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Soft Porn Weather Forecast

August 29, 2010

Ah, the weather forecast. Feels like nobody’s watching it anymore. Everybody is interested in the daily news, the economy, the sports… but when the weather forecaat is on, they all switch the channel hoping they will see more politics and economy and sports. Poor weather forecast. But—Bosnian TV station OBN found the way to make [...]

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New spammer’s weapon: humor

July 21, 2010

This is a spam post I received this morning on Belgraded. We all hate spam, but this one was funny so I decided to share it with you. “HELP! I’m currently being held prisoner by the Russian mafia xyzrxyz penis enlargement xyzrxyz and being forced to post spam comments on blogs and forum! If you [...]

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Expedition 206 in Belgrade

July 1, 2010

Tonight I will have the opportunity to meet and greet the members of the Expedition 206, comprised of three young people traveling all around the world and collecting memorable impressions from the countries they visited. You can follow my twitter account for updates from our night out in Belgrade. Also follow hashtag #exp206 to see [...]

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Tornado in Sombor, Serbia

May 17, 2010

Tornados are not so common occurrence in Serbia, so this one near Sombor in the north became a minor celebrity when it struck couple of days ago. Luckily, nobody was injured and the damage was not so great due to the fact that it mostly rumbled over uninhabited fields. Since everyone and their mother-in-law has [...]

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Rastko Pocesta – a 12-year-old’s fight against nationalism

April 28, 2010

Rastko is 12, from Belgrade, and he’s a geek interested in democracy and human rights. Recently he came into focus of some media after he began receiving death threats on his blog and Facebook profile, because of his support for NATO, EU and Kosovo’s independence. Here’s an interview he gave to BBC couple of days [...]

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Caption this picture

April 21, 2010
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“Angelina Jolie visits two Bosnian grannies during an episode of Matlock” Your turn.

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We Are Sailing

April 18, 2010
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Churches. They’re all around us, they all look alike. See one, seen them all. Big bulky buildings with crosses on top. Some are slightly rounded, some more square-ish, but once you see one of them, you immediately know it’s a place where you can go pray. This is where Slavko Božić, priest from Banovo Brdo [...]

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Maniacal Drive Through Belgrade’s Rush Hour

March 12, 2010
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From Bezanijska Kosa to city center it usually takes around 20 minutes, if you’re lucky with the traffic. This guy, however, managed to get there in under 8 minutes during one of many Belgrade’s rush hours:

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Turbo-folk TNG

February 23, 2010
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Couple of hilarious video montages from youtube, combining Star Trek and turbo-folk – a must see.

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Love letter from Yingo

February 21, 2010
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Yingo doesn’t speak Serbian very well – that doesn’t stop her from composing a song to her boyfriend.

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Crouching Priest, Hidden Monk

February 15, 2010
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Two words: monk brawl. Video. (ok, that’s three words)

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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. click the pic for slightly bigger view Just [...]

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Irinej Gavrilovic elected for new patriarch and other news

January 22, 2010
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This just in: new Serbian Patriarch has been elected – it’s Irinej Gavrilovic of Nis, most moderate of all three final candidates. I guess we should feel lucky. In other news… Like most European countries, Serbia is preparing for the most important event of the year, the Eurovision. Instead of national competition this year, the deciders said the [...]

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Antimatter factory in Belgrade

January 3, 2010
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comic by xkcd

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Merry Christmas and a Belgraded New Year

December 31, 2009
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There’s something about the Belgrade public bus transportation that makes a guy wanna sing – is it acoustics or the fact that the audience can’ get away that easily? Anyway, here we go: same song, same bus performer, two different GSP lines: Bus nr 16 (line from Karaburma to Pohorska street) Bus nr 65: (from [...]

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Honorary citizens of Belgrade through history

December 15, 2009
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Following the proclamation of this year’s honorary citizen of Belgrade, “24 hours” brings an interesting list of all the previous winners of this prestigious award. So let’s see who do we have here: 1947. Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia 1947. Peko Dapčević, commander of the 1st Partisan army 1954. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia [...]

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It’s funny cos it’s true

December 8, 2009
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Judge: Good afternoon! Please, introduce yourself. Accused: Boris Tadić. Judge: Your occupation? Accused: Psychologist. Judge: Where is your work located? Accused: My work address is Andrićev venac 1. Judge: Is that a psychological institution? Accused: That’s the institution of the President of the Republic. Yes, this is the real transcript of President Tadić’s conversation with [...]

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Good Mourning, Serbia

November 19, 2009

Or should that be – good grief? The late Patriarch Pavle was a modest man, often using the public transportation to move about. His church colleagues, however, are not that modest. Being a priest in Serbia often means one enjoys life more than one’s profession recommends. Street reporters have managed to snap this photo of [...]

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The Baggy Mystery

September 18, 2009

It seems to be a mystery for foreigners, but I must admit I never thought about this question until BEOGRADTV crew mentioned it: Help them solve this ancient mystery by leaving the comment here or on the video’s youtube page.

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Some useful Serbian phrases… in Serbian

September 12, 2009

It’s impressive that this guy has managed to get the pronounciation right in such a short time. His grammar, on the other hand, still needs some work, but overall, these several phrases should be helpful in about 75 percent of all Serbian conversations… in Serbian. UPDATE Here’s another Serbian lesson from Daniel Grozdic of Gradual [...]

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