Serbia – a Balkan tiger in economy?

Daniel, you see... bosnia was a civil war and everyone killed everyone. Srebrenica was in responce to over 3,000 serbian civilians being killed in the region over the several years up to the event. And then the criminals made a suicide run and charged the serbs, instead of surrendering.

I have my doubts about this tiger economics. I predict that the West will take over our country and neoclonize it. I think our only hope is to go with Russia, not the EU. Montenegro is doing this, and I congratulate them for that.

I seem to recall a few commenters on this site a few months ago stated the Serbian economy was in shambles and is as bad as it can get. I'm happy to see that this report discredits such accusations and makes those assertions unfounded.

However, there is still major work to be done. A state with a growing economy may mean nothing if only a small percentage of the people control that wealth, leaving the vast majority shut out. In order for Serbia to truly become the Balkan Tiger it wants, and in order for the economic growth to spill over into democratic development, such wealth should be invested in institutions that support a middle class and encourage entrepreneurial initiative.

WELL done Serbia well done! :) keep it up, thats the secrete of Serbia, Sure we go through tough times but what puts us aside from others is the ability to pick ourselves up quickly.

I'm still waiting to see the day when Serbia becomes a lion regarding human rights and justice for the victims of the war. I'm still waiting to see Mladic and Karadzic being extradited to THE HAGUE!

told you so! nothing but green economic fields ahead... and a stronger bargaining position regarding kosovo (which is economically reliant upon serbia).

Lazar, I notice that Daniel didn't even mention Srebrenica but rather Mladic and Karadzic. I'm sure you chose to mention it because Srebrenica and Mladic and Karadzic are intrinsically linked.

Your reply is however a farce. The '3,000 serbian civilians being killed in the region' is generally considered an unreliable number - 2,000 Serbs killed, including both civilians and combatants is generally considered more accurate. Of course every death is a tragedy in war.

As for the description of the Bosnian war being a civil war in which everyone killed everyone, that's a typical, desperate ultra-nationalist view of the Bosnian war. There were elements of civil war but there were strong elements of participation of neighbouring states in the conflict. And everyone killing everyone is an apologists way of saying some killed much more than others.

Finally, your comment that 'the criminals made a suicide run and charged the serbs, instead of surrendering' is an astonishing and obscene remark based on what is quite clearly an absurd, fictional view of Europe's worst massacre since WWII. No better than the disgraceful ideology that fueled the July 95 massacre in the first place.

Of course, this was supposed to be a discussion of economics. Go with Russia? Sure, that sounds like a splendid idea. Proceed...

I seem to recall a few commenters on this site a few months ago stated the Serbian economy was in shambles and is as bad as it can get. I'm happy to see that this report discredits such accusations and makes those assertions unfounded.

However, there is still major work to be done. A state with a growing economy may mean nothing if only a small percentage of the people control that wealth, leaving the vast majority shut out. In order for Serbia to truly become the Balkan Tiger it wants, and in order for the economic growth to spill over into democratic development, such wealth should be invested in institutions that support a middle class and encourage entrepreneurial initiative.

WELL done Serbia well done! :) keep it up, thats the secrete of Serbia, Sure we go through tough times but what puts us aside from others is the ability to pick ourselves up quickly.

I'm still waiting to see the day when Serbia becomes a lion regarding human rights and justice for the victims of the war. I'm still waiting to see Mladic and Karadzic being extradited to THE HAGUE!

told you so! nothing but green economic fields ahead... and a stronger bargaining position regarding kosovo (which is economically reliant upon serbia).

Daniel, you see... bosnia was a civil war and everyone killed everyone. Srebrenica was in responce to over 3,000 serbian civilians being killed in the region over the several years up to the event. And then the criminals made a suicide run and charged the serbs, instead of surrendering.

I have my doubts about this tiger economics. I predict that the West will take over our country and neoclonize it. I think our only hope is to go with Russia, not the EU. Montenegro is doing this, and I congratulate them for that.

Lazar, I notice that Daniel didn't even mention Srebrenica but rather Mladic and Karadzic. I'm sure you chose to mention it because Srebrenica and Mladic and Karadzic are intrinsically linked.

Your reply is however a farce. The '3,000 serbian civilians being killed in the region' is generally considered an unreliable number - 2,000 Serbs killed, including both civilians and combatants is generally considered more accurate. Of course every death is a tragedy in war.

As for the description of the Bosnian war being a civil war in which everyone killed everyone, that's a typical, desperate ultra-nationalist view of the Bosnian war. There were elements of civil war but there were strong elements of participation of neighbouring states in the conflict. And everyone killing everyone is an apologists way of saying some killed much more than others.

Finally, your comment that 'the criminals made a suicide run and charged the serbs, instead of surrendering' is an astonishing and obscene remark based on what is quite clearly an absurd, fictional view of Europe's worst massacre since WWII. No better than the disgraceful ideology that fueled the July 95 massacre in the first place.

Of course, this was supposed to be a discussion of economics. Go with Russia? Sure, that sounds like a splendid idea. Proceed...