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Belgrade Weekly Phone Photo #35

Here’s a shot of a barbeque (rostilj in Serbian) I went to over the weekend at a friend’s house. Although it was probably the last outside barbeque of the summer, rostilj is a Serbian speciality and is available to eat in restaurants and fast food places all year round. The sausage shaped items at the [...]

"Supermarkets for the Poor"

The BBC has written about the opening of a new SOS Market branch in Belgrade. The first of these social supermarkets, which sell groceries at lower prices, opened around a month ago. They aim to make life that little bit easier for Serbia’s poorer residents who are feeling the pinch of the global economic crisis.
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Belgrade Cheapest Capital City In The Region

Photo by Violentz
According to a report (in Serbian) by the Union of Economists of Serbia, Belgrade is the cheapest capital city in the region when it comes to the price of food. The researchers recorded the prices of 28 different food products, such as bananas, yogurt, bread, apple juice, beer, flour, potatoes, chicken and toothpaste, [...]

Belgrade Weekly Phone Photo #1

A new feature here at BalkanFile.com is a weekly Belgrade photo. I sometimes take my digital camera with me when I go outside, but more often than not it’s left at home. One thing that’s always in my pocket is my mobile phone. So, this new type of regular post, published every Sunday, will feature [...]