These days, more precisely, on February 5, five years have passed since the death of our founder and editor-in-chief, Dragoljub Žarković. Žare led "Vreme" through the most difficult moments, not only for the editorial office, but also for the entire society, from the XNUMXth of March, through Vučić's law on information, censorship during the bombing, the XNUMXth of October, and even through this period, which, we hope, is coming to an end
Editorial team of "Vreme" With Žaret's departure she lost her own roots and a large part of her identity. But he left behind a baton of free and sharp journalism, which, we hope, we will successfully pass on to every next generation of "Vremena" journalists. Even today, we remember him for his willingness to bear the brunt of the pressure on his own back and to even sacrifice himself in order to spare the editorial office and preserve its integrity and credibility.
The rules of journalism that he taught us are still alive today, just like the numerous quotes that we still use in the newsroom today. We don't start the text if we don't have a title. We choose one corner and write from it. We delete the adjectives in the sentence, but keep the verbs. Even his humor entered the everyday language of the newsroom: "Honey, let your friend tell you", he used to say to young journalists, whose legs would be torn off when Žare told them he was their friend. Or, the sentence he used to drive the editorial board crazy: "I'm tired, I'm sick, and I have to write."
As an editor, he knew how to protect everyone, from the most famous author to the newly arrived journalist. If one of the interlocutors was unpleasant to a young beginner, he taught us to send them where they should go, noting that no one yells at "Vremena" journalists.
Anyone who came to "Vreme" while Žare was still with us knows to this day the exact time and place when he met him, when Žare first spoke to him... We still preserve the tradition he established today. The door to the editor-in-chief's room is always open and anyone can enter at any time. There is no appointment or announcement. He taught us that he is an editor and a parent and a general, but never a despot. In fact, no one in the newsroom ever called him an editor. He was always - Žare. And Žare, for us, has always been and will remain, not a nickname, but a title.
Dragoljub Žarković is the founder of "Vremen" and its editor-in-chief since 1991. Prior to that, he was a journalist and editor in the newspapers "Politika" (1974-1987) and "Borba" (1987-1990). He was a radio commentator for "Slobodna Evrope" (1993-1998), collaborated with WDR (German National Radio) and occasionally wrote for a number of newspapers in Europe (Italian "Republika", Austrian "Standard"...). He trained in the USA as a guest of the Association of American Editors.
He was the author of several television shows and projects. Later in his career, he was a permanent columnist for the daily newspaper "Politika" and a lecturer at the Faculty of Political Sciences, where he was also a member of the Faculty Council. He was the first president of the Association of Professional Journalists of Serbia, which later became the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia, and an honorary member of several international media associations. In 2016, he published Advanced book with the subtitle "The years of the rise of Aleksandar Vučić".
All the biographical information, however, is not enough to convey his editorial and journalistic lucidity, talent and incredible communication skills and charisma.
Arrests out of the blue, banishment from the country, beatings... All this happened to us in the last week alone. The Serbian Progressive Party, born from the foam left behind by their spiritual father Vojislav Šešelj, is returning to its roots. I can't escape from myself
"The levers of power are not in their hands," said Bishop Grigorije. "But there is something in the Holy Scriptures that I like very much, and that is that the power of God is revealed in weakness. So, all worldly power is on one side. And on the other side, in the hands of these young men and women is the weakness of this world. But in their weakness, the power of God or God's justice appears. That is why they are at such a great advantage."
The regime and its media have been trumpeting the "civil war" for months, and the government is the only one that has a patent for peace and stability - of course, with the help of the propaganda machine and the use of force. "It is a propaganda tactic of SNS that says: 'violence is everywhere, terrorists surround us, but we are here to save you,'" explains communication professor Jelena Kleut for "Vreme".
Students and citizens who accompany them on these walking feats, were welcomed as the most native together with those who came the day before from other places. A dove of peace was also released on the stage next to the promenade along the river - this symbolic gesture of the two students is the most impressive gesture of understanding and respect between the Bosniak and Serbian peoples since the end of the wars in the former Yugoslavia
The three-day parliament for the promotion of Aleksandar Vučić and his Movement for the People and the State was realistically a fiasco. But it was first of all conceived as a media spectacle for regime television directed by court promoter Željko "DJ Žeks" Mitrović, with scenography and iconography adapted to the Serbian political market.
Anyone who condemns the regime's targeting of people from the media, the non-governmental sector, the opposition and universities, must not agree to this targeting of RTS editors and journalists either.
The government of Đur Mazut is "counter-revolutionary", focused on retaliation and state and street violence against opponents of the regime
Depriving Dejan Ilić, an intellectual with an impeccable life and work biography, of his freedom, without the slightest meaningful reason, is just one of the brutal indicators that the regime has turned against its own citizens and is entering a phase of terror
Vučić and Šešelj: Where I stopped, you continue
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