Balkan Routes: Chasing My Own God-Gifted Surname in Serbia
Growing up in England, I knew nothing of my Serbian ancestry – until a summer of exploration in Belgrade made me realise that Todorovic was more than an ‘inconvenient surname’.…
Rebel With a Cause: Kosovo Ex-Prisoner’s Pursuit of Justice Deserves Acclaim
Forty-five years after his first arrest at a student protest, former political prisoner Xun Cetta’s long struggle against inequity casts a harsh light on an opportunistic post-war political class in…
BIRN Launches Podcast for ‘Women’s Wars’ Interview Series
BIRN has launched a ten-part podcast of its ‘Women’s Wars’ series, which profiles courageous women activists and journalists who worked for justice and freedom in the Yugoslav wars years. KAYNAK:…
‘That Day, The War Started’: Bosnian Cameraman’s Chilling Footage of Kosovo Killing
Sarajevo cameraman Sulejman Mulaomerovic recalls filming the killing of a 16-year-old Albanian girl in Kosovo in 1990 and the ripple-effects that followed. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Serbian Historian’s Life of Resistance Comes Full Circle
Serbian historian and anti-war activist Dubravka Stojanovic compares student protests against Slobodan Milosevic in 1996 with the anti-government demonstrations of today. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Ibrahim Rugova: Friends Remember Peaceful Architect of Kosovo’s Independence
On the 20th anniversary of the death of Kosovo’s first president, friends and former colleagues recall the quiet booklover who became a symbol of a free and democratic Kosovo. KAYNAK:…
How My Local Football Club Became a Casualty of Bosnia’s War
As a young man in the 1990s, Vladan Lausevic saw his beloved football club in the town of Teslic ripped apart by inter-ethnic conflict, leading him on a path of…
Ethnic Albanian Journalist Recalls Threats, Harassment as Yugoslavia Unravelled
As an ethnic Albanian journalist in the 1980s and 1990s, Dijana Toska faced threats, censorship and harassment from authorities in Pristina and her Macedonian hometown Skopje - before, during and…