Arber Selmani explores the secret world of sex workers in Kosovo, and finds an industry…
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Balkanist is Seeking a Co-Editor in Belgrade
Dear readers, Since Balkanist’s inception, we have managed to stay entirely independent — in the…
A History That Never Happened: The Yugoslav Space Program
Harm Rudolph Kern reviews director Žiga Virc’s Houston, We Have a Problem, a work of docufiction that blends…
Croatia vs. Turkey: Remembering the Mostar Football Violence of 2008
As Croatia and Turkey face off at the European championship, Albinko Hasic takes a look…
Historic and Cultural Preservation in Bosnia: Abandoned and Forgotten
Bosnia-Herzegovina is currently experiencing one of the largest tourism growth rates of any country in the world.…
“Brancusi is Mine”: Modernist Sculptor as National Hero in Romania
The Romanian government has launched a new crowdfunding campaign so the public can pitch in…
Kosovo’s Creeping Radicalisation
Newspapers around the world have branded Kosovo an “ISIS hotbed” or “fertile ground for ISIS”. But what…