The war in Kosovo started at the beginning of 1998 as the bloody end of a long political crisis in Kosovo, which paralysed the life in the former southern Serbian province, especially following the rise of Slobodan Milošević to power at the end of 1980s. After several unsuccessful diplomatic initiatives of the international community to end the conflict between the […]

As you walk the street of Kosovo, it is easy to compile a booklet with a variety of men’s names given to these streets. The blue street signs seem to be by chance in harmony with the stereotype that blue is the colour of men. Whereas streets named after women could perhaps fill an A5 page. Statues, memorials, sites, parks, […]

AUTHOR: MILOŠ ĆIRIĆ Nota bene: When it comes to the history of the Republic of Kosovo, there are many years that might be called the beginning of the fight for the independence of Kosovo. Such efforts, could be seen as one long and painful process that was accompanied by mass suffering of Kosovo Albanians throughout history, are implied and seen […]

”The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, stated during his visit to Croatia that Croats and Serbs do not have conflicting interests regarding the future and suggested a six-month moratorium on discussions regarding topics from the past”. (N1 about the Globus interview, February 6, 2018). The President of Serbia also mentioned the moment of epiphany he had in New York regarding […]

Where the educational system remains divided along ethnic lines, history teaching is shaped to fit the underlying ethno-nationalist ideology of the time. In Southeastern Europe, this is not just true for BiH. Between 2016 and 2017, the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS) funded a young historian from Sarajevo, Narcisa Semić, to conduct research into the situation in Kosovo as […]

Gornji Vakuf – Uskoplje is a town divided along ethnic lines, which is also the reason why it has a dash in its name. The dash has been a line that dictates the lifestyle of most persons, limits their movement and creates a sense of uneasiness when it is crossed. Irrespective of the family one comes from or part of […]

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will close its doors after 24 years, leaving behind a heritage that the countries in the region have to find a way to deal with. The Tribunal was the first international court after Nürnberg and Tokyo, which processed war crimes. During more than two decades of its work, 161 persons were […]

The break-up of Yugoslavia and the wars that were waged on its territory stopped, or at least slowed down the continuation of such research. Under the impact of nationalism as the new dominant ideology, historiography also got a new ideological value. Insisting on topics that were not given (sufficient) attention in socialism was not problematic in itself. What was problematic […]

When considering the difficult past, one should acknowledge the achievements made in the years since then, pleads Evzi Hani. Volunteer work and non-formal education programmes are good ways for young people to go on with, as he experienced by himself… Dear reader, I decided to start this article with a short story that a friend of mine who lived in […]

How has the multi-annual, traditional lifestyle become an ideal? There are stories about past times in Bosnia that used to be better, everyone lived together in peace and respected one another, people visited one another during Eid-Al-Fitr and Christmas celebrations, people used to socialise all night long and it did not matter what name one had. The only relevant determinant […]

I am one of those nervous ones. Or sensitive ones. Or both. To such an extent that sometimes I am even annoyed by things that others do not even notice. I wonder about myself sometimes, as well. In the past, I used to be annoyed by the statement that nothing was black or white. I somehow saw it as a […]

Serbia received the judgment in the case of Ratko Mladić, the greatest criminal among the criminals in the recent European history. Citizens of Serbia have received the judgment together with protagonists of genocide and war crimes currently in power, who were also most politically active during the wars and aggression of Serbia against the neighbouring countries. Their parties, careers and […]