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Nate TabakNT

Nate Tabak

Nate Tabak focuses on the stories that rarely get told in the Balkans.He lives in Kosovo, where he serves as editor-in-chief of Prishtina Insight, a newspaper published by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.
At Mountainoak Cheese in rural Ontario, their Gouda is winning awards. The owners support Canada's tariffs on cheese imports.
Economics
What turns some law-abiding Canadians into smugglers? The high price of imported cheese.
An Albanian state police officer holds a piece of freshly cut cannabis near the town of Kruja. Most of the pot produced in Albania is grown outdoors, on public land. Growers take advantage of the country’s Mediterranean climate and mountainous terrain.
Economics
Riding along with Albania’s pot police
Jetmir Gjini used to grow marijuana -- lots of it. Now he and his family are back to herding sheep.
Economics
In Europe’s former pot capital, now the only grass is for sheep
The team behind "Kosovo if Trump Wins" (from left) Fitim Krasniqi, Argjend Haxhiu and Kushtrim Krasniqi. All three are devout Muslims. They are also pro-American like most people in Kosovo.
Conflict
These Kosovo website creators treated Trump as a joke. Then he won.
Air Canada travelers wait at the check-in area in Montreal.
Culture
Why I’m actually moving to Canada
Uendi Pustina (R) and members of the band PreMenstrual Syndrome.
Music
This punk band uses English to get across — to some — their feminist message
Rita Parashumti walks around Pristina similar to the “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” for Prishtina’s Take Back the Night.
Technology
Young women in Kosovo are writing code to fight harassment
The Digital Diplomat
Global Politics
Kosovo can’t get recognition from the UN, but it can get it from Facebook
Nebojsa Jovic is urging Serbs to boycott the Kosovo municipal elections. He says the government in Belgrade is betraying Serbs in Kosovo by telling them to vote.
Conflict & Justice
Serbs in Kosovo say Serbia is abandoning them. Again.
Justice
Former Guantanamo detainee now making pizza in Albania
Arts, Culture & Media
Hungary’s Surf Rock Band, the Summer Schatzies
Conflict & Justice
In Srebrenica Election, a Horrific Past Looms Large in Vision for Future
Arts, Culture & Media
Showing Off Your American Car in Kosovo
Global Politics
Slovenian Website Asks People to Share Passwords for Art
Kosovo: A State Stuck in Purgatory
Global Politics
Judo Athlete Not Allowed to Represent Kosovo in Olympics
Global Politics
Ratko Mladic Inspires Graffiti War in Serbia
Global Hit
Belgrade’s The Orthodox Celts Put Twist on Irish Standards
Business, Economics and Jobs
Kosovo’s Economy Set to Grow Despite Widespread Poverty
Arts, Culture & Media
European King of Seltzer
Conflict & Justice
Poor Economy and Controversial Government Driving Hungarians Out of Country
Conflict & Justice
Soundtrack of Hungary’s Protest Movement
Arts, Culture & Media
Serbian Band Repetitor Performs in Kosovo
Global Politics
North Korean Dear Leader’s Grandson Studies Peace
Arts, Culture & Media
Kosovo Wants to be the Next Napa
Kosovo Winemakers Stuck in the Push, Pull of a Political Quagmire
Arts, Culture & Media
Titanic Movie Set at the Former Yugo Factory in Serbia
Arts, Culture & Media
Gillespie, A Rock Band From Kosovo, Dreams Big
Arts, Culture & Media
Battle Over Kosovo Mosque
Arts, Culture & Media
Serbia’s Exit Festival
Conflict & Justice
Serbia’s Die-Hard Nationalists
Blog: Ratko Mladic: The Hooligans’ Hero
Conflict & Justice
Bosnia War Crimes Suspect Ratko Mladic Arrested
Global Politics
Kosovo’s ‘The Pimpsons’
Global Politics
Gaddafi supporters in Serbia
Conflict & Justice
Kosovo reaction to Frankfurt shooting