Josip Broz Tito
Croatian President Says 'Wrong Refugees' Arrived from Syria
Grabar Kitarovic said in an interview with Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung on Monday that Europe had received the "wrong refugees" from Syria - able-bodied men rather than vulnerable women and children.
She said that the majority of those who had made their way to Europe from the Middle East were "men able to fight" in the wars there.
Tito disappeared in 1937, Yugoslavia was led by a Russian agent - FBI documents
BELGRADE - On April 20 1955, Marijan John Markul entered the FBI's Los Angeles office and told a shocking story. The man who then introduced himself as Marshal Josip Broz Tito was not actually him, but a Russian agent who assumed the identity of Tito after Josip Broz disappeared in Russia in 1937.
Croats Joke About Re-Opening Camp for Thieving Politicians
Over 1,300 people have signed a not-quite-serious online petition to re-open the infamous Yugoslav Communist-era prison camp on Goli Otok [Bare Island] - but not to punish political dissidents.
They say the camp inmates should be criminals of a different type - people who have robbed the country of its wealth and impoverished society.
Serbs Ponder Vucic's Claim to Tito's Legacy
He may once have compared himself to Serbia's reformist late prime minister, Zoran Djindjic, but these days Aleksandar Vucic more often matches his goals and results with those of former Yugoslavia's "president for life", Josip Broz Tito.
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Serbian, Slovenian PMs discuss cooperation, Yugoslav assets
The prime ministers of Serbia and Slovenia, Aleksandar Vucic and Miro Cerar, have agreed on the next steps regarding the assets of the former Yugoslavia.
Thousands Mark Tito’s Death Anniversary in Serbia
Thirty-six years after Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito died, several thousand of his admirers paid tribute to him in Belgrade and remembered what they believe were better times.
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Tito’s Grandson Runs for Serbian Parliament as Socialist
Josip Joska Broz, grandson of the former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, has joined the Socialist Party for April’s parliamentary polls, promising to bring back left-wing policies.
Serbian Town Pays Tribute to Putin in Wax
A wax effigy of Vladimir Putin will go on show in the Wax Museum in Jagodina in early March, standing next to sports star Novak Djokovic, the scientist Nikola Tesla and late Yugoslav strongman, Josip Broz Tito.
Dragan Markovic, president of the local assembly of Jagodina, told BIRN that Putin's wax figure was ready and he hoped Russian diplomats would come and see it unveiled.
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Croatians Pray for Tito’s Soul in Zagreb
A Croatian journalist organised a Catholic mass for Yugoslav Communist leader Josip Broz Tito as a ‘social experiment’ after a religious service was held for a WWII fascist leader in Zagreb.
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EU Visa Decision 'Insults Kosovo', Thaci Says
Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci voiced bitter disappointment on Kosovo being left out of the EU's free-travel regime at Thursday's government meeting.
The EU's refusal to include Kosovo in its visa liberalisation scheme formed part of the day's agenda.
Thaci stressed strong language in his address, calling the decision incompetent and provocative.
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