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advisors “The situation in the party seems “Dacic will eventually side with Nikolic agreed: “The question is Fearing they might not cross the Pensioners leader, Jovan Krkoba - The reported price is the post of In addition, the Socialists are bar Tadic has denied talk of horse- At the same time, Dacic seems re - reach an agreement “If we don’t Source: Balkan Insight (www.balkaninsight.com) Balkan Insight (www.balkaninsight.com) Source: While officials party over which way to turn. extremely complicated, as we try to convince the few remaining lag - gards that we need to move out of one Socialist shadow,” Milosevic’s Party official complained. in a bid to guide his party into Tadic the European mainstream, but much of the membership and many offi - cials may oppose that move.” will the party split or ‘old- back down,” he noted. timers’ threshold to enter parlia - 5-per-cent ment, the Socialists teamed up with Association of Pensioners and the the led by business - United Serbia Party, man Dragan Markovic “Palma”. bic, Palma and Dacic are all pushing for a deal with the Democrats. of deputy PM, with a brief in charge security for the Socialist leader. gaining for other ministries, includ - ing capital investments, Kosovo and education, Belgrade media reported. trading with the Socialists, maintain - ing that ministries would go only to those committed to working for the “strategic goal”. government’s negotiations with luctant to call off the nationalists. with the DSS and Radicals, par ty leadership will decide on future steps”, Dacic announced, following par new country’s of session first the liament on Wednesday. say the mega- Hiring famous development

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how the project they do not come a strong current also However, Mihajlo Markovic, a founder of Markovic, a prominent supporter Some younger Socialist officials Neighbourhood Matters faces extinction unless it changes. flows in the opposite direction, led by party veterans enraged the Tadic. prospect of a deal with recently warned of a crisis the party, if Dacic opts for the pro-European “nat - bloc, abandoning the Socialists’ ural” ideological partners. of Milosevic during the 1990s, is seen as representative of the “old- timers” in the party who want to stay policies, true to the former regime’s even though these almost ruined the Socialists for good. have voiced frustration over the con - tinuing impasse within their own Football Rebellion Football pean Championships in Austria and pean Championships in Switzerland, Bosnia is experiencing led by fans, play - a soccer rebellion, enraged ers and former stars who are by what they see as corrupt leaders football association of the country’s leaders. W will be financed, cheap and their June 13, 2008 Issue No. 1 / Friday, and whether use is limited if such an upscale the government page 5 development fails to act on their will benefit local words. people. conomists are warning that pro - over Serbia’s uncertainty longed “This year has been lost, from the Katarina MARKOVIĆ After eight years of stagnation, the pro-European and nation - With Nikolic believes the Socialists, led “The group of younger Socialists Business Insight Costs Mounting future could scare off investors, lead investors, lead future could scare off to higher inflation and jeopardise prosperity for years to come. says standpoint of economic policy,” Econom - the of Stamenkovic Stojan ics Institute in Belgrade. to Serbia’s late president, Slobodan to Serbia’s Milosevic, and reformists who want the party to become a modern Euro - pean social democrat organisation. the Socialists returned to centre stage after winning 20 of the 250 seats in elections. parliament in the May 11 alist blocs almost evenly matched, the Socialists now have the final say on the fate of country. by Ivica Dacic, will come over to if only out of a pragmatic de - Tadic, sire to ensure their political survival. gathered around Dacic seems to be adding said, Nikolic majority”, the in that these reformists believe the party Ivana NIKOLIĆ E azar Krstić, the former here is no escaping the Bel- finance minister who re- grade Waterfront. Adverts signed on July 12th, is about for the gigantic real estate to join a high profile group of Friday • June 13 2008 project are visible almost advisors to the government everywhere these days – on Lthat includes ex-IMF chief Dominique Tstreets and buses, above people’s heads Strauss-Kahn and Italy’s ex-foreign min- on billboards and in the newspapers. ister, Franco Fratini. THIS ISSUE OF

