On the 5th of September I have attacked the EU Delegation to BiH’s position towards the lack of commitment by BiH politicians in implementing ECRH rule over the famous Finci-Sejdic case. Apparently, I have committed a mistake, though.Unfortunately this does not involves the EU Delegation, which harsh position towards BiH politicians is still very hard, … Continue reading
BiH census change: from theory to practice
Yesterday, SETimes reported the victory of NGO’s lobbying against the government regarding the thorny issue of 2013 census. As you can read in the article, the questionnaire model has been amended in order to guarantee a much wider span of possible answers and therefore granting BiH citizens the chance to define themselves in a more complete … Continue reading
The future of Europe: dismantle populism
This evening I attended the most interesting event host by Open Society at the Hub Brussels, aimed at launching Counterpoint‘s report on the spread of populism throughout Europe. I am still eager to go through the whole study, but screening it with studious frenzy and after having listened to the discussion in the Hub, I … Continue reading
Nurse, pass me the scalpel! Gotta amend my constitution!
Today, on the most relevant Balkanologists websites, you will find news regarding the last attempt of Bosnian government to sabotage itself. Most probably, today you’ll also read the word “Dayton” many, many times. We are of course talking about BiH incapability to amend its constitution so to comply with ECHR sentence on the Finci-Sejdic case. … Continue reading
Kosovar journalist defines Kosovo as the first non-State failed State.
Subheading: and he does not realise it. Yesterday, EuObserver published an article written by the Kosovar journalist Ekrem Krasniqi. I strongly recommend you, dear reader, to have a look at that article and, if you do not faint because of the, somehow intoxicating use of the modal verb “shall”, I beg you to come back to … Continue reading
The bridge of contention
When I decide to start this blog and recalling the famous Andrić’s quote on bridges, I surely didn’t have in mind the monstrous Croatian project to connect its two mainland parts. I am talking about a well known issue to Balkanologists, which has been recently brought up to the major media by SETimes. The project … Continue reading
