Posts from ‘May, 2009’

Here’s a snapshot of Belgrader’s waiting for the bus on Bulevar Despota Stefana (formerly 29. Novembra). I was happily already on a bus going in the other direction. For Balkan File’s British readers, it may look like they’re forming a polite queue, but they’re not. It can be a free for all to [...]

I was eating in a restaurant opposite the Cathedral (Saborna crkva) in Belgrade this weekend and captured this shot of a wedding party leaving to go the wedding reception (the bridesmaid had just entered the car by the time I got my phone out). A Roma brass band came out of nowhere and played for [...]

United States Vice President Joe Biden is finishing off his one-day visit to Belgrade and will soon be tucked up in his hotel room before heading down to Kosovo tomorrow. He arrived at Belgrade Airport just before 10am and was met by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and was then given the red carpet treatment by [...]

These are posters for events and concerts coming up in Belgrade. They’ve been posted onto a metal barrier around a construction site. You can see that Enrique Iglesias, AC/DC, WWE American wrestling and DJ Marco Carola, as well as the homegrown Bora Dugic, will be entertaining Belgraders (and people from elsewhere in Serbia and the [...]

Photo by Andy Mettler
On Wednesday, United States Vice President Joe Biden will visit Belgrade – the most senior US official to do so in 30 years. According to the US, the visit is an opportunity to “reset” US-Serbia relations. Of course, security is going to be extremely tight. Here’s a rundown of some of those [...]

This is a notice on a kiosk looking for new workers. What was interesting for me was finding out how much the kiosk workers earn a month. The notice says that the monthly pay for the day shift is 28,000 dinars, which is around 295 euro, while the night shift (the kiosk works 24/7) pays [...]

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Natalia is a Belgrade beach beauty queen surrounded by handsome men, but Milica is always alone and sad, the men don’t realise how much she desires them. But there is a solution! Watch the advert (warning – it’s almost 8 minutes long! It’s also in English and French) and find out how Milica turned her [...]

This is a typical kiosk or trafika, which can be found all over Belgrade and other towns and cities across Serbia. They’re essentially mini newsagents or convenience stores from which you can buy newspapers, magazines, mobile phone credit, cigarettes, public transport tickets, sweets, crisps, alcohol, juice, coffee, tissues, lighters and sometimes even DVDs. There are [...]