editor, Author at Center for Western Balkans Studies

Serbian or Russian Stadiums? The Story of Football, Politics and Organized Crime in Serbia – Ljubomir Filipović

The recent display of Russian flags by Red Star Belgrade fans at a Serbian league match goes beyond mere sports enthusiasm, revealing the interesting interplay of football fandom, political influence,…

February 20, 2024Opinions

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Western Balkans Overview Feb 19, 2024 – CWBS

Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik meets with Belarus leader Aleksandr Lukashenko. Dodik and Lukashenko met within the framework of the two-day official visit of the RS delegation to Belarus. The…

February 19, 2024Reports

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The rattle of weapons in the powder cellar

Countries of the Western Balkans have been putting a major focus on strengthening their armed forces over the recent years. Increasing their defense budgets allowed the nations to recruit more…

February 16, 2024Articles

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Montenegro, the first hundred days of Spajić’s Government – Miodrag Vlahović

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, to a journalist's question - which was put to him at the press conference on the occasion of the first hundred days of the 44th…

February 14, 2024Opinions

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Western Balkans Overview Feb 12, 2024 – CWBS

Serbia’s People's Assembly holds its constitutional inaugural session The mandates of all 250 deputies of the new convocation have been confirmed and the elected representatives took their oath. After that,…

February 12, 2024Reports

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Why Serbs don’t want to die for Russia

In early January, Dejan Beric, a Serb responsible for the recruitment of Serbian nationals into the Russian army and Putin's confidant in the presidential elections, complained about torture and inhumane…

February 10, 2024Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Feb 5, 2024 – CWBS

Outrage in Belgrade, Washington, Brussels as Kosovo shuts down parallel Serbian structures In early February, the government of Kosovo announced the closure of three so-called parallel Serbian structures, functioning as…

February 5, 2024Reports

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The Balkans Arms Race: Is the region really on the Brink again? – Ljubomir Filipović

A mere superficial search on the internet would reveal that media articles about the "arms race in the Balkans" date back to at least 2016. This phenomenon is closely intertwined…

February 2, 2024Opinions

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Western Balkans Overview Jan 28, 2024 – CWBS

North Macedonia parliament elected a technical Prime Minister, Talat Xhaferi, an ethnic Albanian. He served as parliament speaker before resigning ahead of his election as interim PM. Sixty-five out of…

January 30, 2024Reports

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A European Turn? – Miodrag Vlahović

The recent meeting between Ambassador Kristina Oana Popa, Head of the EU Delegation in Podgorica, and Andrija Mandić, President of the Montenegrin Parliament and President of the New Serbian Democracy…

January 26, 2024Opinions