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Dunja Bahtijarević is a poet, singer and translator. She performs traditional songs and explores musical contexts that breathe new life into them. Photo: Lav Turski via Balkan Diskurs, used with permission. This article by Bojana Radić was originally published by the Post-Conflict Research Center on Balkan Diskurs and within the first edition of MIR Magazine. MIR, which means ‘peace’ in Bosnian is an annual publication and platform for young inventive people. An edited version has been republished by Global Voices under a content sharing agreement. Sevdalinka (also known as sevdah) is the folk...
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Croatia's governing conservatives won a sharply competitive election on Wednesday, according to the official vote count. The ruling right-wing Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) defeated a centrist left-wing alliance informally led by populist President Zoran Milanovic and his Social Democratic Party (SDP). However, despite their convincing win, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's HDZ will need the support of far-right groups to stay in power. The election followed a campaign centred on a bitter rivalry between the country's president and prime minister. With more than 90% of the ballots counted, t...
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A duel awaits the Croatian parliamentary elections this Wednesday. The conservative ruling party, the Croatian Democratic Union, faces off against the Social Democrats, backed by an alliance of centrist and left-wing parties. In an unusual turn of events, the two front-runners are none other than the outgoing prime minister, Andrej Plenković, and the current president, Zoran Milanović. At stake in the race for Croatia’s 151-seat parliament isn't just the country's domestic trajectory, but also the EU’s unity as the bloc grapples with the instability caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Uk...
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Croatians are preparing to go to the polls next weekend for an early election vote that will decide whether they want the country to remain a pro-Ukraine and pro-West nation or put in office the centre-left party of President Zoran Milanović, known for his ties with Russia. The two main rivals in the 17 April election will be the governing Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). These elections could reflect on the results of the European Parliament elections in June and the presidential election, scheduled for December. Croatia's parliament was dissolved in Marc...
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Photo of Politikin Zabavnik inserts featuring bilingual comics in Serbian and Romani languages. Photo by Meta.mk, used with permission. This article was first published by Meta.mk. An edited version is republished here under a content-sharing agreement between Global Voices and Metamorphosis Foundation. The popular Serbian weekly magazine Politikin Zabavnik, which celebrates its 85th anniversary this year, published a comic in the Romani language. The comic by Lazo Sredanović and Nikola Lekić features the adventures of Dikan “the youngest Ancient Slaw,” which were extremely popular across the ...
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Croatian retailers are displeased with a law that prohibits shopping on most Sundays, saying it is threatening small businesses and driving layoffs in a crucial sector of the economy. The Trade Law, which was passed last year, allows retailers to choose only 16 Sundays per year when they can open their stores. While unions seem to be satisfied with it, many entrepreneurs in wholesale and retail trade are not. The five large shopping centres in Zagreb say Sunday revenue tends to be higher, and that the non-working Sundays imposed this year could hurt them to the tune of €50 million euros. Owner...
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With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men kneeling to pray in public squares, religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia. The fierce debate has fueled divisions in the European Union nation of about 3.9 million people where abortion remains legal but access to the procedure is often denied, sending many women to neighbouring Slovenia to end a pregnancy. The movement is in stark contrast to Croatia’s recent past when it was part of the former Yugoslavia, a Communist-run country that protected ...
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A fear of flying can leave you feeling you are limited to just domestic destinations - especially if going abroad requires crossing a sea or ocean. But as ferries rise in popularity, even the most aviation-adverse travellers can easily get where they want to go. As a bonus, they could also allow you to take your car or your pets when you go on holiday. Demand for this alternative method of transport is soaring, according to travel booking website Omio. It says there have been 2.6 million searches for ‘ferry’ in the last month and ‘ferries from UK’ searches increased by 46 per cent in the last ...
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Only seven countries in the world met safe air pollution levels in 2023, a new report by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir reveals. The World Air Quality Report, released this week, draws on data from more than 30,000 monitoring stations in 134 countries, territories and regions. Of these, 124 were found to breach safe levels of PM2.5 (fine particulate matter), according to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. These microscopic particles, measuring less than 2.5 microns in diameter, can be inhaled deep into our lungs and even reach our bloodstreams. They have been linked to hea...
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The Croatian parliament was dissolved on Thursday to pave the way for a parliamentary election later this year, with 143 out of 151 lawmakers backing the decision. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has suggested the election could be held before the vote for the European Parliament, which takes places on June 6-9, but no date has yet been set. The decision to dissolve parliament comes as Plenkovic and his conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party are facing mounting accusations of high-level corruption from the opposition ahead of the ballot. Last month, thousands of protesters rallied ...
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