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Dick Marty, the Council of Europe member who wrote the report on organized criminal activities committed by the Kosovo Albanian side during and after Kosovo conflict, is more popular in Serbia these days than the Serbian president, prime minister and Ceca combined. He is hailed almost as a national hero by
General Assembly of the United Nations in New York will vote today on Kosovo Resolution proposed by Serbia. It is now already clear that all the countries will vote for the resolution proposed by Serbia, but only a couple of days ago the situation was completely different. What has changed?
If you have been following the Kosovo case and heard the opinion of the International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ) and still don’t know whether Kosovo is independent or dependent, don’t despair. Belgraded.com is here to explain everything in terms that are comprehensible to a mere mortal being
...technically speaking, of course. [Ad by Saatchi & Saatchi] What do you think? Personally I think it’s well done [also technically speaking] but I don’t get the point. Edit: User Ivic of Parapsihopatologija forums has come up with a response to this Saatchi ad: Update 2: Making of – explanation,
Ex-prez Milan Milutinovic is free, but the rest of the former state high officials are gonna do some time. For most of them the jail sentences they got actually mean life. In Serbia, again a lot of contradictory reactions – most were expecting the verdict like this, but are somewhat
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
Three events these days, at the first glance unrelated, but let’s have another look. 20th Octobar marks the Belgrade Liberation day, when in 1944 Yugoslav partisans together with the Red Army liberated Belgrade from the Germans. The anniversary is marked every year, and every year at the same time a
This news baffles me, I must say – UNHCR reports that Serbia is among top ten countries in the world by the number of asylum seekers. Where are all these people seeking asylum? I honestly believe that conditions of life are much worse in, say, Iran or Mexico, or any
All right, so here’s the short version of what happened and what could happen. Montenegro recently declared independence. Serbia complained a bit, but eventually it all went down ok. The world didn’t seem to mind one bit. Some time ago, Macedonia declared independence, former Yugoslavia was too busy with civil
Yes, that’s my country speaking to other countries, or at least those that recognized the independence of Kosovo earlier this year. The UN decided earlier today to transfer the question of lawfulness of Kosovo independence to the International Court of Justice, which seems as a diplomatic battle won on our
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The new Serbian Coat of Arms
Red Star – Partizan Footbal Derby coming up
Branko’s Bridge
Josip Broz Tito: “stafeta” and other weird stuff
