Graffiti
The battle for Serbia's soul on walls of Belgrade
A visible pulse to the feelings on the street, the murals are everywhere in Belgrade in upmarket neighborhoods, on the side of the motorways, and stenciled onto concrete apartment blocks.
A rough - and highly contested - history of modern Serbia is written out in murals and slogans on the walls of its capital Belgrade.
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Italy’s landmark Vasari Corridor defaced by spray paint
The director of Florence's Uffizi Galleries called on Aug. 23 for stiff penalties against vandals who spray-painted graffiti on exterior columns of the Vasari Corridor connecting the famed museum to the Boboli Gardens.
Hours later, Italy's Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said the presumed vandals have been identified by Carabinieri police. He did not identify the suspects.
Balkan Youth Deserve the Truth About the Past – Not Denials
But the process of peacebuilding is never a straight line and is often slowed down by chauvinistic and nationalist narratives and actions coming from key politicians, state-controlled media and extremist groups.
Vučić: Threats to Tadić are inadmissible, the culprits to be found
He emphasized that precisely because of that, he believes that the graffiti of hatred and threats addressed to the former president of Serbia and the president of the SDS, Boris Tadic, are absolutely inadmissible.
Picturesque Anafiotika gets municipal makeover
After completing similar projects in other parts of the historic center of Athens, municipal crews this week began cleaning graffiti off street walls in the picturesque Anafiotika neighborhood of Plaka that flanks the northeast side of the Acropolis, which is popular with visitors during the summer months.
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Sofia Municipality Takes New Measures Against Graffiti
New measures against scratching the facades of buildings in Sofia. The metropolitan municipality and the police draw up a register of authors' handwriting. The purpose is to catch a person who scratches on forbidden places to compare his handwriting with other graffiti in the database.
Kilroy was here: Athens walls awash in painted squiggles
Kilroy was here, and lots of his friends too. In Athens, illicit spray-painting forays leave an often-indelible mark on the Greek capital's public and private buildings, street signs and bus stops, while public artworks and even ancient ruins are not spared.
Young Bosnians Turn Hateful Graffiti Into Joyful Art
The central Bosnian town of Zenica in May hosted several young people from several towns in Bosnia with one aim - to paint over offensive, hateful graffiti.
Nationalist and political slurs and threats against ethnic groups are now transformed into a colourful mural, under a team led by Faruk Celikovic, a young street artist.
Vandals target city’s Pnyx Hill
A large group of self-styled anarchists broke into the capital's Pnyx Hill archaeological site on Sunday and vandalized guard boxes, attacking restrictions on public access to the site, the union representing Greek antiquities' guards said Tuesday.
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Historic Roman-era bridge painted with graffiti again in Turkey's Adana
The historic Taşköprü Bridge in the southern province of Adana has been painted with graffiti again.