THE ALBANIAN COMMUNITY IN SOUTH SERBIA AND ITS LEADERS (2010-2014)
THE ALBANIAN COMMUNITY IN SOUTH SERBIA AND ITS LEADERS (2010-2014)
Author(s): Biser BanchevSubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Present Times (2010 - today), Post-Communist Transformation, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Albanians in Serbia; Minorities in Serbia; Former Yugoslavia; Preševo; Bujanovac.
Summary/Abstract: The political life of the Albanian minority in Serbia in the period 2010-2014 abounded in local level micro-conflicts motivated by numerous family, interpersonal and career confrontations. They reflected the differences existing among the three municipalities with considerable numbers of Albanian population usually referred to collectively as the “Preševo Valley”. The influence of the historical leader Riza Halimi was challenged by various powerful figures on a local scale and particularly by the faction of the former fighters from the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac. “Preševo” Albanians have alternated moments of cooperation with the Serbian government with moments of boycott, without ever discontinuing informal and behind-the-scene contacts. In 2012 the Albanian minority parties participated in the local, parliamentary and presidential elections, thereby ultimately fitting into the Serbian political system.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 723-746
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
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