Antifascism in Montenegro – a fundamental value or a pre-election trick?

When reading about the events regarding the relationship towards Antifascist values in former Yugoslav countries, we can reach the conclusion, probably rightly so, that in Montenegro the situation is not that bad. The uprising of July 3 1941, a symbol of the Antifascist struggle in Yugoslavia, had become the Statehood Day of Montenegro. Still, this…

“A media scene of intolerance, indifference and sensitive media frivolities“

The media scene is largely a reflection of the political interests dominating a country. Consequently, the influence of civilized media and civil society organizations will remain marginal; if institutional politics does not stem the tide of hate speech, a mass revision of Antifascist history, extolling the Ustaša regime and stigmatization of Serbs and other minorities,…

Ukrainian civil organisations seek intl. support in Zagreb

Representatives of Ukrainian civil organisations said in Zagreb that they urgently needed international support to put more pressure on the authorities to document the serious human rights violations there. The delegation is on a week-long visit to Croatia, at the invitation on Croatia’s Documenta Centre for Dealing with the Past, attending meetings and lectures on…

Scandalous: Serbia rehabilitates WWII Chetnik leader Draza Mihailovic

The Belgrade High Court upheld a motion to rehabilitate WWII Chetnik leader and war criminal Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic. The Croatian government on Thursday assessed that the Serbian High Court’s decision to rehabilitate WWII war criminal and Chetnik leader Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic is a wrong and unacceptable attempt at revising history, adding that the Chetnik movement…

Activists set up Trojan horse against TTIP in Zagreb’s main square

Non-profit civic associations set up an eight-metre-high Trojan horse in Zagreb’s main square on Wednesday symbolising the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States, urging citizens to sign a petition against the TTIP. Activists carried banners mentioning chlorinated chicken, toxic chemicals, GMO, hormone beef, privatisation and corrupt courts.…

TTIP – contribution to recovery of European and US economies?

epa04710107 Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), in Brussels, Belgium, 18 April 2015. Thousands of people took to the streets in various European countries to protest the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a free trade agreement being negotiated by the United States and EU members states. EPA/JULIEN WARNAND

A free trade agreement that is being negotiated between the European Union and the United States is an exceptionally important agreement that should contribute to the recovery of the European and American economies and it might be a starting point to define new, higher global standards, a conference in the Croatian parliament heard on Friday.…