Chetnik
Chetnik Controversy Highlights Links Between Serbian and Croatian Right
A lecture given by two well-known Serbian historians in Zagreb earlier this week has caused controversy in Croatia because it appeared to show sympathy for the Serbian nationalist Chetnik movement in World War II.
Bosnian Serb Chetniks Face Retrial for Inciting Ethnic Hatred
The Bosnian state court on Monday upheld an appeal filed by the prosecution and quashed the verdict that acquitted Ravna Gora Movement members Dusan Sladojevic, Slavko Aleksic and Risto Lecic of ethnic, racial and religious hatred, discord and intolerance in the Visegrad area in March 2019.
The court ordered a retrial for the three defendants.
Montenegrin Cinema Cancels Screening of Serbian Chetnik Movie
A still from the movie 'Surrounded' about the Chetnik movement. Photo: www.filmnikolakalabic.com.
"The Serbian movie will not be shown in our cinema," Cineplexx told news website CDM.
As Ukraine Conflict Intensifies, Serb Volunteers Prepare for Battle
In response, the Ukrainian defence ministry has called on reservist soldiers to attend training sessions and has conducted defensive military drills near Crimea. Kyiv says that 28 of its soldiers have already been killed this year.
Bosnian Serb Chetniks Plead Not Guilty to Inciting Hatred
Ravna Gora Movement members Dusan Sladojevic, alias Krvce and Cica, Slavko Aleksic, alias Vojvoda, and Risto Lecic pleaded not guilty at the Bosnian state court on Monday to charges of inciting ethnic, racial and religious hatred, discord and intolerance at gatherings in the town of Visegrad and the nearby village of Dobrunska Rijeka in March 2019.
Montenegro Arrests Man for Vandalising WWII Uprising Monument
Serb Nationalist Chetnik Rally Postponed due to Coronavirus
The controversial Chetnik rally in Visegrad has been cancelled after the Interior Ministry in Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity on Wednesday issued a ban on all public gatherings until March 30 in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
How Serbia Changed its Mind about World War II History
"The overall economic and legitimacy crisis after Tito's death in the 1980s created a favourable atmosphere for criticising the Partisan myth and creating positive images about their [the Partisans'] enemies [the Chetniks]," Djureinovic, who has a PhD in history from Justus Liebig University in Giessen and works with the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre, told BIRN in an interview.
Chetnik Followers Parade in Bosnia, Honouring Mihailovic
Around 100 followers of the Serbian WWII nationalist Chetnik movement paraded in the Bosnian town of Visegrad to pay tribute to the movement’s leader, Dragoljub Mihailovic.
Chetnik-Partisan ‘Reconciliation’ Sparks Row in Montenegro
Montenegro’s strongest opposition alliance, the Democratic Front, has been accused of attempting to rehabilitate the WWII monarchist Chetnik movement after it initiated a ‘declaration of reconciliation’ with the Communist Partisans.