The bitter history of Old Europe must never repeat itself. Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation by Laura Silber and Allan Little is one of the most acclaimed books on the violent dissolution of the former European federation.
Penguin Books has …
When Havel talked about Kosovo
“There is no civil society; political parties are fragmented and unable to agree on pasic principles,” said former President Václav Havel, who led the movement for democracy in Czechoslovakia. He was a staunch support of Kosovo’s freedom and independence.
Dissident, …
Albania in old Encyclopædia Britannica
9th Edition
— Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition, Volume I, “Albania (1.)” —
ALBANIA, a country of considerable extent, which though frequently ruled by turbulent and nearly independ ent chiefs, ranks as one of the provinces of the Turkish empire. …
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, …
The end of sports apartheid
The European soccer organization has admitted Kosova (Kosovo) as its newest member, bringing an end to a quarter-century period of isolation for the small country.
Kosova began organizing association football independently of the former Yugoslavia 26 years ago, but was …
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 …
Skanderbeg was a Serb
Or how Serb national ideology constructed the image of the Albanian as an enemy — by Olivera Milosavljević (1951–2015)
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 …
Nato’s Kosovo campaign was just
Michael Brendan Dougherty wrote about “The disaster of Kosovo . . . ” in this week’s issue of the Week magazine. His moralist op-ed laments Kosovo’s economic woes.
But he is absolutely wrong in arguing against humanitarian interventions. Kosovo’s …