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Balkans

History World

More Lasting than Bronze

On revisionist architecture.

Looking at the statues here, or anywhere, makes one wonder: Is abstraction simply the cardinal feature of any war where the loss is so much greater than whatever can be described as victory?

Jack Hitt Virginia Quarterly Review Sep 2020 30min Permalink

History

Electric Crypto Balkan Acid Test

Cryptomining in Europe’s most disputed state.

Alexander Clapp The Baffler Jul 2020 30min Permalink

Science World

The Science of Hatred

A Bosnian social psychologist who studies guilt and responsibility in the collective memory (and denial) of Sreberbica, which is “among the most scientifically documented mass killings in history.”

Tom Bartlett The Chronicle of Higher Education Nov 2013 25min Permalink

Best Article Reprints Crime

The Pink Panthers

From a Tokyo smash-and-grab to driving a car through the window of a Dubai jewelry shop, how a ragtag band of Balkan thieves set a new bar for audacious heists.

A member of the Pink Panthers, Milan Poparic, escaped from prison yesterday.

David Samuels New Yorker Apr 2010 1h5min Permalink

Arts World Music

Turbo-Folk Tycoon

On the Balkan musical genre Turbo-Folk, its ties to Serbian ultranationalism, and the strongman nightclub owner who brought it to Croatia.

Matthieu Aikins Guernica Nov 2011 20min Permalink