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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
On The Spot: UNITED Conference - An Eye Opener
Last week’s UNITED conference in Stockholm was a great success. Together with 67 other participants from 34 countries I spent four days working with anti-racism issues, asylum policies and the situation for minorities in different countries. The UNITED network was started in 1992 and consists of more than 560 organisations in 46 European countries. Among [...]
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 [...]
