7 June 2013
by Marko Prelec
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I.D. Politics: Sarajevo Protest Shows a Weakened State

By Marko Prelec, Director, Balkans Project (@mprelec) Sarajevo saw its biggest demonstration in years on the evening of Thursday, 6 June, and into the Friday morning  as thousands of citizens surrounded the Bosnian capital’s parliament building and refused to allow those trapped … Continue reading

1 February 2013
by Marko Prelec
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Preševo’s grievances and the Kosovo-Serbia talks

Over the past few weeks, tensions have been growing in southern Serbia’s Albanian-majority Preševo Valley, spilling over the border into Serb majority communities in Kosovo and putting at risk the EU mediated Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, which looks poised to make a … Continue reading

6 September 2011
by Marko Prelec
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North Kosovo Meltdown

The long-simmering dispute over the Serb-held North of Kosovo has entered a dangerous phase. Serbia and Kosovo are raising tensions in the field despite making technical agreements at the negotiation table. On 2 September the EU brokered an agreement on … Continue reading