Wednesday, March 26, 2008

History

Ethnic Cleansing a process in which advancing army of one ethnic group expels civilians of other ethnic groups from towns and villages it conquers in order to create ethnically pure enclaves for members of their ethnic group. Occurred in Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the
Balkan peninsula of Southern Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina gained its independence during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Bosnia and Herzegovina can be described as a federal democratic republic that is transforming its economy into a market-oriented system, and it is a potential candidate for membership in the European Union and NATO.
The country is home to three ethnic "
constituent peoples":
Albania, officially the Republic of Albania (
Albanian Republika e Shqipërisë pronounced [ɾɛ'publika ɛ ʃcipə'ɾiːs], or simply Shqipëria) is a country in South Eastern Europe. Albania is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, and the Republic of Macedonia to the east.
As a result of the opening of the country in the post-communist era, Albania is now undergoing a development boom as its telecommunications, transport and utilities infrastructure is being revamped

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