Katarina Palinic
@katarina-palinic
Katarina is a contributing writer from Croatia with a passion for political history. She recently obtained her Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Zagreb. Her professional interests include geopolitics, diplomacy, and European history.
Slavic Mythology: 8 Creatures, Myths, & Stories
Slavic mythology is, for the most part, terra incognita since it was mainly passed on through oral tradition. Here are 8 tales from pre-Christianity.
Sworn-Virgins: Women Who Decide to Live as Men in Rural Balkans
Rural patriarchal societies in the Balkans a few centuries ago were no place to be a woman. The only way to have men’s rights was to become a man - or a Balkan sworn virgin.
Josip Broz Tito: The Man Who Was Too Tough for Stalin
Josip Broz Tito was the man who built his own variant of socialism in the middle of a Europe divided by two opposing forces fighting for world domination.