ABSTRACT
Novosti is a fruitful source by which to reconstruct and analyze a version of sociopolitical and economic events in Serbia. Serving discursive functions that shaped nationalizing processes before the outbreak of the Yugoslav Succession Wars started, the paper, for instance, leaked the infamous SANU memorandum. Between 1993 and 1995, Novosti discussed the topic of prices 305 times. Citizens of Serbia not only paid the price for the faltering economy in form of exorbitant price hikes for comestible and elastic goods. Historiography served the purpose of substantializing territorial claims. Serbia was a strong-weak hybrid state during the time under investigation. Serving as a mouthpiece for Belgrade, the paper illustrated to Bosniaks that they no longer belonged to the Serbian state. Bosniaks were, like citizens in all of Serbia, involved in informal market practices. The paper, meanwhile, increasingly depicted Bosniaks as a pariah that collaborated with Turkey, which regularly attacked the Serbian state.
