Moving Towards New Meanings. 9 May in the Balkans
... Soldiers Memorial. In the evening, modest yet festive fireworks are held at Kalemegdan, an ancient fortress at the heart of the Serbian capital. However, across almost the entire Balkan Peninsula, the May 9 holiday does not occupy an important place in ... ... that the leaders of these Balkan nations (Tomislav Nikolić, Milorad Dodik, Bosnia’s Muslim leader Bakir Izetbegović and Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov) stated their unequivocal desire to attend the May 9 celebrations in Moscow, unlike their Montenegrin,...
08.05.2015