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A Russian Neo-Nazi and Suspected Spree Killer in Serbia
How did a notorious young neo-Nazi accused of assassinating ten people in a high-profile Moscow murder spree get so cozy with Serbia and Russia’s political elite? Meet the talented Mr. Goryachev. One...
View ArticleUPDATE: The Truth About Gusi, Serbia’s New Advisor
Who is Alfred Gusenbauer, the new advisor to Serbia’s power-consolidating oligarch tamer, Aleksandar Vucic? The Serbian leader has said he wants to hire some prominent consultants from abroad but...
View ArticleAzerbaijani Presidential Elections: Opposition Missteps and an Internal Logic...
On September 2, The Economist’s Eastern Approaches blog featured a post about next month’s presidential elections in Azerbaijan. In reference to an ongoing crackdown on civil society in the run-up to...
View ArticleMeet Serbia’s Freedom Fight Movement
Balkanist is interviewing organizations, activists, and movements whose work generally receive little attention in the media. Since few meaningful ideological differences exist between the region’s...
View ArticleUPDATE: Serbian Elections and a New Crisis in North Kosovo
Kosovo will likely face yet another round of local elections in the Serb-majority town of North Mitrovica in late February. This new crisis, which comes in advance of important elections in Serbia,...
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The Balkanist Guide to the Serbian Elections: Party Edition
Unholy alliances, undifferentiated ideology, a unipolar political landscape, and dumb populist stunts. Balkanist’s definitive guide to the parties and people running in the sordid Serbian elections...
View ArticleSerbia’s Coalition Countdown
It’s only been a week since Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic and his Progressive party won an enormous electoral victory, but the tireless “EU champion” and “restorer of stability” is already hospitalized...
View ArticleBosnia-Herzegovina Election Guide: Personalities, Parties & Prospects
After a year of worker-led protests, popular assemblies, catastrophic floods, and threats to dissolve the state itself, voters in Bosnia-Herzegovina will finally go to the polls on October 12th. Jasmin...
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The Destruction of a Neighbourhood: Kumanovo
Divo Naselje / Lagjen e Trimave, Kumanovo - Easy to miss and barely noticeable under any other circumstance, a short, cobbled street, leads into a small neighbourhood of about 20 houses. The small...
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Putin’s Muscular Politics and the Power of Photography
How seriously should we take political propaganda photography in the 21st century? Sanja Bjelica looks at Putin propaganda from a feminist angle. The order of politics was created by men and for men,...
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Beton Mahala and Cultural Resistance in Serbian Theater
A Novi Pazar-based theater group throws a spotlight on social issues that go unchallenged, generating hype and stirring audiences across Serbia. But their recent performance has also courted political...
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A New Wave in Balkan Politics?
A few young political thinkers from the Balkans have been getting a lot of international attention lately. Sergej Dojcinovic speaks with Serbian-Canadian film director Boris Malagurski and Croatian MP...
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Serbian Elections are a Personality Show – But We Can Take it Off the Air
Serbia has a presidential election on Sunday, but can we expect any kind of substance from the candidates? As Vid Štimac explains, the Serbian language doesn’t even have a word for “policy” . On the...
View ArticleWe Asked People in Serbia: What Will the Presidential Election Mean for the...
We asked several people in Serbia from various fields to give their opinion on Sunday’s presidential election. This is what they had to say. “After the presidential elections in April, Serbia will...
View ArticleRoma Youth: A Glimmer of Hope
Suad Skenderi on a future for young Roma in Europe. Roma have lived in Europe since the 12th century, arriving in several waves of migration[1]. They played a crucial role in the nation-building...
View ArticlePutting Ideology Aside: An Unholy Alliance to Keep Croatia’s Government Alive
Croatia is (un)fortunately a small enough country not to be on the radar of the world’s major media most of the time, but what has been unfolding on the political scene in recent weeks and months has...
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Placing All Bets on Memorials: Memory Mania Goes Balkans
As Confederate war memorials are being removed or relocated across the United States, Ana Milosevic looks at “memory mania” in the Balkans — and the various meanings and purposes of monuments. At a...
View ArticleSerbia’s Coalition Countdown
It’s only been a week since Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic and his Progressive party won an enormous electoral victory, but the tireless “EU champion” and “restorer of stability” is already hospitalized...
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Aleksandar Vučić, the Director of Serbia’s Political Theater of the Surreal
Regime-organized rallies, fake analysts and experts, fake PhDs, and a tabloid-mediated alternate reality: Welcome to Aleksandar Vučić’s Serbia. ‘Disunity’ is the term that best describes Serbian...
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