Posts Tagged ‘Balkans’

Paddy Ashdown proposed as European special envoy for the Balkans

William Hague, left, and Paddy Ashdown have previously criticised EU policy in Bosnia. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Paddy Ashdown, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats and international overseer of Bosnia, is in the frame to become a European special envoy for the Balkans, according to senior sources in Brussels. Catherine Ashton, the Labour [Continue]

Radical Islam & terrorism in the Balkans

Radical Islam & terrorism in the Balkans By Lee Jay Walker | The former Yugoslavia was engulfed by many civil wars and during the mayhem and carnage it is clear that radical Islam built “a new bridge.” This “new Islamic bridge” was built on foundations which had already been built in Bosnia. However, the 1990s [Continue]