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August 31st, 2008

Blogger of the Week: Siniša Boljanović

Solana Larsen · 18:23

lingua → fr · zht · zhs

Siniša Boljanović had never blogged when he volunteered to report on Serbian blogs for Global Voices in 2007. He read an article about Global Voices in a Serbian online magazine and was so hooked on the idea of contributing, he taught himself to write in English and use Wordpress for the first time in spite of one additional obstacle: Siniša is blind. 10 comments · »»

August 28th, 2008

Georgia, Russia, Serbia: The Use (or Abuse) of Some Historical Facts?

Sinisa Boljanovic · 19:47

lingua → es · bn

Serbian bloggers follow closely the situation in the Caucasus region. Many of them compared and analyzed the Kosovo issue and the newest opportunities in South Ossetia. Some of them were careful to express their own thoughts and mainly cited thoughts of politicians. Here is a post by a Serbian blogger who quoted in his blog some pieces of the last statements by Russia's government officials, who linked military operations in Georgia to certain historical events. 5 comments · »»

August 26th, 2008

Russia, Georgia: Unilateral Recognition of Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's Independence

Veronica Khokhlova · 14:56

lingua → ru · fr · es · mk

Russia has formally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia today. Below are some of the initial reactions from LiveJournal's Cyrillic sector. 11 comments · »»

August 12th, 2008

South Ossetia: Did Kosovo set a precedent?

Sinisa Boljanovic · 00:52

lingua → mk · fr · mg · es

When Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February this year, many feared that it would set a precedent for other secessionist regions in the world, particularly in the Caucasus. Sinisa Boljanovic analyzes what bloggers said then and what they are saying now that those fears have become a reality. 25 comments · »»

August 5th, 2008

Croatia: Anniversary of Operation Storm

Sinisa Boljanovic · 17:50

On the 4th of August 1995 the largest European land offensive since World War II started in Central Croatia, in the area of Krajina. Until then Croatian Serbs were the majority population there, but a few days later there were no Serbian families left in this area. For that reason it was called Operation Storm (Operacija Oluja). Bloggers comment on the anniversary. 6 comments · »»

August 2nd, 2008

Bosnia & Herzegovina: Karadžić in The Hague

Elia Varela Serra · 12:42

In spite of demonstrations in Belgrade against Radovan Karadžić's extradition to the ICTY in The Hague, he was transferred in the early hours of the 30th of July. The next day his first court appearance took place, where the charges against were read. Bloggers have been commenting on his transfer to The Hague and on the initial court hearing. 0 comments · »»

July 27th, 2008

Serbia: Demonstrators Attack Journalists in Belgrade

Sinisa Boljanovic · 19:48

lingua → mk · fr

Starting with the night when Radovan Karadzic was arrested, nationalist group members and high-ranking officials of the Serbian Radical Party have been gathering in the streets of central Belgrade. Although there were police units nearby, on July 24 the protesters broke several store windows and brutally attacked journalists and cameramen of the "treacherous media." Below are some of the bloggers' responses and other public reactions, compiled and translated by Sinisa Boljanovic. 0 comments · »»

July 26th, 2008

Serbia: New Instructions and Law Regulations on Online Privacy

Danica Radovanovic · 21:40

lingua → mk · fr · es · it

On July 21, Serbia’s Republican Agency for Telecommunications posted a Document of Instructions for Technical Requirements for Subsystems, Devices, Hardware and Installation of Internet Networks on their official web site. This news didn’t go unnoticed yesterday in Serbian blogosphere and internet community, as many bloggers expressed various opinions as well as disapproval because of the potential abuse of users’ privacy. 3 comments · »»

Links about Serbia

September 5th, 2008

Greater Surbiton writes about the case of Florence Hartmann, former spokeswoman for ICTY chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte, recently indicted “for allegedly disclosing classified information relating to the proceedings against Slobodan Milosevic.”

September 1st, 2008

Observations on what Radovan Karadzic expects from The Hague and what may possibly await him there - at Mark Mardell's Euroblog, here and here.

August 29th, 2008

LimbicNutrition Weblog writes about the Russian-Georgian conflict in the context of the earlier events in the Balkans.

August 26th, 2008

East Ethnia reports that Belgrade has got a new mayor - and is now featured in the international version of Monopoly.

August 20th, 2008

Byzantine Blog reports that “more than 50,000 Belgraders gathered on Tuesday, August 19, in front of the City Parliament building, to greet Serbian swimming champion, the Olympic medalist and record-breaker Milorad Cavic.”

August 18th, 2008

East Ethnia explains why, according to “several lawyers,” “ICTY judge Alphonse Orie should not preside over the trial of Radovan Karadžić.”

August 17th, 2008

Daniel Durini, a Mexican-Serbian blogger, recalls his childhood (second part here) in Belgrade during the late 1970's and the 1980's in his blog Eslavos del Sur [Spanish]

Swimmer Milorad Čavić celebrated in his blog the silver medal in 100 metres butterfly that he won on the 14th, coming in second to Michael Phelps by 1/100 of a second in the final which prompted a request for review by the Serbian Swimming Federation.