By Kristen Chick May's deadly floods in Bosnia did more than damage infrastructure. They also shifted land mines, which now pose a very real danger to both residents and recovery teams. SAPNA...
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Ethnic violence belies Balkans peace
Peace agreements brought the last Balkan conflict to an end more than two decades ago, but they didn't resolve ethnic tensions, which are rising to the surface again. Read the full article in the...
Serbs resist greater unification as UN overseer seeks to impose political reforms
By Beth Kampschror Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - It's being called the worst political crisis since the end of the 1992-95 war. Bosnia's central government has until Saturday to decide whether to...
Sudan + 1 more
Why genocide is difficult to prosecute
Protesters in 35 nations and more than 280 US cities rallied Sunday for protecting those being killed in the Darfur war. By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The Hague -...
Debate surrounds international community's role in Bosnia
The departing envoy had argued for giving locals more responsibility. Critics are pressing for a tougher approach. By Colin Woodard | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor SARAJEVO,...
Stitch by stitch, Bosnian women improve their lives
By Mindy Kay Bricker - Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor TUZLA, BOSNIA -- Surrounded by crocheted scarves, knitted bootees and ski sweaters, and crayon-colored yarns, Sedeta Smajlovic...
Afghanistan + 4 more
Women aim to increase role as global peacemakers
Next month, delegates meet in Geneva to forge a plan to tap women's help in conflict resolution. By Michael J. Jordan | Special to The Christian Science Monitor UNITED NATIONS - Two years ago, 1,200...
Bosnia and Herzegovina + 4 more
A river of Balkan challenges
By Richard C. Hottelet ISTANBUL - The Danube, some 1,770 miles long, is Europe's largest river after the Volga. It winds in a scraggly reverse S-curve from southern Germany to the Black Sea and has...
Afghanistan + 4 more
Wanted: more women as peace brokers
By Sara Steindorf, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Ambassador Swanee Hunt wants to turn on its head the notion that men wage war and make peace, while women stand by as hapless victims,...
Afghanistan + 5 more
For war-crimes tribunals, 'justice' is a relative term
Afghans look at Yugoslav, Cambodia war crimes trials as models for their country. By Ilene R. Prusher | Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, AND TOKYO - Each member of...
Bosnia and Herzegovina + 3 more
Serbs still ignore role in atrocity
The most important trial in Europe since Nuremberg is opening Tuesday in The Hague. By Peter Ford, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BELGRADE - In July 1995, 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and...
In war-torn Bosnia, a town struggles to bridge rifts
Can ethnic and political divisions be resolved before the UN pulls out next year? By Arie Farnam Special to The Christian Science Monitor This cosmopolitan city, known for its graceful 16th-century...
Bosnian newspaper crosses ethnic divide
A pioneering editor's commitment to unbiased coverage attracts readers from all sides. By Arie Farnam, Special to The Christian Science Monitor Zeljko Kopanja, a Bosnian Serb, is probably the most...
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Disarming diplomacy: Ridding Macedonia and N. Ireland of guns and despair
The Age of Enlightenment was supposed to help Europe rise above its religious and ethnic conflict and unite people on the primacy of rational thought. Today that outlook prevails. However, in two...
Albania + 4 more
The Kosovo quandary
By Richard C. Hottelet Very quietly, the United States has reassured the European nations - and specifically the national and ethnic actors in the Balkan drama - that it intends to remain engaged in...
Bosnia and Herzegovina + 1 more
Deciding moment in Balkans
Recent clashes between Croat militias and UN forces present the biggest challenge yet to Dayton. By Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor When Croat militias were trying to...
Albania + 5 more
Unfinished business in Balkans
Two years after NATO intervened in Kosovo, experts say its unresolved status fuels dreams of a 'greater Albania.' By Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor When then-President...
Bosnia slowly mends
By Sara Terry, Special to The Christian Science Monitor A white tent pitched on a mountain ridge; an abandoned schoolroom; a house occupied by a refugee family, whose former home is occupied by other...
Bosnia and Herzegovina + 6 more
Put women at the peace table
By H.E. Sheikh Hasina The United Nations Security Council made history last month by calling for the inclusion of more women in peacemaking negotiations and peacekeeping forces worldwide, and within...
Bosnia and Herzegovina + 3 more
Kostunica gives nod to war-crimes tribunal in Serbia
But critics warn that the desire to support Serbian democracy compromises any trial. By Alex Todorovic Special to The Christian Science Monitor Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica recently...