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Tito’s Home Village, Where Yugo-Nostalgics Come to Pay Tribute
As buses started to arrive just before the start of the official programme, the old Yugoslav Partisan song 'Fall, Oh Force and Injustice' could be heard coming from the speakers.
’Tito tour’ in Croatian capital delves into strongman’s legacy
With no street or statue to remember Yugoslavia's late strongman Josip Broz Tito, a new tour in the Croatian capital Zagreb is hoping to trace the leader's complicated legacy in a city where he remains divisive.
Yugoslav Chic: Tito’s Wife Jovanka Broz’s Dresses Go on Display
The exhibition begins with the garments that Josip Broz Tito's wife wore at her first public appearance after their marriage and ends as she withdrew from public life with the conclusion of the Yugoslav President's rule four decades ago.
Yugoslav-Era Caricaturist Honoured in Montenegro
The unveiling of the plaque in Herceg Novi. Photo: BIRN.
The plaque was installed near the former Herzegovina café in the centre of Herceg Novi where Dzumhur used to sit for hours talking to friends and acquaintances.
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Nailing the Virus: How One Bosnian Canton Halted a Pandemic
"Our health system has its limits," Salkic said during his interview with country's most popular evening news programme, warning: "We should not fool ourselves but use the two-week-long window of opportunity and prevent this explosion." That evening, Colic took a deep breath and told herself that she had "to take it one day at a time" - something her father told her repeatedly throughout the 19
How ‘Hotel Tito’ Became Croatian Women’s Refuge from War
"The story, first and foremost, is told by women," declared Croatian dramatist Jelena Kovacic as she outlined the themes of the play 'The Hotel Tito', which opened earlier this month at Zagreb's Gavella Drama Theatre.
Tito’s Political School, a Yugoslav Socialist Relic for Sale
The modernist building is appreciated by many architects and lovers of brutalism, but it is now surrounded by unkept grass, with broken windows and a damaged roof, while its once impressive interior is full of dust, dirt and rubbish. Grass is even growing inside the building.
Anniversary of Tito-Stalin Split Marked in Croatia
Academics and activists marked the 70th anniversary of the split between Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, which led to mass persecution and the creation of the Non-Alignment Movement.
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Tito's Name Still Adorns Streets Across Ex-Yugoslavia
A new Google map (see above) developed by Italian researcher Giorgio Comai shows that there are still 276 squares, streets and waterfronts named after former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito.
The map, created using data from Google from August 2017, shows that more than half of them are located in Serbia - 176 squares, streets and waterfronts named after Tito.
Zagreb to Remove Tito’s Name from City Square
Zagreb city assembly voted to rename a square dedicated to former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito after pressure from right-wingers to erase the legacy of Communist rule.
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