Friday, March 9, 2012

First Annual Balkan Nigth Northwest - March 10 Capitol Hill

Boston has Balkan Night, San Francisco has Kolo Festival, New York has Golden Festival… now Seattle is getting in on the act with the first annual Balkan Night Northwest! There are over a dozen bands lined up, two stages, food catered by the Croatian ladies, full bar- it ...will be a great night of music and dancing featuring local Seattle musicians from Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Bosnia, and more! Spread the word, invite your friends and more info to come soon! Sponsored by Seattle Balkan Dancers.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

February and March 2012 in the Western Balkans

To start this post with "It has been a very hectic time..." would be boring.  "Boring,but true." February and first days of March have been very hectic months in the Western Balkans.

As for Serbia, EU leaders granted Serbia "candidate" status.  This is a milestone in the EU accession process for Serbia.  Read more EU Leaders Grant Serbia "Candidate' Status. 

Croatian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusić met 19 February 2012 with United States Deputy Secretary of State William Burns.Read more Pusic and Burns Met 

And Aleksandar Hemon published one more personal story, this time on his dog Mek (Mac) and how Mek helped his family through the Bosnian war.Hemon

ICTY is working very to close some of its most notorious cases (Seselj, Karadzic, Simatovic).  Read the latest Court update on ICTY Weekly Update.