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The birth and death of Yugoslavia

Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans, travelling from Sarajevo to Belgrade to explain the creation and then the destruction of Yugoslavia.

Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.

With contributions from Lea Ypi, Radina Vucetic, Ivan Veyvoda, Tim Heneage, Jelena Dureinovic, plus former soldier turned writer Faruk Sehic in Sarajevo. Includes archive of Fitzroy Maclean and Steed Wickham, plus an interview with the scientific director of the Jewish Museum in Thessaloniki, Xenia Eleftheriou.

This is series eighteen of The Invention of ... on Radio 4, following on from previous visits to Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil and beyond.

The producer is Miles Warde

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42 minutes

On radio

Mon 13 Apr 2026 11:00

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Apr 2026 11:00