Belgrade, Serbia
When coming into Belgrade from the airport, the chances are you’ll see couple of bombed and destroyed buildings in the big street leading into the city, Kneza Milosa. In a way these buildings have become the landmark of Belgrade, since there is no telling when and if they will be
Here is a brief retrospective of things that took place last couple of days. 1. Slobodan Milosevic dies in Hague alone in his cell due to cardiac arrest. He is found dead several hours later. 2. His party anounces that he will be buried in Belgrade, in a graveyard reserved
Since foreign media houses still report that “huge numbers of people” gather to honour Milosevic, i had to go and see this with my own eyes. Once i got there, it wass all pretty clear to me. Number of something over 1000 people doesnt seem so large, but when they
Although some world media report as if the whole Serbia is sad because dictators departure, the truth is somewhat diferent: only one thousand people gathered in front of the museum to give their last respect to the dictator. Now i know that this is about one thousand people too much,
update: the funeral WILL be held in Belgrade! It seems that the family has now changed plans and that the funeral will be held in Moscow instead of Belgrade. This is not 100 percent certain yet, as it can turn out to be just a diversion to prevent demonstrations in
This morning, new version of the funeral hit the news: he will be buried in his home town Pozarevac. This just looks like another diversion, so i expect the news to change during the day.
Latest update: March 16, 11:00 I always knew that i live in a bizzare country, but this is just more ridiculous every update. From 12:00 today, the body will be held in a museum for sympathisers to give last respect. On saturday he will be buried in the backyard of
It is official now – important member of SPS just confirmed that the funeral will take place in Belgrade. So the Moscow thing was just a diversion after all. Stay tuned for more.
This post comes a bit late, on purpose. You have probably all heard that S.M. died alone in his cell in Hague. Serbia was in all world news agencies’ headlines again, not so much of a good news, as usual. And you probably know all the tiny details by now.
Question: Hi, i am planning to do work experience here but i have heard a few concerns about safety here. So i would like to know a bit about the ethnic diversity and if there is a much racism or homophobia. Answer: You can read in one of my previous
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