Moving Towards New Meanings. 9 May in the Balkans

The May 8–9 holiday is a far too complicated affair, and somewhat inconvenient to be a widespread celebration across the Balkans The attitude to Victory Day in the Balkans can at best be described as positive to neutral. This date certainly exists ... ... conflict included the royal government that turned into a government-in-exile, and the civil administrations of occupied Serbia and Slovenia, whose leaders chose collaboration as the only way to alleviate the situation for the people. The Ustaše-ruled ...