Scott's Soapbox

Monday, January 22, 2007

Scary News from Serbia

The ultra-nationalist "Serbian Radical Party" won the most votes (28.3%) in their recent parliamentary elections. While these are not enough votes for them to control the parliament, the opposition parties, while being pro-democracy, are divided upon may issues- not the least of which is how close to get towards the West. Part of the danger here is the timing, as a UN report on Kosovo is expected soon, and the Radical party is strongly opposed to Kosovo's independence. It is presumed the UN will recommend independence for Kosovo, and a crisis could be in the making. I remember reading this interesting background article on Kosovo and it's continued ethnic strife over lunch this summer- you can read it here. Unfortunately, while the bombs have stopped dropping- it's still messy.

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