Wall in Sarajevo (by kitestramrt)
Srebrenica Genocide Blog: VIDEO: LOST IMAGES OF SREBRENICA GENOCIDE: “In July 1995, Serbian journalist Zoran Petrovic filmed the Srebrenica genocide unfolding, and then he attempted to cover up the evidence by cutting out and erasing important scenes.”
(…) Key scenes from Petrovic’s rushes were ‘lost’ or blacked over, presumably to prevent reprisals. [...]
Yugo Rear Logo (bart_hulsbosch)
Serbia’s Yugos get souped-up: “The last ever Yugo car rolls off the production line in Serbia on 20 November 2008.
Often ridiculed, the car had been one of the cheapest in the world and was also the most famous export from the former Yugoslavia.”
(Via BBC News.)
Nikola Kavaja on the cover of ‘Serbian Army’
The Associated Press: Serb who hijacked US plane in 1979 dies: “Nikola Kavaja, who hijacked a U.S. passenger jet in 1979 with the intention of crashing it into Yugoslav Communist Party headquarters, has died.”
Nikola Kavaja: Interview with an assassin - The Independent: “Kavaja is 73, but he looks [...]
Ramush Haradinaj
popkitchen: “Let’s face it – no one reads Vanity Fair for its journalistic objectivity, deadpan criticism of political hypocrisy or clear ideological views. Glossy photos, sensationalist, yet captivating writing style and unparallel access to the powerful and rich attract us to indulge in this magazine.”
Vanity Fair
(…) no wonder that the November issue brings a [...]
Europe on the brink of currency crisis meltdown
- Telegraph: “The financial crisis spreading like wildfire across the former Soviet bloc threatens to set off a second and more dangerous banking crisis in Western Europe, tipping the whole Continent into a fully-fledged economic slump.”
(…) Experts fear the mayhem may soon trigger a chain reaction within [...]
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BalkanInsight.com - Serbia-Bosnian Serbs Soccer Match Banned: “The international soccer body, FIFA, has banned a friendly between Serbia’s national football team and a selection of players from Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity of Republika Srpska.”
The match between Serbia and Republika Srpska was previously approved by Bosnia’s Football Association, despite strong protests from some Bosniak (Bosnian [...]
Political poster in Serbia accusing the EU of having fascistic policies
Serbia as Shylock the Jew?: “(…) wonderful rhetoric about justice delivered by rank hypocrites operating under a double standard in a biased system resulting in endless ‘conditions’ and deliberate humiliation of a ‘villain’ who is in many ways the biggest victim.
Sound familiar?”
(Via LimbicNutrition Weblog.)
Serbia’s Kosovo Case Passes at the UN: “The UN General Assembly has approved Serbia’s resolution to seek the International Court of Justice’s opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s independence.”
Out of the United Nations 192 members at the General Assembly 77 states voted for the move, 6 against while 74 countries abstained.
The resolution questioning the legality [...]
International Court of Justice
BalkanInsight.com - Britain: Serbia is Challenging EU on Kosovo
Serbia’s request that the International Court of Justice give an opinion on Kosovo’s independence is ‘a mistake’ and ‘a direct challenge to the EU’, Britain’s ambassador to Serbia said.
In an interview with the Belgrade daily, Vecernje Novosti, published Sunday, Stephen Wordsworth warned the move [...]
Smailovic playing in the National Library in Sarajevo, 1992 (Photo: Mikhail Evstafiev)
STEFANO GIANTIN
BELGRADO - Nel ‘92 commosse il mondo suonando per mesi nella città martire della guerra di Bosnia. Oggi Vedran Smailovic, il “violoncellista di Sarajevo”, vorrebbe festeggiare in musica l’estradizione di Karadzic. Sono passati sedici anni da quel 27 maggio quando una granata lanciata [...]
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