Henrietta Foster / 23 Nov 2023
Learning From Pristina
Kosovo Theatre Showcase 24-29 October, Part I
I worked in the former Yugoslavia as a journalist during the civil war in the 1990s.(...)
Yugoslavia
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 02 Jun 2023
May Days in Montenegro
The Month to End All Months
May in Montenegro holds particular historical significance. It marks the country’s triumph over fascism in WWII but also, since 2006, its regained independence, relinquished after WWI to what became Yugoslavia.(...)
Drasko Duranovic / 12 May 2023
A Day of Shame
9 May in Montenegro
On that hundredth day, that ninth of May 1942, at opposite ends of Nikšić, two people, Ljubo Čupić and Joka Baletić, went to their deaths because they stood up against fascism.(...)
Drasko Duranovic / 09 Mar 2023
The Struggle for Montenegro
Moscow’s Hybrid War
For the Kremlin, controlling Montenegro is an opportunity to have its own proxy in NATO. For Belgrade, it’s a chance to regain the territory, which declared independence in June 2006.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 18 Jan 2023
Sex Against Fascism
Dušan Makavejev’s Innocence Unprotected
Serbian director Dušan Makavejev’s 1968 film Innocence Unprotected manages both to explore the legacy of wartime trauma seriously and to make fun of itself in the process. (...)
Heather Allansdottir / 25 Jul 2022
Odesa Mama
Utopia by the Sea
The Russians have struck Odesa again, this time mere hours after reaching a deal with the Ukrainians. Though spared the worst of the war, an attack on Odesa is an attack on the best of Ukrainian and Russophone culture alike.(...)
Srdja Pavlovic / 20 Oct 2021
Montenegro in Crisis
Serbian Nationalist Threats
A few days ago, Montenegro’s Democratic Front (DF) issued its most significant threat to date to their partners in the ruling coalition.(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 28 Jul 2021
Antifascist Montenegro
Eighty Years of Resistance
Montenegro is a study in contrasts: a proudly traditional culture that adopts the latest technology and trends with ease; a rugged, mountainous topology that drops dramatically to the gentle Adriatic Sea via modern highways and old, winding roads; and a climate of baking dry heat in the summer, turning to cooling rain and snow-topped peaks in the winter. (...)
