Tag Archives: serbia

M&M Enterprise Cooking, Vol. X

Posted on September 9, 2018 by hnbjr

Srpska salata It’s been a few days of rich and bountiful eating, so I decided to go for something lighter, not to mention the cucumbers and tomatoes, so fresh a few days ago, were in danger of getting overripe. It’s … Continue reading →

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Vlastimir Đorđević at the Hague

Posted on March 1, 2011 by hnbjr

[youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw7gNPJI7BY] (Video primarily in Serbian although the judge speaks in English.) Readers of yesterday’s post, which quoted Rory Stewart questioning the ability of the UN and similar organizations to do much of anything, might’ve detected a hint of disappointment. … Continue reading →

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Old Gold

Posted on October 27, 2010 by hnbjr

Doing some research on Milosevic cheerleaders and Srebrenica deniers Living Marxism, I happened upon this debate in the 8 July 1993 issue of the London Review of Books. If you’ve been following the discussion on my post on Mladic you might’ve … Continue reading →

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Serbia, the EU and Muslims in the Balkans

Posted on October 25, 2010 by hnbjr

The Dutch held out but Europe, as usual, wants to have its way so after a threat to ram Serbia’s EU ‘assessment’ through by majority vote, the Dutch folded.  However, there is a provision that every step of Serbia’s accession … Continue reading →

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Soft on Mladic?

Posted on October 23, 2010 by hnbjr

Thursday I was excited to see the photo of none other than Ratko Mladic on the cover of the IHT at the newsstand; “he’s been caught,” I thought, “just like Karadzic a few years ago.”  Of course, he hasn’t, and the … Continue reading →

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“Football”

Posted on October 14, 2010 by hnbjr

FINAL UPDATE: I can’t really say it any better than the Guardian does here. Belgrade’s Vreme ran this story today.  There was a rather choice photo of masked Ivan Bogdanov burning an Albanian flag; it’s since been replaced so I … Continue reading →

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Genoa

Posted on October 14, 2010 by hnbjr

Why is Genoa always a place for spectacular violence? There is much to be said about the violence of Serbian football fans in Genoa yesterday, but alas, I have to be away from the computer all day today. Mainly what … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Being Serbian

Posted on October 10, 2010 by hnbjr

Belgrade’s Gay Pride parade has been an opportunity for the its nationalistic and regressive right-wing youth to rebel against European values for as long as Serbia has been trying to rehabilitate itself after the Milosevic regime, i.e., the last decade. … Continue reading →

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