MTA to No. 7 Train: No Soup For You!

It comes as no surprise when New York City’s MTA announced there will be no weekday express service on the No. 7 line for more than a month.  With a daily ridership of about 400,000 passengers, the delays will be felt by many.
For anyone who has visited New York City for more than 2 weeks knows there are [...]

UN To Kosovo: Why Should There Be a Deadline For “Supervised Independence”? (Or: UN, Do You Have Your Head In the Sand?)

UN’s Deputy Special Envoy for Kosovo, Dr. Albert Rohan, told the Hungarian News Agency yesterday that there should be “no deadline set on the duration of international supervision” of Kosovo’s independence.  Mr. Rohan’s comments are not new, as they reflect the view by Janez Jansa, the current EU president and others in the international community. 
For those of you who [...]

Serbia: Fine, No War Over Kosovo’s Independence, But World . . . See You Later!

Despite the flip-flopping and tough talk, and in an attempt to soften the rhetoric for “moderate” voters, it seems abundantly clear that Serbia’s politicians will not push the country to war when Kosovo declares independence in the coming weeks.  But it is equally clear that politicians have now put Serbia into fourth gear on the road to isolation.
The Radical Party’s [...]