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We are not strangers to divisions. We drag them for centuries, unable to hear the other
Sometimes just one word is enough to ignite a conflict... This year we were divided into pro-Ukrainians and pro-Russians, into LBGTIQ and guardians of traditional values, into progressives and the opposition, and then into various parties, into mine promoters and nature protectors, for and against the war in Ukraine; we were divided over Kosovo, on the micro and macro level. However, we are mostly divided into rich and poor.
And while we are dividing like this, weapons are being dangerously rattled, battles are being stolen, Šordosh and the Starica mountain are being stolen, prices are rising; we breathe polluted air and our tanks with ammonia are overturned, the construction mafia is flourishing and they publish interviews with rapists, they spin us... But who would have remembered everything that happened to us this year? In the end, officially, there are fewer and fewer of us. No one is surprised.
Some photos from this selection were awarded at the "Press Photo Serbia" competition.
"None of us can be expert enough, nor should we evaluate every road section, every airplane purchase, every state project, such as the Expo, such as the national stadium. It is the state that should prove that we need it, regardless of what we think. But there is none."
Vučić's counter-rallies and counter-myths have failed, the price of power is getting higher and the economy is getting weaker, fear in society has been overcome and anger has become chronic, parts of the police and judiciary are refusing to obey. The regime's room for maneuver has narrowed, the question is how the rebellious citizens led by the students will use it
"The idea is simple - we want to talk to people," Vuk, a student at the Faculty of Electronics, told Vreme. "We are here to show that we are not terrorists. We are here to listen and show that, unlike some people, we respect when someone's opinion differs from ours." The proof arrives very quickly: at the moment Vuk tries to talk to one of the locals, more people gather around them. They argue with each other. One hears, almost simultaneously, "go ahead, children, fight for the future of this country" and "get rid of what you are doing in time". And the students, despite the various shouts and insults that some shout at them, stand still, listen to the interlocutors, look them in the eyes and try to get them to dialogue. But the real one
The upcoming elections for the president of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia come at a time when workers are increasingly left without a clear job and voice, and unions without trust. While inflation erodes wages, and the government announces a minimum wage in euros, the union is silent. Or at least most are silent. Duško Vuković, the vice-president of SSSS, is entering the race for the position of president of this largest trade union organization in the country, with the message that "the union must be the backbone of the resistance, not a cold bureaucracy."
For Mihaljčić, "making history" does not mean getting a place in the historical past, among the testimonies of national history, which historical science will study and evaluate in an appropriate way. On the contrary, to "historicize" oneself for a tradition, for a legend, and also for the legend about the Battle of Kosovo, means to get a place in the present, in the living collective consciousness of the past, that is, as Mihaljčić says, in the "people's historical consciousness" that is actualized as an incentive for action, for the creation of a new history
Can the students and the opposition make up for 51 votes in the repeated elections at polling station number 25 in Kosjerić? Is it an impossible mission or another attempt that changes everything
The Serbian Government elected the commander of the "White Eagles", Dragoslav Bokan, as the president of the Board of Directors of the National Theater. Why not read "Aco Serbs" instead of "Your hands are bloody"?
What will Vučić do when his second presidential term expires in 2027. The Constitution does not provide for a third. Maybe he won't go into political retirement
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