Berislav Serbetic and Vojin Bakic. Monument to the Uprising of the People of Kordun and Banija. 1979–81. Petrova Gora, Croatia. Exterior view. view. Exterior Croatia. Gora, andBanija.1979–81.Petrova ofKordun theUprisingofPeople Bakic.Monumentto Berislav SerbeticandVojin NEW YORK’S MOMA SHINES A LIGHT LIGHT A SHINES MOMA YORK’S NEW +381 11 4030 306 114030 +381 Belgrade in Stone in Carved is History Serbia’s Page 6 ON SOCIALIST YUGOSLAV YUGOSLAV SOCIALIST ON A prestigious new exhibition forces a fresh afresh forces exhibition new A prestigious look at the underappreciated architecture architecture underappreciated the at look [email protected] Issue No. No. Issue ARCHITECTURE 256 of Tito’s Yugoslavia of Tito’s Friday, July 13 - Thursday, July 26, 2018 26, July 13-Thursday, July Friday, Continued on on Continued page 13 page in Serbia Monuments Must-See Five Page 10 Photo: Valentin Jeck, commissioned byTheMuseumofModernArt,2016 Jeck,commissioned Valentin Photo: BELGRADE INSIGHT IS PUBLISHED BY INSIGHTISPUBLISHED BELGRADE ORDER DELIVERY TO DELIVERY ORDER [email protected] YOUR DOOR YOUR +381 11 4030 303 114030 +381 Friday • June 13 • 2008 NEWS NEWS 1 9 7 7 1 ISSN 1820-8339 8 2 0 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 Issue No. 1 / Friday, June 13, 2008 EDITOR’S WORD Lure of Tadic Alliance Splits Socialists Political Predictability While younger Socialists support joining a new, pro-EU government, old By Mark R. Pullen Milosevic loyalists threaten revolt over the prospect. party over which way to turn. “The situation in the party seems extremely complicated, as we try to convince the few remaining lag- gards that we need to move out of Milosevic’s shadow,” one Socialist Party official complained. “Dacic will eventually side with Many of us who have experi- Tadic in a bid to guide his party into enced numerous Serbian elections the European mainstream, but much rate ourselves as pundits when it of the membership and many offi- comes to predicting election re- cials may oppose that move.” sults and post-election moves. Nikolic agreed: “The question is We feel in-the-know because will the party split or will the ‘old- our experience of elections in Ser- timers’ back down,” he noted. bia has shown us that (a.) no single Fearing they might not cross the party or coalition will ever gain the 5-per-cent threshold to enter parlia- majority required to form a govern- ment, the Socialists teamed up with ment, and (b.) political negotiations the Association of Pensioners and the will never be quickly concluded. United Serbia Party, led by business- Even when the Democrats man Dragan Markovic “Palma”. achieved their surprising result at Pensioners leader, Jovan Krkoba- last month’s general election, it bic, Palma and Dacic are all pushing quickly became clear that the re- for a deal with the Democrats. sult was actually more-or-less the Socialist leader Ivica Dacic remains the Serbian kingmaker The reported price is the post of same as every other election result deputy PM, with a brief in charge of in Serbia, i.e. inconclusive. By Rade Maroevic in Belgrade to Serbia’s late president, Slobodan faces extinction unless it changes. security for the Socialist leader. This is likely to continue as long Milosevic, and reformists who want However, a strong current also In addition, the Socialists are bar- as Serbia’s politicians form new ense negotiations on a new gov- the party to become a modern Euro- flows in the opposite direction, led gaining for other ministries, includ- political parties every time they ernment have divided the ranks pean social democrat organisation. by party veterans enraged by the ing capital investments, Kosovo and disagree with their current party Tof the Socialist Party, which holds After eight years of stagnation, prospect of a deal with Tadic. education, Belgrade media reported. leader (there are currently 342 reg- the balance of power between the the Socialists returned to centre stage Mihajlo Markovic, a founder of Tadic has denied talk of horse- istered political parties in Serbia). main blocs and has yet to announce after winning 20 of the 250 seats in the party, recently warned of a crisis trading with the Socialists, maintain- Drawn-out negotiations are also which side they will support. parliament in the May 11 elections. if Dacic opts for the pro-European ing that ministries would go only to the norm. One Belgrade-based “It looks as if the Socialists will With the pro-European and nation- bloc, abandoning the Socialists’ “nat- those committed to working for the Ambassador recently told me he move towards a government led by alist blocs almost evenly matched, ural” ideological partners. government’s “strategic goal”. was also alarmed by the distinct the Democrats,” political analyst Mi- the Socialists now have the final say Markovic, a prominent supporter At the same time, Dacic seems re- lack of urgency among Serbian lan Nikolic, of