The Invention Of..., The Balkans, The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia

The Invention Of...

The Balkans

The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia

13 April 2026

45 minutes

Available for over a year

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.