Feb 25th, 2006 · Serbia is pressed to surrender accused war criminal Ratko Mladic or risk losing hope of joining the European Union. Michael Scharf, a leading expert on the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal and a professor at Case-Western Reserve University in Cleveland, offers his insights to Scott Simon.
Jan 26th, 2006 · President Ibrahim Rugova will be laid to rest in Kosovo. Rugova, 61, led efforts by ethnic Albanians to fight Serbian dominance and sought to establish an independent Kosovo. His death -- from lung cancer -- came just before U.N.-sponsored talks in Vienna with Serbia on the future of the province.
Jan 21st, 2006 · Ibrahim Rugova, the president of Kosovo, dies of lung cancer at 61. He was long identified with ethnic Albanians' struggle for independence from Serbia. John Ydstie speaks with Tina Raja of the Associated Press about the Balkan leader.