Yesterday, President Gjorgje Ivanov finally granted former opposition leader Zoran Zaev a mandate to form…
Tag: crisis
Instrumentalization of the Refugee Crisis in the Balkans
Amid a constant flow of asylum-seekers, international politicking, and ongoing historical debates, competing narratives shape…
Balkanist Playlist: Songs for a Bruised World
Old and new protest songs from Russia, Turkey, and the former Yugoslavia. “Discipline”, Borghesia (1989)…
Postcard from Skopje: No Last Orders
It had grown so late on Tuesday night that it had become Wednesday morning. Two…
Postcard from Skopje: Night of the Blunt Knives
When God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son,” he was putting him on. Four…
Macedonia: The Exit Strategy of a Failing Government
News of resignations come in. At first, the dinner party doesn’t believe it. We laugh…
Op-ed: Macedonia’s Crisis, Beyond the Ethnic Divide
We woke up with the hope that everything was really over, that we wouldn’t be…