Tag: nationalism
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‘Today, we fear for our lives again’: co-organiser of Sarajevo protests calls on peace implementers to act
CN: genocide, war, trauma INTERVIEW The ongoing security crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina shows no sign of abating. Bosnian-Serb leader, Milorad Dodik, continues to peddle a secessionist rhetoric that is yet to provoke meaningful repercussions for the politician. Now, documents accessed by regional press indicate the nationalist leader seeks to create a parallel judiciary, armed…
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Orbán’s crusader rhetoric and EU migration policy: a spurious discord
CN: this article contains discussion of xenophobia and Islamophobia As Afghanistan reeled from the dramatic takeover by the Taliban and thousands of people made desperate attempts to flee to safety, Europe’s enfant terrible Victor Orbán was already making it clear they wouldn’t find it in his backyard. Following a joint session in Budapest on 8…
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Montenegro’s struggle for sovereignty ‘was never an internal issue’: an interview with political analyst, Ljubomir Filipović
INTERVIEW Up to 40 citizens were left injured after riots erupted in Montenegro earlier this month. Protesters sought to prevent the inauguration of Bishop Joanikije as the new head of Montenegro’s branch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC). The decision to hold the Bishop’s inauguration in Cetinje – Montenegro’s old royal capital that is considered…
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Divisive politics and Northern Ireland’s obsession with flags
Support Politika News on Patreon. OPINION Northern Irish citizens, whichever side of the political spectrum they find themselves on, have an undeniably unhealthy obsession with flags, or ‘flegs’. While these pieces of coloured cloth are used as symbols of cultural or political identity the world over, in few places have they provoked such controversy and…
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‘Nationalism goes hand in hand with patriarchy’: an interview with Nela Pamuković
VIDEO Nela Pamuković is the Co-Founder of the feminist, anti-militaristic non-governmental organisation, Centar Za Žene Žrtve Rata (Centre for Women War Victims) in Zagreb. The centre was founded in 1992, in response to the increasing violence against women during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. In our interview, Nela notes with a smile that the…
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The Western romance with Alexei Navalny needs to stop
OPINION Alexei Navalny, a major voice of Russia’s opposition, has had quite the year. After being poisoned with novichok at the hands of the FSB in August 2020, he spent five months recuperating in Germany. Upon returning to Russia in January of this year, he was arrested at the airport, triggering widespread protests across the…
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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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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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