Projects in the Balkans
Albania
Albania was invaded by Mussolini during World War II. As the war ended, communist partisans under the leadership of Enver Hoxha rose to power. Hoxha subscribed to a doctrine of orthodox Stalinism.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed in 1994 as a Bosnian-Croatian federation. In the wake of the Dayton Agreement, which was signed in November 1995, a peace process was initiated in the Balkans which eventually brought a three-year conflict among the ethnicities to an end..
Croatia
Croatia is the most successful Balkan State in terms of development. The country applied for EU-membership as early as in 2003, but a drawn-out dispute over general Ante Gotovina, who is wanted for war crimes, stalled the discussions.
Republic of Macedonia
During the reign of Tito in Yugoslavia, Macedonia was one of the six republics constituting the Yugoslav federation. Of these six, Macedonia was the poorest. The largest ethnic group is Macedonians, who are closely related to Serbs and Bulgarians.
Serbia
As Yugoslavia dissolved, Serbia and Montenegro formed a confederation. In 1999, Serbian paramilitary forces drove a big group of ethnic Albanians from their homes. This percipitated an international intervention conducted by NATO-forces.
