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Balkan countries show the dangers in obsession with ‘heritage’

I write from Dubrovnik, a historic and heavily touristed city on Croatia’s Adriatic coast. Visiting here and other parts of Croatia and its next-door neighbor Slovenia, I’m reminded that the Balkan countries used to be part of a bigger entity called Yugoslavia. Before that, some of the Yugoslavian countries were part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, […] The post Balkan countries show the dangers…

Balkan countries show the dangers in obsession with ‘heritage’

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