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Mighty Nora from B92 blog posts a great project - Belgrade pictures in mirror surfaces all over the city. Entitled "Backwards visual travelogue", it's a really great idea and effort, also check it out here it B92 loads too slow. (comment on Belgrade in reverse)

Daniella Vechi of the BounceMag explores the street basketball courts of the world. Here's the lowdown on Belgrade: "right now at Kalemegdan the local ballers play hard. Some rash tourists try to take a stab at the court, but the level is very high and some of them are punctually posterized." "The older [players] are nasty, dangerous elbows and intrinsic toughness are on their side, together with great fundamentals and superior b-ball IQ. The youngers who face them try to do a sort of flying circus on the court, but no way, the olds win, again and again and again. (comment on Street Basketball on Belgrade courts)

Nice little Belgrade snow globe - great as a souvenir or New Year present - first of its kind made especially for Belgrade. via Miss Cybernaut (comment on Winter Belgrade souvernir suggestion)

The cheap tickets for the Exit Fest 09 are already sold out. Here are the first rumors for the 2009 lineup, if you hear something else let me know: Daft Punk, Klaxons, Radiohead, Justice, Thievery Corporation, Moby, The Ting Tings, MGMT, Hot Chip, The Killers. Anything sounds good to you? (comment on Exit Fest 2009 rumors)

Ana writes about the traditional Open Heart Street day in Belgrade and posts some photos from the event. (comment on Open Heart Street, Belgrade)

Start with the Republic square in Belgrade and work your way around the site. A phenomenal 360 degree panoramas of many world cities created by Aleksandar Janicijevic. (comment on Awesome interactive city squares site)

Ieishah receives a political advice from her Serbian friend. (comment on Political experience)

Serbian National security operatives have this to say about Ratko Mladic in their latest leaked report:
- "a ticking bomb that could easily take innocent persons from his surroundings to death with him"
- "moving silently in woolen socks when inside apartments, not allowing loud conversation, and maintaining a high level of hygiene due to fear of illness and hospitalization".
- "he insisted for a long time that members of his family visit him, watched television and even played chess on a regular basis"

And I thought I was good in making weird articles! With this description they have narrowed it down to almost every grumpy retired granpa in the world.
(comment on The infamous "Woolen Socks" tactic)

One new blog to recommend: Belgrade Dispatch by Vanja Petrovic. Only three articles so far, all three excellent. Hope there will be more in the future. (comment on Belgrade Dispatch)

Loads of interesting photos from all over the Balkans and the world on Tim Judah's flickr profile. (comment on Tim Judah on flickr)