Balkans

Dozens of notorious Balkan crime figures have obtained Bosnian passports using stolen identities and insider access. The cost is borne by innocent citizens, whose names then trigger red alerts at the border.

Dozens of violent criminals have fraudulently obtained Bosnian passports in the past decade, taking advantage of an insecure government database to steal the identities of ordinary citizens, a new investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) has found.

With more than 4.2 million euros-worth of NATO contracts between 2020 and 2022, Glotec is a poster boy for the economic benefits of accession to the Western military alliance.

Based in Montenegro, the supplier of aircraft and engine spare parts and wind tunnel testing kits has made the most of the business opportunities the country’s leaders touted when Montenegro joined NATO in 2017.

Claims by a Saudi Arabian dissident that he still faces deportation despite a court agreeing his release have prompted a social media outcry and a protest outside the detention centre when he is being held in Sofia on Tuesday.

The oceanic demonstration on Saturday, March 15 in Belgrade was repeatedly obstructed, with buses and trains cancelled and groups of fake students “wanting to return to class” supported by veterans of the infamous Red Berets

The days preceding the large protest in Belgrade were marked by a considerable increase in tension in the city. President Vučić himself had announced mass arrests as he expected the opposition to organise incidents during the protests.

Un titre qui pourrait en déstabiliser plus d’un, et pourtant cette métaphore à caractère science fiction permet de comprendre que tout leur narratif minable actuel concernant l’Ukraine pourrait s’effondrer en quelques secondes face aux populations européennes polarisées vers un point de non retour ou de convergence nucléaire… Que dieu nous en garde!

In honor of the lifelong president of the SFR Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, there was a practice of naming at least one of the cities in the republics after him.

So we had Tito’s Veles, Tito’s Užice, Tito’s Korenica, Tito’s Velenje and of course the capital of Montenegro, Titograd. In this way, the unity and respect of the people of Yugoslavia for a single person were demonstrated.

#BREAKING #Serbia JUST IN: Witness the magnitude of the massive demonstrations taking place in Belgrade, Serbia. pic.twitter.com/ZZMLvVluvK

— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) January 27, 2025

This is what happens when you don’t ban US social media.

There is no real way to avoid a color revolution if you have these apps in your country.

After the attacks on the United States in September 2001, Bosnia and Herzegovina acquired a reputation as a country supporting international terrorism. This perception was mostly a result of the 1992–1995 war, when foreign fighters tied to Islamist terrorist groups came to support the Bosniaks and spread radical Islam.

The United States Army War College

The United States Army War College educates and develops leaders for service at the strategic level while advancing knowledge in the global application of Landpower.

The purpose of the United States Army War College is to produce graduates who are skilled critical thinkers and complex problem solvers. Concurrently, it is our duty to the U.S. Army to also act as a “think factory” for commanders and civilian leaders at the strategic level worldwide and routinely engage in discourse and debate concerning the role of ground forces in achieving national security objectives.

The Western Balkans is transforming into one of the primary fronts of confrontation between global powers, where Russia’s and Serbia’s hybrid strategies directly challenge the stability and sovereignty of countries in the region. This paper examines the complex dimensions of this hybrid warfare, focusing on recent attacks in Banjska and Zvecan, which signify a deliberate escalation aimed at destabilizing Kosovo. Through the use of demographic manipulations, sabotage of critical infrastructure, and the provocation of ethnic tensions, Russia and Serbia are leveraging the Balkans as a battleground to advance their strategic projects, such as “Srpski Svet” and “Ruski Mir”.