Belgrade, Serbia
British Airways just announced today that they will cancel their Belgrade to London route because it’s not profitable. It’s most likely bad judgement of the company to have a flight every day instead of just a couple a week in a situation where Serbian citizens still need a visa for
Teofil Pancic, columnist of “Vreme” and several other watchdog journalism medias, was attacked[nbsp]last night by two men in a bus to Zemun. He is recovering from injuries made by metal bars, his head and arm are injured but his life is not in danger. The list of suspects is long,
Maybe it’s just some of Macy’s ironic quips, I don’t know – in a recent interview to London’s tube paper Metro, she stated that Belgrade “wasn’t so good. It was very racist and behind the times. The streets were full of fat, ugly people;” I mean, racist – ok, it
History and break-up of Yugoslavia are difficult enough to comprehend for the locals, and we always have a tough time explaining it to the curious foreigners (usually drunk at parties). You would say that those actually studying Balkans would know a great deal about it, but it seems it simply
Ksenija Pajcin (32), Serbian turbo-pop singer and dancer and her boyfriend Filip Kapisoda (22), Montenegrin model have just been found dead in her apartment in Vozdovac, part of Belgrade. So far, there is a lot of speculation, but the theory that has been confirmed so far is that Pajcin was killed by
One of Belgrade’s off-landmarks, the fast-food stand Loki was forced to shut down it’s operation two days ago. David Dowse posts a fitting farewell to this charming fast food joint. I must say that I can’t really feel sorry for Loki’s demise, because the owner could have prevented it if
From AlternativeChannel.tv: A new short film produced by Bankwatch and Serbian partner CEKOR, “Bridging the Gap” brings together three perspectives on the resettlement of Roma communities living beneath the Gazela bridge in Belgrade. Watch the short film at the Alternative Channel website.
There were many articles today commemorating 10 years since the NATO bombing of Serbia. I would like to point out some of them I find good. Yankee in Belgrade Balkan file Nothing against Serbia – be sure to check out the “NATO trail” map Pecko pivo – that last documentary
Orli Fridman explores the feeling of guilt among the Serbs: “Above all, the Serbian younger generation want to forget and to live anormal life. Those who want to remember and remind others are perceivedas an obstacle to normalisation. To be normal here is to be part ofEurope: to sit in
Animal suffrage organization Four Paws managed to release three ‘dancing bears’ from captivity in Serbia and have them transported in a nature resort in Bulgaria. Politika article implies that this noble effort is taking away the ‘working tools’ from Roma families. Journalist also sarcastically remarks that the bears were not
Dobrica Cosic Gets Fake Nobel Prize for Literature
The End of Amy Winehouse’s Career
RTS Sorry for being evil in the nineties
The History of Yugoslavia In 30 Seconds
Red Star – Partizan Footbal Derby coming up
