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 [...]
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High Security for US VP Joe Biden's Belgrade Visit
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 [...]
The Ultimate Wisdom of Dragan Markovic Palma
Dragan Markovic Palma, the mayor of Jagodina and a member of the Serbian Parliament as leader of the United Serbia party never fails to amuse with the ‘wisdom’ that sprouts from his mouth.
His most recent comment, following a parliamentary debate on the what-has-become-rather-controversial anti-discrimination law, was as follows (my own translation):
In Serbia, there are over [...]
Anti-Discrimination Law Withdrawn Because of Church
The separation of the church/religious communities and the state is enshrined in the Constitution of Serbia. However, with today’s news that a draft anti-discrimination law was withdrawn [in Serbian] from adoption procedures in the Serbian Parliament under pressure from the Serbian Orthodox Church, it seems somebody didn’t get the memo.
The Serbian Orthodox Church has taken [...]
Importing Asian Women
Photo by Jack Brodus
Rasim Ljai?, the Serbian labour minister, had to apologise today for a statement made by State Secretary Željko Vasiljevi? advising that Serbia should import 100,000 women from Asia to make up for the lack of females in some rural areas of the country, and provide the many bachelors with wives.
I really do [...]
Radicals Threatening Serbian President Tadic?
Serbian Radical Party Official Vjerica Radeta has apparently made death threats against Serbian President Boris Tadic. At a press conference on 25 July about the arrest of Hague indictee Radovan Karadzic, Vjerica Radeta said that “betrayal never goes unpunished in Serbia,” and told those present that Boris Tadic and his “regime” may suffer the same [...]
