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During its fact-finding visit to Serbia, a delegation of the European Parliament met with representatives of the Serbian opposition. Following the meeting, Mašina spoke with three opposition members of parliament, who said the talks focused on election integrity, the misuse of EU accession funds, and what – if anything – can be expected to change in the EU’s relations with the Serbian government.…
Attributing every problem in the United States to Donald Trump is incorrect. Not because he’s innocent – he clearly isn’t – but because focusing on him alone is a way of avoiding a much harder truth. The post (Un)Happy Anniversary, or: Is It Time to Stop Blaming Trump? appeared first on Mašina English .
According to political scientist Dario Azzellini, the US attack on Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro do not merely constitute a violation of international law, but its complete collapse. In an interview with Mašina, Azzellini explains why he sees this event as a symptom of a “dying empire,” and at the same time as a prelude to a new, dangerous phase of global conflict. The…
On December 28, from north to south and east to west, student booths will be set up across the country in order to collect signatures in support of the students’ call for snap parliamentary elections. Students note that their goal goes beyond signature collection and extends to building connections with the broader population. The post “Declare Victory”: Students to Canvass 89 Cities for…
Jared Kushner’s proposed “Trump Tower” will not be built on the site of the former Yugoslav Army headquarters, known as the General Staff complex, The Wall Street Journal reported on December 15. People in Serbia are celebrating while the country’s president has threatened criminal charges against all those who took part in the destruction of this “investment opportunity.” Mašina spoke to…
Learnship, a German corporate language-training provider based in Cologne is refusing to pay October and November wages amounting to over €500,000 for approximately 1,000 teachers. What’s more, employees say that the company is also failing to communicate with teachers about the situation, going as far as shutting down communication channels. The flagrant violation of labor rights has motivated…
“Rijeka is a Croatian city, as well." This is how Igor Bezinović, director of "Fiume o Morte!" describes an important message of his film, which is this year’s Croatian candidate for the Oscars and has already been awarded the main prize in Rotterdam. The post Fascism and Resistance: What We Can Learn from the Croatian Oscar Nominee appeared first on Mašina English .
To mark the anniversary of the collapse of the canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station, commemorative gatherings will be held this weekend in more than 50 cities around the world, organized by Serbian citizens living abroad. The November 1 gatherings will take place in about 15 cities across the United States, several in Australia, and multiple cities in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain,…
The rush for critical raw materials is costing the EU its own democratic values. The post The EU’s Strategic Mistake appeared first on Mašina English .
Six and a half months. That’s how long members of the Novi Sad branch of the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG), Marija Vasić and Lado Jovović, along with STAV activist Lazar Dinić, spent in detention, both in jail and under house arrest. For almost two months, Dimitrije Dimić, a student in Niš, wore an ankle monitor. All of them are facing charges of organizing the violent overthrow of the…
