If Europe's front line is not to disintegrate, they both need to get their priorities straight.

ECONOMIST: Dark in the east

As the marriage breaks down, Gary's ramshackle building begins also to disintegrate.

ECONOMIST: The many miseries that shape a marriage

From shopping centres and schools, to our greatest buildings, it is claimed many of Britain's best murals are being allowed to disintegrate.

BBC: Are we allowing great works of art to disintegrate?

But as Yugoslavia began to disintegrate his party, which took directions from Serbia's authoritarian leader, Slobodan Milosevic, made preparations for war, distributing arms provided by the Yugoslav army.

ECONOMIST: Radovan Karadzic