Stories about Croatia from November, 2007
Croatia: Some More on Election Results
Bosnia Vault reviews the results of the election in Croatia.
The Balkans: A Dialect of Serbo-Croatian
Balkan Anarchist writes at length about an East Herzegovinian dialect of the Serbo-Croat language: “Although the Serbo-Croatian language is not particularly under threat – well, the language isn't, but the use of the name “Serbo-Croat”, it must be admitted, has significantly dropped ever since the break up of Yugoslavia –...
Croatia: Election Results
Illyrian Gazette writes about “(At Least) Six Parties In Search Of A Coalition” in Croatia following Sunday's election. Dr. Sean's Diary writes about the defeat of the pensioners’ party.
Croatia: Football News
Illyrian Gazette writes about the Croatian football team, music – and Borat.
The Balkans: Media Coverage
Seesaw of Balkan Powder Keg follows Western media's coverage of the volatile situation in the Balkans: “My dear friends all over the world, especially in Europe, please do not say once again, you did not know!”
Former Yugoslavia: Vladimir Arsenijevic's Piece
The Glory of Carniola discusses an article by a Serbian writer, which begins this way: “For all ex-Yugoslavs, but particularly for the Serbs, the Kosovo Albanians used to be simply ‘our negroes.’ Nowadays, however, they are cast as Serbia's arch-enemies […].”
Russia: Euro 2008
Siberian Light writes on how Croatia has helped Russia to get into Euro 2008.
Serbia, the EU: Stability and Association Pact
A Fistful of Euros writes about Serbia's Stability and Association Pact with the EU (SAA), to be signed in Jan. 2008: “It looks like Brussels is trying to strengthen the ‘liberal and Western’ strain of Serbia’s politics before December, when problems are likely to arise with Kosovo.”
The Balkans: Centre for Peace in the Balkans
Srebrenica Genocide Blog dissects the Canada-based Centre for Peace in the Balkans.
Croatia: Election Singing
A month or so remains until the election in Croatia, and, according to Illyrian Gazette, “no sign, as yet, of the media's usual pre-election obsession: which singers will be performing at whose election meetings.”
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Genocide Denier; Dutch Peacekeepers
Srebrenica Genocide Blog writes about Srebrenica genocide denier Milivoje Ivanisevic and the former Dutch peacekeepers visit to Srebrenica.
Europe: Karadzic's Whereabouts
Finding Karadzic posts a translation of an Italian newspaper article on the war criminal's possible whereabouts.
Croatia: Football and Politics
Balkan Baby writes: “The football scene in Croatia, and for that matter all across the Balkans, has for a long time been a remaining bastion of tasteless nationalist sentiment, the border post where one can cross over from patriotism and passion to offensiveness and blind stupidity.”
The Balkans: More on the Language Issue
Balkan Anarchist responds to Balkan Baby on the issue of the language(s) spoken in the Balkans.
