Republika - Voice of Civil Self-Liberation



Belgrade, Year XX (2008)	Issue No. 430-431	1st - 30th June 2008

Trouble(d)

Who is this woman?
A photograph ripped from an album, taken sometime in 1930's, found in Pec in 1983, on a road that led to nearby villages, to Decane. It hangs in a frame in my study, so that someone may recognize the young women from Pec

The elections are over. The elected interpret the voters' will and tailor the parliamentary majority that is to form the Government. The tension is rising. The party that won most votes (Democratic Party) lacks majority, while parties that won fewer ballots (Serbian Radical Party, Democratic Party of Serbia) are striving to garner predominance. A showdown follows. The winner, apparently, will be the side to which the Socialist Party of Serbia decides to join.
Cohabitation of parties around "Kosovo constitution" seems to have nailed the country's fate. The reasonable people are numb. While different combinatorial speculations are obnoxious. The trouble is looming.
The exit is sought in abandonment of principles and all norms even, and in consenting to different lies.

The worst thing is when trampling on minimum moral is declared a virtue.
Must it be so? Is there a way out?

N. P.


In the Post-Election Whirl Despite the forceful rise of European idea, Serbia is still far from a peaceful political denouement... Dragos Ivanovic Ode to Joy or Hymn to Kosovo Folly It became evident long time ago that Eurosong turned into popular entertainment for the masses. However, it would be difficult to define what represented and set apart Ireland at Belgrade Eurosong Contest this year without offending animals... Dj. S.




Commending the Crime Only when advocating truth and freedom starts to account publicly for its rises and falls, a real chance to exit the difficult and tormenting situation will be created... Nebojsa Popov Beware of Serbian Hand It became clear whether Serbian religious fascists and nationalists would raise their head after signing of Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union (on April 29) after a few days already: on May 2nd, Belgrade was covered with placards portraying Serbian President Boris Tadic and Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic... Zlatoje Martinov



What Journalists Do for Their Freedom Legislation for the media - a new fascination of independent journalism? Can the market and privatization regulate all issues concerning journalism, particularly those related with freedom, knowledge or ethics?... Olivija Rusovac




Lost Jerusalem Dva su ogledala u kojima se Srbija ogleda – jedno pokazuje da imamo tehničku vladu a drugo i neki tehnički Sinod... Mirko Đorđević



Serbia's Constitution Breeds Dangerous Illusions International protectorate in Kosovo and Metohija has turned become an insuperable barrier to the idea of continuity, of which now only a caricature remains... O. R.