Confronting recent history: Serbia’s ‘fateful eight’ and a decade of Kosovo’s independence in the Serbian Media (2008–2018)

Abstract

Introduction T aking a look into Serbia's recent history reveals Serbia's own recent "fateful eight"the declaration of Kosovo's independence in 2008, when the last part broke off from the carcass of former Yugoslavia. Though other significant eights have figured in Serbian (and Yugoslav) history -such as the 1918 creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, or the 1968 student protests -Kosovo's declaration of independence, as a recent "addition" to the list, has figured profusely and significantly in Serbia's recent history, especially within the media. Serbian media -traditional and electronic -have figured as a key centre of disseminating Kosovo-based Serbian nationalism since 2008 and the declaration of independence. While there is a significant body of research on the Serbia-Kosovo issue, the role of the media in publicising nationalist discourse centred around Kosovo still has not seen its day in scholarship. In this article, I shall tackle Kosovo-based Serbian nationalism in recent

A New Political Scarecrow? The Political Program and Activity of the ”Serbian Right“

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