DIVIDED NATION: Serbia’s SHOCKING “Second New Year” EXPOSES a Country at WAR with ITSELF—Is It Faith or a CYNICAL Political Ploy?
BELGRADE — While the world has moved on, Serbia is living in a PARALLEL REALITY. Last night, the streets of Belgrade erupted not once, but TWICE, as citizens celebrated a “Second New Year” based on a centuries-old calendar—a tradition that is now a BATTLEGROUND for the nation’s soul. This is not about faith. This is about CONTROL.
While pious citizens toasted with mulled wine, a DARK TRUTH simmered beneath the surface. Critics blast the event as a blatant “ECONOMIC TRICK” engineered by the powerful to squeeze more spending from a weary populace. In a damning indictment, one resident declared the entire spectacle a COMMERCIAL SCAM designed to manufacture cheer on demand.
The controversy turned VIOLENT in the town of Cacak, where furious protesters pelted a state-sponsored folk singer with SNOWBALLS—a symbolic act of rebellion against the ruling elite’s misuse of public funds for political pageantry. This outburst is a direct continuation of the MASSIVE STREET PROTESTS that have rocked the nation, challenging the autocratic grip of President Aleksandar Vucic.
Meanwhile, Vucic himself presided over a lavish, taxpayer-funded drone show at a CONTROVERSIAL luxury residential complex—a gleaming monument to his own power. The message is UNAVOIDABLE: the state promotes tradition not for unity, but as a DISTRACTION from corruption and a tool for nationalist mobilization.
Two New Years, two calendars, two Serbias—one clinging to the past, the other fighting for its future. The question haunting the Balkans tonight is whether any celebration can mask the rot of a fractured democracy. In Serbia, even time itself is a weapon.
Author: Kayitsi.com
