Helsinki Bulletin, No. 54
ANTI-EUROPEAN
BLOC GOES ON COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
January 2010
The Serbian cabinet's decision to apply for EU candidacy in late 2009
was a breakthrough in Serbia's history as a European country. The decision provoked
strong, though not necessarily overt, resentment of the anti-European bloc. Apart from
populist parties (DSS, SNP, SRS, NS, etc.) the bloc assembles the greatest part of the
country's scholarly elite...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 53
SERBIA AND
CROATIA: PAST STILL IN THE WAY
January 2010
Almost two decades after the end of the war and fourteen years after
the establishment of diplomatic relations, Serbia and Croatia still move from one crisis
to another - each reviving traditional and carefully cherished mutual animosities.
Belgrade is responsible for such oscillations in the first place: not only when it comes
to Croatia but also for the entire region. Official Belgrade recognizes...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 52
HOOLIGANISM
SPILLS FROM POLITICAL ONTO SPORTS TERRAINS
December 2009
Ex-Yugoslavia's bloody disintegration advanced violence into a way of
life. After October 5, Vojislav Kostunica, the Serb Orthodox Church and scores of various
organizations were preoccupied with rounding-off an ethnic state and hence reshaped the
Serb nationalism. Kostunica's two premierships were marked by numerous assaults against
minority...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 51
VOJVODINA'S
STATUTE: FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARDS MODERNIZATION AND DECENTRALIZATION
December 2009
Adoption of Vojvodina's Statute is a major event indicative of an
irrevocable trend. Though obstructed and postponed so many times, the adoption of the
Statute is a step towards a new frame within which the province will be making better use
of its own resources and the possibilities EU provides, particularly for regional...
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