http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-3819-the-balkans/topic-rss.do The Balkans RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23740354-cds-of-the-week.do Jamie T's new album is witty, gritty and well worth the wait and Charlie Wilson is, in many ways, a musical throwback. 2009-09-04T10:24:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23731101-world-william-hague-fears-bleak-future-for-bosnia.do Urgent action is needed to prevent Bosnia being plunged back into turmoil, shadow foreign secretary William Hague warns 2009-08-12T05:58:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23730622-road-patrols-make-troops-sitting-ducks-in-helmand.do SAS veteran who wrote a best-selling book about fighting Iraqi insurgents blamed flawed tactics for the rising British death toll in Afghanistan 2009-08-11T07:31:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23713156-rio-tinto-on-the-rise-after-chinese-take-up-new-shares.do Mining giant Rio Tinto rallied from an opening fall to trade 41½p dearer at 2101½p today after 12% shareholder Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) indicated that it will be taking up its entitlement to the group’s £8 billion 21-for-40 rights issue at 1400p 2009-06-29T08:23:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23688829-smoking-ban-from-emir-kusturica-orchestra.do Emir Kusturica's audience was asked to clap hands, yell obscenities and watch the guitarist spin his illuminated instrument on his groin. 2009-05-10T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23682074-ta-fighting-strength-will-fall-to-25000-after-treasury-cuts.do Britain's reserve armed forces are to be radically cut, under plans to be announced by the Government 2009-04-28T08:25:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23660479-the-splinter-groups-linked-to-murders.do 2009-03-10T14:39:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23654386-at-least-200-dead-as-army-moves-into-illegal-mines.do A brutal government crackdown on diamond hunters in Zimbabwe involving soldiers and police has led to more than 200 deaths in recent weeks 2009-02-27T09:10:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23641719-cds-of-the-week.do Morrissey has lost his swagger in Years of Refusal, Empire of the Sun's record is glossy electric pop and Tim Garland takes risks. 2009-02-13T11:57:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23627164-gurkhas-set-to-take-on-railways.do The gurkhas are preparing to use their military skills to take on Britain’s railways as up to 400 of them could be hired by Network Rail 2009-01-23T15:36:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23590764-cds-of-the-week.do The Killers' third album, Day & Age, is full of catchy pop songs but none that sound like anthems and there are definite hits on Alesha Dixon's record. 2008-11-21T11:42:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23580719-relics-of-a-golden-empire-in-byzantium-330-1453.do A thousand years of Byzantine history have been crammed into the Royal Academy – but visitors looking for the wow factor will need to travel further, says Brian Sewell. 2008-10-31T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23546326-london-student-gang-raped-by-calais-migrants.do A London student was gang-raped as she investigated an illegal migrants' camp in Calais, police have said 2008-08-28T14:46:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23542057-teenager-in-the-frame-for-photography-award.do This is one of the highlights of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition 2008-08-20T09:43:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23522885-my-five-year-battle-to-exorcise-the-ghosts-of-sarajevo.do The recent arrest of Radovan Karadzic has brought back painful memories for former war correspondent Charlotte Eagar 2008-07-29T07:51:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23522967-let-bosnia-rejoice-again-in-its-heady-ethnic-mix.do With the arrest of the fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's greatest war criminals is at last behind bars. 2008-07-29T11:15:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23491172-hell-is-first-great-work-of-the-21st-century.do The Chapman Brothers have done it again – their new Hell is even better than the first, says Brian Sewell. 2008-06-06T08:37:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23484011-an-eye-catching-performance.do Looking like a balding bank manager, Selim Sesler seems an unlikely party animal — but his Turkish clarinet soars, swoops and dives. 2008-05-11T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23437958-cds-of-the-week.do A welcome treat from Goldfrapp, The Feeling up their game on new album Join With Us, and perfect pop from Nada Surf. 2008-02-18T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23434921-ballsy-fanfare.do The Romanian Fanfare Ciocarlia embody in their ballsy, brassy oompah sound every kind of party you could ever imagine. 2008-01-30T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23415273-cds-of-the-week.do The truly indestructible Sugababes return for their fifth album and London songsmith Jack Peñate aims to vindicate all that gushing praise. 2007-10-04T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23409515-the-gypsy-caravan.do A dazzling new documentary by director Jasmine Dellal looks set to do for Romany music what Buena Vista Social Club did for the Cuban sound. 2007-08-23T11:02:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23403861-eastern-promises.do Nigel Osborne's opera Differences in Demolition is the latest result of his ongoing collaboration with Bosnian artists 2007-07-10T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23398524-breaking-up-the-journey.do The 1000 Year Journey festival of Gypsy music concludes with flamenco songster Diego El Cigala and the eclectic Balkan sounds of Martin Lubenov's Orkestar. 2007-05-29T15:56:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/clubbing/article-23396843-critics-choice-top-five-clubs.do This weekend, take advantage of a splash of Drum'n'bass at Medicine, a boat party with a bit of a kick and some seriously funky world music. 2007-05-18T08:59:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23394447-romany-rhythms.do The warmth, camaraderie and ambience at Le Quecumbar when Vasile Stanescu performed took the crowd to another world, far from London. 2007-04-29T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/clubbing/review-23393369-falling-into-steppe.do Eastern Europe is coming to town. But will Radio Gagarin at the Notting Hill Arts Club leave Alex Kasriel out in the cold or dancing like a cossack? 2007-04-19T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23389651-closely-observed-characters-on-the-trains.do Fine performances constantly engage the audience in Europe, a slick, sleek production about characters hanging around a soon-to-be-closed railway station. 2007-03-20T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23386648-cds-of-the-week.do The Kaiser Chiefs' second album, cult figure Patrick Wolf, a star-studded children's album, and a gipsy clarinetist are among the CDs of the week. 2007-02-23T12:34:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23374057-cds-of-the-week.do Jarvis Cocker's debut solo album features some of his most idiosyncratic work ever, All Saints' Studio 1 is jaw-droppingly dreadful and Yusuf Islam edges back to pop. 2006-11-10T00:00:00Z