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In the Croatian Parliament, a gathering was held of charlatans and obscurantists without a single scholarly referenceāindividuals whose trade truly demands a…
The concert held by Croatian far-right pop singer Marko PerkoviÄ ā Thompson on July 5 at the Zagreb Hippodrome, which gathered approximately…
Sonja Lokar is a Slovenian feminist, sociologist and politician who has over fifty years of extremely active political and feminist work behind…
While the worldās eyes are set on the dismantling of the Euro-Atlantic alliance, Bulgaria seems set to finalize its accession to the…
Biljana KaÅ”iÄ is a feminist theorist as well as peace and civil activist from Croatia. She is one of the leaders of…
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