Here is a commercial from 1973 showing canned food made by NNP, an abbreviation for Nedre Norrlands Producentförening (Lower Norrland Manufacturing Union). NNP was cooperatively owned by farmers in the Norrland region (northern Sweden), who in many cases already had… Read More »Canned food commercial from 1973
Kiro Gligorov was one of the most famous and active communist politicians in ex-Yugoslavia. Gligorov was involved in the Macedonian branch of the Yugoslav Communist League (party) and served as the first president of Macedonia’s Socialist Republic. After the disintegration… Read More »5,5 billion dollar question – EU and Yugoslavia in 1990, interview with Kiro Gligorov
Recently I was watching an episode of “Cobra“, a 1990s action TV-show starring Michael Dudikoff. Partly, I am watching Cobra since it was broadcasted in Bosnia after the war. One of those “Americanising” shows that many people enjoyed despite all… Read More »Yugo Cobra
1. “Strong leaders”, nationalist identity politics, populist politicians and undemocratic agendas 2. Military coup-style actions and violent takeovers of public institutions and buildings 3. People driven by beliefs in conspiracy theories, politics of fear, irrationality and nationalist mythology. 4. Militia… Read More »Some similarities between the Capitol riots and wars in ex-Yugoslavia
Recently I was watching an episode of Rapport from December 1991. Rapport is the Swedish public service news program. Via SVT, one can watch older episodes about different topics and events. This one is about the Maastricht agreement and the… Read More »Integration and disintegration of Europe 1991
Recently I was watching an episode of Rapport from December 1991. Rapport is the Swedish public service news program. Via SVT, one can watch older episodes about different topics and events. This one is about the Maastricht agreement and the… Read More »Sweden – yes to the EU but no to the Euro
2021-05-08/09 European Bildung Conference Last weekend, I participated in the annual European Bildung Conference organised by European Bildung Network and Nordic Bildung members. The conference was organised digitally and focused on bildung aspects as education, social development and philosophy in… Read More »Europe blog
What is Europe? After all, Europe is part of our social world in the universal and global sense. The meaning of Europe has been changing through history and will continue to change. The “ideas of Europe” are after all human-made,… Read More »Europe
Recently I was watching a video called “A Black Cauldron” via YouTube. As usual, my ambition with this blog is to write about what happened in the former Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union by analysing different sources, thereby not glorifying… Read More »Sarajevo in spring and summer 1992
Events as demonstrations, violence and controversies during the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle during November-December 1999 came to be known as “the Battle for Seattle”. Relevant data as official documents, photos, notes and other stuff can be read and… Read More »“Battle for Seattle” files