Marko Lopušina (Марко Лопушина) (born 1951) is a

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and

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, known for writing a number of books on the

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, and also on

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s and their role in contemporary Serbian politics.

Biography

Lopušina was born in Raška,

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, present day

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. He finished primary school and secondary school in

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and completed his undergraduate degree at the Faculty of Politics in the

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. He worked for the newspaper ''Sekundarne sirovine'' as a journalist and editor in 1976, for the paper ''Zdravo'' as a journalist in 1978, for the magazine ''Interview'' since 1981 as a journalist and editor, and since 1997 as the editor-in-chief. Then he became the editor of the magazine ''Profile''. He was the Belgrade reporter of the newspaper ''Nedeljni telegraf'' until 2008. He has been a contributor to many newspapers, including ''

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'', ''Ilustrovana Politika'', ''Revija 92'', ''TV Novosti'', ''

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'', ''Jedinstvo'', ''TV Politika'', ''Arena'', ''Start'', ''Penthouse'' from

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. Lopušina has authored over 50 books on the Serbian diaspora, emigration, the Serbian secret services and secret foreign diplomacies.

Awards

*2002: Laza Kostić Award for journalism *2004: Best journalist in Serbia, awarded by the Udruženje novinara Srbije (Association of Serbian Journalists) *Included in the 2008-09 edition of ''Who is who in USA and Canada'' of the

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in Washington.

Selected bibliography

Books

*''Crna knjiga: cenzura u Jugoslaviji, 1945-91'' (Belgrade: Fokus, 1991). *''Ubij bližnjeg svog: Jugoslovenska tajna policija od 1945. do 1997'' (Belgrade: Narodna Knjiga Alfa, 1997). *''KGB protiv Jugoslavije'' (Belgrade: Evro, 2000). *''CIA u Srbiju'' (Belgrade: Knjiga komerc, 2010). *''Ubice u ime države'' (Novi Sad: Prometej, 2012). *''Ubij bližnjeg svog: Jugoslovenska tajna policija. 1945–2002.'' (Belgrade: Marso, 2014). *''Enciklopedija srpske dijaspore - Srbi u prekomorskim zemljama'' ( Sluzbeni glasnik, 2016)

References

External links

lopusina.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopusina, Marko 1951 births Serbian journalists Serbian writers Living people People from Raška, Serbia University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Science alumni