Comparison
America: “We have George Bush, Stevie Wonder, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash.” Serbia: “We have Vojislav Koštunica, no wonder, no hope and no cash.”
America: “We have George Bush, Stevie Wonder, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash.” Serbia: “We have Vojislav Koštunica, no wonder, no hope and no cash.”
EASTERN EUROPE Belgrade: A capital city springs to life in Serbia The city’s past is visible in bombed-out buildings left unrepaired, but the vibe is hip, not tragic, and travelers are trickling back. By Michael Levitin, Special to The Los Angeles TimesSeptember 18, 2007 More at http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-belgrade23sep23?page=1
another great guy from the golden generation of Yugoslav and Serbian basketball (Djordjevic, Paspalj, Bodiroga, Savic… to name a few…) has done his farewell to basketball and moved on… Some of them become coaches, some managers, some even go to politics, but Vlade decided to simply continue what he was doing already – to help people …
Serbia is in the World Group of Davis Cup after 20 years!!! What an atmosphere in Belgrade Arena these 3 days! 20.000 people, drummers, constant cheering and shouting… surprisingly, all in good manner (as we are not used to tennis, but rather football and basketball cheering)… It was so cool to be in the Arena …
How many times have I heard praises over Serbian women from fellow aiesecers and friends from all over the world that have visited Serbia? Jeez, who counts…
Lots of friends from abroad have either been making fun of me or asking questions about my purse/handbag/european carryall/gay bag/whatever you call it…
Jeez… Officially, it was 39C yesterday… However, this is temperature outside of the city center, where they measure it…
Check out the temperature in Belgrade`s main street yesterday…
An amazing way of analyzing data of worlds` importance… Really an eye-opening presentation of how the world is developing and changing, as well as how today`s approach to reducing poverty is completely wrong! More at www.ted.com Interesting, there`s even a Serbian guy, Sasa Vucinic, that fought his way from owning the only independent media in Serbia in 1991 …
and then a huge welcome in Belgrade…
This is my homecity… 🙁 ——————————– Fresh blast in Kosovo 26 February 2007 | 11:35 | Source: AP PRIŠTINA — Explosion damaged several vehicles belonging to OSCE on Monday in Peć, a police official said. No one was hurt. The blast occurred around 3:30 a.m. and was caused by an explosive device – possibly a …