Moving Towards New Meanings. 9 May in the Balkans

... 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... ... nations (except the Republic of Serbia), and a recognized public holiday in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina only. It is, thus, no surprise that the leaders of these Balkan... ... 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...