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The intellectual and the totalitarian – a sad affair
This article appeared on Friday 19.9.2014 on the website of VG Nyheter in Norwegian as a part of the debate about the controversial decision to award the prestigious Ibsen Award to Peter Handke. Written by professor Øystein Sørensen of Oslo University. On Sunday, Austrian Peter Handke will receive The Ibsen Award. Handke is one of today’s…
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A shameful award
This article appeared originally in Norwegian on the website of VG Nyheter on Sunday 21.9.14 as a part of the debate about the controversial decision to award the prestigious Ibsen Award to Peter Handke. Written by Norway´s honorary consul to Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ivar Amundsen. Handke has declared himself as an unabashed supporter of…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina hit by more heavy rain and flooding
Last May´s heavy rains caused some of the worst flooding in over a century in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia. Aside from the tragic loss of life damage done to the infrastructure was estimated to be in the billions. Sadly more floods have now hit the region. with both Bosnia and Serbia affected. According to Balkan Insight…
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Aleksandar Vučić´s Amnesia
This column appeared originally on the website of the Bosnian daily Oslobodjenje 15/05/2014. It was written by award-winning Croatian writer Boris Dežulović. I had planned to translate it and post this article on my blog, however almost directly after Aleksandar Vučić ´s visit to Sarajevo and statements he made while there horrific floods hit Bosnia and…
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31 maj, de vita bandens dag
Enligt de domar som har avkunnats av Haagtribunalen (ICTY) tog serbiska styrkor över kontrollen av staden Prijedor i norra Bosnien 30 april 1992. 31 maj 1992 utfärdade serbiska myndigheter ett dekret där alla icke-serber i staden skulle märka sina hus med vita flaggor eller vita lakan och bära en vit armband om de gick ut…
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Socialdemokrati i nationalismens tjänst
“Vi har en socialdemokrat i Krister Kronlid som faktiskt sticker ut näsan i blåsten för oss och för detta skall han ha all heder precis som ALLA enskilda aktörer, journalister och politiker som förr och framöver stått vid vår sida…”. Drago Drangel skriver på Sanning åt allas forum: (Från Expressens avslöjande) Den socialdemokratiske…
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Remembering Bloody May 1992 in Bratunac
This article appeared on BCS version of DW ( Deutsche Welle ) 11.05.2014 By Marinko Sekulić In mid-April 92 a JNA-corps from Novi Sad arrived in Bratunac. Together with them arrived other armed units from Serbia. At the end of April the disarming of the Muslim population began “We had to hand over all licensed…
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The continued humiliation and mistreatment of genocide survivors
This article appeared on Al Jazeera Balkans 14/04/ 2014 President of the Victims Association “Mothers of Srebrenica” Hatidža Mehmedović received a letter today demanding that she show up at the local police station in Srebrenica on today, Tuesday because she entered the premises of the Agricultural Cooperative in the village of Kravica on July 13…
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Vad skiljer Slobodan Milosevic och Vladimir Putin åt? Svar: 22 år
Den här artikeln publicerades av Radio Free Europe 11 mars 2014. Skriven av Nenad Pejic. Pejic är just nu chefredaktör för Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Han var tidigare chef för RFE / RL: s Balkan Service. Av : Nenad Pejic Nu när jag sitter och tittar på nyheterna och ser bilderna från Krim…
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Two Swedish Professors Promote Bosnian Genocide Denial
Excellent dissection of the latest set of (old) lies to find their way on to Swedish newspapers. Debunking Denialism In a misguided effort to promote an “open-minded atmosphere”, another major Swedish morning newspaper has taken a stand in favor of intellectually dishonest conspiracy theories. The newspaper, called Göteborgs-Posten (GP), recently published a couple of opinion…
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