Belgrade, Serbia
The eternal derby between two biggest Belgrade’s football clubs, Red Star and Partizan has been a security issue for about two decades now, even though the clubs exist and compete with each other since 1945. Two weeks after the Belgrade gay pride came under attack by six thousand hooligans and
It happens every time – Serbian team goes all pumped up to the championship ready to take the trophy home. After the first lost game, the atmosphere turns to despair and somehow we are left with the choice – beat Germany or go home. But the old saying goes that
Everyday for several weeks now (if the weather allows), a group of people with seemingly nothing in common gathers around the Terazijska cesma monument in front of hotel “Moskva” and silently does their thing. What are they doing, young and old of both sexes, mingling about, exchanging some goods? Is
We started jeering our own national anthem back in the nineties, and maybe even earler, I don’t remember exactly when it all began, but it soon turned into a tradition. Every time the first tones of Hej Sloveni would be heard from the speakers at any stadium, it would soon
So what’s the main thing that makes country a country? Is it being recognized by most other countries in the world? Membership in the United Nations? Complete and utter sovereignty and territorial integrity? Hell no! A country is a country only if they have a national football team. FIFA, couple
And so to clarify and to confirm the fact that SCG is officially out of this years world cup. Yes its a pity and this probably isn’t the place to dissect the teams performance but one was left with the impression that the team simply gave up. Most supporters were
Yes, Serbia is also one of the civilised countries where football is one of the most important things in life; where sport clubs are for some people on the “love list” even higher than mom and dad; where it’s perfectly normal to die or to kill for your favourite club;
As I am writing, Togo is leading 1-0 against South Korea …. I am obviously writing about the Football World Cup 2006 that is held in Germany…. Sorry for the interruption…. Korea just scored a goal…. That’s 1-1 and my business is getting better… I put all my money on
I though that trading pictures and sticking them in albums is a common practice in rest of Europe too, but it seems that we are unique on that matter, says BBC.