“In danger” is an odd phrase to use to describe an incipient independence movement.
Unfortunately, the history of eastern Europe is gory with ethnic rivalry. It is a region of Europe where more ethnic tribes migrated from the Central Asian steppes for centuries. Many kept their identity but some intermingled. But great powers deviously exploited the division and pitted one against the other. The roots of conflicts lie there.
Alida Vračić, the head of a Bosnia-based thinktank, Populari, said the perpetual and worsening sense of crisis allows the country’s leaders to disguise their failure to govern.
“Dodik has gone ballistic, but collectively politicians hope to win points on this crisis and citizens are the only losers as expected,” Vračić said.
“This discussion comes in handy, as it derails all meaningful discussions like the fact that Sarajevo is choking in smog, that [the regional governments] embezzled money in the Covid-19 crisis, that the death toll in Sarajevo is worse than during the war, the fact that half of the country is living in poverty, that we have completed exactly zero reforms, that no laws have been discussed in the parliament for months.”
Its like french-Switzerland trying to get out of Switzerland.
I see Serbs politicans in Serbia talking about “serb world” every month. Watching the news there is one thing in common in neighboring countries(of Serbia) Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo are having the same problem.
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“In danger” is an odd phrase to use to describe an incipient independence movement.
Unfortunately, the history of eastern Europe is gory with ethnic rivalry. It is a region of Europe where more ethnic tribes migrated from the Central Asian steppes for centuries. Many kept their identity but some intermingled. But great powers deviously exploited the division and pitted one against the other. The roots of conflicts lie there.
Alida Vračić, the head of a Bosnia-based thinktank, Populari, said the perpetual and worsening sense of crisis allows the country’s leaders to disguise their failure to govern.
“Dodik has gone ballistic, but collectively politicians hope to win points on this crisis and citizens are the only losers as expected,” Vračić said.
“This discussion comes in handy, as it derails all meaningful discussions like the fact that Sarajevo is choking in smog, that [the regional governments] embezzled money in the Covid-19 crisis, that the death toll in Sarajevo is worse than during the war, the fact that half of the country is living in poverty, that we have completed exactly zero reforms, that no laws have been discussed in the parliament for months.”
Its like french-Switzerland trying to get out of Switzerland.
I see Serbs politicans in Serbia talking about “serb world” every month. Watching the news there is one thing in common in neighboring countries(of Serbia) Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo are having the same problem.
Who would’ve guessed?!