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Berlusconi’s Photoshop trick: using Milosevic’s methods?

February 12, 2010
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Way to go Silvio! Learning from the best. Or is it the worst?

When this photoshopped photo of Berlusconi came out couple of days ago, there were many here who immediately thought of another dictator – one who had much bigger influence on their lives, of course.

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Just before falling off [...]

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No more Schengen visas from 2010…

June 16, 2009

... if we don’t fuck something up in the meantime, of course.

photo by lilit
The decision of the European Commision to allow Serbs to travel as tourists in European/Schengen area without visas seems more and more likely after yesterdays meeting, where, beside Serbian citizens, also Macedonians and Montenegrins are confirmed to be on the good track.
Even [...]

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Visa liberalization for Serbia – Yea or Nay

May 28, 2009

On June 15th, EU ministers will meet in Luxembourg and officially decide whether or not Serbia has fulfilled enough obligations so that the visa regime for its citizens can be abolished. It’s sort of a D-day for no-go people here in Serbia, but after so many promises and dates came and went, not a whole [...]

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Is Belgrade expensive?

February 10, 2009

Is Belgrade an expensive city to live in? According to a recent research conducted by a Serbian institute, no. What do you think, is Belgrade expensive? Have your say in the comments, foreigners and locals alike.

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In defense of Entropa

January 17, 2009

Thanks to the Bulgarian ambassador in EU you have probably all heard of the art installation Entropa by the Czech artist David Cherny by now, and you have all probably heard that Bulgaria’s piece of the puzzle is represented by the Turkish toilet.
First of all, kudos to the Bulgarian ambassador in the EU for spreading [...]

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Zoran Djindjic’s death anniversary: Five Years Later

March 12, 2008

Zoran Djindjic talking to supporters during the presidential election campaign in 2002: ”[Kostunica] didn’t want to come by himself on October 5th, we had to carry him over here!”

I can still remember clearly the day when Zoran Djindjic was murdered. When I first heard in the news that he was shot at, whereas there were [...]

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The day Kosovo became… Kosovo

February 17, 2008

There’s too much history per capita in Serbia.
Only during my lifetime, two dictators died (one of them had live coverage on the blog), one prime minister was assasinated, country lost four wars, changed it’s name three times, was bombed once, had about a million protests, demonstrations and revolutions, and today, a part of the country [...]

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Sheep wake up…

January 31, 2008

“Sheep wake up you are next
and you shepherds go and get your hair cut
Sheep wake up go up to the hills
WOLVES WILL EXIST AS LONG AS SHEEP EXIST”

photo by ansik
As the second round of the presidential elections approach, I thought it to be useful to quote the refrain of a song by the Greek musician [...]

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Action and Reaction

May 9, 2007

Couple of days ago, early in the morning, we (when i say we:, i mean the citizens of Serbia) indirectly elected Tomislav Nikolic as speaker at the parliament of Serbia. Nikolic is the unofficial leader of the biggest Serbian ultra-right populistic party in Serbia, SRS, and the biggest party in Serbia in general. What this [...]

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Pro-Marijuana March in Belgrade

April 23, 2007

Also known as Global Ganja March, this manifestation is sort of traditional peacefull protest held in many cities around the globe aimed at legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana use.
Even though i can’t find many arguments against decriminalization of hemp in Serbia, i would have to say that i can’t see this on the list of priorities [...]

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Messages From The Past

February 3, 2007

Long time ago the German philosopher Hegel once said “History repeats itself just like irony and farse”. Many things that happen today, happened before. It is just the ability to recognize them and draw parallels so we could know how to act and reacts. Many believe that the European Union is something unique since it [...]

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The Serbian Identity

December 20, 2006

Couple of events led me to write this blog. One of them and the most influential one is that at the moment I am reading the book from Vladeta Jerotic about the Faith and the Country.
The question I pose to myself is how far should Serbia go in accepting the “new age” or the globalization [...]

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Vote or not?

October 28, 2006

Update: turnout on the first day of voting is somewhere over seventeen percent. So that means the govement needs at least another 32 or so percent of the votes tomorrow if they want the constitution accepted by the people.
We’ll see how it goes. In the meantime, check out East Ethnia and Estavisti for some new [...]

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