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Balkanalysis.com’s Unknown Archive- Available Exclusively from CEEOL

Some readers may have wondered what exactly is that funny little man in the ad on the left side of the page all about. So let’s take a minute to explain.
Since 2004, Balkanalysis.com has been partnered with the Central and Eastern European Online Library, a cool German company that makes the [...]

Classic Balkanalysis: Georgia, the Unlikely War State

This analysis, originally published one year ago, recounts the heated events leading up to Georgia’s stymied attempt at starting a war with its neighbors. Although he had been empowered by the Americans in the so-called ‘Rose Revolution,’ President Mikheil Saakashvili learned that there is a limit to everything.
The aggressive tone Georgian President Mikheil [...]

Bargaining in Bulgaria: the Aftermath of the June 2005 Parliamentary Elections

By Vassia Gueorguieva*
For more than a month after the parliamentary elections on June 25th, the political forces in Bulgaria have been unable to strike a deal to form a new coalition government.
As predicted by polls, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) won the majority of the votes (34%) followed by the incumbent [...]

Revolution Industry, Phase 2: Ukraine’s Summer of Discontent

By Christopher Deliso
I deliberately did not write anything about Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution” when it was going down 10 months ago. Really, what to say? Everything about it was so depressingly predictable that there was nothing left to the imagination: the student protests, the staged [...]

Croatian PM: We Are Proud of Operation Storm

Balkan memorials and anniversaries tend to be bathed in blood, and Friday’s planned gala event in Zagreb – a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of ‘Operation Storm’ is no exception. Far from being an occasion for shame, at least in Croatia, the single biggest act of ethnic cleansing in Europe since [...]

Balkanalysis.com- Back in Action

Balkanalysis.com is back! We apologize to readers who suffered through technical problems over the past few weeks- we changed servers and had various bugs to work out, but now hopefully everything has been resolved.
Stay tuned for lots of interesting new reports, starting with tomorrow’s interview with Macedonia’s foremost military historian, author of a controversial [...]

Balkanalysis.com Announces Summer Break

Balkanalysis.com is going to take a brief hiatus due to summer break – and you should too!
This means that until the end of July, no new articles will be posted. Email will also not be checked during this period.
For those readers who must stay glued to the internet because of responsibilities, obsessions or whatever [...]

Bulgaria Enjoys New Foreign Investment, But EU Crisis Looms

Bulgarian foreign investment continued strongly with several high-profile acquisitions in recent weeks. But now that the European Union’s failed attempt at creating a constitution has affected enthusiasm for enlargement, will there be any negative results for Bulgaria?
On June 1, Telekom Austria signed a Share Purchase Agreement which gave it total ownership [...]

Balkan Countries Beset by Heavy Flooding

Romania is in the midst of the worst flooding in a century, according to the Red Cross, which has performed massive relief work while calling for more donor aid for heavily affected regions. Related flooding has also caused widespread damage in neighboring Serbia, while an unrelated deluge caused 650 people to [...]

EU-Bound Bulgaria Continues to Impress with its Mafia Killings

It is in the grips of the mafia, but Bulgaria will nevertheless join the EU in 2007. Or will it? Brussels has threatened that if it does not clean up its act that accession might be imperiled, reports Reuters in describing the latest affront to civilized society in Bulgaria: the stabbing [...]

Western Media Ignores Serb, US Memorials of Jasenovac Death Camp

Although they swarmed to the 60th anniversary commemoration of the liberation of the largest WWII concentration camp at Auschwitz on 27 January, the Western media almost completely ignored a similar event held this past Sunday to recognize the 60th anniversary of the closing of Jasenovac, the notorious Croat Ustasha concentration [...]

The Benevolent Empire At Work: the EU, Hubris and the Balkans

It is remarkable that Timothy Garton Ash, writing about the issue of EU expansion in the Balkans, can correctly point out the dangers of inciting internal grumblings about “overextension” and taking in the poor masses – and still conclude that “…isn’t the prospect of a Pax Europeana, embracing the whole continent, [...]

Another Side of the Pope: John Paul II’s Balkan Legacy

By Carl Savich
What will be Pope John Paul II’s legacy? In the week between his death and funeral, the media have lionized him with candy-coated encomiums as a peace-loving pope who brought down Communism and ushered in the New World Order. His place in history is assured as a determined anti-Communist [...]

Al-Qaeda on Trial: The Hague and Bosnian Muslim War Crimes (Part 2)

By Carl K. Savich
The continuation of yesterday’s piece on the war crimes trials of Bosnian Muslim commanders at the Hague, this article provides vivid examples of mujahedin tactics as well as the fallout of supporting their cause for the US, up to and including the war in Iraq.
The El Mujahed Unit: Makeup, [...]

Al-Qaeda on Trial: The Hague and Bosnian Muslim War Crimes (Part 1)

By Carl K. Savich
The war crimes indictments and trials of mujahedin and high-ranking Bosnian Muslim military leaders have received scant coverage in the US and Western media. The US government and media do not want to see the unraveling of their lies and deceptions in regard to the true goals and actions [...]

Whoís On Board? Balkanalysis.com Takes a Look at the Stats

Who is reading Balkanalysis.com these days? The following article is part of a new series designed to show just that. Consulting our database of statistics, we can reveal – roughly, at least – where our visitors come from. The following random selection of notable domains has been culled from the last [...]

Bulgariaís June 2005 Elections: Long Live the King?

By Vassia Gueorguieva
The last parliamentary and presidential elections in Bulgaria surprised the world. In the summer of 2001, Bulgarians elected the exiled monarch Simeon II Saxe-Coburg Gotha to the Prime Ministerial post. Later, voters chose Georgi Parvanov, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, over the incumbent President Stoyanov, who ran [...]

Croatian EU Accession Talks Clouded by Gotovina Issue

Croatia’s EU accession talks, slated to start on the 17th of March, are in doubt, according to Reuters and the SE European Times, among others.
The website cites Stability Pact for Southeast Europe chief Erhard Busek, who told Austrian media on Saturday that he “doubts” Croatia will have turned over the [...]

Classic Balkanalysis: Mining Intrigue, Enrichment and Danger (Part 1)

This article, originally published on Sept. 20, 2003, talks about environmentalists’ outcry over planned mining in Bulgaria. The first of a two-part series, the second of which will be reprinted tomorrow, helps set the context for Tuesday’s new story from Serbia- about a recent and unlikely victory for the people over the [...]

Militarizing the Black Sea, the American Way

The AFP on Tuesday presented yet another reason for why America disapproves of Europe – it’s just not militaristic enough. The criticism centers on lagging in defense spending from most European states, and the inability of these states (under NATO command) to field enough troops when and where needed.
Far from questioning [...]

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