Balkan watching (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

Outlaw09 highlighted an unexplained exchange of gunfire in Macedonia (see the first post, after this thread appears) and a gap in our coverage of the region.

So aware that WW1 started with a spark with an assassination @ Sarejevo, it's time for a thread to collect posts and discussion on the region - mainly small, new states.

There are a few historical, closed threads for background reading:

1) Kosovo Independence:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=4924
2) Wahhabism in the Balkans:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=5041
3) Bosnia looks beyond Dayton:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...read.php?t=163

If jihadism appears I suggest readers consult the articles by John Schindler's blog, which regularly reminds us how fertile the region can be:http://20committee.com/category/terrorism/

Although the shooting is not explained these two BBC reports explain, 6th May 2015, there is a political crisis in Macedonia, with some public violence:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32610951 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32612508