BalkanThemes Volume 1: Issue 2 – Roma

November 3rd, 2014

Roma family stands behind a broken window of their house where they were attacked by the local population in Osenik, which is located 20 km west of Sarajevo (Credit: Midhat Poturović)

The second issue of BalkanThemes examines the rights of Roma and other minorities in the countries of former Yugoslavia.

Minorities Roma

You Can’t Muzzle Pencils

Chloé Gaillard reflects on the deadly attack on the Paris-based offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

January 8th, 2015

Chloé Gaillard

The Siege: Survival of a Besieged City

In the early ‘90s, no one believed that war would hit Sarajevo or that the Yugoslav National Army could turn into an enemy of the city’s people. For centuries, Sarajevo had been a multicultural city with its mosques, synagogues, and Catholic and Orthodox churches.

April 5th, 2018

Gül Uret