12 July 1993 Republic Square in Belgrade once again changed its name just before dawn, on Monday, July 5th: Liberty Square became Police Square. At 2.20 a.m. on that hot July night 270 policemen in full combat gear emerged silently from the darkness on the southern brims of the Square, along a stretch from the National Theater to the “Jadran” […]

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