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Andrej Nikolaidis

Andrej Nikolaidis was born in 1974 in Sarajevo, to a mixed Montenegrin-Greek family. Until the age of six, he lived in the city of Ulcinj, where he returned in 1992 after the war in Bosnia erupted. Since 1994, he has written for regional independent and liberal media, as well as for cultural magazines. He is considered by many to be one of the most influential intellectuals of the younger generation in the region, known for his anti-war activism and for his promotion of the rights of minorities.

Nikolaidis also publicly defended the victims of police torture, which resulted in his receiving many threats, including a death threat during a live radio appearance. He has often stated that he considers freedom of speech to be the basis of freedom.

He has worked as a columnist in the weekly magazine Monitor and for publications including Vijesti (Montenegro), Dnevnik (Slovenia), Slobodna Bosna (Bosnia-Herzegovina), E-novine (Serbia), and Koha Ditore (Kosovo). Since 2010, he has been employed as an advisor for culture and free society in the parliament of Montenegro.


“Epska svijest je kao sifilis - ne možete je se osloboditi. Ona čovjeka čini erektiranim i usmjerava ga ka herojstvu, a herojstvo i jeste - erektiranost prema smrti. Ali ga, kao i u slučaju sifilisa, na koncu upravo ta erektiranost košta života....Erekcija je savršena metafora herojstva - mozak je tada stavljen van funkcije jer sva krv hita drugdje; i kao što se želi prodrijeti u ženu, hita se da se penetrira u smrt. Kasnije sve splasne - u miru utrobe mlohave i vlažne zemlje, tamo gdje smo se probili, kriknuli, prosuli sjeme i krv i napokon pali.”
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“Predsjednici država su kao gaće: valja ih što ćešće mijenjati. U suprotnom, stvar počinje da smrdi.”
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“Svakako vam je neko, barem jednom u životu, postavio pitanje: The Beatles ili The Rolling Stones? Odgovorite mi na to pitanje dok ste još mladi i reći ću vam sve što želite znati o svojoj budućnosti. Znam mnoge darovite i dobre ljude, koji su propali, razmišljajući godinama kasnije: gdje sam pogriješio? A odgovor leži tamo gdje nikome ne pada na pamet da ga traže: u mladosti, kada ste birali izmeđi Beatlesa i Stonesa. I molim vam, nemojte mi sada reći: pa ne moram da biram - može oboje. Takvi prođu najgore.”
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“Od tada pokušavam da razumijem te ljude. Ali mi loše ide: oni se kreću u prostoru kolektivnog iracionalnog, a ako vas je Bog kaznio pa u vas usadio malo razuma, teško je probiti se kroz taj svijet džinovskih pečurki na čijim klobucima raste mahovina u obliku krsta i četiri slova 'S', svijet nadrkanih, bijelih zečeva koji predvode horde bivših opštinskih činovnika pretvorene u koljačke paravojske nalivene šljivovicom, svijet ludog šeširdžije koji se svakog božića preoblači u pravoslavnog patrijarha, vadi svoj časovnik i mahnitu zemlju iza izvrnutog zrcala, u kojem se ogleda Evropa, obaviještava da Hrist nije rođen 25. decembra, nego 7. januara, i da Nova godina ne počinje prvog, nego četrnaestog januara.”
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“But that's always a certain way to recognise a facist: when he's more powerful he kills everything that's different from him, he uses only brute force while law breaks like glass under his boots. And then, when he loses and when he's weak, he invokes the law and tolerance of differences. All of a sudden, he knows by heart every single human rights convention he broke so many times before.”
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