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Una Hajdari

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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1/2 “…all these years we went through a whole set of preparations for war: verbal and visual, emotional and cognitive, mental (or even mystical) and public, horizontal and vertical, time and timelessness, spatial and a-spatial…”
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Stephanie van den Berg @svdberg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I have been working on stories about Mladic since I started in journalism in the late 199s covering the ICTY. When I moved to Serbia the 2010s I covered his 2011 arrest. Since I moved back to The Hague in 2015 I covered his trial and conviction and now his death. www.reuters.com/world/bosnia...
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Ratko Mladic, former general convicted of Bosnia genocide, dies
Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims in a U.N.-designated "safe area" of Bosnia, Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two, died on Thurs...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12/08/2026
Last weekend, Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Ukraine would continue not to recognize Kosovo’s independence. That drew a sharp response from Pristina.
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Zelenskyy’s Balkan fumble
The Ukrainian president found out the hard way that there is no such thing as an offhand remark about Kosovo.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12/08/2026
Last weekend, Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Serbia and declared that Kyiv would continue not to recognize Kosovo’s independence. Why would he wade into the intractable Balkan issue at all? It likely comes down to weaponry. 🔗 politi.co/4qcOKRG
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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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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Anytime a potential new political officeholder acknowledges the difficulty of being the unifying figure in a country (esp one in desperate need of unifying like post-Orban Hungary) and thus declines the role, I immediately think “yup that makes you perfect for the role.”
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
3 years ago, Prigozhin’s Wagner Group rebelled against Moscow. Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, quickly called his Russian friend in concern. Here is a previously unpublished Szijjártó-Lavrov phone call from our Kremlin Hotline investigation.
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As Wagner Marched Toward Moscow, Szijjártó Offered Help. Lavrov Laughed - VSquare.org
Three years ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary army rose up against Moscow. Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, quickly called his Russian friend in concern. Here is a previously unpublished Szijjártó-Lavrov phone call from VSquare’s Kremlin Hotline investigation.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I used to get really upset about this stuff but now I’m letting them sun their cojones and shove animal antiparasitics in their nose. Evolution exists to spare us from these people long-term.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Subscribe to this excellent Substack, I’m very objective and totally not personally involved in this! ❤️
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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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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Croatia may now be out of the World Cup but the fondness of a good chunk of their supporters for singing Ustaše songs remains, as ever, unchanged @unawrites.bsky.social
“Croatia has spent three decades declining to reckon with the Ustashe past, treating the fascist puppet state’s symbols as heritage rather than crime.”
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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
“Croatia has spent three decades declining to reckon with the Ustashe past, treating the fascist puppet state’s symbols as heritage rather than crime.” Strong stuff from @unawrites.bsky.social on Croatia’s ‘beloved’ neo-Nazi balladeer. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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The Croatian team’s favorite singer is a fascist salute away from the mainstream
Fans across two continents regularly belted out Marko Perković Thompson’s “Čavoglave” this summer — a song that salutes a WWII Nazi puppet state.
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León de Medicis @leondemedicis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Fantastic piece on Trump's architectural traumas and desires. Fun fact, I'm Spanish "Triomf Arch" is an euphemism for men's groin, frequently used to express one's disdain for others' rules: "I walk their opinion across my Triomf's Arch". Perfect from Trump,if I may add...
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Politico @politico.com · 02/07/2026
The Croatian team’s favorite singer is a fascist salute away from the mainstream
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The Croatian team’s favorite singer is a fascist salute away from the mainstream
Fans across two continents belted out Marko Perković Thompson’s “Lijepa Li Si” this summer — a song that salutes a WWII puppet state convicted of war crimes.
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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
“Rather than accepting his place in a long line of leaders who had shaped the city before him, Mussolini wanted to eclipse them entirely by moving Rome’s center of gravity away from the legacy of everyone who had come before him and anchor it to himself instead. Trump is doing the exact same in DC”
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Trump’s construction mania is not unprecedented in history — and especially when you factor in the neoclassical elements and the grasping for “ancient” or past glory, it reminds us of Italy’s most (in)famous son of the past century… My piece for @newrepublic.com: newrepublic.com/article/2101...
