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Aleksandar Brezar

@brezaleksandar.bsky.social
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Journalist. Words in Euronews, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Haaretz, Tagespiegel. Poynter and Europa Nostra award winner. LFC fan.

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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bosnia held elections yesterday and the results were largely more of the same. What did make news is Putin’s pen pal and ethnonationalist extraordinaire Dodik thanking the Kremlin for the victory and mocking everyone by promising “four years of pain and sorrow.” My take, after sleeping on it first:
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In Bosnia, things can always get worse
More than three decades after the war, voters in Bosnia backed hardline ethno-nationalists once more, shooting themselves in the foot yet again.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests The Cockroach Janta party (CJP) is awesome. India's chief justice compared the unemployed youth to cockroaches. People starting memeing: "What if the cockroaches got together?" So many young people did that they are now pushing for representation.
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India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests over changes to voter roll
Thousands gather in Mumbai with heavy police presence as concerns mount that millions will be denied voting rights
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For those who might have missed it, Mamdani's post is about Manchester City's legal troubles. He is famously an Arsenal fan. This is the world we live in.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal responsible for genocide in Srebrenica has died today. With comments from @zlokotlokrp.bsky.social and @ledenik.bsky.social:
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Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić dies in Hague prison
The former Bosnian Serb military commander, sentenced to life for the summary execution of more than 8,000 Bosniaks in July 1995 and the years-long siege of Sarajevo, died at 84. He spent 15 years as ...
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Five years after the fall of Kabul, the ICC has split the Taliban case on the persecution of women from the broader Afghanistan probe — the same one that covers alleged US misconduct. My piece on what that split actually means for justice, with comments by @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social:
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ICC splits Taliban probe as Afghan women's fate stays uncertain
ICC judges reportedly ordered prosecutors to open a standalone investigation into Taliban persecution of women, separating it from the probe that also covered alleged US crimes in Afghanistan. Afghan ...
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"Race realist” is just another term for racist. Putting a (half-assed) bow on a turd doesn't make it any better than what it is. When did we all become so dishonest with ourselves and others around us?
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A Damascus court's decision today to dole out a death sentence to Syria's ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad is striking, but also quite expected. My quick explainer/reminder of a history of atrocities, with comments by the Soufan Center’s @carolinerose8.bsky.social:
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Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes
A Syrian court handed death sentences to Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher — both in absentia — alongside their cousin Atef Najib, who attended the trial in a cage and was found guilty of leading ...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/07/2026
Albanians don’t want their islands sold off to Trump and Kushner ft.trib.al/V7JQvGO | opinion
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Albanians don’t want their islands sold off to Trump and Kushner
Ivanka and Jared won’t let snakes, landmines or the region’s tortured past get in the way of Balkan real estate deals
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Who Broke The World? @whobroketheworld.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Back in June, a section of the Autobahn blew up in record heat, leaving chunks of concrete all over the road. The media went into a frenzy, and Germans were yet again irked by the failure of their famed engineering. But why is Germany’s highway made of concrete and not asphalt? Find out here:
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Who’s to blame for the exploding Autobahn? The Nazis and the Soviets, of course
There’s nothing like Germans getting worked up over the failures of their “unmatched” infrastructure — but no one expected to see the day a German motorway exploded and fell apart in chunks all on its...
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The European Central Bank has just revealed a shortlist of designs for new euro banknotes, and this one is absolute fire. This is exactly the kind of class and style I want to see more of, Europe.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In case you thought the uproar over Las Malvinas was limited to UK-Argentinian relations, here's a look back at another World Cup — the one in 1982 — and how it was nearly overshadowed by a complicated web of geopolitical maneuvers involving Spain, France and the European Community. Read more:
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Two World Cups and One Falklands War
On Wednesday night after Argentina beat England in the World Cup semifinal in Atlanta, the team’s attacking midfielder Giovani Lo Celso was handed a banner from the elated fans in stands with the insc...
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In case you thought the uproar over Las Malvinas was limited to UK-Argentinian relations, here's a look back at another World Cup — the one in 1982 — and how it was nearly overshadowed by a complicated web of geopolitical maneuvers involving Spain, France and the European Community. Read more:
whobroketheworld.substack.com
Two World Cups and One Falklands War
On Wednesday night after Argentina beat England in the World Cup semifinal in Atlanta, the team’s attacking midfielder Giovani Lo Celso was handed a banner from the elated fans in stands with the insc...
