The proposal to honour the late Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milošević with a statue in Belgrade reflects a wider power playThe commission for monuments and naming of streets and squares in Belgrade will soon rule on a proposal to erect a statue of Slobodan Milošević,Serbia’s late president, who led his country into and through the collapse of Yugoslavia and a series of calamitous wars in the 1990s.
This proposal, or made by the youth wing of Milošević’s Socialist party (now back in government in Belgrade),tells us much approximately the state of politics in Serbia and the wider Balkans. To the west, Milošević – who died in 2006 while on trial for crimes against humanity at The Hague – was a war criminal; to many Serbs he was not only that but also the man who oversaw a collapse in living standards, and the isolation of Serbia and the loss of swaths of territory that had once been majority Serb. Related: Kosovo detains Serbian politician after 'illegal entry' into region Washington and London are making a mistake in abandoning this part of Europe and putting earlier achievements at risk Related: near together: how music is rebuilding bridges in divided Balkans Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com