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Tear gas instead of vaccines

12.10.21

Biljana Žikić With only 48% of the population vaccinated, the impermissible missteps of the expert COVID-19 staff and with mass anti-vaccination protests, it is obvious that the vaccination campaign in Slovenia was extremely unsuccessful. Instead of persuading as...

Beyond Conspiracy Theories: How Mismanagement Shaped the Vaccination in Albania

Barbara Halla

04.10.21

Barbara Halla While June had seemed like the moment Albania had turned the corner, with infection rates dropping in the single digits, by the end of July (after a record number of visitors had entered Albania, surpassing pre-pandemic numbers), the tide had turned. In...

The “freedom fighters“ that threaten Slovak democracy

Michaela Ružičková

29.09.21

Michaela Ružičková Despite the relatively good pandemic situation in Slovakia during the summer of 2021, the state faced an extensive anti-vaccination and anti-government campaign. It was aimed primarily against vaccination, pandemic measures and restrictions. The...

The looming collapse of liberal democracy

Ridvan Peshkopia

27.09.21

Ridvan Peshkopia The West could serve the rest of the word as an exhibition of terrible and visibly failed ideas, including Communism, Fascism, Nazism, feminism, anarchism and, lately, liberalism. The COVID-19 pandemic presented the international public with the...

Why is Albania becoming the ship everyone wants to abandon?

Nertila Maho

24.09.21

Nertila Maho Citizens, refugees, migrants, it doesn’t matter, it seems that nobody sees a bright future in Albania. Around 300BC nearly 6000 Illyrian fighters fled the country after the assassination of king Kliti by Alexander the Great. They migrated to a place...

Four potential obstacles for further political rise of Dimitar Apasiev and the Left (Levica)

Kristijan Fidanovski

15.09.21

Kristijan Fidanovski The Left Party has been on the rise at least since the name change referendum in 2018. However, in the long run, this rise may be jeopardized by personnel and geographical constraints, ideological eclecticism, Euroscepticism and the low coalition...

USA, Turkey or Serbia: Where will Rama find support during his third term?

Jona Koprencka

10.09.21

Jona Koprencka This is the first time in Albanian democracy that a party has been at the helm of the country for three consecutive terms. At a time when everyone thought that a political rotation would take place, the Prime Minister Rama received great support not only...

Hooligans and Politicians: Can You Tell ‘em Apart?

Vladimir Djordjevic

03.09.21

Vladimir Djordjevic The Belivuk case again reminds us of the clientelism of the Serbian state, additionally indicating that the Serbian judiciary will forever remain under political influence. Recent events in Serbia tying political elites to organized crime figures...

The Afghan experiment and the failure of liberal democracy

Ridvan Peshkopia

27.08.21

Ridvan Peshkopia Beyond Afghanistan, the liberal democratic system crisis have begun to appear in the West as well. Loss of capability or even willingness to protect borders, loss of social cohesion, extreme political polarization and the downfall of confidence in own...

Why is it so difficult for Serbia to recognise Kosovo?

Katarina Tadic

20.08.21

Katarina Tadic Serbian citizens are regularly asked if they are willing to accept recognition of Kosovo in exchange for EU membership. Unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority said no, because Kosovo is an emotional question, whilst the EU has never managed to win...