Posts Tagged ‘ serbia ’

ctrp405 Fear and Rumors in Kosovo

ctrp405 Fear and Rumors in Kosovo

December 27, 2011

"If my grandmother knows Kosovo is a country… everyone knows Kosovo is a country"  Flekitza repeats in an attempt to help me understand what is going on in the Serbian community of Kosovo.  In her home city in Kosovo, public school teachers get pay checks from the Serbian government,...

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ctrp363 Traveling the Former Yugoslavia

ctrp363 Traveling the Former Yugoslavia

January 17, 2011

Emmanuel and Kyle of 2600 are experienced world travelers who specialize in going where other people never want or think to.  Last year they set off to travel though ALL the former Yugoslav states (and Albania). From trains to buses to taxi's in the middle of nowhere, their trip...

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Restoring Links in the Balkans

Restoring Links in the Balkans

December 15, 2009

I arrived this afternoon in Washington, DC, opting for the more affordable bus over the railroad.  It had me thinking about the news this week out of one of my favorite regions in the world, the Balkans. The rail link between Belgrade and Sarajevo, broken ever since civil war...

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bmtv38 Video Flashback to Belgrade

bmtv38 Video Flashback to Belgrade

February 10, 2007

Click To Play As usual after returning from a journey it takes time to make use of all the video Ive recorded. The following is Tim and I reporting from Belgrade, Serbia on the day we gave a talk at REX. Pardon the harsh editing.. I'm sleepy after some ridiculous...

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bm182 From Belgrade, Focusing on Kosovo

February 2, 2007

The region of Kosovo seems to have fallen out of the international media conversation. It has lost the sexiness it had in the 90's. Yet thousands of troops and international workers are there, not to mention the Kosovars themselves. But what can the future hold for...

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