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23 July 2011

Serbia: Government Officials and Social Networks (Interview)

Written by Danica Radisic · Governance, Technology

Some Serbian government officials are eagerly embracing Twitter as a way to engage with their audiences, while others have found the challenge of fake satirical accounts difficult to accept. Find out more in this interview with former Minister, Jasna Matic.

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20 July 2011

Serbia: First Reactions to Acquittal of Sandor Kepiro

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · History, Human Rights

On Monday July 18, 2011, a court in Budapest acquitted 97-year-old Sandor Kepiro, a Second World War Hungarian police captain who served in occupied Serbia and, until recently, was “the...

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18 July 2011

Serbia: Disgruntled Community Vs. Disgruntled Politician on Twitter

Written by Danica Radisic · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremić, has instigated a social media situation that may seriously damage relations that local citizen media and some politicians have been building. The reaction from netizens has been one of outrage.

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5 July 2011

Serbia: Demanding Apology From Comedian Chelsea Handler

Written by Sasa Milosevic · Freedom of Speech, Humor

Nearly 44,000 Serbs have joined the Facebook group 'Boycott of Chelsea Handler until she apologizes to the Serbian people,' demanding an apology from the popular American female comedian for the offensive remarks she made about the Serbian nation during a television show.

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3 July 2011

Serbia: Serbs Seek Refuge from Politics and Tabloid News in Citizen Journalism

Written by Danica Radisic · Freedom of Speech, Governance

More often than ever, blog posts on the state of the media and journalism seem to be popping up in the Serbian blogosphere. Danica Radisic highlights a few of them.

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26 May 2011

Serbia: Arrest of Ratko Mladic

Written by Vilhelm Konnander · Breaking News, Human Rights

Ratko Mladic, former Bosnian Serb military leader was arrested today by police in Serbia, the country's president, Boris Tadic, confirmed on national television. General Mladic has been on the run since 1995 facing charges of genocide for his role as Bosnian Serb military commander during the 1992-95 civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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Updates about Serbia

1 October 2011

English

Alan Jakšić of Balkan Anarchist writes about LGBT and homophobia in Serbia, Croatia and elsewhere in the Balkans.

• Veronica Khokhlova

18 September 2011

Serbian

Slobodan Markovic has initiated [sr] a Twitter discussion (#ICTSrbija) about the report on the use of ICT issued by the State Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (noted in an earlier GVO article). A recap is available in English, Macedonian, and Albanian language.

• Filip Stojanovski

21 August 2011

English

Bill's Blog and A Yankee-in-Belgrade write about and post pictures of the Serbian capital's recently completed new bridge across the Sava River.

• Veronica Khokhlova

17 August 2011

English

Carl Savich of Serbianna writes about the 1942 radio play, Treasury Parade, starring Orson Welles, and how it glorifies the Chetniks' struggle against Nazi occupation during the Second World War.

• Vilhelm Konnander

15 August 2011

English

Eric Gordy of East Ethnia writes about the Balkan dimension of the July 22 terrorist attacks in Norway: “[…] [Anders Breivik] has the revelation that his path to violent idiocy began with his shock at the Kosovo bombing campaign in 1999. So to the other sets of concerns he understands badly, he added the history of the Balkans, and his main, heavily quoted and cribbed source on that (as well as on some theological topics!) is one Srđa Trifković.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

9 August 2011

English

At OpenDemocracy.net, Milan Marinkovic writes about history, politics and ethnic identities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At Balkan Anarchist, Alan Jakšić writes about his own Croatian Serb identity and some of the political issues related to it.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Serbian

At Balkan Travellers, Sarah Hucal writes about Yugo Yoga performance that took place on a makeshift stage at Belgrade's Museum of Yugoslav History in July 2011; more of Hucal's Balkan travel writing and photos are at her blog, Solo in the Balkans. Jana Orsolic's Istria Week travel photos and journal [sr] are here, here, here, here, here and here. Piran Café's latest entry on the June 2011 trip to Sarajevo (plus links to earlier posts) is here; the blogger also links to the New York Times' recent travel piece on Slovenia, Slovenian Rhapsody.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Comments on "Serbia"

Serbia: Demanding Apology From Comedian Chelsea Handler

Well actually "Kursadzije" are directed to Serbs as well. There is a Serb character and he is made fun of...

Please do not forget Bulgaria - situation there is so hard - snow and floods... I wrote one update and...

"an not proved claims" I bet you typed that with a straight face too. How sad. There are literally miles upon miles...
Unlike you I will not go down on your level of commenting that is full of hatred, jealousy, an not...
Its good for Serbs that the movie portrayed only the genocide committed in Bosnia and not the rest of the...