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Interview: The Past Still Afflicts the Linguistic Diversity in Kosovo

Multilingualism is still regarded as a responsibility of the educational system in Kosovo, yet the majority of schools practice the use of only one language in the classrooms. The issue of multilingualism in Kosovo, within an education system that is mainly divided along the ethnic lines, still reflects the past and divisions that weigh upon the linguistic diversity. The Language […]

The Balkan Perspectives Podcast

On the Bulgarian Claims on the Macedonian Ethnic Identity and Language

Dr. Ognen Vangelov Assistant Professor UACS, Skopje, N. Macedonia This text is a brief overview of Bulgaria’s claims on the Macedonian ethno-linguistic identity (i.e., the origin of the Macedonian people and language). The conflict over the ethno-linguistic identity of the Macedonian people living in the wider Macedonia region (in today’s North Macedonia, and parts of Bulgaria and Greece) has been […]

Transitional Justice and the European Integration

Europe as a community of values or just another economic union? A Europe that we turn to for valuable and important experiences to build a better society or an ATM for taking care of short-term voters’ requests? These are neither new nor unknown questions, especially not in Serbia. They have been raised ever since the country began thinking of joining […]

Yet Another Text about the EU and Transitional Justice in the Western Balkans

The introduction to this special issue inquired, among others, how comprehensive and holistic were the approaches to dealing with the past, ingrained in the European Union Accession Processes. To answer this question, it is important to go beyond the usual statements about – to put it mildly – “mixed” results of the EU’s conditionality politics in the region, of the […]

The importance of transitional justice for the membership of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the EU

Membership in the European Union (EU), or rather the integration process of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) in the EU is the main stimulus for reforms, which also include politics of dealing with the past and the heritage from the past. This mostly means transitional justice, which is an entire string of processes that help society overcome tragic events from the past […]

The Past as the Present, the Youth as the Future

Undoubtedly, stereotypes and prejudice still shape our behavior and the decisions we make. The narratives of the “others” and the culture of separatist activity are not in the interest of the youth, of the state, or of any other agents who for years now have invested in the European path for Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a considerable hurdle to […]

The Looming Problem of Cultural Vetoes

As the recent protests in North Macedonia show, cultural issues can be as divisive and disruptive as political issues. In the case of North Macedonia and Bulgaria, old political disputes over territory are virtually non-existent in mainstream discourse, both countries recognize each other’s borders and no modern Bulgarian political parties or organizations seek the incorporation of North Macedonia into the […]

Vukovar 1991 – 2021

It was rightly said: the siege and fall of Vukovar represent the final act in Yugoslavia’s death. Final because Yugoslavia was already sentenced to death in 1972 at the latest, when the bearers of the neoconservative (structurally neostalinist) turn triumphed, and the consequences could be seen in the complete removal of sense or meaning from the dominant proclamations and slogans […]

How to Read Bogdan Bogdanović Today

In the framework of the festival “Mirëdita – Dobar dan”, which is held in honour of the actor Bekim Fehmiu, with the purpose of promoting the coexistence and tolerance between Serbs and Albanians, a summary of excerpts from the interviews of the architect, urbanist, urbanologist, idealist, Professor Bogdan Bogdanović, selected and prepared for publication by Shkëlzen Gashi, was promoted. As […]

The Other Serbia

“The Other Serbia” project, implemented by ADMOVERE with the financial support of KFOS, has compiled a collection of the attitudes of Serbian intellectuals who opposed the drastic violations of human rights of the Albanians in Kosovo by the Serb authorities, from the abolition of Kosovo’s autonomy by Serbia on 23 March 1989 to NATO’s entry on 12 June 1999, and […]

Martyrs’ Cemetery in Velania: A Memorial Park in Despair or a Potential Landscape for Repair?

Public space has long served to encourage social and cultural exchange and as a domain to both convey power or oppose it. After the Second World War, many public spaces in Kosovo’s urban areas – just as everywhere else in former Yugoslavia – were used as places to commemorate the fight against fascism, to celebrate victory, and to support the […]

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