Montenegro is not a unique example of a multiparty system dominated by one party. However, it is unique in having the same party in power since the multiparty system has been introduced in the post-socialist era.

Instead of nationalistic weeping, the Serbian nation should be presented with a more pragmatic question: Do they want Kosovo as a province, when it is evident that they cannot rule it with the oppression imposed on Albanians for nearly two decades?

There is a phenomenon that is readily associated with swathes of Kosovo’s post war politicians. In diplomatic terms it is known as “corruption”. For me and many of my fellow citizens it is nothing short of robbery.

Ever heard of the expression “selling snow to Eskimos”?

There’s a feral frisson to the idea of foraging – it brings to mind leathery-skinned wise old men of the hills with eyes that glint like juniper berries and the knowledge of how to make acorn coffee.

The wildfire on Mount Vitosha broke out just as the fire of the protest movement, down in dusty Sofia, was slowly dying.

Long before the global economy was brought to its knees, good jobs have been scarce in my part of the world.