thanks for posting on this! i certainly dont know all the ins and outs, but its highly interesting to anyone willing to actually pay attention and see the larger picture in relation to the collapse of the Cold War and Soviet Union in regards to this and current world issues.

also interesting to note the similarities between far-Western Europe and a continuously defining Eastern Europe|

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 Well, as for other Balkan affairs, there's not much happening nowadays. Slovenia is a fully pledged EU member now meaning it's become a boring country, Croatia is kinda catching up on that and we'll probably be a member by 2009. As for the other countries..eh..unstable is the first word that comes to mind. Bosnia is still internally divided in 3 parts, and the only thing keeping them together is the international jurisdiction that pretty much controls everything in the country, regardless of their formal sovereignity. And although croatian entity has formally lost its independence, and same thing will probably happen soon with the serbian one as well, the people there simply don't have any desire to live together anymore. So peaceful split is more or less imminent in the future. Serbia is fucked up as usual, radical nationalists there still enjoy the support of a pretty large part of the population (about 35% last time I've heard). The society is still very influenced by criminals that emerged from the war and corruption is huge. Nobody knows how Kosovo will end up, and Vojvodina is starting to demand more autonomy these days. Montenegro has shown desires to become independent of Serbia, although large portion of the population is against it, so it's hard to tell how it will all end up. Montenigro's primary source of income is smuggling cigarettes, alcohol, stolen cars, and drugs. Same goes for Bosnia and partially for Serbia as well. Macedonia is pretty peaceful lately, they no longer seem to have conflicts with the local albanians, and I haven't seen them on the news for quite a while. Well, there, hope you like my little overview of the ex-Yu countries. Btw, where are you from originally? And zig, thanx for the comment about the car. I see you're one of those rare people who realize the beauty of kitsch

Once again, thanks for the update tito..
Originally I'm a born and raised Australian (the reason why I portay myself as an Australian on this forum), but obviously identify much more with my Serbian heritage.. my parents being immigrants.

info appreciated