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Alejandro Esteso Pérez

@aestesop.bsky.social
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Political analyst & researcher | Western Balkans, EU enlargement & illiberalism | PhD candidate @uni-graz.at | Burek, memes, all things camp 📍 Belgrade

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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🇮🇸 🗳️ Today, Iceland is holding a referendum on whether to resume EU membership negotiations with Brussels—which, if positive, would be a gamechanger for the EU's enlargement policy. Montenegro, the current frontrunner, could benefit the most from this. I wrote this piece a few months ago 👇🏻
balkaninsight.com
Icelandic Bid for EU Membership Would Boost Montenegro’s Chances
If Iceland restarts its European Union accession talks following a referendum this summer, Balkan membership bid frontrunner Montenegro stands to benefit from the revived enlargement momentum.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Acabo de lanzar mi nuevo proyecto divulgativo, Balcones y Balcanes, para acercar la región de los Balcanes al público español e hispanohablante de forma entretenida. Si estás interesado, asómate. ¡Se agradece difusión! 😊🗺 ✨️ instagram.com/BalconesyBalcanes 📽 youtube.com/@BalconesyBalcanes
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I recently had an unpleasant conversation with a young, white, well-educated and well-travelled European man who affirmed that there is "no better time to be a Muslim in Europe" than now.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Okay I think teleworking is going a little too far now.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Following its announcement in June, KFOR starts its slow withdrawal from the bridge over the Ibar river in Mitrovica, with Kosovo's police forces gradually taking over.
slobodnaevropa.org
KFOR počeo 'postepenu tranziciju' stalnog prisustva na mostu preko Ibra u Mitrovici
Misija NATO-a na Kosovu (KFOR) saopštila je u ponedeljak da je započela postepeno povlačenje stalnog prisustva sa glavnog mosta u Mitrovici. Ovaj grad je nakon sukoba 1999. godine podeljen na severni...
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vlado @mejs.eurosky.social · 01/08/2026
The past 48 hours have shown the absolute worst of Europe - hypocrisy, pettiness, absence of solidarity, shortsightedness, deep and prevailing racism, inability to lead, and an overwhelming subservience to hostile powers subjugating us Meanwhile, at least 67 people are dead and we don't care at all
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So how exactly does one pack for ten months across nine cities, three seasons and three climates?
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
What's striking is that only eight (!) EU members are opposing this farce. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2026/07/08/e...
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Eight EU member states oppose opening of Claster 3 for Serbia - European Western Balkans
BRUSSELS – Ambassadors of the EU member states failed to reach a consensus on opening Cluster 3 in the accession talks with Serbia. At today’s meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of ...
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Spent some amazing days in colourful Catania 🇮🇹 attending the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social's 🇪🇺 13th Biennial Conference & presenting preliminary findings of an upcoming paper with Natasha Wunsch. Greatest setting for meeting old & new connections! 🌟 @uni-graz.at
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
So you are telling me that Trump is openly acknowledging he has orchestrated one of the most blatant scandals in international football history, and not a single participating country's football federation is having the decency of pulling out until this decision is overturned? Alright, I guess.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Sarajevo is gearing up for its 7th Pride Parade 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻
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David @davideneldni.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🎙🇦🇱 Algunos apuntes míos sobre las actuales protestas en Albania para @rne5continentes.bsky.social 🔗 rneaudio.rtve.es/a/17103543
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Cinco Continentes - Miles de albaneses, en contra de un "pelotazo urbanístico" de la familia Trump
Emisión del programa Cinco continentes titulado Miles de albaneses, en contra de un "pelotazo urbanístico" de la familia Trump. Todos los contenidos de RNE l...
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
For #Eurovision night, I strongly recommend everyone—whether you are boycotting or not—to watch this excellent summary.
youtube.com
Eurovision is Dying... It Can Only Blame Itself.
YouTube video by Stuart MacLean
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tomorrow is #Eurovision. For the second time in 26 years, I will not be watching. I am saddened to miss a yearly event that has shaped so much of who I am right now, but I cannot tolerate it being manipulated and instrumentalised to accommodate and whitewash a State that is committing genocide.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🎞️🇽🇰 My latest policy paper "Five risks for #Kosovo amid the US-EU rift" has been picked up by @rferl.org.web.brid.gy's service in Albanian. My findings and conclusions, në gjuhën shqipe, from 04:38 on: www.evropaelire.org/a/aleatet-ko...
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Dejan Pantic @serbianism.com · 12/04/2026
Just FYI, the public discourse in Serbia has consigned the whole Serbia-Hungary gas pipeline bombing plot to oblivion, after most people here came to conclusion that it was a false flag to help Orban with the election.
