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The pain goes on: Greece and the European Union (EU)
Greeks protest against austerity in 2010. Photo: Joanna/Flickr As the UK’s referendum on the European Union approaches, Greek workers are facing more pain from Greece’s European creditors The Eurozone...
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The Trump Effect in the Balkans: Serbia’s third election in four years?
Tomislav Nikolic and Aleksandar Vucic at a conference in Kragujevcu. Courtesy to http://www.kurir.rs/ Serbia faces a set of regular presidential elections this year – but also the prospect of its third...
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Belgrade’s Municipal Elections: A Class Analysis of the Vote
Belgrade held regular municipal elections on Sunday 4 March. These were the first municipal elections since the mass protests against the Belgrade waterfront project in spring 2016. As such, they were...
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Tensions in the Balkans: is Serbia preparing to recognise Kosovo?
The Serbian President’s rhetoric since July 2017 has been suggestive of a compromise deal – but, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica, the future is still uncertain. Last week, Kosovo’s authorities failed...
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Defeat for EU and NATO expansion: the failed referendum in Macedonia
The failed referendum in the small Balkan state represents a major upset for the West, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica The 30 September 2018 was a disaster for the EU and NATO in the Balkans. The vast...
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Mass protests across Europe show that a new politics is on the horizon
Note from LeftEast editors: We repost this article in collaboration with Counterfire where it was originally published on 29th of December 2018. ‘No Christmas for the bourgeoisie!’ declared graffiti on...
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Disgraceful and dangerous: European Parliament equates Communism with Fascism
By voting to distort history, MEPs are legitimating fascism and imperialism, argues LeftEast editor Vladimir Unkovski-Korica in an article initially published on Counterfire. On 18th September this...
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Between opportunity and opportunism: Vetevendosje! on verge of power after...
Albin Kurti’s party won the 6th October poll, but whether they will provide a clean break with the last 30 years in Kosovo remains to be seen, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica. Kosovo’s recent election...
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Imperial partition: Trump’s new order in the Balkans
Note from LeftEast editors: The article is published in cooperation between Counterfire and LeftEast. The US President is hoping that he can broker a Serbia-Kosovo deal ahead of the November...
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Elections in Croatia see the emergence of the first left pole since the...
Note from LeftEast editors: We post this article in cooperation with Counterfire. Despite left gains, early elections paid off for the ruling centre-right party, writes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica On...
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Early elections in Serbia: Progressive win is a warning to the working class...
Serbia held early parliamentary elections on 16 March 2014. The results were an apparently spectacular victory for the outgoing ruling coalition, and the Serbian Progressive Party above all, which...
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A Left Perspective on Kosovo. An Interview with Rron Gjinovci
Rron Gjinovci was born in 1989 in Prishtina, Kosovo. He started his bachelor in University of Prishtina studying Engineering Physics and Philosophy. After a symbolic action in 2010, where Rron and one...
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The Women’s Front for Labour and Social Rights in Croatia. An Interview with...
Left East’s Vladimir Unkovski-Korica spoke with Vedrana Bibić and Tina Tešija from the Women’s Front for Labour and Social Rights in Zagreb. Could you tell us about who and what gave rise to the...
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Presidential Elections in Croatia. An interview with Tomislav Orešković &...
Vladimir Unkovski-Korica: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović narrowly defeated incumbent Ivo Josipović to become the new president of Croatia. She is the first member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic...
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Imperialist intervention in Syria: not the people’s dream, but nightmare
Note from the editors: The following article is published in collaboration with the British socialist website, Counterfire.org.* Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat their...
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Serbia’s election outcome: More of the same or worse?
Serbia held early parliamentary elections on 24 April 2016, the second set of early elections in just over two years. Serbian premier and leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Aleksandar...
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The courage of conviction: why a tactical ‘remain’ vote makes no sense
Counterfire (May 19, 2016) Vladimir Unkovski-Korica points out the glaring contradictions in Paul Mason’s argument to boycott the EU referendum. In his Guardian column, Paul Mason made a principled...
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EU mining troubles: what unites striking coal miners and protesting...
Note from LeftEast editors: Vladimir Unkovski-Korica joins up the dots as mass struggles from below kick off in the Balkans. It is the third text in a series of interventions LeftEast will publish on...
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