Serbia, a nation where 2/3 of the people, give or take, claim that their financial situation is good, yet expect that ruling party would provide them with employment in return for loyalty. Deeply rooted, cynical perception of Serbian society that "everyone steals" is a breeding ground for an entrenched kakistocracy.
Public meltdowns over Zelenskyy’s visit to Serbia
President of Ukraine Zelenskyy's visit to Serbia this weekend doesn't signal a change in Serbia's foreign policy posture, but it did ruffle a lot of feathers in Russia and the Serbian opposition right wing.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Serbia on Saturday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit Serbia on August 8, the most pro-Russian nation in Europe. A recent poll reveals Serbian public sentiment blames Ukraine, NATO, the EU and the US for the Russian aggression.
The perpetual perfect storm of the Serbian victimhood narrative
The discovery of new mass graves in Kosovo containing the remains of Albanian civilians killed during the Kosovo conflict did not move the Serbian internal victimhood narrative based on the expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo and Croatia. Serbia commemorates the latter every August.
Spain’s migrant crisis reality check: Russian propaganda machine goes full steam ahead over Ceuta
The migrant flow to the Spanish north African exclave of Ceuta has prompted a flurry of reactions across Europe, evoking the trauma of the 2015 migrant crisis, while there are warnings from Ukraine that Russia in cooperation with Morocco could be orchestrating the influx of illegal migrants.
“Four Pillars” foreign policy of Serbia has such sights to show you
Four Pillars foreign policy, which supposedly aims for a balancing act between EU, the US, China, and Russia, is a logical extension of domestic Serbian political discourse of narcissism and the notion of historical injustices that robbed us of greatness. So don't read too much into Vučić's visit to Kyiv.
Instagram barbarians of Serbia
With Russia and China firmly in the camp of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, and with further own goals from the student movement, will the Serbian centrist opposition be able to capitalize on the votes of the pro-EU part of the electorate?
Rio Tinto might still have faith in its Jadar lithium project in Serbia
Based on publicly available data, Serbian Forbes speculates that Rio Tinto is not giving up on its lithium mining project in Serbia, while the Serbian media and society continue their anti-Western crusade using the Jadar project issue as a cause to rally opposition nationalists.
Two rallies and a kind of resignation
Following the student and Vučić supporter rallies this weekend, Kosovo still remains the best distraction from actual problems in Serbia, while the announced resignation of the Serbian president is no more than pre-election tactics that he employed throughout his political career.
On this Europe Day, Serbia is still moving away from Europe
The internal political and social dynamics of Serbia, dictated by both dominant political tribes, keep it moving further away from membership in the European Union, and tightly in the grip of authoritarianism, superstition, revanchism, and nationalism, closely aligned to Russia and China.
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