PRAGUE - When Petra Kalivodova, a 31-year-old nurse, was considering whether to renew her contract at a private health clinic here, the offer of special perks helped clinch the deal: complimentary German lessons, five weeks of vacation, and free liposuction and silicone breast implants.By: Dan Bilefsky|Date: Jun 14, 2009

Bosnia tensions rise after accusations PRAGUE - Tensions have escalated in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Bosnian Serb leaders threatened to pull out of state institutions, accused a senior American UN diplomat of conspiring against the Serbs, and demanded the right to secede from the country.By: Dan Bilefsky|Date: Feb 25, 2009

Travelers to Europe who ignore Brussels, home of the European Union, twice-fried French fries and the Surrealist painter René Magritte, do so at their peril.By: Dan Bilefsky|Date: Jul 8, 2007

In Spain?s Viagra explosion, the drug is as popular with teenage clubbers as it is with men in their 70s.By: Dan Bilefsky|Date: Feb 11, 2007

... Print Print letter Write the Editor Dozens Hurt As Serbs Clash With NATO Peacekeepers in Kosovo By Dan Bilefsky THE NEW YORK TIMES March 18, 2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium Serbs in the northern Kosovo city of Mitrovica fired...

...Print letter Write the Editor U.S. and Czechs Sign Accord on Ballistic Missile Shield By Judy Dempsey and Dan Bilefsky THE NEW YORK TIMES July 9, 2008 BERLIN The United States and the Czech Republic signed a landmark accord...

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