Belgrade, Serbia
Way to go Silvio! Learning from the best. Or is it the worst? When this photoshopped photo of Berlusconi came out couple of days ago, there were many here who immediately thought of another dictator – one who had much bigger influence on their lives, of course. click the pic
On this day, eighteen years ago, first huge demonstration against Slobodan Milosevic and his regime were organized in Belgrade. Couple of months ago someone uploaded a video of the protest on Youtube, so you now have the chance to see a glimpse of the riots, filmed from the balcony of
They are tough but fair and their leadership has heart after all – the Socialist Party of Serbia, formerly led by Slobodan Milosevic, decided to forgive citizens of Serbia for letting them stay on power throughout the nineties. All those complaints, suffering, beatings by Milosevic’s police, and even numerous political
LaLara found this video on youtube recently, and I thought it would be cool to bring the story of Rimtutituki antiwar action that happened in the early nineties in Belgrade to the audience of our blog. But, first, the (approximate) translation of the song: “Now Listen Here” Peace is the
Dear readers, today has been the 7th anniversary of the democratic changes, or maybe revolution, that have changed the political leadership of Serbia and at that time “Milosevic Yugoslavia”. It was a unique event in Serbian history when an entire nation deprived of freedoms and welfare have revolted and most
The Austrian author Peter Handke a highly contraversial personality in the european cultural scene, but mostly criticized for his appearance on the funeral of the former yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic, is also known for his positive attitude for the Serbs. Nowadays, it mostly very “modern” and “rational” to condemn Serbia
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
“Pescanik” means hourglass in Serbian. It’s a weekly radio show on B92, one of the few, if not the only radio show truly critical to the current (and all the previous ones) goverment. This is a movie shown on the Pescanik DVD promotion recently in Dom Omladine. Author is Nadezda
Here is a brief retrospective of things that took place last couple of days. 1. Slobodan Milosevic dies in Hague alone in his cell due to cardiac arrest. He is found dead several hours later. 2. His party anounces that he will be buried in Belgrade, in a graveyard reserved
Since foreign media houses still report that “huge numbers of people” gather to honour Milosevic, i had to go and see this with my own eyes. Once i got there, it wass all pretty clear to me. Number of something over 1000 people doesnt seem so large, but when they
Belgrade by night, as seen from space
I’m Serbian and I got the paper to prove it
Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter on the cover of old Serbian biology textbook
Bojana Stamenov – she’s got talent
A hidden comedic gem
