Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade, Serbia

ICJ’s Opinion on Kosovo’s Independence – The Digest

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

Tomica Milosavljevic – One Healthy Minister

Tomica Milosavljevic is the health minister in current government. And in the previous government. And in the previous. And the one before that. It is not because he’s good, but because he won’t go away. Even after several major controversial affairs, it’s impossible for this guy to admit that he

Rastko Pocesta – a 12-year-old’s fight against nationalism

Rastko is 12, from Belgrade, and he’s a geek interested in democracy and human rights. Recently he came into focus of some media after he began receiving death threats on his blog and Facebook profile, because of his support for NATO, EU and Kosovo’s independence. Here’s an interview he gave

Srebrenica Resolution: What’s Serbian for ‘genocide’?

Apparently the word does not exist in Serbian vocabulary if you’re trying to use it in a phrase “Srebrenica genocide”. In that case, it is possible to use only words such as “war crime”, “killings” “mass murder”, or as the upcoming Serbian parliament resolution on Srebrenica will suggest – “a

Medvedev in Serbia: Trumpets Galore

After the second most powerful American, it’s time for Belgrade to host the second most powerful Russian – Mr Dmitry Medvedev. He already was in Serbia once last year, but this time there’s a lot more fuss about his visit, presumably because we need to suck up to the East

“My Russia” – a new Serbian political party

As it usually happens, the best kind of comedy is the non-intentional kind. You can’t write stuff like this: The program of the party is quite possibly unconstitutional because it suggests merging with Russia to be the party’s final and only goal, but you still gotta love the spirit and

Serbian Parliament – Friday the 13th edition

Serbian assembly is a strange place. You would think that, when it comes to the country’s parliament representatives, people tend to choose the best among themselves, those that would represent them while being dignified, honorable, and generally nice towards other people. You would think that the country assembly is one

Merry Victory and a Happy New Term

How many times should a president congratulate Barack Obama, one or two times? Most of the world leaders congratulated Obama two times: first, when he won the elections, and second time, when he officially became president of the US, after the inauguration. Boris Tadic, Serbian president, decided that one time

Like Sand Through the Hourglass…

I wrote about Pescanik (“Hourglass”) some time ago, and recently mentioned the site redesign here, but for those of you who missed it, in essence – it’s a weekly radio program broadcast on B92 committed to criticizing the government (current and all previous governments, and I hope all the future

Socialist Party forgives the people of Serbia

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


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