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Trump Has the Same Huge Obsession That Mussolini Had
The fascist Italian dictator sought to remake Rome in his image. The fascist American president is trying to do likewise in Washington, D.C.
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Politico @politico.com · 01/07/2026
Bosnia vs. America, on and off the pitch
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Bosnia vs. America, on and off the pitch
Rudy Giuliani, Michael Flynn and Rod Blagojevich have found a receptive audience among Bosnian Serb nationalists, alarming those who credit the U.S. with saving the country in the first place.
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Politico @politico.com · 01/07/2026
Why Bosnia's fans also cheer for Palestine
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Why Bosnia's fans also cheer for Palestine
A nation that spent 25 years prosecuting its own genocide sees its history playing out in Israel's war — while its leaders cozy up to Netanyahu.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Part of a series of breakout pieces I worked on tonight’s USA-Bosnia game for @politico.com
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Politico @politico.com · 01/07/2026
Bosnia's starting lineup is also a map of its war
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Bosnia's starting lineup is also a map of its war
From Austria to Wisconsin, the squad's roster traces the paths refugees took fleeing genocide in the 1990s.
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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Active Club founder Rob Rundo decides to positively post a photo of football ‘ultras’ before a match in LA Problem for the wannabe Serbian nationalist Rundo: it’s the BH Fanaticos from Bosnia, ie one of three (nominally) Muslim-majority countries in Europe. He probably should have this through.
A telegram post from Robert Rundo featuring, of all people, the BH Fanaticos
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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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Gonzaga @gonzosubersitarix.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Recordatorio de @unawrites.bsky.social en @newlinesmag.bsky.social sobre los miembros arabófonos del llamado festival de la canción europea y por qué brillan por su ausencia. Esta curiosidad muy olvidada merece 🧶 newlinesmag.com/reportage/eu...
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Eurovision’s Missing Arab Entries
Seven countries in North Africa and the Middle East are full members of the body that runs the contest, yet in 70 years, only one has competed — exactly once
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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
In Colombia, a candidate in recent elections for right-wing Centro Democrático featured a man with heavy blurring in a campaign video — but I still ID’d this blurry guy as leader of the Hitler-loving, B&H/C18-linked Active Club Bogotá. My @bellingcat.com latest www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05...
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A Colombian Politician’s Links to Neo-Nazi Group Active Club
Jorge Rodriguez, who stood in Colombia’s March 2026 parliamentary elections, follows Active Club Bogota’s Instagram account and has “liked” an image featuring a neo-Nazi flag.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Oh wow, Hungary’s Peter Magyar has just invoked the Beneš Decrees in a call with Slovakia’s Robert Fico — a set of WWII-related decisions that imposed collective guilt on ethnic Nazi collaborators (mainly targeting Germans but heavily affecting Hungarians in Slovakia):🧵
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In these terrible times, I choose to focus on rare awesome victories: Spain FINALLY ordered the removal of the Ustaša plaque honoring Vjekoslav “Maks” Luburić — the single biggest war criminal of the Croatian Nazi regime during WWII — and will add another plaque describing his crimes!
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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 17/04/2026
Thrilled to share my first piece for @thenerve.news—an incredible woman-led team reporting on tech, politics, and culture, founded by the inimitable @carolecadwalla.bsky.social —on why Iran is winning the information war www.thenerve.news/p/nina-janko...
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Iran is winning the propaganda war against Trump – brick by brick
Tehran’s viral videos satirising a Lego-style president have harnessed the power of AI – and Maga’s debasing of political discourse – and turned it against the US, writes disinformation expert Nina Ja...
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
It does sound like allies are pretty skeptical. But it will only take a couple countries designating small far-left factions on their soil as terrorists for the administration to have a pretext to start charging people in the US with material support for engaging with them
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
For all the “but if he’s really authoritarian why did he concede” people out there
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
VIKTOR OUTBAN
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Siri, show me what getting crushed at the ballot box looks like
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This is one of my pettier impulses but I want the record to reflect just how often this motherfucker said that Kamala Harris was the pro-war candidate in 2024.
