Category: Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Joint Criminal Enterprise
On 28th of Febuary the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) acquitted on appeal Momcilo Perisic, the former Chief of Staff of the Army of Yugoslavia. He had originally been sentenced to 27 years for his role in assisting and supporting war crimes in Bosnia and Croatia. The trial chamber originally found Perisic…
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Cousin Vuk
President of the United Nations General Assembly, proud Serb nationalist and full-time clown Vuk Jeremic is making headlines in the Balkans and in the US again. The story first appeared in Radio Free Europe and was later picked up by The Atlantic. It seems that Vuk Jeremic has outed himself as a Bosniak! Well not…
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The trouble with Vuk and Tomo
Imagine if twenty years after the Second World War, a German diplomat who also happens to be the chairman of the UN General Assembly decided to schedule a debate on the work and the findings of the Nuremburg trials. Also imagine if one of the main speakers was the German head of state, who during…
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Minneshögtid för Markalemassakerns offer
Den här veckan var det återigen dags för Sarajevoborna att hålla en minneshögstund och hedra minnet av de som dog under belägringens värsta stunder. Den 5 februari 1994 landade en granat som hade avfyrats från bosnienserbiska ställningar på bergen ovanför staden ner på marknaden Markale. 68 människor dödades och 140 skadades då granaten landade på…
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Vuk Jeremić and the Serb nationalist march on the UN General Assembly
Vuk Jeremić, the current chairman of the UNGA arranged for “March on the Drina” to be played during the celebration of the Orthodox Christian New Year at the UN. A military march dating back to WWI that for most Bosnians as well as Croats and Albanians is associated with Serb nationalism and extremism. This is…
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Krister, Gert och serbnationalisterna
Krister Kronlid (S) Jag läste ett blogginlägg som min vän Jonas Paulsson skrev häromdan om Gert Fylking och hans uttalande om serber. Allt som allt var det intressant läsning. Jag hade glömt bort “Fylkinggate” det hände i våras och mycket har hänt sen dess, men efter att ha läst inlägget som kom jag på EN…
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The truth and other minor details
PHOTO: Forensic experts in 1996 working in a Srebrenica Genocide mass grave in the village of Pilica. The assault on truth and memory continues as the propaganda war against the victims of the Srebrenica genocide sees no slowing down… To this day Serb nationalist websites and on Facebook and other social media outlets continue to…
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