How can Serbia's compassionate treatment of refugees be explained and what does it tell us about the country – and Europe?
How can Serbia's compassionate treatment of refugees be explained and what does it tell us about the country – and Europe?
On 28 June 1919, Germany and Allied and Associated Powers signed a peace treaty at Château de Dejan Djokić is lecturer in modern and contemporary history and director of the
The arrest in Belgrade of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serbs' political leader in the war of 1992-95, is both welcome and surprising news. The circumstances and timing also provide
On 14 May 2008 Hicham Yezza and Rizwaan Sabir, respectively an employee and a postgraduate of The University of Nottingham, central England, were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000, charged
Desimir Tosic died on 7 February 2008, in John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, aged 88. He was a unique and somewhat unconventional figure in modern Serbian history. Tosic was a
The assassination of Serbias prime minister Zoran Djindjic came as a shock to Serbs and the outside world alike. Djindjic was killed by a sniper while entering a government
On Saturday 15 February I joined the anti-war demonstrations in London. I did not agree with everyone there, particularly not with those few carrying anti-Semitic slogans, but my personal opposition
Almost exactly two years after the October revolution, when the regime of Slobodan Milosevic crumbled, the Serbs are going to the ballot boxes again, this time to vote for the
Former Yugoslavia was more open to western influences than other East European countries. Its rock scene was in touch with UK and US music developments. Alongside Elvis Presley, the Beatles
There has been a resurgence of right wing ideas in the aftermath of Serbias October Revolution, which brought to an end the government of Slobodan Milosevic. Not unlike in
There is a website called Cyber Yugoslavia. To apply for citizenship one simply sends an e-mail to the webmaster suggesting a ministry for oneself.
The founders of Cyber Yugoslavia believe
