Balkan View

• 3. juli/srpanj, 2014.

  Gazprom's Grip: Russia's Leverage Over Europe

  A study of publicly available data shows that west European countries pay less to Gazprom, the Russian state-run gas giant, than do poorer central and east European countries.

• 3. juli/srpanj, 2014.

  Russian Gas: How Much Is That?

  A study of data on Russian gas sales shows wide variance in prices between countries.

• 30. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  Serbia and Russia: Is Ukraine a Façade for South Stream?

  As Serbian Prime Minister Vucic visits Moscow, Serbia faces the difficult situation in pleasing both Russia, its longstanding partner and ally, and the EU, with whom Serbia is in accession talks.

• 27. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  Montenegro hears from NATO: No invitation this year, but doors remain ajar

  Montenegro will definitely not be invited to join NATO this year, according to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen but NATO hopes to invite the country to join in late 2015.

• 26. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  Interview: 'It's Easier To Beat Up A New EU Member State Than An Old One'

  An agreement signed in Austria this week to build a section of the South Stream natural-gas pipeline undermines European unity but could nonetheless remain a largely symbolic win for Moscow, says Edward Lucas of "The Economist."

• 24. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  Serbia between Brussels and Moscow

  Russia expects South Stream to be built according to plans already in place, said Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in Belgrade, while paying official visit to Belgrade which served to put Serbia on notice of Russia’s expectations, and to ascertain Belgrade’s position on the Ukrainian crisis.

• 19. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  Topic of the Week: Yugoslavia and Ukraine - similarities and differences

  The topic of the week is a half-hour-long Saturday program of RFE/RL’s Balkan Service. In April 2014 Mirjana Rakela edited the program that was wholly dedicated to the similarities and differences between the Yugoslav crisis of the 1990s and the current crisis in the Ukraine.

• 18. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  Dissolution of Yugoslavia as a warning to those in charge of European security

  There is a significant connection between the current crisis in Ukraine and the Balkan conflicts in 1990s. It mostly refers to ethnic divisions which ended with conflict in the region of the former Yugoslavia, but also the tendency of the most powerful country in the region to use the weaknesses of neighboring states

• 18. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  Events in Ukraine a Chilly Reminder of Milosevic's Tactics

  Similarities between recent events in Ukraine and those at the beginning of the war in former Yugoslavia two decades ago are provoking fear and anxiety among those who experienced the latter.

• 18. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  Echoes of the Bosnian War in Ukraine

  The news arriving daily from Ukraine is unlikely to leave anyone in Bosnia indifferent. Most will be transported back a quarter of a century, when major Bosnian cities woke up to the first street barricades, followed swiftly by sniper bullets and shells.

• 16. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  As NATO Membership Gets Closer, Montenegro Feels The Heat From Russia

  Russia is seeking to extend its no-NATO zone beyond the former Soviet Union and its former Warsaw Pact satellites. The next target: tiny Montenegro

• 16. juni/lipanj, 2014.

  The World According to Corax

  A top Serbian cartoonist, Predrag Koraksic Corax, works closely with RFE/RL's Balkan Service. Once a week the service publishes his work without comment. As part of his weekly offering, he has focused on the situation in Ukraine. No translation is required.

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