Balkan spring - Modern Diplomacy
Published 2 weeks ago on March 22, 2019
Anti-government protests have continued over the weekend in Serbia, Montenegro and Albania. While the protesters in Albania once again clashed with the police, Saturday evening marked the first time that preventive force was used against the participants of Belgrade demonstrations, who entered the building of the country`s public broadcaster.
Protests in all three countries are aiming to overthrow the ruling parties led by President Aleksandar VuÄić, Prime Minister Edi Rama and President Milo Djukanovic respectively. The regimes are accused of corruption, suppression of democracy and media freedoms as well as for bad economic situation.
Serbia
On 16 March, dozens of demonstrators lead by opposition politicians Bosko Obradovic and Dragan Djilas, entered the headquarters of Radio-Television of Serbia (RTS), bypassing the security and demanding an opportunity to address the viewership live. Since the protests have begun in early December, none of the organizers has been invited to RTS, which is still the most watched television channel in the country.
Read more at: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2019/03/22/balkan-spring/
Serbia, Albania and Montenegro are spoken about... though, this column is 2 weeks old, it is curious to follow especially since in Slovakia, the government was actually turned over per protests. Of course, Slovakia is not the Balkans but it is not that far away.
