The leaders of Serbia, Macedonia and Albania say they want a Balkan mini-Schengen. Their project is thoroughly wrong — in its name and content.
Southeast Europe is the most historic region of the continent. It was originally named Europe to …
North Macedonia should elect minority candidate as president
Law professor Blerim Reka is running against two candidates from the Slav majority. But while ethnic Albanians make up about a third of the population, reasons to choose Reka are more numerous.
This month will be the sixth time that …
Should we praise capitalism?
The U.S. constitution doesn’t mention capitalism. Or the market economy. The Supreme Court hears economic regulation cases quite superficially, because the United States isn’t officially a capitalist state. But the Court applies the strictest standard, for example, to complaints that …
Two words on cultural appropriation
It is like plagiarism. If you use someone’s stuff and hold it out as yours, it’s wrong. Otherwise it’s just cultural diffusion, like adopting the Latin or Korean alphabet for a previously unwritten language.
We eat chocolate, a European variety …
Kosova’s 10th Independence Day
The Most Serene Republic of Kosovo, known by its native heirs and many righteous friends as Kosova or Dardania, celebrates its 10th Independence Day and the 2410th anniversary of its King Bardylis.
The history of Dardania is as ancient as …
World War II veteran: Montenegro will never again by Russia’s minion
A well-known veteran and former-Yugoslav official from Montenegro, Veselin Đuranović, says Serb nationalists are strong and they’re seeking to reunite Montenegro, Serbia, and Bosnia’s Republika Srpska into one country. Đuranović, an adamant opponent of Russia’s destabilizing role in Southeast Europe, …
On true heroes and so-called writers
A shamefully biased article about Prishtinë’s cityscape appeared last week on the Kosovo 2.0 magazine online edition. Author Cristina Marí tops it all by calling the nation’s respected warrior Adem Jashari a ‘so-called hero’.
And while I’ve tried to understand …
Old plan to get rid of Albanians
This is absolutely bullshit. The president of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, says that Albanian culture in Kosova (Kosovo) is no more than 50 years old. That’s why he says his government won’t recognize Kosova as independent and will continue to claim …
Trust in the game: How sports can improve Serb–Albanian relations
…Serbia came to Albania, played football, won the game, and earned the applause of Albanians, the victims of Serbian racism and violence in the wars of last century and the Belgrade stadium last year. The indigenous people showed the virtues
The new “barbarian” invasion
The European far right hath spoken: We don’t want to take in the refugees. We’re not being racist; we’re just protecting our own existence.
But who hath spoken? Most Europeans today are descendants of the “barbarians” who once ruined the …