CONTINUITY OF SERBIA'S POLICY
By Nikola Samardzic
In post-conflict and neo-conflict Serbia anti-communism could be
interpreted in the light of transformation of communism that relates not to local
circumstances only. Two decades after the collapse of East European communism it is hard
to determine a linear transformation with common denominators of individual shifts towards
economic and social transition, and political pluralism. Each case emerges, more and more,
as a specific one. Reforms were not linear but were... More >>> |
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Law and Justice
POSTPONEMENT AND
OBSTRUCTION
By Bojana Oprijan Ilic
Until verdicts for war crimes are not passed and become undisputable
and effective, many in Serbia will be beating their patriotic chests, the Radicals'
ratings will be higher and higher, and crimes will retain the form of an ideology.
"Justice is slow but reachable," say enthusiasts and
optimists. "There are no such things as law and justice," say those whose lives
have been stamped by war atrocities over the past two decades but... More >>> |
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Lucky Kosovars
A NEW NEIGHBOR IN THE
SOUTH
By Miroslav Filipovic
Kosovo finally left on its path to independence and common sense,
following the example of six ex-republics of the big Yugoslavia. Serbia became a rump, an
incomplete state or, as the Guardian put it, "a beaten up, offended loser of the
European history." That was a logical consequence of the crazed policy of Belgrade's
clerical-nationalists that had inflicted pain to small Balkan states but most of all hurt,
ashamed and terrorized Serbs themselves.
Well, it's been a week now that Serbia is left without Kosovo. Seven
days have passed since... More
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