The government’s protocol has learned its lesson, but not to place the real flag in front of the coming delegation, because the other is a diplomatic scandal and insult, but to be saved from disgrace. In any case, and against all disgraces, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic was welcomed on the plateau in front of the government building without a flag. Which is sure, it is sure, because the Serbian tricolor flag can be tricky – it could have been the French, the Dutch or god forbid the Russian. And surely somewhere in the depot, there is a tricolor flag with a five-pointed star …

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