the independent Cen- on the fate of the country. of Milosevic during the 1990s, is luctant to call off negotiations with politicians. “The country is at a tre of Policy Studies, said. “But such Nikolic believes the Socialists, led seen as representative of the “old- the nationalists. standstill and I don’t understand a move might provoke deeper divi- by Ivica Dacic, will come over to timers” in the party who want to stay “If we don’t reach an agreement their logic. If they are so eager to sions and even split the party.” Tadic, if only out of a pragmatic de- true to the former regime’s policies, with the DSS and Radicals, the par- progress towards the EU and en- Simultaneous negotiations held sire to ensure their political survival. even though these almost ruined the ty leadership will decide on future courage investors, how come they with the pro-European and national- “The group of younger Socialists Socialists for good. steps”, Dacic announced, following go home at 5pm sharp and don’t ist blocs have drawn attention to a gathered around Dacic seems to be Some younger Socialist officials the first session of country’s new par- work weekends?” deep rift inside the Socialists. in the majority”, Nikolic said, adding have voiced frustration over the con- liament on Wednesday. Surely the situation is urgent This divides “old-timers” loyal that these reformists believe the party tinuing impasse within their own Source: Balkan Insight (www.balkaninsight.com) enough to warrant a little overtime. THIS ISSUE OF Business Insight Neighbourhood Matters Belgrade Insight IS SUPPORTED BY: Costs Mounting Football Rebellion conomists are warning that pro- hile the football world watch- longed uncertainty over Serbia’s es events unfold at the Euro- Efuture could scare off investors, lead Wpean Championships in Austria and to higher inflation and jeopardise Switzerland, Bosnia is experiencing prosperity for years to come. a soccer rebellion, led by fans, play- “This year has been lost, from the ers and former stars who are enraged standpoint of economic policy,” says by what they see as corrupt leaders Stojan Stamenkovic of the Econom- of the country’s football association ics Institute in Belgrade. leaders. page 5 page 10 2 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 13 - Thursday, July 26, 2018 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 13 - Thursday, July 26, 2018 3 SERBIA SERBIA COMMENT Why We Must Not Forget Srebrenica North Mitrovica is planned to be the administrative centre of the Community of Serb Municipalities. Photo: Beta / Sasa Djordjevic Opposition parties maintained that health centre in North Mitrovica and Legal experts the Association would violate Kosovo’s an MP with the main Kosovo Serb party Kosovo sovereignty and create a new constitu- Srpska Lista, as saying that her col- think that for the tional entity, with the Vetevendosje par- leagues – Kosovo Serb MPs – are plan- ty calling it a “Bosniafication of Kosovo”. ning to submit a proposal for a lex spe- Organisation Zene u Crnom [Women in Black] organised a performance 'Srebrenica 8372' in Belgrade on July 10 commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the beginning of the genocide in Srebrenica. Photo: Beta establishment The Kosovo government formed a cialis that would enable the work of the ‘Must’ Change team to draft the Association’s statute Association. in July 2016. It however failed to com- “She and her colleagues, Serb repre- systematically and brutally executed, the ignorance of the past and manipu- public figures in Serbia and Bosnia and and functioning plete its mission due to political crises sentatives in the parliament of Kosovo, Denial of the and 30,000 people violently displaced. lation of the facts about the recent war. School books, Herzegovina to stop denying the past in the Kosovo parliament. will propose a lex specialis, the law that Srebrenica Since then, the relatives of the vic- Such a situation perpetuates the eth- and to build more inclusive education Laws for Serb of the The Association has also become a will recognise [the Association] and give tims - and in particular, mothers who nic divisions which made current and not only in systems and societies. major obstacle in the Brussels-mediated it significant jurisdiction, in order to have genocide must have lost husbands, sons, brothers - past tensions possible and hinders rec- Like the Holocaust and the Rwanda Association in Belgrade-Pristina talks, as Serbian repre- the necessary independence in relations have started a long, courageous walk to onciliation and peace. We must reverse Serbia and genocide, the Srebrenica genocide was Municipalities sentatives insisted on its implementation with the central authorities in Pristina,” end, unprosecuted justice and recognition. it. not an accident. It began well before it accordance before moving forward with other issues. says the transcript obtained by BIRN.