Mar 24 2008
Today marks nine years since the start of NATO’s bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to end Slobodan Milosevic’s brutal crackdown on Kosovar Albanians. Belgrade is marking the occasion by proposing an ethnic partition of parts of northern Kosovo where Serbs are a majority.
Creating a Republika Srpska-style zone in Kosovo may prove to [...]
Mar 19 2008
Croatia and Hungary (aka Kolbaszorszag) have joined the growing list of countries that recognize Kosovo’s independence. Naturally, Serbia responded by recalling its ambassadors from both countries. Hopefully this won’t screw over the few hundred thousand Hungarians living in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. At least Magyar State Secretary Marta Fekszi Horvath has their back:
We think it is [...]
Mar 19 2008
While not technically a Balkan country, Hungary is an honorary member of peninsula. This old sausage commercial leaves little doubt. Thanks to Jon for alerting me to this.
Serious Eats: Vintage Hungarian Sausage Commercial
Mar 17 2008
Taking the molotovian approach to protest, Serbs in the northern Kosovo flashpoint city of Mitrovica attacked U.N and NATO forces with the explosive cocktails, grenades and small-arms fire after the raid of a Serb-occupied courthouse. It’s the worst violence since Kosovo’s declaration of independence last month, with scores of injuries reported on both sides. The [...]
Mar 16 2008
A meal eaten in lieu of breakfast and lunch, broken up into mutually hostile constituents: This is the dictionary definition of Balkanized Brunch. It also is a Catch-22: Regardless of what hack-job brunch falls victim to, it still remains and delicious and essential meal. Furthermore, the Balkans, the cutting up of which in the late [...]
Mar 01 2008
What is Balkanized Brunch? Prepare to have your mind blown in the days to come.