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The end of the Serbian mafia?

Cecilia Ferrara | 22 February 2012 ita

The arrest in Spain of four Serbian citizens alleged leaders of one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the Balkans, the infamous Zemun clan, has inflicted a heavy blow on organized crime in the region. But is it truly over?



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After Mladić – dealing with the past

Belgrade | Cecilia Ferrara | 2 June 2011 ita

Now that Ratko Mladić has been arrested and extradited to the Hague, Serbia needs to come to terms with a history the country has not yet dared to deal with. An interview with Nataša Kandić, director of Belgrade's Humanitarian Law Centre



Heat

Heat

Belgrade | Cecilia Ferrara | 12 April 2010 ita

Serbia is rich in geothermal fluids, a source of clean energy that could be tapped with additional knowledge and better tools. A consortium of Tuscan municipalities and Serbian local institutions are working together to make some progress



Against the Mafia

Against the Mafia

Belgrado | Cecilia Ferrara | 26 February 2010 ita

Serbia's law on the confiscation of property deriving from crime, outlined in collaboration with the Italian anti-mafia Department and in force for about a year, has started to produce some results. But what does the term “organized crime” mean in Serbia? Here's what the experts say



Serbia: towards a regional truth on war crimes

Serbia: towards a regional truth on war crimes

Belgrade | Cecilia Ferrara | 12 January 2010 ita

The work of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor in Belgrade, public opinion, and the initiative of a group of NGOs to create a regional truth commission. An interview with Bogdan Ivanisevic, consultant of the International Center for Transitional Justice



Serbia: bread instead of reforms?

Serbia: bread instead of reforms?

Belgrade | Cecilia Ferrara | 22 December 2009 ita

A cynic and a pessimist according to many, he disagrees with most of the economic policies implemented by the Serbian government and does not think that postponing reforms to avoid social unrest is a good idea. An interview with economist Miroslav Prokopijević



The discomfiting sound of The Hourglass

The discomfiting sound of The Hourglass

Belgrade | Cecilia Ferrara | 2 December 2009 ita

"The Hourglass" ("Pešcanik") is one of Serbia's more talked about radio shows. War crimes, privatization, politics, and justice are among the topics covered each week by journalists Svetlana Lukić and Svetlana Vuković. Our interview



Kristalnacht in Sarajevo

Kristalnacht in Sarajevo

Cecilia Ferrara | 30 September 2008 ita

It was a witch hunt, or more exactly, a hunt of the "other". The first queer festival in Sarajevo ended before it had even begun. Fifteen persons were injured or were subject to threats by hooligan gangs and Wahhabi groups. In addition, Iggy Pop cancelled his upcoming concert in Sarajevo



In December 1989, 20 years ago, Timişoara citizens fought alone against the regime of Ceausescu. The memories of Ioan Savu, one of the leaders of that revolution, and professor Miodrag Milin, the first to collect the stories of those days. A videoreportage by Davide Sighele and Francesco Martino

Philosopher, dissident, politician. Zhelyu Zhelev has been the first Bulgarian president democratically elected after the fall of the Berlin Wall. A videointerview [Bulgaria, 2009]

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