The Balkans
Bosnia faces collapse
By Paul Mitchell, October 8, 2009
A number of reports have pointed to the increasing threat of Bosnia and Herzegovina collapsing, and even about the possibility of war breaking out.
Balkan governments introduce harsh austerity measures
By Markus Salzmann, August 19, 2009
Irrespective of the political composition of the various Balkan state governments, they are uniformly reacting to the economic crisis by shifting the entire burden onto the backs of the broad masses o...
Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic claims US granted him immunity
By Paul Mitchell, May 30, 2009
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has alleged he was given an immunity deal by US diplomat Richard Holbrooke at the end of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s 1992-1995 war.
Biden in the Balkans: US asserts interests in shattered region
By Paul Mitchell, May 21, 2009
The US administration is moving to reassert its authority in the Balkans as a divided European Union fails to push through the measures that were agreed in the Dayton Accord for this key strategic reg...
Latvia rocked by protests
By Stefan Steinberg, January 16, 2009
On January 13, Riga, the capital of the Baltic state of Latvia, was rocked by protests and demonstrations which left around 25 people injured following clashes with police. Police made an estimated 10...
Eastern European economies face bankruptcy
By Niall Green, October 23, 2008
The economies of central and eastern Europe are being rocked by the crisis of world capitalism, compounded by the corrupt and pro-big business policies of their local elites.
More claims that Western powers protected Radovan Karadzic
By Paul Mitchell, August 21, 2008
Earlier this month, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after 13 years in hiding. He was arrested in the Se...
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic and the complicity of the West in Bosnia’s civil war
By Paul Mitchell, July 30, 2008
The capture of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has unleashed a torrent of historical distortions echoing the propaganda used to justify US-NATO intervention in the former Yugoslavia and to obscur...
Kosovo: The Hague acquits former PM Haradinaj of war crimes amid alleged witness intimidation
By Paul Mitchell, April 16, 2008
Kosovo’s former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been acquitted of all charges of war crimes committed whilst he was a top commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). However, Haradinaj&rs...
Serbs protesting Kosovo independence attack US embassy in Belgrade
By Julie Hyland, February 22, 2008
Violence has flared once again in the former Yugoslavia, following Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia on Sunday.
An exchange on the break-up of Yugoslavia
February 21, 2008
Below we publish a letter from a reader on a recent WSWS article on the Serbian elections, followed by a reply by the article’s author, Paul Mitchell.
From the archive of the WSWS
After the Slaughter: Political Lessons of the Balkan War
By David North, February 20, 2008
In light of the recent developments surrounding the declaration of independence of Kosovo the World Socialist Web Siteis republishing the following article, which originally appeared on June 14, 1999.
