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Echoes of Grief, Whispers of Responsibility: Three Decades After Srebrenica

by Nikola Gajić

Thirty years after the Srebrenica genocide, denial and glorification of war criminals remain dominant in Serbia and Republika Srpska. In his blog post, Nikola Gajić explores how shifting from discussions of guilt to shared moral responsibility could break through nationalist narratives and foster genuine reconciliation.

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Half a Million Voices: Mainstreaming the Ustaša Legacy at Thompson’s Zagreb Concert

by Katarina Damčević

In Zagreb, half a million people cheered on the controversial singer Thompson while Ustaša slogans echoed through the crowd. In her blog post, Katarina Damčević analyzes how Croatian politicians legitimized the concert, definitively bringing fascist symbols into the societal mainstream.

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Paving the Way to Denial

By Katarina Damčević

The rise of hate speech against Serbs in Croatia has been partly facilitated by influential political figures, including members of the government. This manifests primarily through attempts to whitewash the legacy of the WWII Ustaša regime and downplay the crimes it committed.

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Can Memory Europeanize Us? The EU Memory Framework and Contested Memories of the Yugoslav Wars in Contemporary Serbia

By Nikola Gajić

The EU memory framework is designed as a tool for integrating new member states. However, the discrepancy between the Serbian official memory politics and the EU commemorative practices regarding the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s– in particular the Srebrenica genocide–remains high. This endangers the regional reconciliation process and the country’s Europeanization process.