Stories about Croatia from January, 2007
Serbia, Croatia: Bora Djordjevic Interview
Illyrian Gazette writes about the interview with the Serbian rock singer Bora Djordjevic.
Former Yugoslavia: Intermarriage
Halfway Down the Danube writes on “intermarriage, Yugoslav versus American style.”
Croatia: Handball Scandal
Illyrian Gazette writes about a scandal brewing in Zagreb: “…the metropolis might soon share a less welcome characteristic with the Gazette's home town of London: losing out on hosting a world sporting championship because the venues weren't ready in time.”
Croatia, Serbia: Vets vs Bora Dordevic
Croatian war veterans group protests an upcoming talk show appearance by a Serbian rock singer Bora Dordevic, reports Illyrian Gazette.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Markale Massacre
YakimaGulagLiteraryGazett marks the “sad anniversary” of the Sarajevo Markale Massacre: “I had forgotten the date, but I remember well about the event, seeing it on the news made me angry. I began lobbying actively for intervention in BiH somewhat before that time. I remember being really angry with people who...
The Balkans: Karadzic's Whereabouts
Finding Karadzic comments on the thoughts of US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes about the Balkan tribunals: “Williamson's most astonishing comment, buried in the west but on front pages in Belgrade and Podgorica, was that Karadzic was probably in Serbia.”
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Markale Massacre
Bosnia Vault writes: “Over a decade later, the Markale Massacre; and the allegation that the shell was fired upon by the ABiH forces in a ruse to gain public sympathy; has become the lynchpin argument of those in the Balkans and in the West who have unapologetically thrown their support...
Serbia, Croatia: Australian Open Fight
Serbian and Croatian fans have started a rather big fight at Australian Open, reports Belgrade 2.0.
Croatia: Human Rights Watch Report
Neretva River discusses the 2007 Human Rights Watch report on Croatia: “Interestingly (or troublingly) the report completely ignored the status of Roma and other more recent (and more rapidly growing) minority groups settling in Croatia, for example immigrants from China, who like Croatian Serbs, have found themselves the targets of...
The Balkans: Popularity in Centimeters
Novala, Europa measures the Balkan states’ popularity in centimeters.
Croatia: Democracy for the Rich
Neretva River on democracy according to the Croatian government's spokesman: “…the poor should not be permitted to hold public office […], home ownership, possession of two cars and 50,000 Euros in a savings account should be a precondition for entering political life…”
Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Xenophobia
Neretva River writes about xenophobic attacks against immigrant communities in Croatia and the growing intolerance toward non-Bosniaks in Sarajevo.
Europe: EU Enlarement; “Stars and Soggy Bottoms”
The Economist‘s Edward Lucas on the EU's newest members – and on Central and East European “stars and soggy bottoms.”
Croatia: Luxury Watches
Neretva River writes about those really expensive watches that Croatian politicians choose to wear.
Croatia: Rahim Ademi
Neretva River writes about the upcoming trial in Croatia of Kosovar Albanian war criminal Rahim Ademi – here and here.
Croatia: Srdan Vrcan's Obit
East Ethnia posts an obituary for Srdan Vrcan, a renowned Croation sociology professor who passed away at the very end of 2006.
