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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger

Turbulence in Balkans over renaming of Dubrovnik airport

Ruđer Bošković painting
Dubrovnik was known as Ragusa when Ruđer Bošković was born there in 1711. Photograph: Alamy

The renaming of Dubrovnik’s airport has ignited a new ethnic row between Croatians and Serbs, this time over the lineage of one of the ancient port city’s most illustrious sons.

After a rebrand this month, flights to the Adriatic walled city now land at Ruđer Bošković airport, named in tribute to an 18th-century astronomer, mathematician and polymath.

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