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When Georgia attacks South Ossetia, Russia attacks Georgia. Since the four-day conflict, Russia has 'recognised' the latter's two breakaway provinces. A historical summit follows up the EU's peace plan on 1 September. Diplomatic reactions, interviews with Abkhaz-Georgian politicians, plus a blogosphere roundup
Three questions to the Italian journalist and MEP, who discusses the South Ossetian conflict, Europe’s mistake and why this was the worst European media coverage since the war in Iraq
On 12 August, the Russian president announced an 'end to military operations' against Georgia, which the latter claimed continued. The Kremlin's intervention shows who wears the geopolitical trousers in the Caucasus region, which comprises breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia
On the eve of the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, independent news channel New Tang Dynasty (NTD) asks for its signal to be resumed in China, after it was interrupted on 16 June by the European satellite company
On 30 July captured war criminal Radovan Karadzic was extradited to the Hague. It’s just one sign of Serbia’s desire to be in the European Union, in the hope of better times to come for its wounded pride
Between a war of information and the disinformation of war – how to judge the effects of the war in the former Yugoslavia. Second in our three-part series
The Serb government woos the European Union, after a twelve-year hunt for the former Bosnian Serb war president came to an end on 21 July. The second-most wanted man after Bin Laden (as nicknamed by Richard Holbrooke, broker of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement), is a multiple genocide suspect in the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia. Perspective/ archive
After finishing their studies and work placements, three French friends head to Serbia to meet their Balkan counterparts. What is it like to embark on your adult life at the other end of Europe? Partying - the first in a series of three of our Serbian travel diary
As the British and Russian prime ministers meet for the first time since the latter's March election in Japan between 7 – 9 July, a look at the foundations of a new renaissance in British-Russian relations
In the Thiès region of Western Senegal, three new community healthcare insurance services are created every single year and this system of reimbursement appears to be very successful.
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Gen. Jean Cot was the U.N. ground force commander in Bosnia in 1993 - 1994. This conference is organised by the Maison de l'Europe.
Vilnius team is working towards European news agency and remains faithful for coffee debates. Before Babel Lietuva will face the election of new council, a new section is starting in partnership with Sevilian team. It will tune the news from communities on the borders of European Union.
'In the Global South, the reality is cell phones' Mary Joyce is an American researcher and consultant living in Boston, USA. In June 2005, she founded Demologue.com, an online network for worldwide digital activists. This site is not active anymore but Mary now runs a new Blog, Zapboom.com ...
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