Mitrovica: A Divided City
byMitrovica is a city located in North Kosovo, settled between the Ibar and Sitnica rivers. Since the Kosovo War in 1999, the city is…
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Embassy Storm
by30 years ago, in July 1990, more than 5000 Albanians stormed the foreign embassies in Tirana in what we refer to today as Embassy…
Tunnel of Hope
byThe Tunnel of Hope, or Sarajevo Tunnel as it is also known, is a tunnel built in 1993 during the Siege of Sarajevo during…
Pyramid Schemes
byThe Pyramid scheme phenomenon in Albania in 1997 at its peak was worth half the country’s GDP. Around two-thirds of the population had invested…
Sentence increased to life for Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic
byRadovan Karadzic was sentenced to life in prison after a UN court rejected his appeal and increased his original sentence of 40 years behind…
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…
How did Kosovo become a country?
byIn 2008, Kosovo became Europe’s newest country. Kosovo came into existence because of Europe’s most brutal sectarian conflict since WWII. Slobodan Milosevic, nationalist leader…
The European Union Police Mission for Bosnia and Herzegovina
bySince the Dayton Peace Accords were signed in 1995, the EU has been involved in the stabilisation of Bosnia. The European Union Police Mission…
Radislav Krstic – The First Person Convicted of Genocide by the ICTY
byDeputy Commander, Chief of Staff and eventually Major General of the Bosnian Serb Army. In 1998 Radislav Krstic was indicted for war crimes by…
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…