I went to the opening of the Tito Effect (Efekat Tita) exhibition today at the Yugoslav History Museum (Muzej istorije Jugoslavije), which is also known as the 25th of May Museum (Muzej “25. maj”). The exhibition is a display of the presents given to Josip Broz Tito, the leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of [...]
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Anti-Discrimination Law Withdrawn Because of Church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 However, with today’s news that a draft anti-discrimination law was withdrawn [in Serbian] from adoption procedures in the Serbian Parliament under pressure from the Serbian Orthodox Church, it seems somebody didn’t get the memo.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 [...]
Katja And Her Dogs
This is Katja, a friend of ‘Bibi’ over at A Yankee In Belgrade. She lives on a small piece of land on the outskirts of Belgrade and looks after some 300 stray and abandoned dogs. She looks after them mainly by herself, but she does have some volunteers who help at times.
Stray dogs are a [...]
Belgrade Belongs To Me
I went to the post office this morning with the little card the postman left yesterday to pick up a parcel which was waiting for me. It was my copy of the recently published Belgrade Belongs To Me: Photographs By Boogie. It’s an engrossing photo book by one of Serbia’s best photographers, Boogie, who captures [...]
Daily Habits of the Average Serb
Photo by ARTS
A new survey has shed some light on the daily habits of your average Serbian citizen. Here’s a rundown of some of the published results:
The average Serbian citizen wakes up at 7 a.m.
The average Serbian teenager doesn’t wake up before 9 a.m. on weekdays
42.5 percent of Serbs aged 18-25 sleep until (or after) [...]
The Kanun – Albania's Blood Feuds
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Following on from their article on Albania’s sworn virgins, the BBC has written about one Albanian family’s plight resulting from a decades long blood feud:
“Eleven-year-old Nikolin dreams about the day he can walk out of his house without fear and attend the local school…Seated on the porch of his parent’s small farmhouse in northern [...]
Do You Need A Hug?
Photo by kalandrakas
Is the cloudy and cold weather getting you down? Feel like you just need to have a warm, comforting hug? Well, you should definitely head to Belgrade’s Trg republike (Republic Square) on Sunday, 26 October, because free hugs (besplatni zagrljaji) will be dispensed to everyone and anyone who feels the need for some [...]
