In the mid-'60s, Mexican mariachi music ruled the airwaves in Yugoslavia. Singers sported charro suits and sombreros, typical mariachi garb, with typically Slavic names. The style was known as Yu-Mex, ...

Serbia is in the spotlight right now. In November 2024, the collapse of a newly renovated railway station roof in Novi Sad, which resulted in 15 deaths, ignited widespread protests across the country.

During the dissolution of Yugoslavia in the 1980s and '90s, rock music was an essential form of political protest. It was also a critical antidote to the wars, hardship and mass emigration that ...