Belgrade, Serbia
Money is a sensitive topic in the entire Balkans and Serbia is no exception. There are few key reasons for that, and the main one could be that there is not enough money in Serbia. It is not that apparent all the time, but when some disaster strikes, we start
Remember that article about a girl saving a young man from committing suicide by jumping off Branko’s bridge in Belgrade? The bridge caught the news reporters’ attention again after a suicide prevention has been installed on it. The suicide prevention method is an inventive one, although I’m not sure how
Muamer ef. Zukorlic, mufti of the Serbian Islamic community has sued Blic newspaper over a photo-montage of him in an Orthodox outfit greeting the Pope. Regardless of how lousy the photo-montage turned out, I see no reason for this kind of reaction from mufti. In return, he wants an apology
Before I begin, just a quick not that I have heard of three separate cases where foreigners have been attacked in Belgrade and beaten up in the last three days, including one Frenchmen that’s in critical condition. It seems that the groups of ultra-right fascists are patrolling the city center
Once again, a gruesome threat called the smoking ban has been lurking from the halls of Serbian assembly. The anti-smoking law is apparently almost complete and is to be adopted in near future. The smokers are panicking like never before – all the wars, sanctions, bombing, pollution, corruption and other
Update on the traditional churches vs human rights law saga. Some complaints by the churches have been implemented by the government, but the churches are still not satisfied. The article about free expression of one’s sexual orientation is really pissing them off. Here’s a bit from what they have to
After a series of mutual genocide charges we’re going over to some news of a completely opposite nature. Fashion TV channel decided to start a special branch for the South East European market – that would say former Yugoslav countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro) plus probably some other,
Smoking has been banned in UN headquarters in New York after what has been described as “a tough debate”, the news agencies report. Just as the battle seemed lost for the group supporting the ban, an unnamed member brought to the light a fact that Serbian assembly implemented the ban
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
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
Belgrade by night, as seen from space
How to name your bridge
Another Gay Pride Parade cancelled in Belgrade
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra stirs controversy
Priest blessing a car
