Importing a more ‘civilized’ Europe isn’t a solution for the Balkans
Boris Postnikov responds to Paul Mason colonialist analysis of the situation in the Balkans, and Croatia in particular, which recently appeared in the Guardian.
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Asylum seekers increase ambiguity at the Slovenian-Croatian border
At the entrance to European Union (EU) territory, asylum seekers are bound for different countries. Most of them want to continue their journey to Germany and Sweden, although they are technically allowed to ask for asylum in the first EU country they enter. So far, less than 50 persons have asked for asylum in Slovenia.
Contested waters of the Gulf of Piran – almost a quarter of a century later
By Bavesh Moorthy
Cometh summer and thousands of tourists flock the sun-soaked shores of the Adriatic. The Gulf of Piran lies at the northern part of the Adriatic sea, erstwhile a part of the Free Territory of Trieste, later Yugoslavia and…
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is the new Croatian President
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović will become Croatia’s first female president following a narrow victory over the incumbent Ivo Josipović. This has been a male job ever since the country became independent after the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.
