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03.September 2026 F. Š. / IB / BJ

How the cult of a general was planned

Ratko Mladić was not born as a national myth, but his halo was planned by political centers, television and newspapers. And from the beginning of the wars until today, writes "Vreme" in the new issue

Topic of issue I

02.September 2026 Igor Božić

Living hostages of a dead general

How the individual guilt of Ratko Mladić was turned into an alleged defense of the entire nation and why Serbia still does not want to get rid of that burden. It was the individualization of guilt that offered Serbia a way out. The verdict did not attribute Mladic's crimes to the Serbs. She named the man, his command responsibility and the crimes for which he was convicted. The political and media elites chose the opposite: to hide behind the people and present the judgment of one general as the judgment of all. Because if Mladić is left alone, the issue of ideology, propaganda, war profiteers and the system that produced and protected him must be opened.

Topic of issue II

02.September 2026 Bosko Jaksic

Fatal radiation of a character and a deed

For the sake of mental and moral hygiene of the nation, it is necessary to face the dark sides of the past. There are many people in Serbia, as well as in the Republika Srpska, who have been openly opposing nationalism for years, admitting the facts of wars and often paying for it. Ratko Mladić divided the region and the Serbs enough during his lifetime. It is time for those divisions to receive a burial that, unlike his, would deserve all the state honors

Pre-election atmosphere in divided Serbia

02.September 2026 Slobodan Georgiev

Is a decisive political battle waiting for us?

Students were followed, eavesdropped, filmed, it was not about "being drilled" - police-military tactics were used to deal with the "invisible enemy". The regime applied tactics of stalking, monitoring, intimidation and public smearing in the desire to make Serbia, in the political sense, a scorched earth. What Vučić is doing now leaves no possibility for us to believe that, if a change happens, he and his loyalists could be involved in the political life of Serbia tomorrow

Media trends

02.September 2026 Nedim Sejdinovic

Regime investments in the dark

The Blitzkrieg dismissal of the directors of all ANN media in the region ten days ago does not inspire confidence. That's not how it's done unless it's a hostile takeover. One of the company's owners, Pedro Vargas David, appointed himself to the position of director. It is not unimportant to say that David's father, whom Vučić triumphantly said was his close friend, Mario David, was a long-time adviser to Viktor Orbán. It is also not unimportant to say that Alpak is a co-owner of the large Hungarian technology and telecommunications group 4iG, which during the reign of Viktor Orbán made a lot of money thanks to state jobs and acquisitions of strategic infrastructure