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Stefan Novakovic

Vucic’s New Serbia

Stefan Novakovic Mar 27, 2014

On March 16th, Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia to allocate the 250 seats of the National Assembly. For the first time since the 2000 elections (which immediately followed the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic), the parliamentary…
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“By the time we can join, the EU won’t even exist.”

Stefan Novakovic Jan 28, 2014

On January 21st 2014, the European Union began formal negotiations with Serbia regarding the Balkan country’s possible ascension to the EU. Since February of 2012, Serbia has been a formal candidate for EU status, but it has taken an…
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The Bridge on the Ibar: Elections in Kosovo

Stefan Novakovic Nov 7, 2013

On Sunday, November 3rd, local elections were held in municipalities throughout Kosovo, where, for the first time, the Serbian minority in the country’s north was able to -and encouraged to- participate. Since Kosovo’s controversial…
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Jovanka Broz (1925-2013)

Stefan Novakovic Oct 29, 2013

On October 20th 2013, Jovanka Broz died of a heart attack at the age of 88. Like many elderly women in Serbia, she lived out her last years in isolation and poverty. Since the death of her husband in 1980, Jovanka rarely left the house.…
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