Why do many people in Balkans believe that Corona does not exist and that 5G is a conspiracy connected to Bill Gates? Recently, I read an article by weekly columnist Hynek Pallas who often writes about Central Europe in Swedish speaking… Read More »Neo-liberalism, Soros and CIA – conspiracy theories in areas of ex-Yugoslavia and the Soviet union
During the war in Bosnia, the Danish state participated with its military units initially in the UN-led UNPROFOR and later within the NATO-led IFOR and SFOR peacekeeping missions. One more famous aspect of the Danish military participation in Bosnia was… Read More »Danish armour recognition military card during the war in Bosnia
During 2020 there have been many debates about monuments concerning demonstrations and riots connected to the Black Lives Matter movement. Monuments as of Edward Colston in Bristol, UK and of General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, USA have been vandalised… Read More »Monument politics in ex-Yugoslavia
In 1991, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ceased to exist as a sovereign state and UN-member. Before its collapse, socialist Yugoslavia had economic problems, including inflation. The inflation problems were temporarily handled by its last prime-minister Ante Markovic. According… Read More »500 Billion Dinar Question
This photo was taken by photo-journalist Fernando Costa Netto when he worked in Sarajevo during the war. Before and even during the war, many teenagers, youngsters and kids in Sarajevo grew up with music made in the USA such as… Read More »Public Enemy in Sarajevo
I was watching a video clip via Youtube called “Soviet Soldier”. The clip is from 1991, and I am unsure about the primary source since the clip seems to be either from some documentary movie or news session. Also, I… Read More »The Soviet Soldier
Recently I was watching a ColdFusion video from 2015 about “the first smartphone”. Here is a short history of Simon Personal Communicator from 1994. IBM and Mitsubishi Today, the Simon Personal Communicator can be seen as the world’s first smartphone, which featured… Read More »The first smartphone
2021-08-23 “Giberway now” In September 1991, as the Soviet Union was collapsing and the world was experiencing dramatic changes, a Los Angels based funk-rock band called Red Hot Chili Peppers released their fifth music album called “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”… Read More »1990s History Blog
In this section, I want to focus on developments during the 1990s, everything from sports and arts to ecology and conflicts. After all, it is about the history of a very dynamic and changing period in world history. How do… Read More »1990s History
2023-03-11 New blog via Substack For all new articles, please click on the following link. 2022-07-18 Photo analysis – Post-communist visual in Bosnia-Herzegovina Link: https://twitter.com/EmirOFilipovic/status/1359986643130793992 The photo above is from 2014 and taken in the municipality of Fojnica, in Central Bosnia. In… Read More »CGN-blog