BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian police on Thursday banned a festival that promotes cultural exchange with Kosovo in a sign of growing nationalism and government pressure on liberal voices in the Balkan country.
A police statement cited security concerns as the reason to ban the "Mirdita, dobar dan" event that was scheduled to start later Thursday in Belgrade with a theater show from Kosovo. The words mean “good day” in Albanian and Serbian, respectively.
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