EU and US So Far Show No Interest in Renewed Threats to Merge Albania and Kosovo

EU and US So Far Show No Interest in Renewed Threats to Merge Albania and Kosovo

The EU and U.S. seem oblivious to threats made last week by Kosovan political opposition leader Ramush Haradinaj to unite Kosovo with Albania if Serbia does not recognize Pristina’s self-proclaimed independence. This is mostly because the West are not united on the Kosovo issue.  The EU attributes the threat to unify the breakaway Serbian province with Albania to the…

The Geopolitics of North Macedonia’s Accession to the EU. Pressures from Bulgaria

The Geopolitics of North Macedonia’s Accession to the EU. Pressures from Bulgaria

North Macedonia’s EU accession talks are being halted because of Bulgaria’s insistence that the neighboring country stops appropriating history and acknowledges it speaks a Bulgarian dialect. However, the issue escalated recently when Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov said North Macedonia can only become an EU member if it became a part of Bulgaria or an…

Albania’s Attempts to Refocus Kosovo War Crime Tribunal onto Serbia Will Not Work

Albania’s Attempts to Refocus Kosovo War Crime Tribunal onto Serbia Will Not Work

Kosovo Albanians via their allies in Tirana are once again attempting to antagonize Serbia, this time through the Self-Determination Movements initiative. The Movement is trying to push through the Albanian Parliament a declaration condemning the so-called “Serbian genocide in Kosovo.” The initiative, launched by the representative of the Self-Determination Movement in Albania, Elvis Hoxha, is…

Biden Appeals to Bosnian Muslim and Albanian Voters. Reveal Democrats’ Plans in the Balkans

Biden Appeals to Bosnian Muslim and Albanian Voters. Reveal Democrats’ Plans in the Balkans

U.S. Democrat Presidential Candidate Joe Biden has been on a whirlwind campaign in an attempt to defeat President Donald Trump in next month’s election. Published policy papers has shown Biden’s strong support for Greece, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Albania and Kosovo as he seeks to win over millions of diaspora votes. The candidate has…

Newly Strengthened Albanian Political Power in North Macedonia Will Not Lead to a Greater Albania

Newly Strengthened Albanian Political Power in North Macedonia Will Not Lead to a Greater Albania

North Macedonia conducted elections on July 15 that were originally scheduled for April 12 but were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 18, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) reached a deal to establish a coalition government that gave greater powers to the Albanian minority…

Nationalism, Ideology and the Formation of the Nation-States Among the Yugoslavs

Nationalism, Ideology and the Formation of the Nation-States Among the Yugoslavs

There are many talks about nationalism among the peoples from the former Yugoslavia during the last three decades what is quite understandable taking into consideration the post-Cold War conflicts and atrocities, as a continuation of WWII crimes based on certain political ideologies,[i] committed on the territory of ex-Yugoslavia. Historia est magistra vitae I want to…