Regardless if you are a religious person or not; regardless the faith you profess; Easter is all about HOPE, FAITH; two fillings of the upmost importance in the times we’re all living with COVID-19. We will win this war … I wish you to have a blessed Easter. Paulo Independentemente se fores religioso/a ou não;Continuar lendo “Have a blessed Easter – Tenha uma Páscoa abençoda”
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Bosnian war economy – speculation of essential products
UNPROFOR Military Observers’ teams (like in most other UN missions) had to live among the population (mandatory). We could support our teams at the UNPROFOR military contingents, but we could not live inside those compounds. We were supposed to rent a team house and buy/prepare our own food. That particularity was due to the factContinuar lendo “Bosnian war economy – speculation of essential products”
Some lessons, you have to learn the hard way (Bosnia)
In my first land trip to Sarajevo (early August 1995), I was travelling in a UN vehicle with a Brazilian UNMO comrade. We’d been driving during the night, which was not advisable to do during the Bosnian War; hence we decided to stop and spend the night at the UNPROFOR Malayan Battalion (MALBAT) in Konjic.Continuar lendo “Some lessons, you have to learn the hard way (Bosnia)”
“Behind enemy lines” – the true story (how it happened)
The hot month of June 1995 arrived to the Balkans on a Thursday, while I was on night shift at Belgrade radar site, surveying the Bosnia No Fly Zone. Just when I was leaving the radar room, on the next morning, I noticed something strange was happening. All the Serbian controllers were very excited, butContinuar lendo ““Behind enemy lines” – the true story (how it happened)”
Miúdos criados na Guerra
Guerra da Bósnia Herzegovina – missão de Manutenção de Paz UNPROFOR – 1995. No dia 18 de agosto choveu bastante durante praticamente todo o dia. Numa situação normal, a pesada chuva seria indício de um dia mais calmo na frente de batalha, com os combatentes recolhidos nos seus abrigos. A inclemência meteorológica é, regra geral,Continuar lendo “Miúdos criados na Guerra”
A problemática Afegã.
De acordo com a agência noticiosa Al Jazeera, a Policia Intel./Informações Afegã (National Directorate of Security – NDS) prendeu na última sexta-feira (03ABR2020) o líder do ISIL no Afeganistão – Aslam Farooqi – juntamente com o seu Estado-Maior. Acto contínuo, e de acordo com a mesma agência noticiosa, os Taliban decretaram que os acordos queContinuar lendo “A problemática Afegã.”
Baltic Air Policing 2007 – Destacamento FAP em Siauliai apoiou orfanato.
No ano de 2007, por razões do fórum sociológico, a pequena cidade de Siauliai tinha mais de uma dezena de orfanatos, alguns dos quais a debaterem-se com sérios problemas de ordem financeira. Dessa forma, tinha-se tornado quase uma tradição os vários destacamentos da NATO apoiarem essas instituições, ou as crianças que ali eram recolhidas. OContinuar lendo “Baltic Air Policing 2007 – Destacamento FAP em Siauliai apoiou orfanato.”
Birds violating the Bosnian No Fly Zone (1995)
On night of 24 February 1995, I was on duty at the UNPROFOR radar console assigned by the Yugoslav authorities at Belgrade’s International Airport Area Control Centre (ACC). At about 02H00 in the morning, four large targets pumped-up flying over Bosnia, with a separation between radar contacts of about 10 Km (some 20 minutes betweenContinuar lendo “Birds violating the Bosnian No Fly Zone (1995)”
Balkans – people with more History than they can hold.
Once, a Yugoslav intellectual told me that, the people in the Balkans would always be fighting each other, because they had more History they could hold. –“You’re Portuguese; you will never understand the Bosnian problematic, because you’re the cultural result of “one single tribe in one same territory”. Here, people are from different tribes inContinuar lendo “Balkans – people with more History than they can hold.”
Portugal – uma única tribo num só território
Alguém me disse um dia, que os povos dos Balcãs haveriam de estar sempre em conflito, porque tinham mais História do que podiam aguentar. – “Vocês, os Portugueses, nunca irão entender isto; … sois o resultado cultural de “uma única tribo num só território”. Aqui as coisas são diferentes, existem várias tribos dentro do mesmoContinuar lendo “Portugal – uma única tribo num só território”
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