Oct 27, 2026Stevan Dojčinović is the editor-in-chief of KRIK, which has spent over a decade exposing corruption and criminality that permeated the Serbian state. Here he reflects on how a student-led movement defeated the country’s longtime leader Aleksandar Vučić in Sunday’s election and what challenges lie ahead.
Timestamps: 0:00 Election night: expecting Vučić to steal the vote 4:05 Processing 10 years overnight 7:55 KRIK’s first day of journalism in freedom 10:30 The role of investigative reporters 12:35 Why corruption was the breaking point 14:20 Why the student movement succeeded 23:40 The hard part begins: lessons from Zoran Đinđić 25:45 Secret services, the judiciary and the oligarchs 30:50 Changing the system, not just the people 34:20 What happens to organized crime now 36:45 Lustration vs. prosecution 40:30 Pro-government media switch sides overnight
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
