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Continuation of genocide by other means
This is a continued effort to highlight the discrimination faced by returnees to the Podrinje region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Podrinje or the Drina Valley was scene to some of the most vicious pogroms and mass killings during the Bosnian War. On January 23d local Serb authorities in eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad removed the word “genocide”…
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Göteborgs Filmfestival: For Those Who Can Tell No Tales: 24 jan-3 feb 2014
Den bosniska regissisören Jasmila Zbanic nya film: For Those Who Can Tell No Tales kommer visas I dagarna på Göteborgs Filmfestival, det finns fortfarande biljetter att boka. Festivalen kommer pågå from 24 jan till 3 feb. Biljetter kan bokas genom att klicka på den här länken: Göteborgs Filmfestival Besök också gärna filmens Facebooksida Filmen utspelas i den bosniska staden Visegrad,…
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“What’s wrong with us?” demand Government as Romanians fail to arrive
Originally posted on News Toad: The Romanian and Bulgarian ambassadors to Britain have been summoned to Downing street for urgent talks this morning following the complete absence of the stampede of immigrants expected on New Years day. Prime Minister David Cameron explained “We were supposed to wake up on New years day to find them…
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Anulled- The Persecution of Victims of Ethnic Cleansing
Anulled- “Poništeni” The Persecution of Victims of Ethnic Cleansing In the documentary “Poništeni” ( Anulled ) we get to see and hear the stories of those who have at first hand experienced the violation of their right and freedom to choose where they wish to live in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This article appeared yesterday Friday…
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Visegrad : Municipality set to destroy Pionirska Street House
A house in the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad, in which dozens of people were burned alive by convicted war criminals Milan and Sredoje Lukic is about to be destroyed due to the construction of a road. On October 12th I wrote an article on the continued struggle of Victims Associations in Visegrad to stop…
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For Those Who Can Tell No Tales: Bosnian film director finally wrestles away Visegrad from Emir Kustrica
This article was originally published: 21-11-2013 in the Croatian Daily, Jutarnji List. By Nenad Polimac In Jasmila Zbanic film “Na Putu” ( On The Path) there is an excellent scene in which the heroine of the story ( Zrinka Cvitešić) gets drunk and decides to head to Republika Srpska with her friend ( Nina Violić)…
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The Chetniks and Serbia´s Secret War
This is a response to the ongoing attempts by Serbian State Television to rehabilitate the memory of the Serb nationalist Chetnik movement under the leadership of Dragoljub “Draza” Mihajlovic. In the years since the breakup of former Yugoslavia there has been a debate in Serbia about the rehabilitation of the Chetnik movement. Those calling for…
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Authorities in Visegrad set to destroy a memorial to Pionirska live pyre victims
A house in the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad, in which dozens of people were burned alive by convicted war criminals Milan and Sredoje Lukic is about to be destroyed due to the construction of a road. On October 12th I wrote an article on the continued struggle of Victims Associations in Visegrad to stop…
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Milosevic’s motiveless malignancy By: Srđa Popović
This essay was first published in the book “War and Change in the Balkans” (Cambridge University Press, 2006.) It was later re-published by Serbian portal Peščanik.net in 2009. This is the english version. You can find the serbian version here. By: Srđa Popović Peščanik.net 2009 Throughout the eight years of conflict in the former Yugoslavia,…
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Prijedor: Men, women and children murdered and thrown into a mass grave
This story appeared today on several Bosnian news sites. It was first reported by Anadolu Agency By Anadolu Agency 2013-10-30 So far forensics experts have the found the remains of 333 people in the mass grave in the village of Tomasica near the town of Prijedor in northwest Bosnia. Of those 333 the forensics experts…
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