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В “Libricide” (“Книгоубийство”), Анте Лешажа документира процеса на “прочистване” на “неподходящи” книги от хърватските училища и обществени библиотеки от дясното правителство на партията ХДС през деветдесетте години. Според интервю на вестник Jutarnji List (хърв.) с Лешажа, “прочистването” се основава на идеологически и етнически критерии и засяга книги, “написани на кирилица, сърбо-хърватски диалекти, книги на сръбски автори и издатели, от “подозрителни” хървати, от леви,…”. В резултат на тази дейност, 2,8 милиона книги (13% от цялия библиотечен материал) и 3 000 паметници на антифашистката борба са били заличени. Коментари във връзка от страна на македонски потребители във Facebook предполагат, че подобни процеси се случват и в други държави от бивша Югославия, като портиери хвърлят “остарели” книги.
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Stories from Quick Reads and Montenegro Construction of 1 Billion Euro Resort Begins in Montenegro Luštica Bay, near Tivat on the Montenegrin coast, is being developed by Swiss Orascom Development into a large-scale resort bay and marina. The resort is a colossal undertaking in the small Adriatic country and will spread across a 6.8 million square meter coastal area. The total value of the project is estimated at some 1 billion euro (1.4 billion US dollars). The company has already invested more than EUR 30 million in the project. Balkans.com gives more details: Luštica Bay envisages construction of 7 hotels, over 500 residential villas and townhouses, over 1,000 apartments, 2 marinas with mooring and docking support facilities, a Gary Player-designed signature 18-hole golf course, spas and wellness centres, conference centre and year-round amenities including shops, an international school and medical facilities. Luštica Bay is a joint initiative between Orascom Development Holding (90%) and the Government of Montenegro (10%). Montenegro: General Elections 2012 BalkanInsight's live blog [en] of this past Sunday's parliamentary elections in Montenegro ends its coverage with this summary: No surprises in the Montenegro elections, if the preliminary results are confirmed. [Milo Djukanovic] looks set to continue to dominate the political landscape as he has done for more than two decades. Croatia: 2.8 Million “Inappropriate” Books “Purged” During the 1990s In “Libricide,” Ante Lešaja has documented the process of “purging” of “unsuitable” books from Croatian schools and public libraries by the right-wing HDZ government in the 1990s. According to a Jutarnji List interview [hr] with Lešaja, the “purging” was based on ideological and ethnic criteria and affected books “written in Cyrillic [script], [Ekavian dialect], books by Serbian authors and publishers, by ‘suspicious’ Croats, by leftists…” As a result, 2.8 million books (13% of all the library material) and 3,000 monuments of the anti-fascist struggle were obliterated. Comments on the link by Macedonian Facebook users suggest that similar processes are taking place in other ex-Yugoslav states, with janitors throwing “obsolete” books into trash. The Balkans: Travel Blogs At Balkan Travellers, Sarah Hucal writes about Yugo Yoga performance that took place on a makeshift stage at Belgrade's Museum of Yugoslav History in July 2011; more of Hucal's Balkan travel writing and photos are at her blog, Solo in the Balkans. Jana Orsolic's Istria Week travel photos and journal [sr] are here, here, here, here, here and here. Piran Café‘s latest entry on the June 2011 trip to Sarajevo (plus links to earlier posts) is here; the blogger also links to the New York Times’ recent travel piece on Slovenia, Slovenian Rhapsody. Running 1,000 Miles for Europe's Trafficked Children This month, Rob Martineau, Tom Stancliffe, and Guy Hacking are running 1,000 miles from Odessa to Dubrovnik, via Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Croatia, as part of the Run For Love 1000 campaign, whose aim is to raise funds for Love146, a UK charity that “gives care and hope to trafficked children, and to raise awareness of the scale of human trafficking across Europe.” Follow their run on the RFL1000 website, on Facebook, and on Twitter; support the runners by donating here (215 donations have been made so far, with nearly £12,500 raised). Regional Bloggers Attend Blogomanija Conference in Serbia Dozens of bloggers [sr] from Serbia, as well as from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia, attended Blogomanija [sr], a regional blogging conference that was held in Serbia on Dec. 7-9. Among other things, they discussed [sr] the impact of blogs and social networks on social and political life in Serbia and the region. Montenegro: “Foursquare For Development” Project UNDP's Voices From Eurasia blog announces and explains the “Foursquare for Development” project, whose goal is to create Foursquare tourist routes in northern Montenegro. Macedonia: Ajvar, Glorified Jovana Tozija wrote lovingly about making ajvar, a traditional favorite winter provision in Macedonia and some other post-Ottoman countries. Montenegro: Serbian not spoken here? Bozinovich of Serbianna discusses a recent Montenegro census saying that 20% of Montenegrins no longer speak Serbian, and whether this is an actual result or caused by nationalism.