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Cool Balkania? Nation branding and the rest of Europe

Nation Branding Cool Balkania

In case you haven’t seen the latest EU promo video about Southeastern Europe, it’s trying to tell you we are all different and one and the same. Really? The only problem with this enlightening video is that it doesn’t exactly

Welcome to the desert of transition

Croatia, on the road to the EU / Photo: Tanjug

Post-Socialism, the European Union, and a New Left in the Balkans In a recent article published in Monthly Review, Croatian authors Srecko Horvat and Igor Stiks discuss the uneasy relationship between EU and the post-socialist Balkan countries in the light

The good sides of anti-Serb propaganda

The Serbian side of Mitrovica, Kosovo / Photo © Matt Lutton dvafoto.com

With the Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut In The Land Of Blood And Honey came also criticism from Serbia that the movie is “anti-Serbian” and that it will further damage Serbia’s reputation in the world. After the Serbs concluded the film

Ones to Watch 2012: Stojche

Stojche

We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year Stojche began his career as a techno producer, raised on the sounds of the Detroit underground, but after releasing his first 12” My

Ones to Watch 2012: Torul

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We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year Topping alternative charts and winning over clubbers in Germany and a number of central European countries with their singles In Whole and Try

Ones to Watch 2012: Milos Lolic

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We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year The young Serbian theatre director has been under the radar for quite a while now, with a number of renowned plays under his

Urban skiing all over Balkans

photo by Lejla Huremović

Winters in the Balkans are usually filled with snow, but not everywhere in the same measure – usually it’s the mountains that get the heftiest portion of the white powder. This year is different, however, because it was probably the

Ones to Watch 2012: 1000names

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We bring you a selection of Balkan-related artists to keep your eye on in the coming year The Bulgarian beat-making duo have been keeping themselves busy the past year, expanding their abstract hip hop repertoire with additions of forward-pop-sounding IDM

The original hipsters: a piece of Yugoslav streetwear history

Croatian hipsters

The real hipsters started their journey in ex Yugoslavia. Welcome to 1985 Split, Croatia, the cradle of the hottest legs in the Balkans If you happen to know at least one stereotype about ex Yugoslavia it’s most likely the one

Occupying the barracks: make art, not war

Drustveni Centar Novi Sad - occupying the barracks

When former socialist military spaces become new temples of alternative culture, not everyone is happy about it. Whereas in Slovakia the art squatters become institutionalized, in Serbia they get evicted All across former Yugoslavia, military property owned by the Yugoslav