Problems with Serbia’s dealing with the past

In a previous post (Danish) I talked a little about the 4C-sign, that was used extensively as a sign of terror and Serb supremacy during the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The sign can still be seen on walls in various countries (I’ve seen it in such different places as a house wall in Nice and in [...]


Amila Jašarević   |  balkans   |  11 15th, 2008    |  17 Comments »

Some impressions from Serbia

There has already been some fuss about my trip to Serbia because I put some pictures from it on my Facebook-profile and commented on them. For instance a photo of myself in front of the Serbian Parliament, which to me was a personal feat as there are still people in there from the Milošević regime [...]


Amila Jašarević   |  balkans   |  11 13th, 2008    |  16 Comments »

Back from Serbia, safe and sound

I’ve arrived back in Copenhagen tonight, safe and sound - albeit without my luggage which decided to stay in Switzerland an extra day. My first trip to Serbia was a quite scary but also interesting experience. I even took part in a street action on November 9th (the Night of Broken Glass), in the middle [...]


Amila Jašarević   |  balkans, english   |  11 12th, 2008    |  2 Comments »

How far back do you remember?

Several embassies were attacked last night in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade. The one we hear most about is the U. S. embassy, where reports say a body was found, completely charred. As was the case under Milosevic not so long ago, all citizens of Serbia were called to be good patriots and show the “wrath of [...]


Amila Jašarević   |  balkans   |  02 22nd, 2008    |  2 Comments »