Tag: Balkans
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Serbian parliament refuses to debate resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica
CN: genocide, war REPORT On Tuesday, Serbian MPs voted against debating three proposed resolutions relating to the 1990s Yugoslav Wars. One of these resolutions included condemning the genocide committed by Serb forces against Bosniaks in Srebrenica. The resolution sought to ban the denial of the genocide in Srebrenica that saw over 8 000 Bosniaks (mainly […]
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‘This rhetoric has resulted in genocide’: Bosnian community speaks out against Dodik’s speech in Budapest
CN: this article contains discussion of genocide, war, Islamophobia, xenophobia, misogyny and violence REPORT Last week at the Fourth Budapest Demographic Summit, the Serb member of Bosnia’s Presidency, Milorad Dodik, called for European leaders to protect a “Christian Europe” from “migrants from the Middle East”. The Bosnian-Serb leader also claimed that “Muslims will never leave […]
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Compellingly nuanced and a crucial contribution to its field: a review of ‘The Muslim Resolutions’
Support Politika News on Patreon. REVIEW The Muslim Resolutions: Bosniak Responses to World War Two Atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Dr. Hikmet Karčić, Dr. Ferid Dautović, and Dr. Ermin Sinanović (Center for Islam in the Contemporary World, June 2021) The social and political position of the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) community in the Nazi-puppet state, […]
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How Serb paramilitary violence was perpetrated in two Bosnian towns: an interview with Dr. Iva Vukušić
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of genocide, rape, torture and war INTERVIEW Dr. Iva Vukušić is a lecturer at the Department of History at Utrecht University and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Her research focuses on irregular armed forces, perpetrators and perpetration, […]
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Beyond the glitz of the Oscars, the fight for Srebrenica’s truth continues: an interview with Dr. Hikmet Karčić
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of genocide INTERVIEW In light of the Oscar and BAFTA defeats of the nominated Bosnian film, ‘Quo Vadis Aida?’, Politika News sat down with genocide scholar, Dr. Hikmet Karčić, to discuss the bigger picture. What are the takeaways from the film’s successes and defeats? How […]
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Justice remains painfully scarce for Kosovo’s wartime rape survivors
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains detailed discussion of rape, sexual violence, and war OPINION In loving memory of Arzana Kraja, who helped to bring Kosovars together to support rape survivors through her conceptualisation and design of the Anemone symbol, in collaboration with Dardan Luta. In a recent panel discussing the prosecution […]
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Chetnik collaboration and acts of genocide in the former Yugoslavia: an interview with Balkans scholar, Stevan Bozanich
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of genocide INTERVIEW Stevan Bozanich is a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University (British Columbia). His research focuses on, among other things, paramilitary violence and far-right nationalism in the former Yugoslavia. Bozanich’s wide range of published works range from the sculpture of nationalism in fin-de-siècle […]
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The Siege of Sarajevo 25 years on: Bosnia’s women need action, not words
CN: this article contains discussion of genocide and trauma OPINION Upon entry to the home I grew up in but was away from for years, I run to the hallway closet to check to see if they are still there. The “they” in this equation are the most perfect pair of high gloss, black patented […]
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July demonstrations in Belgrade: people against the curfew and authorities
REPORT Featured image credit: Zoran Drekalović Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Belgrade, outside the National Assembly building, on July 7th to express their discontent with President Aleksandar Vučić’s announcement of another curfew for the residents of Belgrade due to an increase in coronavirus infections. The power of social media was extremely visible […]
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Corrupt nationalists could bring another war to Bosnia
OPINION Years of mismanagement, nationalist rhetoric and endemic corruption have led to a tragedy of epic proportions that has unfolded under the nose of Europe – one that the European community has helped facilitate and, seemingly, is choosing to ignore. Of which tragedy do I speak? That of today’s Republika Srpska, tucked away in southeastern […]
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