Belgrade, Serbia
There are probably a lot of countries where you can get arrested for burning a flag of some country. Serbia is not one of them, according to the constitution. However… Ratibor Trivunac was arrested for burning a flag of the United States after all. Ten days in prison, says the
Update on the traditional churches vs human rights law saga. Some complaints by the churches have been implemented by the government, but the churches are still not satisfied. The article about free expression of one’s sexual orientation is really pissing them off. Here’s a bit from what they have to
Main topic of the past several days in Serbia (besides celebrity Big Brother and Eurosong contest, that is): the anti-discrimination law and the problem it created for the traditional religious organizations in Serbia – Serbian Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church, the Islamic Community of Serbia, the Evangelical Church, the Christian
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
In the following days, Boris Tadic, Serbian president will have meetings with all relevant party leaders in Serbia to discuss the plan presented to him by United Nations special envoy for Kosovo, Marti Athtisaari couple of days ago. It’s a bit tricky to find the proposal on the net, so
Hello dear readers – the server in Germany where the site is located had a problem and we were offline in the past two days, so here’s what i missed to share with you: blog in Serbian has been included in Blogkatalog (you can vote for the blog there) and
Now as 2006 is nearing to an end, the political life of Serbia was turbulent, thus it earns to take a look back on what marked our political life thoughts throughout the last year: Many things happened, many interesting, exciting and depressing, optimist, unusual, nostalgic and confusing. One of the
After the change of dynasties in Serbia in 1903 (see Part I) and the reenaction of the 1888 Constitution, many historians agree that the period 1903-14 was if not, the only period of the Serbian statehood where true democracy was in power. King Petar I by himself limited the powers
Now as everybody’s attention is on the newest Constitution of Serbia, the first of independent Serbia since 1918, it would be nice to take a look on the constitutional history of modern Serbia: 1835 – The Sretenje Constitution: As Serbia’s high autonomy was established already, the assembly gathered in Kragujevac
Important update: Video of voters voting without any ID, provided by LDP and GSS activists. Translation: “Sorry i havent brought with me my documents, but i was in a hurry to vote. Thanks for letting me to vote without my documents.”
Belgrade by night, as seen from space
Another Gay Pride Parade cancelled in Belgrade
Priest blessing a car
Protest against the prohibition – updated
Serbian twitter community deface and ridicule government website
