Kristina BALALOVSKA
was born in 1980 in Skopje, Macedonia. After the award of her International Baccalaureate, she continued her studies in the United Kingdom, receiving her BSc International Relations from the London School of Economics in 2001. At the moment, she is studying for a postgraduate Masters degree in Nationalism Studies at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Her interests focus on national identity, inter-ethnic conflict and regulation, with particular reference to the Southeast European region. She plans to continue her studies and do research in this direction.