Milan Igrutinović
@migrutinovic.bsky.social
Historian & IR scholar at the Institute of European Studies, Belgrade #academicsky #skystorians #IRsky ORCID 0000-0002-7487-518X
I'll be a panelist tomorrow on possible new trends in Serbian foreign policy under the incoming government. And that will have to start with recap of foreign policy within the autocratic turn, and the long-term trends that also inform the Student List program. www.isac-fund.org/en/event/ser...
Serbia's Foreign Policy: Time for a New Perspective - ISAC Fund
The Serbia’s Foreign Policy: Time for a New Perspective conference, organized by the International and Security Affairs Centre – ISAC Fund, will take place on 5 November 2026 at Hotel Metropol Palace,...
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That it is/was a bank used by Russian expats and refugees in Serbia is really mislabelling what it primarily was - a private, SNS party favourite bank, pushed into countless deals with state and public institutions to siphon off as much money as possible towards the priviliged few.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 7d agoSerbia shuts down bank favoured by Russians ft.trib.al/p492f00
Alta Banka, a private bank in Serbia closest to the former ruling SNS party, lost its operating licence today, in a swift action by the National Bank to, most likely, stop the money drain by the outgoing elite. The funny part - the NB governor is still a high-ranking member of the SNS.
“An astrophysicist who studies galaxy evolution. An electrical engineer who has helped design robots. An organic chemist who, during the pandemic, worked on COVID-19 drugs…. They have all been elected to what may well be the brainiest parliament in the world.” www.science.org/content/arti...
Serbia just elected the world’s brainiest parliament
Dozens of academics become politicians after student group’s stunning victory
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People in Belgrade celebrated following Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic speech conceding defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic election that ends his long grip on power and heralds a new political era in the Balkan country. reut.rs/4zkXvww
Serbia, 56.0% sample of CeSID / Ipsos parallel count: National parliament election SL-*: 52.0% (+52.0) SNS+-EPP: 39.3% (-8.8) SPS/JS+-*: 2.3% (-4.4) SVM-EPP: 0.9% (-0.8) NDSS/PKS-*: 0.8% (-4.4) PDD+-*: 0.8% (+0.8) SDP/CDP-*: 0.5% (+0.5) ... +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/serbia
Aleksandar Vučić has just conceded to the Student List, which will have an absolute majority of MPs, 135-140 out of 250.
Milan Igrutinović@migrutinovic.bsky.social · 2w agoVery early results suggest a clear win by the Student List, 5-10 percentage points head to head with the SNS.
Very early results suggest a clear win by the Student List, 5-10 percentage points head to head with the SNS.
Milan Igrutinović@migrutinovic.bsky.social · 2w agoAbsolutely record-breaking turnout in the early hours of parliamentary elections in #Serbia. ❤️ Good indicator for the final turnout and the score of the opposition Student List.
Police forces and party thugs are deploying around the Republic’s Electoral Commission. Record turnout is a strong indicator of opposition win, and if so we are left guessing whether the SNS will accept the defeat or will it use dirty tricks, state capture, or violence to prolong its stay in power.
Mašina@masinars.bsky.social · 2w agoIspred Republičke izborne komisije ograđen prostor i sve više pripadnika žandarmerije u punoj opremi za razbijanje demonstracija okuplja se dva i po sata pred zatvaranje biračkih mesta. Podsećamo, procena izlaznosti do 17 časova je rekordnih 60.9% prema CESID-u.
Absolutely record-breaking turnout in the early hours of parliamentary elections in #Serbia. ❤️ Good indicator for the final turnout and the score of the opposition Student List.
In the final stretch this now seems like an irresistible force…
Hans E. Offerdal@hofferdal.bsky.social · 2w ago"Thousands of people gather in Belgrade in support of Serbia’s #student movement...The Balkan nation goes to the polls on Sunday, with a student-backed election list posing the biggest challenge to the ruling Serbian Progressive Party of former president Aleksandar Vucic", reports @en.afp.com
Yesterday in Belgrade, #N1 reported 147 registered voters at one address linked to a figure close to #Vučić’s ruling SNS — and threats against journalist Mladen #Savatović while investigating it.
A WWII era bomb (Luftwaffe’s SC250, with ~130kgs of explosives) had to be exploded in place at a construction site in downtown Belgrade this morning. Few hundred nearby residents were removed from their homes for several hours, just in case. youtu.be/7-NZZSlfA0Q?...
Na gradilištu u Beogradu uništena zaostala bomba iz Drugog svetskog rata
YouTube video by MUP Republike Srbije
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if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered
Firmly established downward path. We might just change it in a month or so...
Serbian News Media@handle.invalid · 2mo agoReport on the Global State of Democracy: Serbia Backslides in Numerous Areas https://snm.rs/report-on-the-global-state-of-democracy-serbia-backslides-in-numerous-areas/
If you're interested in submitting a book proposal to our Radical Histories series, give us a shout. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/radic...
Radical Histories - Manchester University Press
The Radical Histories series encourages innovative and field-defining research in the history of individuals, groups, movements and ideas which challenged the political, social and cultural status quo...
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Ted Vallance@tedvallance.bsky.social · 2mo agoVery exciting to see the first book in our Radical Histories series out in print- David Kennerley’s sonic history of Chartism @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
And she just announced that she will not proceed with planned visit due to public glorification of Mladić.
Serbian News Media@handle.invalid · 2mo agoKos: The Repatriation of Mladić’s Remains and the Coming Days Are an Important Test for Serbia https://snm.rs/kos-the-repatriation-of-mladics-remains-and-the-coming-days-are-an-important-test-for-serbia/
A slap to the face of the EU enlargement policy as a whole, I'm afraid.
European Movement UK@europeanmovement.co.uk · 2mo agoIcelanders have voted against resuming EU accession talks: 52.8% No to 47.2% Yes, on an 82.5% turnout. A close result and the questions raised by this campaign will not disappear.
The announcement by Serbian authorities that Ratko Mladić might be buried with the highest state honours "represents an unacceptable act of institutional glorification of a man convicted by a final judgement of genocide"... 1/2
Academy and court action(s) in Serbia: “We are seeking legal protection because the Dean has, due to our personal characteristics, preciselly our political beliefs that he deduced or that we expressed through our public and social engagement, practically deprived us of the rights that belong to us"
Mašina@masinars.bsky.social · 3mo agoDeset profesorki Filozofskog fakulteta u Novom Sadu podnelo tužbu protiv te ustanove i dekana. Saznajte više na našem sajtu👇 https://www.masina.rs/deset-profesorki-filozofskog-fakulteta-u-novom-sadu-podnelo-tuzbu-protiv-te-ustanove-i-dekana/
Large scale historical datasets are very hard to come by. Historical research is often about pulling scraps of different things together to make sense of it all. Historical primary sources can be considered *traces* of the past, because so much stuff goes unrecorded.
Riley Bruce@rileybruce.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhat’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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4 July, a public holiday in socialist Yugoslavia, called Dan borca ('Combatant Day'). #OTD in 1941 Politburo of the Communist Party issued a call to arms against German & Italian occupation of Yugoslavia.
Actually, photos are taken each and every time - not only the first time - the non-EU citizen crosses the border. I have crossed the EU border ~20 times over the last 6 months (GRE, HUN, CRO), I was photo-ed every single time (fingerprinted maybe half the time) www.theguardian.com/business/202...
