· October, 2008

Stories about Kosovo from October, 2008

Serbia: Asylum Seekers

  24 October 2008

At Belgraded, a rather heated discussion of Serbian asylum seekers: their true numbers, origins and political views.

The Balkans: Macedonia and Montenegro Recognize Kosovo

  15 October 2008

On Oct. 9, Montenegro and Macedonia recognized Kosovo's independence. One blogger noted that "coincidentally, this raises the number of countries recognizing to exactly 50." Below are a few more responses from the English-language blogosphere.

The Balkans: Against “Balkanization”

  1 October 2008

Hudin thinks it's time to stop using the word “Balkanization”: “Of course we don't say USSRization, Czechoslovakization, British Empirization, or even Austro-Hungarization. No, we say Balkanization and we say it too much.”