The World from PRX

Yugoslavia

Gino Yevdjevich – who goes by “Gino” — is the founder and lead singer of the Seattle-based punk band Kultur Shock.
Movement
‘Sing every single song like it’s your last’: How conflict in Sarajevo changed this musician’s life
A man holds a flag and sticks his arm out of a car window, smiling and celebrating.
Conflict & Justice
Montenegro was a success story in troubled Balkan region – now its democracy is in danger
An illustration shows several bodies layed out in in various positions with one red body.
Conflict
In the western Balkans, DNA tests help families discover fate of dead relatives
woman wearing military fatigues holds a gun
Thousands of ISIS fighters sit in prison. Kurdish leaders call for a special tribunal.
DNA testing in The Hague
Justice
Cutting-edge DNA labs help identify people missing in conflicts and disasters
Yu-Mex records in Belgrade, Serbia
Culture
In mid-’60s Yugoslavia, mariachi music was really popular
Two men point and look at a map, in black and white
Conflict
During WWII, European refugees fled to Syria. Here’s what the camps were like.
Gottscheer descendants attend a festival in New York
Culture
Each year in New York, Gottscheers celebrate the culture of a city that no longer exists
The Kouachi brothers gesture after shooting up the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris last week.
Justice
Where did the Paris attackers get their guns?
People put up a poster of Gavrilo Princip, the 19-year-old Bosnian Serb who gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and lit the fuse for World War One. The banner says "We Are All Gavrilo."
Conflict & Justice
Why are world maps being rewritten? Consult a book on World War I
People put up a poster of Gavrilo Princip, the 19-year-old Bosnian Serb who gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and lit the fuse for World War One. The banner says "We Are All Gavrilo."
Conflict & Justice
Why are world maps being rewritten? Consult a book on World War I
Sports
A soccer team unites the Bosnian community in St. Louis
Business, Economics and Jobs
Testicles the main ingredient at Serbian cooking contest
Because of disputed status, first Kosovar Olympian competing for Albania
Business, Economics and Jobs
Columbia University janitor graduates with degree in Classics
Environment
Kosovo trying to cultivate reputation as a burgeoning wine making location
Yugoslavia, Zaire and other defunct geo names
The next trendy wine destination: Kosovo?
Janitor Graduates from Columbia After 19 Years
Listener Letters
Cyanide Spill
Global Politics
Will the capture of wartime leaders mark the end of Serbian nationalism?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Serbia bids farewell to the Yugo