KLA Aftermath & Post war issues
byAt the end of the war in Kosovo the Serb and Yugoslav forces were removed. The UN deployed a multinational peacekeeping force into Kosovo…
Serbia
Kosovo Liberation Army
byThe Kosovo Liberation Army, or KLA, was a military organisation comprised of ethnic Albanian’s fighting for separation from Serbia. Background Once upon a time,…
Balkan Nationalism at the World Cup
byDuring the World Cup 2018, in a match between Switzerland and Serbia, two Swiss footballers of Kosovan origin celebrated their goal by displaying the…
Ethnic Discord between Bosnian Serb Nationalists and Muslims – Riots in Trebinje and Banja Luka
byIn May 2001 Bosnian Serb nationalists were involved in rioting and violence aimed at Muslims in Trebinje, and Banja Luka in an effort to…
Paddy Ashdown
byJeremy John Durham Ashdown, known as Paddy Ashdown, was the international community’s high representative to Bosnia Herzegovina from 27th May 2002. In May 2006…
Srebrenica Massacre
byIn July 1995 more than 8000 Muslim men and boys were killed in the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian war. It is known…
Ivan Stambolic
byIvan Stambolic was the leader of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia official and the President of Serbia. He was first a friend and ally…
Life After Dayton
byAfter the Dayton Peace Accords were signed in December 1995, the fighting stopped but peace was never fully achieved. The agreement was supposed to…
A New Year for Western Balkans
byIf 2016 is marked by the Brexit referendum, Donald Trump rise to power and the increase in Euroscepticism, then 2017 was an improvement. It…
Timeline – The Bosnian War
by1992 1st March Bosnia’s Muslims and Croats vote for independence from Yugoslavia in a referendum boycotted by the majority of the Serbs 3rd March…