personality cult

This situation

22.April 2026. Philip Schwarm

Rector in Brussels, anarchist in Belgrade

Why was Vučić annoyed by the meeting between Vladan Đokić and Marta Kos? Why did Serbia become a country of repression and orchestrated anarchy? On what occasion can the president of the state receive the rector of Belgrade University

Presidential performance in Podrinje

11.September 2024 Tijana Stanic

Pancakes, hairpins and the cult of personality

Through a series of - to put it mildly - strange performances, Aleksandar Vučić tried to turn the lithium dialogue into his own reality show

Vucic among the people

16.August 2024 Tijana Stanic

From Mali Zvornik with love: Pray to the president that Vučić solves your problem

Face to face with the inhabitants of Mali Zvornik, Vučić became a master of all problems. He knows all the toponyms and local places, remembers every last name and heartily writes down the hardships the citizens face. He himself shares the concerns of his compatriots regarding lithium mining. While offering instant solutions, the interlocutors of "Vremen" explain why the President of Serbia changed his rhetoric

Abuse of the Serbian Army

09.August 2024 Davor Lukacs

"Supreme Commander": Why does Aleksandar Vučić persistently use a fake title?

Aleksandar Vučić is persistently addressed by the title "supreme commander", although according to Serbian regulations, it simply does not exist. It is a matter of supreme polity and the creation of a cult of personality, for which the soldiers are not at all to blame - they carry out orders

Essay

10.July 2022 Andrei Ivanji

Cult of Personality: Gods Among Us

Not everyone can be a leader. Monuments are not built for everyone during their lifetime, cities and streets are named after them. Not every head of state or government aspires to be worshiped by the masses, to have songs written for him, to have ministers obey him without question, to be sinless, to be a deity. These are people of a special kind. They have one thing in common regardless of their ideology: they are all covert or open dictators and build a cult of personality so that they can rule unhindered and for life.

Comment

31.march 2022 Nedim Sejdinovic

Vučić and Orban: Putin-pleasing brothers of corrupt autocracy

It is not known who flattered whom more, but one has to look closely to see the differences between the Hungarian and Serbian rulers: in autocracy, corruption, clientelism, Putin's favor, putting a muzzle on the media; in collapsing state institutions, nurturing their own cult of personality and in general in everything, which is contrary to democratic standards. They are a reliable support for each other in the elections that both have to overcome on April 3

Cult of personality

30.August 2017 Andrei Ivanji

Gods among us

Not everyone can be a leader. Monuments are not built for everyone during their lifetime, cities and streets are named after them. Not every head of state or government aspires to be worshiped by the masses, to have songs written for him, to have ministers obey him without question, to be sinless, to be a deity. These are people of a special kind. They have one thing in common regardless of their ideology: they are all covert or open dictators and build a cult of personality so that they can rule unhindered and for life.