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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Let’s be fair, this was an opinion also widely held amongst tankies
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I can remember a group of you unleashing the wrath of the Polish twitterati on me for my Wars car comment, yes
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hi it’s me, I cover the “misfit toys [countries].”
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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
it….could have turned around. it was a ship. it would have taken a few minutes. and you can’t turn the wreck of it around cuz it’ll fall apart the second you try and raise it. what are we doing with our metaphors here man
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Carney must act: Canada must join Eurovision
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Mark Duursma @markduursma.eurosky.social · 18/01/2026
In maart 2025 gebruikte de Servische regering een mysterieus geluidskanon tegen demonstranten. De Russische FSB was ook geïnteresseerd, schrijft @unawrites.bsky.social in @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/serb...
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Serbia let Putin’s spies zap dogs with ‘sound cannons’
Documents reveal Belgrade brought in Russia’s FSB to conduct experiments with sonic weapons while anti-government protests escalated.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
No notes. This excellent article really nails what so many of us who cover countries the U.S. promised *so much* to have been talking about for years.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
My hot take for the evening is that good indie music peaked in the early-mid 2000s and nobody appreciates/makes it like before (currently listening to Shoot the Runner by Kasabian)
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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.eurosky.social · 16/01/2026
Visionary
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
„Serbian intelligence officers tested sound cannons on dogs in collaboration with Russia’s security service (FSB), according to 🇷🇸 government documents seen by POLITICO - 2 weeks after an anti-government demonstration in Belgrade was disrupted by what protesters described as a crippling sonic blast.“
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Serbia let Putin’s spies zap dogs with ‘sound cannons’
Documents reveal Belgrade brought in Russia’s FSB to conduct experiments with sonic weapons while anti-government protests escalated.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
There’s very little that manages to shock those among us still covering the protests in Serbia. Still, the idea that illegal tests were done on dogs to prop up the govt’s claim that protesters weren’t subjected to cruelty is about as grim as it gets. My story here: www.politico.eu/article/serb...
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Serbia let Putin’s spies zap dogs with ‘sound cannons’
Documents reveal Belgrade brought in Russia’s FSB to conduct experiments with sonic weapons while anti-government protests escalated.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15/01/2026
Serbian intelligence officers have tested sound cannons on dogs in collaboration with Russia’s notorious security service, according to government documents seen by POLITICO.
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Serbia let Putin’s spies zap dogs with ‘sound cannons’
Documents show Belgrade brought in Russia’s FSB to conduct experiments on animals.
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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
An absolutely wild one from @unawrites.bsky.social - intelligence officials in Serbia worked with Russia’s FSB to test ‘crowd control’ sound cannons (LARDs) on dogs in defiance of Serbia’s own animal protection laws www.politico.eu/article/serb...
About two weeks after the protest, Serbian and Russian intelligence specialists gathered a group of dogs at a BIA testing site to evaluate the “effect of the emitters on biological objects.” Dogs were chosen as the test subjects because of “their high sensitivity to acoustic effects.”
The animals were blasted with two LRAD models — LRAD 100X MAG-HS and LRAD 450XL — made by the California-based company Genasys, at “ranges of 200, 150, 100, 50 and 25 meters,” according to the documents.
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
So… people from the Western Balkans (apart from Serbia), Moldova, Belarus and Russia won’t be able to travel to the US anytime soon?
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I feel like Gen Z took the confidence boost we tried to pass on to them (like standing up for yourself and your work) and upgraded it to full-blown arrogance. Also: to all my old editors who are here… sorry if we were difficult. We didn’t realize it (these kids are worse!)
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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I’m not convinced they actually believe this video to be exculpatory. It reads as more triumphalist to me — i.e., a ‘look what we can do’ vibe meant to shock and numb and intimidate
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Una Hajdari @unawrites.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Trump is “singularly obsessed with the spectacle of power. That’s nothing new for the far right—fascist Italy and Nazi Germany were, [too] but Trump, who calls himself a very aesthetic person, takes it to another level.” Michael explains (again) how often fascism surfaces in Trump’s everyday choices
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