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Serbian studies and other nightmares
There is nothing in the idea of the Faculty of Serbian Studies that state universities do not already cover. "Identity disciplines" are nothing but nightmares from Falangist heads
Boycott classes
A large number of Belgrade high school students in front of the Assembly in support of Dijana Hrka
Students from Belgrade secondary schools in large numbers gathered in front of the Serbian Parliament to support Dijana Hrka. The blockade of classes in Belgrade high schools continues today, and secondary schools from other cities in Serbia have joined them
Overview of the week
Vučić, protector of injustice
Aleksandar Vučić is carrying out an unannounced coup d'état. It's for nothing. He has no defense against the demand for justice. Because how can he look into the eyes of a mother who is on hunger strike, calm the people on the streets and silence the schoolchildren who are shouting on the excursion - "Pump!"
Government and army
Serbian Armed Forces: Whoever likes the protests, drinks the precommand
Instead of dealing with crime in the Serbian Armed Forces or counterintelligence work, the Military Security Agency monitors which officers like or participate in civil protests against the government. Such "offenders" are punished
Aleksandar Vučić
Vučić: "Satanists" in Novi Sad on November 1
The President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, called those who want to attend the commemorative meeting in Novi Sad on November 1 "Satanists". He also announced a progressive commemorative counter rally
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Who does time work for?
Citizens will continue to press the regime with their bodies. Students may turn another circle around Serbia. And the opposition has only one task: to unite
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When are the (extraordinary) elections?
What could force Aleksandar Vučić to call for extraordinary parliamentary elections? And, if none of that happens, when the regular parliamentary and presidential elections fall
Truth and myths: Serbian-Russian special ties
Both service and company
Invoking Russian intelligence gives legitimacy to claims about the Maidan and the color revolution in Serbia, which the government is promoting. In addition to convincing the already convinced, these narratives also try to influence the pro-Russian protesters - to show that the protests are not just a spontaneous rebellion, but that the European Union is allegedly behind them. Also, in the moments when the intensity of criticism from Brussels on account of the Serbian government's response to the demonstrations has partially increased, this announcement also sends a message from the outside that Belgrade can turn even more towards Moscow if necessary.
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Two cores of the political gathering
Ideological and moralistic purity cannot defeat the regime of Aleksandar Vučić. It is necessary for citizens to gather around two political cores that jointly strive towards the same goal
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Jovo Bakić upside down: They chase the people in the streets
"We will chase them through the streets," prophesied Jovo Bakić, and many believed him to be right. Now the reverse is happening - the progressive Sturmabteilung is thrashing the people in the streets, houses and bars. And our bazaar abhors "all violence" for the most part
New issue of Vremena
The cordon beats in the street, and the phalanx "in the houses"
No police officer has been disciplined. Not a single beater of the regime was detained. And their victims are more and more, writes "Vreme" in the new issue
Time of violence: Intimidation of citizens
Progressive gangs for smashing heads and shop windows
Attacks on pubs, on people sitting in bars, attacks on schoolyards... All this is part of the systemic intimidation of a rebellious society. In a country where the institutions do not work in the interests of the citizens, we can only trust each other and protect each other
America: Media silence about the protests in Serbia
Serbian role model for America
Until CNN sends its team to Belgrade, there are no signs of political change in Serbia. Despite the fact that at times the country seems to be on the brink of civil strife, this media house is rarely late
Personal attitude
The ebb and flow of generationality - the balance of protests
The fact that the limit of the students' moral pretension is concentrated in procedural slogans is not bad historical taste, but impotence against the hegemonic epochal consciousness, which in Europe is deprived of a social alternative. In this unfavorable context, perhaps too much was expected from the generational breakthrough of students. In the protest, the unregulated insatiability of the government was strongly marked, but not the insatiability of gaining profit. Although they are closely intertwined, this second stigma is not found in student slogans. The moral compass has shifted to the right, towards procedure. Students are not responsible for that. In the world, the pendulum has shifted to the right
Overview of the week
Bloody Sunday and its consequences
The girls and boys – the victims of Bloody Sunday – have finally caught the attention of Europe. And in the country, a good part of the progressive electorate is no longer wondering whether there will be pensions and salaries if Vučić leaves power, but whether he will receive them if he stays.
Political crisis
SNS without a strategy: Vučić acts like a fly without a head
Progressives have ruled for years by promoting omnipotence and intimidation. Now, when the fear has healed to a good extent, they are confused and disoriented, so Aleksandar Vučić is trying to reproduce the fear by using sheer force. There is no strategy, it is a daily reaction to the rebellion in society that is getting out of their control
"Documentary" film
"Time of Terror 2": New "documentary" directed by the state
On Thursday (August 21), TV Informer aired a "documentary", or rather its second part, "Time of Terror 2". In a new "documentary" produced by the Center for Social Stability, events from Serbia are connected to events from Odessa in 2014 in a way that can only be explained by pro-regime media
The regime against the people
Torture in the garage of the Serbian government
Rape threats and beatings followed when, after another protest in a row, the demonstrators went home. According to the testimonies of victims of torture, students and citizens were kidnapped from central Belgrade streets, taken to the building of the Government of Serbia - the seat of the executive power - where they were tortured or forced to listen to and watch others being beaten.
TV maniac
Gender equal caning
"They threw concrete blocks, oysters, glass bottles and other objects at the policemen, endangering their lives and health. At that moment, the female person in the photo was hitting the members of the Gendarmerie with a metal rod, who used coercive means to repel the attack," the MUP claimed.
Painting civil protests
Brnabić: The "third phase of the colored revolution" has begun
The President of the Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, finds new evidence every day that a destructive "colored revolution" is at work in Serbia. The whole repertoire started to sound pretty crazy
Western media on Vučić
Western media: Unmasking Serbian autocrat Aleksandar Vučić
On Monday, August 18, four influential Western media outlets, American, French and German, wrote about the repression of Aleksandar Vučić. Most of the texts are signed by the editorial boards, which gives additional importance to the texts that expose the Serbian autocrat
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Lies and slaps
The Roman emperors calmed civil discontent with the "bread and games" policy. Aca the Serb also tried it, but without success, so he opted for "lies and slaps".
Addresses of the President of Serbia
Vučić: You will see all the determination of the state to restore order and peace
The latest address to the nation by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, amounts to a threat that in a few days the country he leads will deal with imaginary terrorists in a completely new way.
"Serbia cannot calm down" protest
A night of fierce clashes
Since Wednesday, protests have been taking place in Serbia every day, in which there is an outbreak of violence. The police are dealing with protesters more and more brutally and are apparently cooperating with progressive thugs who wantonly attack whoever they want.
Civil protests
Sergej Trifunović: This government does not seem to know what the Serbian gene is
"It's like this government doesn't know its people, it doesn't know who it's dealing with. It's like it's never read a single folk heroic song, so it doesn't know that if you press something, it will burst. Especially in Serbia. Because that's our gene," says actor Sergej Trifunović for "Vreme".
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'Autumn is coming, my rascal': Seven observations after Friday's protests
Despite police brutality reaching a whole new level and mass arrests, the people who rebelled against the Vučić brothers' rule did not back down. Instilling fear no longer drinks water
Overview of the week
MUP Serbia doo, private security for batterers
Many of those who were arrested until yesterday, the police are protecting today. That's how they became the private security guard MUP Serbia doo That's why it's much more important for journalists to know who's who in the underground, than in the police or parties in power