekeepers in the Balkans. A U.S. army sergeant was shot through the hand in Macedonia on Monday when the vehicle he was riding in came under fire. A second U.S. soldier lost his foot after stepping on a landmine while on patrol in neighbouring Kosovo, officials at the Pentagon told CNN. The soldier in Macedonia was riding in a car to the north-east of the Macedonian capital of Skopje when unidentified gunmen opened fire on the vehicle, a senior Pentagon official said. His injuries were described as "non-life threatening." A second U.S. soldier on patrol near the Kosovo town of Vitina lost a foot on Monday morning when he apparently stepped on a landmine, officials said. That soldier was taken by medi-vac helicopter to the U.S. Army medical facility at Camp Bondsteel, the U.S.'s main military base in Kosovo, officials said.
CNN.com - Kostunica Looks To Unite Balkans Summit - October 25, 2000
http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/10/25/balkans.summit/index.html
INFORMATION FOR INCOMING STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
Political, social and cultural history of the Balkan countries (Yugoslavia, relate events, processes and developments in the history of the Balkan
http://www.caesar.ns.ac.yu/eng/studies/pgCourse/humanities/kurs2.htm
Kavals
Site about the folk instrument from the balkans.
http://www.robertsnider.com/Kavals/

Extractions: The kaval is a very old folk flute from the Balkans, notably Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey. It is an end-blown flute with eight finger holes. An end-blown flute is one which has no windway or fipple on the end you blow into, but it is just a straight hollow tube. You can look right through the thing like a spyglass. A tone is created by blowing across the sharpened edge of the mouthpiece. This takes quite a bit of practice to get the correct embouchure, and makes the instrument very frustrating for the beginning student. The Picture The picture above is a Bulgarian kaval in the key of D made by the late master maker Slavi Ivanov, Kameno, Bulgaria. It is made of Cornelian Cherry, or Dryan in Bulgarian, which is a very hard, dark, and increasingly rare wood. It comes apart into three pieces at the enlarged black sockets. The mouthpiece (the left end) is made of cow horn, as are the other black reinforcements. The metal inlay is pewter, in a traditional pattern. Sound Samples
Dole: Suffering In Balkans 'absolutely Horrific' - April 16, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/04/16/president.2000/dole.kosovo/ind

Extractions: Web posted at: 12:04 p.m. EDT (1604 GMT) WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, April 16) Saying she has "seen a lot of things that will haunt me the rest of my life" former American Red Cross President and potential Republican presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole continued Friday her tour of Kosovar refugee camps in Macedonia ( map "The level of suffering is absolutely horrific," Dole told CNN, speaking from a refugee camp in Stenkovec, Macedonia. "The despair, especially on the faces of so many of the children really just breaks your heart. I want every person in America to feel the outrage that I feel as I hear these stories over and over and over again." Potential presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole is touring Kosovar refugee camps in Macedonia Dole, whose husband, Bob, recently served as President Bill Clinton's envoy to the Balkans, has advocated using all means necessary to ensure that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's forces are "driven out of Kosovo."
CNN.com - Balkans Suspects Shun Deadline - April 23, 2002
http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/04/23/yugoslavia.warcrimes/index.html

Extractions: Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Wanted: Karadzic is one of 17 war crimes suspects to have ignored the deadline BELGRADE, Yugoslavia Only six of 23 war crimes suspects named on a 'most-wanted' list by the Belgrade government have agreed to surrender to the jurisdiction of the U.N. tribunal in The Hague. The government had set a deadline of midnight on Monday (2200 GMT) for the suspects, who are accused of atrocities during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, to turn themselves in or face arrest. Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic said on Tuesday: "I contacted the federal justice minister and his deputy and I have been told that six people have so far reported to the ministry. "I hope that some of these people will be transferred to The Hague over the next few days." MORE STORIES Yugoslav minister found hanged Yugoslavia war crimes law passed EXTRA INFORMATION In-Depth: Milosevic on trial Among the six is believed to be General Dragoljub Ojdanic and former Croatian Serb rebel leader Milan Martic.
Balkanalysis.com
In terms of Balkan history, they could be called the Turks before the Turks those Balkan history from the first third of the last century was well
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=12
CNN - U.S. Steps Up Humanitarian Aid To Balkans - April 9, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/US/9904/09/us.kosovo.refugees.03/index.html

