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2Dec

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Season 4

S4E8. You should know who is Valter

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8Oct

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Other Drinks, The Bar Balkans

Pipi, a sip of Yugoslavia

Pipi is a carbonated orange soft drink invented in 1952 in the Socialist Republic of Croatia and it takes its name - and image - from the famous Pippi Longstocking, the protagonist of the homonymous children’s novel by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pipi is still produced and, over the years, more different drinks have been produced under this label: lemonade, cola, blood orange, tonic (more…)

7Oct

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Season 4

S4E4. Jugeurope

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Following the traces of Yugoslavia in the House of European History

7Oct

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Culture, History

Following the traces of Yugoslavia in the House of European History

In Brussels, at the heart of the EU, the House of European History showcases integration processes across the continent. Some initiatives highlight the role of extinguished countries like Yugoslavia (more…)

11Mar

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Newsletter, Season 3

S3E15. The invisible threat

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Mines and cluster bombs still kill in the Western Balkans

11Mar

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Society

Mines and cluster bombs still kill in the Western Balkans

Thirty years after the Yugoslav Wars, people can still die from exploding mines and cluster bomb remnants on the ground. The minefields in the Western Balkans cover an area as wide as the city of Rome (more…)

S3E10. The Ghost of 1992 past, present and future

31Dec

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Newsletter, Season 3

S3E10. The Ghost of 1992 past, present and future

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Cockta, the spomenik of Balkan soft drinks

18Dec

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Other Drinks, The Bar Balkans

Cockta, the spomenik of Balkan soft drinks

Cockta is a soft drink invented in 1952 in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia to compete with foreign brands and compensate their absence in Yugoslavia (because of a governmental ban). The name comes from the word 'cocktail' and is still made of a blend of eleven different herbs and spices, including rose hip, the prominent flavor within the drink (more…)

17Dec

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Newsletter, Season 3

S3E9. The legend of fraternal Spomeniks

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A word that contains a whole forgotten world. Spomeniks between Yugoslavia, the wars and today’s Balkans

17Dec

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History, Society

A word that contains a whole forgotten world. Spomeniks between Yugoslavia, the wars and today’s Balkans

Spomeniks are more than monuments: they are spread throughout the former Yugoslavia and recall Tito's Federation utopian ideals. Recently, Donald Niebyl has inaugurated a mapping project (more…)