Moving Towards New Meanings. 9 May in the Balkans

... What is more, with time, the war of 1941–1945 came to be overshadowed by the war of 1991–1995, about which Croatians have no major disagreements. It should be noted that attitudes to May 9 have acquired a geopolitical meaning this year in Montenegro. In late April. www.telegraf.rs The last military parade in Yugoslavia, 1985 Today, amid discussions over which world leaders will come to Moscow on May 9, I am reminded of how then Croatian President Franjo Tuđman was invited to attend the 1995 Victory Parade, held just a few days after the beginning of the Lightening Operation in West Slavonia. The decision of the Russian leadership, which ultimately facilitated the development ...