Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile.
Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging.
Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point.
My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.
The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.
The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.