Extractions: WASHINGTON (CNN) The United States on Friday stepped up its humanitarian assistance program to Kosovo refugees in the Balkans, as the likelihood of its hosting thousands of them on a military base in Cuba diminished. The Pentagon announced Friday it will increase the humanitarian daily ration packages (HDRs) it plans to distribute in the region from 500,000 to as many as 1.4 million.
Sugested Readings
Another objective resource about Balkan history primarily with events in the 20thcentury. A large portion of this book is devoted to wartime experiences,
http://www.deltax.net/bissett/reading.htm

Extractions: The causes of Yugoslavian conflict are too complex to be fully analyzed in these pages and mass media cannot begin to touch begin to touch upon them. If you are interested in achieving a greater understanding of the historic, religious, ethnic and political roots to the current situation I would recommend these sources Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissoluton After the Cold War by Susan L. Woodward Brookings Institute ; ISBN: 0815795130 I An important book and a brilliant analysis of how the challenges of the post-cold war era were misunderstood and mismanaged by the Western powers. Her book confirms everything I personally witnessed during my time in Yugoslavia Black Lamb and Grey Falcon : A Journey Through Yugoslavia by Rebecca West Penguin ; ISBN: 0140188479 This book describes the author's travels to Yugoslavia with her husband in 1937a journey overshadowed by the growing inevitability of the Second World War. The book is colored by that impending conflict, and by West's search for universals amid the complex particulars of Balkan history. In the end, she saw the region's doomand our ownin a double infatuation with sacrifice, the "black lamb and grey falcon" of her title. Wartime
Le Courrier Des Balkans, Le Portail Francophone Des Balkans
Portail sur les balkans qui s'est donnÃ©e pour but de dÃ©velopper des solidaritÃ©s professionnelles avec les journalistes des balkans. Articles, bibliographies, dossier, forums, liste de diffusions, petites annonces et prÃ©sentation de l'association.
http://www.balkans.eu.org/
Stop NATO: NATO Yugoslavia War Internet Resources
Features an aggregation of editorials on NATO actions in the balkans.
http://www.agitprop.org.au/stopnato/

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USAID Europe And Eurasia: First Graduating Class Makes Balkan History
There were over 350 reasons to believe in the future of Macedonia on a recentSaturday. When the first graduating class of South East European University
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/europe_eurasia/press/success/first_graduating_cla

Extractions: Home Locations Europe and Eurasia How it all came about is a story of vision, efficiency, donor collaboration and the refusal to accept failure. Serious discussions about a new university in the Republic of Macedonia were held in the spring of 2000. Detailed planning began in late 2000. Building commenced in March 2001 and SEEU opened six months later with about 900 students. By October 2002 the number of students had increased to 2250, and by October 2003 the number of students increased to 3700. Currently there are 5200 enrolled students at SEEU. SEEU is playing a leading role in the development of modern higher education in the country and in the Southern Balkans. The University is the first in the Republic of Macedonia to teach mainstream subjects in the Albanian language. However it has a policy of flexible usage of languages, providing courses also in the Macedonian language. All students learn the English language (and, optionally, French or German) to facilitate teaching in English by international and visiting academic staff. This is particularly important for those wishing to enter careers for which English is the international language of communication.
DDH: Hope On The Balkans Archive; MAIN MENU
Archive of news and information about NGO activities for peace and social reconstruction in the region, circa 1993 to 2000.
http://www.ddh.nl/fy/index.html

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