Numerous accounts of the fall of Yugoslavia have attempted to shine a light on the machinations of the Milosevics. But now, thanks to human rights campaigner Sonja Biserko, we have a Serbian Secret History. Her new book, The Implosion of Yugoslavia, is a devastating indictment of not only Slobodan Milosevic and his circle of supporters but the entire culture of extreme nationalism that enveloped Serbia in those years like a fever dream.
People commit crimes, and they get away with it. These are usually powerful people, like Iliya Pavlov, the head of Multigroup and Bulgaria’s wealthiest individual until a sniper took him out in 2003.
The Serbian parliament’s call for more autonomy for ethnic Serbians living in Kosovo actually serves as an implicit acknowledgment of Kosovo’s sovereignty.
Daniel Bucan characterizes Croatia as a state desperate for attention and respect.
Voting the nationalistic Serbian Progressive Party into power reflects, in part, disillusionment with the Democratic Party.
Now, Sonja Licht is worried about the future not just of the Balkans, but of the entire continent.
Serbians, still struggling with the legacy of Milosevic, are living in a provisional, not a modern, state.
Meanwhile, “Yugonostalgia” has been all the rage among a certain class of cognoscenti over the last few years.
As chief prosecutor of the Yugoslav and Rwandan tribunals Carla Del Ponte found herself struggling uphill against institutional indifference and opposition.
The Orthodox church and the Islamic community were united in opposition to Gay Pride week in Serbia.