Yugoslavia in World War II
Prosecutions Urged for Nazi Salutes at Serbian Rally
Serbian anti-fascists filed criminal and misdemeanour complaints against members of far-right groups for making Nazi salutes at a rally to commemorate WWII-era puppet government premier Milan Nedic.
Defense minister says Vucic will be "welcomed by Ustashas"
Vulin, Serbia's defense minister, also said that he was "not sure that Ustashism was making a return in Croatia - because Ustashism and Ustashas never left Croatia's politics and public life."
The Ustasha regime was in power in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a Nazi allied WW2 entity that operated death camps for Serbs, Jews, and Roma.
Chetnik-Partisan ‘Reconciliation’ Sparks Row in Montenegro
Montenegro’s strongest opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, has been accused of attempting to rehabilitate the WWII monarchist Chetnik movement after it initiated a ‘declaration of reconciliation’ with the Communist Partisans.
PM sees no reason for Croatia's protest note
The exhibition, dedicated to the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) WW2 death camp for Serbs, Jews, and Roma, was organized at the UN in New York City.
The prime minister believes that Croatia should in fact have supported such an exhibition.
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Vucic "doesn't know" about SNS symbols at death camp site
Aleksandar Vucic has commented on media reports that an office of his ruling SNS party office had been open at the location of the Staro Sajmiste camp.
Speaking in Davos on Friday, the Serbian president said he "did not know what this was about" and had "not seen it."
"If anyone has done anything wrong, we will apologize," Vucic said.
Vucic "doesn't know" about SNS symbols at death camp site
Speaking in Davos on Friday, the Serbian president said he "did not know what this was about" and had "not seen it."
"If anyone has done anything wrong, we will apologize," Vucic said.
Previously, the daily Danas said that the SNS opened its office at the site of the Staro Sajmiste (Old Fairgrounds) concentration camp, and published a photo of it on the front page.
WWII PM Nedic ‘Saw Himself as Serbia’s Petain’
A rehabilitation hearing for Milan Nedic was told that the WWII prime minister considered himself to be the Serbian version of French collaborationist leader Marshal Petain, according to a Nazi official.
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Croatian Fascist Commemorated with Banner in Bosnia
The tribute banner, which depicts Pavelic in uniform, was found in Siroki Brijeg on Thursday morning.
On the banner are written the words "In Madrid, a tomb of gold", a line from a well-known fascist song that continues: "where lies the leader of all Croats".
Pavelic died in the Spanish capital Madrid on December 28, 1959, at the age of 70, and was buried there.
Ex Belgrade airport head among 56 arrested for corruption
The MUP announced this on Monday.
Those arrested are suspected of committing various corruption crimes from 2008 to date, in particular crimes related to abuse of official position in state bodies.
"Nobody asked people if they wanted Yugoslavia to break up"
Joska Broz spoke on the anniversary of the founding of the former state, where November 29 was celebrated as Republic Day.
He told Belgrade-based TV Pink that "nobody asked the people whether or not they wanted Yugoslavia to break up - it was a decision made by several powerful figures."