Word: yugoslavias
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...Serbia and Montenegro” shines any more brightly than the “Yugoslavia” it replaces. Indeed, the term Yugoslavia—let alone the concept it represents—is still active in the diplomatic lexicon. Continued reference to Yugoslavia undermines the force of the change...
Apparently, it is no secret that there has not been any real “end” of Yugoslavia. This change just recasts yesterday’s Yugoslavia as today’s dual-republic—recognizing the differences between its peoples in name only. Of course, this begs the question as to why the West, particularly the EU, is so overjoyed at the recent turn of events...
Over the past decade, the London-born Amanpour has covered many of the world’s tensest regions, including Iran, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Bosnia-Herzegovina...
...crime rates, social inclusion and health of users. A law allowing the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana is awaiting final approval by Parliament, probably next year. In Lausanne as a result, turf wars among the city's heroin dealers - most of them refugees from Albania and the former Yugoslavia - are rare and the city is developing an Amsterdamish attitude to dope...
...Prosecutors say Milosevic ruthlessly deported 800,000 ethnic Albanians from Kosovo; Milosevic says they left because of NATO's bombs and Kosovo Albanian terrorists. Prosecutors say the former President was attempting to form a "Greater Serbia," or at least a Serb-dominated state; Milosevic says the West broke up Yugoslavia to create a "Greater Albania." Prosecutors say Milosevic's troops committed unspeakable massacres; Milosevic says his troops did not massacre anyone and he was just defending his country from domestic terrorists...