Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The official commission of illustration in Macedonia began publishing on 3 August on its official website the names of collaborators of the former service... Continues on page 21 Serbia’s files - the noose around the nation’s neck
Opinion of the Day To understand what weight and influence a state has in the geographical region where it is located, one must look at the role and place it has in decision-making... By SHABAN MURATI To understand what weight and influence a state has in the geographical region
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI It is not always those who believe that autocratic regimes are overthrown only with the ballot box who have won the bet. The old political maxim that revolutions... Continues on page 15 The Egyptian counterrevolution
DOSSIER/ The story of the 80-year-old “Naim was Murat Toptani’s father-in-law. The Rilindas married his brother’s wife” Orhan Jegeni: The kinship between the Frashëri and Toptani families “Naim was Murat Toptani’s father-in-law. The Rilindas married his brother’s wife” By FATOS V
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Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The Bulgarian authorities are not expected to complete the official strategy platform they are drafting for relations with neighboring states, but preliminarily ... The Bulgarian red line before the gates of Skopje Continues on page 19
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The decision of the Appeals Chamber of the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the former Yugoslavia on 16 November to acquit two Croatian generals from... Croatia, Serbia and the asymmetry of guilt Continues on page 19
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI In the field of international relations, even an action or act that at first glance appears financial or economic contains within it the meaning... Serbia marries the Russian ruble Continues on page 19
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Never before in 21 years, since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the overthrow of the communist regime, had the Kremlin undertaken... The officialization of anti-Americanism in the Kremlin Continues on page 19
VIOLATIONS REVEALED, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DENOUNCED CORRUPTION CLSH report: Legalizations in tourist areas and national roads. Memia’s deputy: I was removed from office after denouncing the problems CLSH report: Legalizations in tourist areas and national roads. Memia’s deputy: I was
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI Cyprus will take over the presidency of the European Union on 1 July 2012, as a result of the equal right of all... Continues on page 19 The unreasonable reasons of Cyprus for Kosovo
Today’s Opinion It is shocking news to learn from BalkanWeb on the evening of 4 January 2013 that “the car registration tax in Albania has not been paid by a ... By GJERGJ FRASHËRI A rotten head does not heal any kind of body Continues on page 20
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By SHABAN MURATI What are these ambassadors with foreign citizenship?
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI On the eve of Commonwealth Day, which is celebrated on the second Monday of March every year, the Ambassador of Great Britain in Tirana, His Excellency,... On the British ambassador’s proposal continues on page 17
By SHABAN MURATI Career ambassadors vs. political ambassadors
Today’s Opinion By SHABAN MURATI A Russian-British diplomatic incident, which was provoked in a manner neither diplomatic nor ethical by the host, darkened the climate of the G-20 summit in ... Continues on page 21
Opinion of the Day It is interesting that, throughout Serbia’s march toward integration into the European Union, Brussels has never raised... By SHABAN MURATI The Presheva Valley is linked to Mitrovica, not to Libofsha Continued on page 19
Opinion of the Day By SHABAN MURATI The Russian Duma took a legislative step whose content and effect go beyond Russia’s borders and which apparently creates... Should Russia’s example be followed? Continues on page 21
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