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Significance
The new holiday is part of wider efforts by Serbia's leadership to encourage unity among Serbs in the region and promote the idea of a 'Serbian World' concept, where the precise meaning is kept vague.
Impacts
References to President Vucic as leader of a wider Serb community, not just Serbia, will be used as he seeks re-election.
The 'Serbian World' provides a specific idea against which other national leaders can build counter-narratives.
The region will be pulled in different directions between nationalist rhetoric and cooperative projects such as the Open Balkans Initiative.
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Serbia,
EUR,
Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Balkans,
Croatia,
Montenegro,
international relations,
politics,
social,
election,
ethnic,
foreign policy,
nationality,
civil war,
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