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I guess we're getting a little sentimental in the run-up to the Bosnia-US game at the World Cup. Many won't know that this was the unofficial Bosnian anthem right before it declared independence, lily flag and all. I'm proud I befriended so many in this video in my lifetime.
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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Great stuff from my friend @brezaleksandar.bsky.social on the deeper political and social implications of BiH’s World Cup campaign but also Dubioza’s viral global hit “USA”, an unofficial anthem for both the team and Bosnia’s far-flung diaspora. www.euronews.com/2026/06/13/t...
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'Take me to America': Bosnia unites behind viral anthem at World Cup
As the Western Balkan country celebrates its second-ever appearance at the tournament despite its underdog status, a 15-year-old song about life abroad by a much-beloved band has become an unofficial ...
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Bosnia’s storied World Cup qualification and opener against Canada are a reminder that this competition ultimately belongs to the players and the fans — and the fairytales they produce along the way. My latest for @euronews: www.euronews.com/2026/06/13/t...
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'Take me to America': Bosnia unites behind viral anthem at World Cup
As the Western Balkan country celebrates its second-ever appearance at the tournament despite its underdog status, a 15-year-old song about life abroad by a much-beloved band has become an unofficial ...
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
JD Vance warned the pope to “be careful” with theology on Tuesday. The same day, the pontiff went to the city where St Augustine died. Vance’s patron saint. My piece on what the just war doctrine says w/ comments by @massimofaggioli.bsky.social and Joseph Capizzi: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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White House vs the pope: What is behind the Catholic just war doctrine
Theologians Euronews spoke to believe that the escalating war of words between Washington and the Holy See has raised important questions over Catholic and Christian moral thought.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Top 1 reason I will never pay for Spotify but will continue to shell out for Apple Music: no AI slop. Yes it has come to that. This is the world we live in. Even the music you listen to is not real. Congrats. Enjoy the world warped by a product meant to please you.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
People often ask if war coverage would have been different if we had social media in, say, the 1990s. Nope. We'd still have some random celebrity call Milošević "iconic", and we'd all be outraged anyway. We still have a lot to learn.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Today was really rough, in what has become a series of rough days. I had to write about the senseless and untimely death of Diogo Jota. Bottom line, you do what's right and you feel for his loved ones, that's all you can do. Forever our 20. You'll never walk alone. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Liverpool FC to 'immortalise' their number 20 after Diogo Jota's death
The English Premier League club said Diogo Jota's number 20 will be "rightly immortalised" on Thursday evening after news of the Portuguese winger's tragic passing spread amid shock and condolences fr...
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
This is my #Eurovision2025 grand final top 10, in no particular order: 🇦🇱 Albania 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇹 Italy 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 🇦🇹 Austria 🇲🇹 Malta 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇫🇷 France 🇺🇦 Ukraine Honorable mentions: 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇸🇲 San Marino (aka Italy 2)
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I can't believe how many people are using AI models to write anything from full-blown reported pieces and opinion articles to social media commentary and even — get this — homages to friends and colleagues who passed away. Just copy-pasting what AI churns out, as if everyone's an idiot. Shameful.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Everyone in Europe right now:
A meme featuring Mario Draghi prodding the EU
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Apparently, an ICE document states that some 845 people residing in the US need to be deported back to Yugoslavia. I didn't know the Trump administration is in possession of a time machine 😎
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
That didn't take long.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As Melania Trump returns to the White House, Slovenes in her homeland brace for another 4 years of being turned into a punchline, their history and heritage often the subject of jokes as Americans struggle to adjust to a very European (& Slavic) First Lady. My story: www.politico.eu/article/mela...
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Slovenes brace for ‘Melania effect’ as new Trump term begins
Slovenia has drawn global attention and its fair share of misinterpretation. Now its residents are saying enough is enough.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Italy's renowned photographer Oliviero Toscani died — mostly known in the West for his Benetton ads in the 1990s that pushed people's buttons. Few might recall that he also spent an enormous amount of time and energy to draw attention to the war in Bosnia (like in this ad here). Un grande maestro.
