Every November 25th marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Although the phrase “against” has long been in use, I prefer the word “towards,” because, perhaps illusorily, it evokes an image of equality. I choose to believe that it is possible to escape violence and that society is ready to shed the shackles of imposed patriarchal values and step toward equality for all members of our society.
Berlin, as the second largest city in Europe, is known for many attractions, but above all for its authentic cosmopolitan lifestyle. Also, what makes it so special is the multitude of opportunities that every day brings together a large number of tourists as well as those who would like to stay there permanently.
A new paradigm of negotiations of Kosovo and Serbia is necessary: an essential change in the approach which so far has had everybody’s principal support, but nobody’s genuine support It is not known when negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo will continue at an intense level, but this will certainly happen in dramatically different circumstances compared… View Article
The fifteenth hearing for the kidnapping in Štrpci is scheduled for today (March 2 2020) before the Higher Court, War Crimes Department. Gojko Lukić, Ljubiša Vasiljević, Duško Vasiljević and Dragana Đekić, members of the Avengers, a unit under command of Milan Lukić, and Jovan Lipovac, member of the First Troop, First Battalion of the Višegrad Brigade of the Republic of Srpska Army are on trial before the War Crime Department of the Higher Court in Belgrade for the crime in Štrpci.
In a few days, the 27th anniversary of the abduction at the Štrpci railway station will be marked. This is the railway station at which the express train no. 671 would not normally make a stop. On February 27 1993, members of the paramilitary group Avengers abducted 20 passengers from the Belgrade-Bar train. Among the abducted, there were 18 Bosniaks, one Croat and one person of unknown origin and of darker skin tone.
