Bečki Balkan
Almost 200.000 Viennese were born in Ex-Yugoslavia or born to parents who were. That is around 10 per cent of the city’s population. Most of them live in working class neighborhoods. Like the one I live in. A photo essay.
Kategorie: Balkan
The French Connection Or: The Language Thing Pt V
Part V of a series on observations on those minor linguistic differences in the language formerly known as Serbocroatian. And how a language is being inventend for political purposes.
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A Month of Storytelling
Balkan Stories Blog has been out for a month now. As storytelling goes, it’s been an interesting month that brought about a suprise or two. Time for a first look back.
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The Day Music Lost Its Innocence
Nationalists don’t just steal people’s lives and whatever money they can get their hands on. Most of all they steal history and culture. They hijack and destroy it. One example is my favorite song from Ex-Yugoslavia.
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A Declaration Of Love. Of Sorts.
Why does a journalist from Vienna write about the Balkans and the people that live there in his spare time? An attempt to explain.
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Up In Smoke Or: The Language Thing Pt III
Part III of a series on observations on those minor linguistic differences in the language formerly known as Serbocroatian. Or, in this case, the usual lack thereof. And how a pack of smokes can tell us what’s going wrong with a country.
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Eine Liebeserklärung. Oder so.
Warum widmet sich ausgerechnet ein Wiener Journalist in seiner Freizeit dem Balkan und den Menschen, die dort leben? Der Versuch einer Erklärung.
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Von Steinen und Menschen
Rassismus gegen Roma wird am Balkan und anderen Teilen Osteuropas offen ausgelebt. Zu der hier beschriebenen Szene im Zentrum von Beograd hätte genauso gut in Sarajevo, Bratislava oder Budapest kommen können.
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Two Kinds of Coffee Or: The Language Thing, Pt II
Part II of a series of observations on those minor linguistic differences in the language formerly known as Serbocroatian. Or why ordering coffee can give you away. And why it doesn’t matter most of the time.
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