Profile: Devastating impact of Balkan wars on Danube River traffic in Serbia and Croatia

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: May 2, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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Profile: Devastating impact of Balkan wars on Danube River traffic in Serbia and Croatia

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From the first shots to the last, the Balkan wars of the 1990s played out along the Danube River. It is still a matter of debate how many people died in these conflicts on the doorstep of Western Europe. Estimates range from 100 to 200,000. Today Serbians and Croatians are still picking up the ...

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