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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 29/03/2026
T-14 days until the Hungarian election. 🇭🇺🗳️ In this thread, I discuss Magyar's prospects of success in restoring (liberal) democracy (if he wins) and will tell you he's not the saviour you might think he is (but that he’s still good enough for now). 🧵 1/
Magyar on stage with a huge Hungarian flag
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
What if #Iceland 🇮🇸 resumed EU membership talks? My optimistic take is that #Montenegro 🇲🇪 could benefit from it—if both countries worked on a joint accession timeline. 🖋️ My latest op-ed for Balkan Insight
balkaninsight.com
Icelandic Bid for EU Membership Would Boost Montenegro’s Chances
If Iceland restarts its European Union accession talks following a referendum this summer, Balkan membership bid frontrunner Montenegro stands to benefit from the revived enlargement momentum.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The US has lost its self-proclaimed status as the world's democratising superpower, whereas the EU remains split amid Trump's global gamble. What does this all mean for #Kosovo? 🇽🇰 ✏️ In my latest paper for GLPS, I highlight 5️⃣ main risks. 🔗 legalpoliticalstudies.org/standing-on-... 🧵👇🏻
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🌸🇧🇦 As spring is slowly springing, I am back in the Balkans. Over the upcoming semester, I will be working on my PhD dissertation at the University of Sarajevo under the guidance of @damirkapidzic.bsky.social. For now, you'll find me in B&H. Looking forward to the many exciting things to come 💫
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📣 INSCRIPCIÓN ABIERTA (+ POSIBILIDAD DE BECA) 📣 Diploma Online "Conflictos en la periferia europea: frontera oriental" en @ucm.es, coordinado por @ruthferrero.bsky.social. ⭐ Programa de Becas Santander (300€) 📆 4 mayo - 12 julio 📚 15 ECTS Más info aquí: www.ucm.es/icei/diploma...
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Curro Peña 🏳️‍🌈 @currikitaum.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
El Gobierno de España habla de prohibir el uso de redes sociales a millones de personas como si eso fuera algo sencillo y “de sentido común”. En la newsletter de hoy, os cuento 10 razones por las que no es una buena idea.
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10 riesgos de prohibir las redes a los menores
Lo que el Gobierno no te cuenta de su nueva medida estrella
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The Board of Peace comprises leaders from 18 of the world's least democratic states (plus the US) and its charter pledges $1 billion from each of them to be used at the discretion of the board's chairman (you already know who it is) www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
X is the megaphone of 21st century fascism and authoritariansim. It has poisoned public debate. It is a tool for bullying, abuse, and assault. X needs to disappear from our discourse. When people and institutions post there, it gives X credibility. It keeps it relevant. It's time to stop.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Serbs wanting to get revenge on Denmark's Kosovo recognition by supporting US annexation of Greenland is giving the exact same level of stupidity as the Kosovo peeps supporting a US coup in Venezuela. But they don't know that do they.
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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
@seva.bsky.social is, of course, correct. Venezuela was a pre-arranged gift to (or from) Putin; Cuba is next. The spheres of influence and control are back. Yalta without the spectacle of Yalta.
open.substack.com
Venezuela Is a Gift to Putin
and a harbinger of more Russian aggression in Europe
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Adem Kastrati, "Mikpritja" (1975)
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
🇨🇭📸 Casually dropping four of my favourite snapshots from the past semester in Switzerland. Thanks to @unifr.bsky.social for having me!
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Last week, @ruthferrero.bsky.social and I poured some thoughts into this op-ed for Balkan Insight. "The silence is deafening. The tragedy is not only that 16 lives were lost under the collapsed canopy a year ago, but that an entire generation no longer believes that Europe can shelter them." ✍🏻📰
balkaninsight.com
As Serbia’s Students Continue Fighting, the EU Keeps Drowning in its Own Irrelevance
The students’ refusal to frame their struggle in explicitly pro-EU terms is not mere indifference – it is the expression of a generational break.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
"With the ultimate sense of awareness that nobody in Brussels will come to their rescue, the final reckoning is that only #Serbia can save itself." ✍🏻💥 New op-ed just out for Balkan Insight, authored alongside @ruthferrero.bsky.social 🇷🇸 🇪🇺
balkaninsight.com
As Serbia’s Students Continue Fighting, the EU Keeps Drowning in its Own Irrelevance
The students’ refusal to frame their struggle in explicitly pro-EU terms is not mere indifference – it is the expression of a generational break.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I randomly just remembered there's an EUSR for the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue called Peter Sørensen. Wondering what he's been up to.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
#Eurovision: Norwegian public broadcaster reports that the EBU is scrapping its GA's vote on Israel's participation in the 2026 contest. Israel will therefore participate normally. Which also means that, if no surprises, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Ireland are boycotting the contest.
nrk.no
EBU dropper Israel-avstemning
Den europeiske kringkastingsunionen skriver i en pressemelding at de dropper avstemingen rundt Israels deltakelse i Eurovision Song Contest neste år. De skriver at en avstemning skjer kun dersom medle...
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Alexander Mesarovich @mesarovicha.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Work on #transnational #illiberalism? Consider submitting a paper for my workshop at ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions! Seeking papers on #illiberal #parties, #socialmovements, #transnationalism and trans-regionalism. Deadline 3 December! Event details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Investigative journalists at KRIK in #Serbia have just unveiled this impressive database that lists and tracks ćaci (regime's thugs) presence at pro-regime rallies or responsibility for anti-student violence. Who they are, where they have been seen and how their criminal record looks. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Ćaci(ji): Čuvari partije
Kriminalci osuđivani za ubistva, prebijanja, trgovinu drogom, ali i osobe blisko povezane sa ljudima iz podzemlja, pružali su podršku na protestima u poslednjih godinu dana vladajućoj Srpskoj napredno...
