Historian & IR scholar at the Institute of European Studies, Belgrade #academicsky #skystorians #IRsky ORCID 0000-0002-7487-518Xhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mu5k7xs3nc2lThe 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"... 1/228 Aug 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5k7xs3nc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mtlpxbantk25Academy 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" [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlpxbantk25https://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mpteutq35k2w4 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.04 Jul 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpteutq35k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mp5fq7aeq22mActually, 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) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/25/rome-airports-threaten-to-suspend-new-eu-passport-system-to-avoid-summer-disaster25 Jun 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5fq7aeq22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mnpc6hu45c2fMan, playoff hockey is something different. After three games the Stanley Cup finals are insanely up-and-down, entertaining and awesome.07 Jun 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpc6hu45c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mmj3zbe5wk23Customary by now, Serbian Railways are stopping all rail traffic nationally on a day of large student/opposition protests. They usually invented a reason for this, a 'bomb threat', a 'software glitch'. This time they didn't bother, they just halted all traffic and that is that.23 May 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmj3zbe5wk23https://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mip7uycnm22lHumboldt U calls for solidarity with University in Belgrade and its endangered autonomy, as "police units stormed the Rector’s Office at the University of Belgrade without warning or prior consultation". https://www.hu-berlin.de/en/news/detail/hu-calls-for-solidarity-with-university-of-belgrade04 Apr 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mip7uycnm22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3miohi456v22kOn Students' Day (Apr 4 '34 when right-wing thug killed student Žarko Marinović), Serbia' Minister of Information offers his opinion, in the light of renewed protests against the Gvmt, that "students are not aware that police have a right to beat them and to kill them". A quote for the ages. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miohi456v22khttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mi7txfbtc225Highly irregular local by-elections in several Serbian municipalities - again. Still marred by gvmt pressure, armed thugs violence and police that effectivelly assists them. Reaching the point of elections being obsolete as reasonable means of change. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7txfbtc225https://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mhqhpe57bs2cWalked by a small piece of #F1 memorials, an apartment building in Graz where Jochen Rindt spent childhood with his grandparents. He remains the only F1 champion that won the title posthumously, in 1970.23 Mar 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqhpe57bs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mhj3jd52222jWell, that's just peachy, ain't it? "Iran war is the greatest threat to global energy ‘in history’, warns IEAc https://www.ft.com/content/09524a74-db3c-4aef-b4f7-51eda3068320?syn-25a6b1a6=120 Mar 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhj3jd52222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mcxowlatxk2oSerbian police forces have entered the premises of the Faculty of Philosophy at University of Novi Sad, to break up the ongoing student protest started because of the dismissal of one of the professors. https://n1info.rs/english/news/students-in-standoff-with-police-gendarmerie-in-novi-sad/21 Jan 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxowlatxk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mcug4vuyns2xHungarian MOL is going to buyout Gazprom's share (~56%) in Sebian NIS oil company. Emirates' ADNOC is part of the deal but it is uclear how exactly. And now they are going to ask the USA to lift the sanctions on NIS as the Russian ownership is, maybe, on the way out. https://n1info.rs/english/news/hungarian-mol-signs-framework-agreement-to-buy-majority-stake-in-nis/20 Jan 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcug4vuyns2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mb4kfriiy22iA required nod to overall New Year's pessimism29 Dec 2025 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4kfriiy22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3mabquc3yqc2cOne wonders who delegated A. Kavcic to represent the student body of Serbia, as their usual channels of communication are silent about him. And while he is/was a professor in USA, he's not a professor in Serbia nor has any students there. Pretty odd. https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/video/award-of-the-2025-sakharov-prize-serbian-students-statements-by-professor-aleksandar-kavcic_I28238018 Dec 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabquc3yqc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3m7tdn5yudk2uMy two colleagues and me have just published a paper, tackling a Jadar lithium mining project in Serbia against the backdrop of the EU integrations, inherent norm compliance, and strategic interests. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02646811.2025.259220613 Dec 2025 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7tdn5yudk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3m7pfwuryck2bA Hillbilly EULogy, so to speak. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2025 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pfwuryck2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/migrutinovic.bsky.social/post/3m7lrfj6ofk2cMAGA->MEGA against the EU will shape to be quite an existential challenge: "Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”" [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:thy74np2udurgddh77vhtdd3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7lrfj6ofk2c