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Corruption is one of the obstacles constraining the economic and social prosperity in Kosovo (Mehmedi, 2012). In corruption funds are diverted from its initial goal and therefore fields like poverty, inequality, economic growth, the health sector, infrastructure and the education sector are affected severly (Abbink, 2012). The distribution of spending that was going to be payed to workers on this fields, tool and technology, new roads and social service are now being placed somewhere else. It…

When an individual tends to think of pyramids, their mind usually wanders off the the great pyramids of Giza, or just the Egyptians in general. What many are not aware of though, is that in there are pyramids of various shapes and sizes in many different parts are the world, with some of them being found in unexpected locations. In 2008, a set of three “pyramids” were found in Visoko, Bosnia. Bosnia is located in Eastern Europe near Croatia and Serbia, and the discovery of these pyramids was…

Introduction Sexual crimes are of an enormous complexity, not only to investigate but also to explain and to understand. The key is to be able to differentiate between the sexual crimes. The motivation of offenders can vary greatly, and it can depend on many variables: including opportunity, victim selection, and mental illness. The first important distinction to make is between sex offenders and sexual predators. Sex offenders only commit one crime and most often they victimize only one person…

Over 100,000 people died in the Bosnian War, as a result of the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and it’s leader, Josip Tito, was not even alive. A dictator is someone who has taken control over a country and transformed it into a state of totalitarianism, usually by means of force, although Josip Tito not only had a strong military but a wide base of support that allowed him to arise. His policies and ideas were more liberal and he leaned towards a more democratic society, however there were…

If I was a world leader, and I could stop genocide in Bosnia I would do many things to demolish all the negatives to make Bosnia a better place! Since none of the camps or towns in Bosnia are patrolled, the first thing I would do would be to send my armies best leaders to take control. When my soldiers take charge of the bosnians they will be under our command and follow our customs. They will understand what no good killing and war would do. We would show them the way of controlling their…

During, world war II Yugoslavia modern day Serbia was under the occupation of the Axis powers. While, under the German rule a group called Ustase came into power, the Ustase intended to create an ethnically "pure" Croatia, and viewed Serbians that followed the Eastern Orthodox church and Jews living in Croatia, and Bosnia as the biggest obstacles. Thus, started the Serbian Genocide, the Ustase coincided with German Holocaust as many Serbian were executed, expelled and converted to Catholicism.…

Many countries have very unique cultures in many different ways such as food,people,clothing, and traditions. Croatia, however is not known for what you predict. Croatia is world-renown in their architecture and art. In Croatia, buildings are considered to be art instead of just regular, everyday structures. Many ancient monuments were built back in 390 BC by the greek artists during the Bronze Age. The structures considered to be the most beautiful were the cathedrals and churches. Many of…

over and over again through generations. Classical myth and Serbs do indeed have many similarities. Serbs is a type of myth from the southeastern Europe. A specific myth titled Healing ritual: studies in the technique and tradition of the southern slavs has a few reoccurring themes of dishonesty and misleading of others. In classical mythology Zeus, Danae’s father, and Pandora’s box both include these themes. In the myth for the Serbs, a king married many different times but was never blessed…

correspond to three major religions; Bosniaks and Islam; Serbs and Orthodox Christianity; Croats and Roman Catholicism. They all share the same South Slav heritage. The region has often felt the influence of strong regional powers which have created a vast ethnic and religious diversity. In the 20th century, ‘Muslim’ came to be used as an ethnic, not only religious, identifier and was only replaced…

matter, the UN treated it similarly. Their soldiers sent to Yugoslavia were given orders not to do anything drastic or to spark anything with the Serbs but because of this, they were ineffective in protecting the Muslims and many were executed by Serbian forces (Nordland). Finally in 1994, NATO was spurred into action after it became apparent that the Serbs “refused to concede any territory” (“Bosnian Conflict”) despite the fact that they controlled 70% of Bosnian land. The UN and Europe changed…