An image of a bloddied uniform of a Bosnian soldier Oliviero Toscani made for an ad for Benetton, 1990s
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
By doing this, Kyiv has set an example that everyone should follow — namely, when your enemies exploit and weaponize a historical issue for propaganda points (both in their countries and abroad), the best you can do is confront it head-on and show a willingness to discuss it openly and honestly.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
🚨 A massive breakthrough: Polish PM Donald Tusk says an agreement has been reached with Kyiv to exhume the bodies of Poles killed by Ukrainian ultranationalists in the Volhynia region during WWII. This was a major wedge issue between the two and often exploited by Russian propaganda.
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Quote of the day: "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." - James Baldwin
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Star wars: character says, somehow, politics returned
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Never forget.
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 07/01/2025
Disappointed but not surprised that the French political class is making dewy-eyed tributes to convicted holocaust-denier and open fascist Jean-Marie Le Pen rather than saying "The Elysée is aware of the death of convicted holocaust-denier and open fascist Jean-Marie Le Pen".
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
For weeks now, Sarajevo has been among if not *the* most polluted city in the world, with the air consistently deemed very unhealthy or hazardous. The fact that this has resulted in *absolutely no reaction whatsoever* from city and canton officials is even more terrifying.
A visual showing Sarajevo is the most polluted city on Earth on 2 January 2025
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Giorgia Meloni pitched her Albania refugee camp as a near-miraculous solution. A few months in, the camps host more Italian staff than they ever did refugees as Meloni struggles to dodge European refugee repatriation laws. By @elenagiordano.bsky.social and moi: www.politico.eu/article/gior...
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Meloni’s Albanian migrant detention centers are now ghost towns
The much-touted solution to Europe’s migration crisis houses only Italian police — who have taken to adopting stray dogs and sunbathing.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
By "a wall between Italy and Turkey," does she mean "Greece"? 🙄
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🇱🇹 4fouls @4fouls.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
🤯 Damascus, Syria tonight. 2025 will be the first year free of Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
🚨 Exit polls from today’s Croatian presidential election show rabble-rousing populist Zoran Milanovic leading with 50.7% — a whopping 30 points ahead of his closest rival. If these numbers hold there definitely won’t be a need for a second round.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Did we all really think the insane times we are experiencing would simply end on January 1? With all these people just going "new year, new me" on everyone? I’m going to play it safe and add “US tanks roll into Mexico” to my 2025 bingo card instead.
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Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
A headline so imperialist they managed to use a Russian word to describe Ukrainian grandmothers.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Scratch that, all of the Magdeburg attacker's tweets are now back online, after many X users pointed out his restored account either showed select bits and pieces or only went as far back as November at first. Bizarre.
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Aleksandar Brezar @brezaleksandar.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
So Elon first took down the entire account belonging to the Magdeburg attacker but then reinstated it after removing his tweets praising AfD and Geert Wilders? The world we live in, eh.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
This sums it up, yes.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Candidates to edit the post hear Murdochian Will Lewis' strategy and say, never mind. Scoop: Top editors stiff the Washington Post www.axios.com/2024/12/17/w...
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Scoop: Washington Post's top editor prospects flee after hearing its business strategy
One person involved in the search told us the pitch was foggy and uninspiring.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Western hot-take experts often overlook this thing about Romania: despite its significant democratic flaws, the country boasts a core of capable, efficient politicians ready to outmaneuver nationalist and far-right opposition when the moment demands.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Repurposed Assad tank in Syria.
Tank with vegetables for sale piled on it
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Oana Lungescu @oanalungescu.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The story of Romania’s pro-Russian far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gets murkier by the day. His bodyguard Horațiu Potra, who led mercenaries in Congo, was put under judicial supervision after driving to Bucharest with cars full of weapons www.rferl.org/a/potra-geor...
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Ex-Mercenary Bodyguard Of Moscow-Friendly Romanian Candidate Freed
A Romanian former mercenary and bodyguard of far-right pro-Russian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has been released by a Romanian court after he and a group of armed associates were detained b...
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Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The editor was having a nap when this was published
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