Kosovo and Serbia
On Nikola Pasic Square, DSS and SRS once again said „Kosovo is Serbia“. Both Dveri and Nasi shouted the same thing to the prime minister in Orasac. Even Vucic himself claimed that Kosovo is Serbia in Munich.
Regime over the abyss
We saw another public display of the regime’s brazenness in an interview with the prime minister. He spent 95% of the time talking trash about his opponents, blathering about the toilets at the Faculty of Philosophy…
Hunger
According to the Freedom barometer, which places emphasis on political freedoms, Serbia ranks 35th among 45 countries in Europe and Central Asia. So, we’re near the bottom once again.
Robby K: Vucic’s fall
“If a tyrant could choose a people to rule, instead of people choosing tyrants, he would most definitely choose Croats. Vucic would be so much luckier if he ruled in Croatia instead of Serbia. He would say: This is heaven on earth!”
Germany has rule of law. Why shouldn’t we?
After the session of the national security council, the president of the republic announced new measures against crime, and the introduction of life imprisonment for the “gravest crimes”.
#105 out of 5 million
Teachers of the Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy support protests of citizens of Serbia: Through research of an individual and a society, we recognize numerous elements of dictatorship in the government’s behavior.
Waiting for Putin
They come to power with Western, USA and EU, support, and try to stay in power with Putin’s support. Milorad Dodik is one successful, so far, example. Vucic, the President of Serbia, is attempting the same.
Yellow vest or bloody shirt, you decide
The government caused Saturday’s protest by setting up cheap replicas of the Arc de Triomphe in the center of Belgrade. So, citizens thought they were in Paris and decided to do as the Parisians do: to protest.
Petty thieves
Brnabic complained to the media that she was surprised by some foreign agencies which interpreted her statement about the military as a threat of war. Then she ordered her team to review the video…
“The times they are a-changing”
After the mid-term elections in the US, it is unlikely that Trump will be re-elected in 2020. This is irrespective of the rising chances of impeachment (which, the chances, we will not know until Mueller publishes his report).
Dwarfs know nothing: Balkanization and nationalism
As the result of Balkan wars of the 1990s, a larger unified Yugoslav nation-state has been replaced by seven smaller states. Each now claims a distinct nationhood…
Yugoslav wars – A snapshot of European past or future?
Were the Yugoslav wars the final European wars of the twentieth century, or should they be understood and studied as the first wars of the twenty-first century?
Beginner’s guide to Serbia’s decline
Ana Brnabic explained that “there is a possibility to sign a long term contract on normalization with Pristina by 2025”, but that, most likely “by then, Serbia won’t be ready to join the EU.”
How to contribute to the public debate
The Appellate court has upheld the verdict of the High Court, in which Vesna Pesic and the editors of Pescanik were found guilty of a violation of honor and reputation of the minister of police.
Landscape of crime
Ognjen Glavonic’s long-awaited first feature film The Load (Belgrade premiere is tonight) is based on a story about a man who drove the truck loaded with dead bodies from Kosovo to Serbia in the spring of 1999.
Brexit: public square versus political market
This is really the oldest political theme: how to immunise democracy from demagogic revolution. Public choice theory identifies the vulnerabilities of both the direct and the representative democracies…
Night mailman in Serbian army
Are there more Serbian war criminals in prisons or at the Belgrade book fair, which just closed. This dilemma arises because of the program at the booth of the ministry of defense and the army of Serbia.
Media freedom in Serbia today
We started cooperation with the Serbian government in June this year on creating the Media strategy, having been given guarantees that there was a political will to improve the situation in the media.
Things do not change: elections in B&H
wiiw – The result surprised nobody. Positive political change will come in Bosnia, but that could take a while. The country’s mood is gloomy, though firms are becoming more optimistic…
New dean and hate speech
New generation of students of the Faculty of law in Novi Sad was greeted by the new dean Branislav Ristivojevic, who was a couple of months ago found guilty of hate speech against LGBT+ citizens.
We didn’t understand
Yugoslavia as a way to fulfil Serbian goals for Kosovo – that was not enough. It was seen as an obstacle for the establishment of Serbian power in Kosovo. Hence the choice: Kosovo or Yugoslavia.
Defeat
“The crying Serbia” has won over “the winning Serbia” – concludes Vucic. And then he describes the “crying” Serbia in more detail: „Sonja Biserko, Sava Janjic and Rada Trajkovic, and nationalists“.
What’s in a name? The case of Macedonia
wiiw – There is a good chance that the referendum on changing the countries name will result in a “yes” vote. There is every indication that the membership in NATO will follow swiftly…
Rights and territories in the Western Balkans
Serbia and Kosovo are moving towards an agreement on a land swap. The chances of success, however, are very low, reflecting domestic political factors on both sides.
Imaginary coup
For many who don’t understand politics, a coup is usually a bloody and cruel institution, but also a romantic one. This is how you bring down a hated government and install a new, perhaps even worse one.
Is there a solution for the Balkan knots and misfortunes?
The Alliance for Serbia and its 30 points are the subject of public criticism. Even if we were to support this party gathering out of pure despair, our expectations must be low.
Children with disabilities finally at schools?
Education minister Mladen Sarcevic promised access, inclusion and participation of every child in quality and inclusive education.
Srebrenica in the Serbian judiciary
The proceedings for crimes against Srebrenica Bosniaks conducted before the war crimes tribunals in Serbia perfectly reflects the attitude of our society as a whole towards the Srebrenica genocide.
Monty Python’s frightening circus
If the city was occupied by the military and the police purely for the purpose of exhibition, why didn’t the other ministries display their equipment? Why not the ministry of labor, for example?
General at his own wake
In late June, a military-police exercise, megalomaniacally named “Joint Strike” was conducted in Kraljevo. Two and a half thousand members of the army and police took part in the action…
Frozen Vidovdan
An influential part of the Serbian intellectual elite calls for freezing the Kosovo issue. Why is it so important to live an eternal Vidovdan? And what are we freezing? I have at least 3 answers to that question.
Justice for Savamala
Police officer Goran Stamenkovic was found guilty of illegal conduct during the demolition of Savamala and received a sentence below the mandatory minimum, so he could keep his job with the police.
