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Marble Heads

March 16, 2009

Update on the traditional churches vs human rights law saga.
Some complaints by the churches have been implemented by the government, but the churches are still not satisfied. The article about free expression of one’s sexual orientation is really pissing them off.
Here’s a bit from what they have to say in a new written [...]

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Discriminate Thy Neighbour

March 12, 2009

Main topic of the past several days in Serbia (besides celebrity Big Brother and Eurosong contest, that is): the anti-discrimination law and the problem it created for the traditional religious organizations in Serbia – Serbian Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church, the Islamic Community of Serbia, the Evangelical Church, the Christian Reform Church, the Christian Evangelical [...]

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Santa Claus: Deda Mraz, Djed Bozicnjak or Saint Nicholas?

December 22, 2008

As B92 reported some time ago and as the Guardian reports now, Santa Claus is banned from Bosnian kindergartens. Reason for this – it goes against the religious Muslim beliefs and/or Bosniak tradition.
Beside the bizzare fact of introducing religious teaching in kindergartens in the first place, this affair brings many interesting questions.
Is Santa Clause a [...]

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Thug turned hero

February 7, 2008

Exibition Odstupanje (eng: “Exception”) had to be cancelled because of one “controversial” piece that caused an outrage in couple of Serbian nationalistic organizations who stormed the place and torn down the piece in question. I think it’s ok to host the “controversial” piece here where it can’t be torn.
Artist: Dren Maliqi
Face to Face

We all know [...]

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Guest Post: Report From Anti-Fascist Rally in Novi Sad

October 10, 2007

By Andrea Gregory
A sea of people filled the center of Novi Sad. Their signs were different. Their flags were different. But on this day, their cause was the same. Speakers talked about the dangers of fascism, problems with in the government that could lead to fascist thinking and that here, in the center of Novi [...]

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Neonazi, clerofascist rally, citizens counter-rally planned in Novi Sad

October 3, 2007

After getting their initial permission to hold the rally in Novi Sad cancelled, the ultranationalistic groups consisting mostly of neonazis and clerofascists decided to hold a rally without it, on 7th of October. The police stated they will react in case of an illegal get-together, but there are also voices coming from some political parties [...]

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The Stormfront case

March 14, 2007

For those of you who don’t know, Stormfront is a forum that attracts a great number of neo-nazis, racists and ‘white nationalists’. Being that it is the biggest forum of that kind, it has a great number of members from these areas, and it is mysterious (and sad) that Serbia has its own separate sub-forum, [...]

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Serbian National Pride Reloaded

October 6, 2006

Ok, I know that the title of this article may be a bit shocking and remind of nationalism, but let me state at the very begining that this is not at all my intention. Actually, it is about raising a discussion on a Europewide tendention of national pride that is not based on issues such [...]

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Radical and awesome

September 30, 2006

Here’s a little example of how NOT to run the internet campaign:
You print thousands of leaflets advertising the new domain of your county “www.opstinabor.com”.
You mention the new domain “www.opstinabor.com” about thousand times on your local television to promote it.
You print billboards all over the town with the new domain address “www.opstinabor.com”.
You boast that your political [...]

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Serbia’s time capsule from the nineties part one: Air max Serbia

July 6, 2006

Every country has had its symbols of an era. And i’m not talking about the presidents that ruled at one time or another, nor the events that made history. It’s the little things that stick in your mind and come back to you when you think of some decade for example. Some show on the [...]

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Ultra nationalist Radical Party meeting in Belgrade

February 24, 2006
I may be old, but i sure can climb stuff.

As promised, here come the pictures from this magnificent event in the centre of the city.
People who attended this meeting can rarely be seen in the city centre, because they don’t go out that much, and live mostly in the outskirts of the city, so [...]

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