Over at Teekay’s

That fine journalistic outfit from Bijeljina, SRNA, reports on the proclamation of the Republic of Titoslavia in the Sarajevo suburb of Rakovica — the geographical center of the former Yugoslavia, explored by Zoran Solomun in his excellent Tagebuch eines Jugo-Nostalgikers: Im Zentrum Ex-Jugoslawiens, shown on Arte in 2003 — planned for 25 May, Tito’s birthday. SRNA reports that Titoslavia is

located on 3,5 hectares of land in a private park owned by Blaško Gabrić, decorated with 133 trees originating from all over the world. Work is currently underway on the construction of a pool that will symbolize the Adriatic Sea.

The main motor behind the initiative is one Jezdimir Milosevic of the Sarajevo NGO Peaceful Action of Humanists. But SRNA didn’t just write a fluff piece — no, they went out and did their research, and they even interviewed someone who should have something interesting to say on the topic, Tito’s eldest grandson, Joška. He told SRNA that things that were unimaginable during his granddad’s rule could be seen in the Belgrade of today — things such as the Albanian or Kosovo flag, “just because someone from Albania or Kosovo is visiting.”

Shocking times indeed.

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