The Past in the Present

Countries applying for accession to the European Union also have to deal with the Union‘s Common Foreign and Security Policy, and eventually adopt it. This currently implies taking up a position on the annexation of Crimea which occurred contrary to international law, and on the war in eastern Ukraine, which is a difficult task for the Serbian Government.

For a long time corruption in Serbia has been linked to patriotism. Today it is tackled in a very problematic “patriotic” way.

For years now, the massacre from May 1999 in Dubrava prison in Kosovo has been considered “the next big case” of Serbian war crimes…

For a couple of days following the acquittals of Croatian Generals Gotovina and Markač and Kosovar KLA units’ leader Haradinaj, various reactions caused for turmoil in the region – torrents of bitter statements from the Serbian side and euphoric outbursts in Croatia and Kosovo, respectively.