Stories about Croatia from March, 2006
Serbia & Montenegro: Eurovision Conflict
Ed at Balkan Baby writes that Serbia and Montenegro seriously disagree on who should represent their country at this year's Eurovision Song Contest: No Name, a Montenegrin boy-band, or a Serbian band called Flamingoes? “Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic said that this music competition had caused ‘much more excitement last...
The Balkans: “Finally, the Post-Milosevic Era”
Slobodan Milosevic, former Yugoslav leader and a war-crimes defendant, died of a heart attack in his prison cell in the Hague on March 11. After much debate, it was decided to bury him privately in his hometown of Pozarevac, 80 km of Serbia's capital Belgrade, on March 18. Until then,...
Serbia & Montenegro: Failure to Catch Karadzic in 2002
At Finding Karadzic, Balkan Ghost cites a letter by “a former western soldier in the Balkans” whose unit failed to capture Radovan Karadzic in 2002.
Slovenia: Swedish Paper Solves Slovenia-Croatia Border Dispute
Michael of The Glory of Carniola reports on how yet another newspaper has lost Slovenia on the map.
Czech Republic: What Yugoslavia Meant For Czechs
The death of Slobodan Milosevic inspires Gazing into the Abyss to write about the Czechs’ feelings toward (what used to be) Yugoslavia: “‘Yugoslavia’ is likeable word for Czech ears. Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, BiH, Slovenia, Macedonia… they are not. Most Czechs never took an effort to grasp what happened in...
The Balkans: Grbavica Screening in Serbia and Other News
There was talk that Grbavica, the Berlinale's Golden Bear winner film, would not be shown in Serbia – but it was and, moreover, was well-received. This and other news in Eric Gordy's news roundup over at East Ethnia.
Croatia: Severina's Song Croatian Folklore or Turbofolk?
Catherine of Illyrian Gazette covers the ongoing argument on whether the song “Moja štikla” by Severina (who will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens this year) is ‘Croatian folklore’ or ‘turbofolk.’
