The student and civic protesters, who represent the third, latest manifestation of Serbian alt-right populist sentiment, following the one that gave rise to Slobodan Milošević in the late 1980s and the second one that returned Aleksandar Vučić to power in 2012, are now getting a dose of reality with the opposition parties taking back the forefront from pro-Russian extremists.
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Long live Marta Kos, long live the European Union
Every loser needs a scapegoat; Serbia found a perfect one - the European Union, the world's largest and most successful peace and economic project.
The pan-European illiberal alliance is very much real
The European alt-right always seems to be there for each other. Aided by their American brethren, support goes from Dodik to Le Pen, MAGA to Dodik and Le Pen and AfD, Dodik to Putin, Vučić to Dodik, Orban to Dodik and Le Pen, round and round they go.
Thirty years after the Srebrenica genocide, Serbia has a new generation of war crimes fans
The majority of Serbian society, and that includes the people in both Serbia and Republika Srpska, continues with the war crimes denial, because it is a basis for the Serbian authoritarian, parochial grievance politics. Yes, by the students in Serbia, as well.
The Hamas cheerleaders of Serbia
The Serbian political discourse on the entire spectrum continues with its anti-Western and revisionist hysteria by coming in support of Hamas and continuing to deny crimes committed by Serbian forces during the Yugoslav Wars. Intellectuals like Timothy Snyder should stop voicing their support to things that they know nothing about, all based on wishful thinking and second-hand information.
Needs more laser: China swarms the internet with imaginary Wunderwaffe
The Chinese scientists have discovered the secret of the internet - flood it with tall tales of its super-weapons that are in the works, which will then be reposted by either gullible Westerners, pro-BRICS fanatics, or simply people that are after clicks and engagement from posting info-garbage about fictional Chinese military game changers.
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