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Diario Público @publico.es · 03/11/2025
🔴INVESTIGACIÓN | Los migrantes del Sur Global vienen a trabajar y los del Norte, a jubilarse ✍️ Por Emilia G. Morales
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Los migrantes del Sur Global vienen a trabajar y los del Norte, a jubilarse
Quienes vienen de países empobrecidos o especialmente violentos llegan a España en edad de trabajar.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
📍 Un año después de la catástrofe de la estación de trenes de Novi Sad, donde una marquesina de cemento sepultó a 16 personas, @ruthferrero.bsky.social y yo repasamos qué suponen los últimos doce meses para #Serbia y qué queda de la ambición europea de su sociedad civil. En @agendapublica.es 👇🏻
agendapublica.es
Serbia y la pérdida del horizonte europeo
Un año después de la tragedia de Novi Sad, los estudiantes serbios lideran un movimiento para "desafiar un sistema corroído por el autoritarismo.
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
🇪🇺🤑The mother of all EU fund misuses from Hungary: a treetop/canopy walkway without trees in Nyírmártonfalva, led by a Fidesz (Orbán’s ruling party) mayor who said trees weren’t required. €160K of EU taxpayers’ money wasted. Story uncovered by @atlatszo.hu in 2023: english.atlatszo.hu/2023/03/28/t...
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The left seems completely disoriented after Trump's ceasefire deal in Gaza. But don't be fooled and, especially, don't forget: Trump has always had Israel's genocidal govt's back, purely sees Gaza as a lucrative real estate opportunity, and ultimately does not give a single fuck about Palestinians.
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Alberto Mesas 🍉 @mrtables.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Diella es la primera ministra del mundo creada con IA. Albania la ha presentado como un método infalible contra la corrupción, pero muchos creen que solo es propaganda del gobierno. Lo cuento en @elsaltodiario.com con la colaboración de @aestesop.bsky.social y @aguiar.bsky.social ⬇️ shorturl.at/QAv6p
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Un algoritmo en el gobierno: Albania nombra ministra a una IA para tapar la corrupción institucional
Ni las leyes ni la Constitución del país contemplan que una inteligencia artificial pueda ocupar un cargo público. Además, el código del algoritmo no se ha hecho público, y también hay opacidad sobre ...
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🗣️ Comparto algunos de mis comentarios para @elsaltodiario.com sobre Albania: las jugadas domésticas de Edi Rama, sus relaciones con Bruselas, y el futuro de la ampliación. ✍🏻 @mrtables.bsky.social
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Un algoritmo en el gobierno: Albania nombra ministra a una IA para tapar la corrupción institucional
Ni las leyes ni la Constitución del país contemplan que una inteligencia artificial pueda ocupar un cargo público. Además, el código del algoritmo no se ha hecho público, y también hay opacidad sobre ...
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
One month in Switzerland and bilingualism really does feel like
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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
So that's Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland that will officially pull out of #Eurovision 2026 if Israel takes part. Go on, Spain, you're up next.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
- you clean up that banksy? - sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Rewatching old Eurovision shows (from not even 5 years ago) feels almost dystopian in 2025. Like, what do you mean Russia, Belarus, Turkey and Hungary used to participate?!
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This potential move from the EPP is so long overdue that I cannot take it seriously. And even more ridiculous when you read the alleged reasons prompting Weber's plans. Also, Euractiv's calling Vučić Serbia's PM is not even that far off. Who even knows who Serbia's actual PM is?
euractiv.com
EPP chief moves to expel Vučić's party from Europe's centre-right bloc - Euractiv
The prime minister's threats to MEPs is proving too much for their European party colleagues to stomach
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
✨ Excited to announce I will be spending the upcoming semester at @unifr.bsky.social as a PhD scholarship holder. I will be working on a chapter of my PhD dissertation under the wing of Prof. Natasha Wunsch and the rest of the department. Many exciting things to come! 🤩
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Cinco Continentes @rne5continentes.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🇷🇸La crisis política y social en Serbia se agudiza con el paso de las semanas. El gobierno del presidente Vucic responde con dureza a los críticos y agita el fantasma de una presunta injerencia extranjera. 🎙️ @aestesop.bsky.social rtve.es/a/16707670/
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Vucic responde con dureza a las protestas en Serbia
La crisis política y social en Serbia parece agudizarse con el paso de las semanas. Las manifestaciones y protestas protagonizadas por los estudiantes tras e...
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Alejandro Esteso Pérez @aestesop.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🎙️🗣️ Comento para @rne5continentes.bsky.social la situación actual en Serbia y la nueva oleada de violencia contra las protestas estudiantiles
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Vucic responde con dureza a las protestas en Serbia
La crisis política y social en Serbia parece agudizarse con el paso de las semanas. Las manifestaciones y protestas protagonizadas por los estudiantes tras e...
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