TWO giants of the Balkans died this week.
本周巴尔干失去了两位巨人。
In the Balkans progress tends to be painfully slow.
巴尔干半岛的进程是十分缓慢的。
This year the firm entered the Balkans and Mongolia.
今年，该公司进驻巴尔干半岛各国和蒙古国。
The EU hopes of the western Balkans were looking poor, but have now brightened.
巴尔干半岛西部（加入）欧盟的希望一直看上去很渺茫，但现在有了曙光。
This year the BBC closed its last local-language radio services in the Balkans.
英国广播公司今年关闭了其在巴尔干半岛使用当地语进行广播的无线电业务。
Elsewhere as in Poland or Romania, Bulgaria, the Balkans, trends are more mixed.
在其它国家，如波兰、罗马尼亚、保加利亚和巴尔干半岛，发展趋势则比较矛盾。
As elsewhere in the Balkans, the biggest prize for Bosnia would be EU membership.
和巴尔干半岛上的其他国家一样，能加入欧盟就是对波斯尼亚最大的奖赏。
In the Balkans, where Predators were first deployed, their wings tended to ice over.
“掠夺者”第一次是在巴尔干半岛执行任务，在那里，飞机的翅膀就很容易被冰冻。
Now the Balkans have turned full circle, back to negotiations over Kosovo's final status.
如今绕了一大圈之后巴尔干半岛又回到了商谈科索沃最终地位的问题上。
EU assistance to people in the western Balkans is already the highest per head in the world.
欧盟对巴尔干西部人民的援助在全世界已经是最大的。
When it comes to fighting organised crime, the states of the western Balkans have much to do.
当谈到打击有组织犯罪的时候，西部巴尔干半岛的国家还有很多要做的事情。
September 19, 2011: Greece's dire financial situation remains the biggest news in the Balkans.
9月19，希腊的严重的财政危机，仍然是巴尔干地区最大的新闻。
This would connect the gas-rich Caspian region with central Europe, via Turkey and the Balkans.
这一工程连接中欧盛产天然气的里海地区，经过土尔其和巴尔干半岛。
Two days later Hillary Clinton visited Belgrade as part of a three-day tour of the western Balkans.
两天后，作为巴尔干三天行的一站，希拉里访问贝尔·格雷德。
The answer from Paris was non, on the ground that it should remain available for duty in the Balkans.
来自巴黎的回答是non（译注：法语“不”），在巴尔干，依然要维持其在当地的勤务。
But the EU has a more immediate job to do in the western balkans-and a lot to gain from doing it well.
但是欧盟在巴尔干半岛西部面对更急切的任务——如果这个任务完成得好，欧盟也将获益良多。
Koc’s food-retailing business, Migros, has expanded throughout the Balkans and the former Soviet Union.
Koc的食品零售事业部——Migros公司已经将其业务扩展到了巴尔干半岛和前苏联。
Yet those who think the outlook for the Balkans is improving know it could easily deteriorate again.
然而，那些认为巴尔干半岛前景有所改善的人明白，它很容易再次恶化。
And eastern neighbours, though eligible in theory, know the EU is not ready to expand beyond the Balkans.
尽管东部国家在理论上有资格，它们知道欧盟并未准备好在巴尔干半岛地区以外扩张。
Trade-offs between them are being proposed, some involving issues unrelated to the Balkans, such as Iran.
他们之间已经开始交易，一些涉及到的议题与巴尔干半岛无关，例如伊朗问题。
Throughout the 1990s the Americans and Europeans were extremely reluctant to get involved in the Balkans.
整个90年代，美国人和欧洲人都极不愿意卷入巴尔干地区。
Many of these dishes are typical of the Balkans and indeed the Mediterranean, but some are local specialties.
这些菜式中的许多是巴尔干半岛和地中海的典型代表，但是一些是具有地方特色的。
Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans.
克罗地亚是一个月牙形状的欧洲国家。与地中海、中欧以及巴尔干半岛交界。
The hope in Brussels is that the Mladic arrest will jump-start the enlargement process for all the western Balkans.
欧盟希望姆拉迪奇的被逮捕能启动西巴尔干各国家加入欧盟的进程。
And now the alliance is busier than ever: it keeps the peace in the Balkans and guards the sea lanes to Europe.
而现在，这一联盟比从前更加忙碌：它在巴尔干半岛维和并且守卫着通往欧洲的海上航路。
Rakija, Balkans Region. A spirit distilled from fermented plums, towards the rocket fuel end of the alcohol spectrum.
Rakija酒：产自巴尔干地区，一种从发酵过的李子中蒸馏出来的烈酒。
It would possibly take a whole year here before I felt confident enough to be assertive about the problems of the Balkans.
如果要确信自己把巴尔干的事情搞清楚，可能要在这里呆上一年。
It would possibly take a whole year here before I felt confident enough to be assertive about the problems of the Balkans.
如果要确信自己把巴尔干的事情搞清楚，可能要在这里呆上一年。
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