How to Invent a Country - What are the Balkans?

June 28 1914 - a young Bosnian in Sarajevo fired the shot that triggered World War One. Why is this region so unstable? Misha Glenny returns to a region he's known for years

Published on Friday, 3rd April 2026.

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