Officials have high hopes that this pro- Krstić is tasked with helping the gov- Belgrade Insight IS SUPPORTED BY: IS SUPPORTED ject will modernise the face of Belgrade ernment address Serbia’s manifold eco- on a new gov - ense negotiations ernment have divided the ranks “It looks as if the Socialists will Simultaneous negotiations held This divides “old-timers” loyal Socialist leader Ivica Dacic remains the Serbian kingmaker Socialist leader Ivica Dacic remains Lure of Tadic Alliance Splits Socialists Tadic Lure of government, old pro-EU While younger Socialists support joining a new, over the prospect. revolt Milosevic loyalists threaten in Belgrade By Rade Maroevic at the same time as boosting Serbian nomic problems. which holds of the Socialist Party, of the balance power between the blocs and has yet to announce main which side they will support. move towards a government led by the Democrats,” political analyst Mi - lan Nikolic, of the independent Cen - tre of Policy Studies, said. “But such a move might provoke deeper divi - sions and even split the party.” with the pro-European and national - ist blocs have drawn attention to a deep rift inside the Socialists. T industry and the economy. Beside him, the government is also considering hiring former British min- Continued on page 3 State officials have high expectations of the Belgrade Waterfront project. Photo by Beta ister Peter Mandelson, with a brief to help Serbia join the EU. According to Britain’s Daily Mail, after Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić spoke first with former British Prime Min- Summer on the beach in Belgrade ister Tony Blair and his one-time chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, he opted for Man- For a city that’s nowhere near the coast, island of Ada Ciganlija is the best option. For those looking for safer outdoor delson as Blair was “too expensive”. Placed on the man-made Sava Lake, Ada activities, Ada boasts around 50 sports Whether hiring foreign advisors is Belgrade has some surprisingly good beaches is a favourite among a wide range of peo- facilities, which offer basketball, vol- delivering real results for Serbia re- - so pack up your towel and sun cream and ple – from parents with children to teen- leyball, tennis courts, football, rugby, mains a moot question, however, ex- agers, students and the elderly. lacrosse and mini-golf. However, beach perts says. explore the options. Ada offers around seven kilometres volleyball is by far the most favourite This is because while their advice of beach along which you can find sport at Ada, so take a ball and you are may be sound, it will have no effect in Ivana NIKOLIĆ many beaches that offer a perfect es- more than 70 bars and cafés. You can bound to make lots of new friends on the absence of a clear will on the gov- cape from the summer heat. And, if you have your morning coffee, breakfast or court. ernment’s part to implement their sug- elgrade is not a city by the are a fan of rowing, make sure you are dinner at any of them, but bear in mind Another thing you will spot during gestions. sea, but that doesn’t stop its in Belgrade in mid-August for the Dan- that the majority of them also provide your stay at Ada Ciganlija is (mostly) If Mandelson does become a Serbian inhabitants and many visi- ube Tourist Regatta, which it comes to night-time fun. As you see, Ada is a mul- girls on skates. Make sure you do not government advisor, he will be follow- tors from having a whole the Serbian capital. tifunctional place! get in their way, otherwise they might ing in the footsteps of other prominent lot of water-based fun at Thrill-seekers looking forward to an bump into you. international figures who took up this Bthe city’s lakes, or beside its two big riv- HEAD FOR THE ISLAND active and adrenalin-filled summer can role when Vučić was First Deputy ers. try out the 55-metre-high bungee jump, Prime Minister. If you enjoy swimming and sun-tan- If you are sick of the baking concrete as well as water skiing and paintball ning, this capital-on-the-rivers boasts and asphalt and the unbearable heat, the fields. Continued on page 5 Continued on page 7

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Continued from page 1 Organ trafficking indictments expected PRESS REVIEW in 2015 Serbia still VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, July 24th SERBIA UNDER PRESSURE Clint Williamson, the head of the OVER UKRAINE EU team investigating alleged human organ trafficking during Mystery lingers over gathering evidence to Following the Malaysian plane crash in the conflict in Kosovo in 1999, Ukraine, the EU and US have increased will release his report on July Serbia in brief pressure on Serbia to introduce sanc- 28th, reports Tanjug. Indict- tions on Russia. The daily reports that ments are to be issued after the Belgrade has been told to identify its charge Kosmajac position in the Ukraine-Russia conflict constitution of the new special st court for Kosovo war crimes in by September 1 . grand Waterfront plan early 2015. While Pristina media th claim that Williamson has mostly Serbian police DANAS, July 24 gathered evidence about crimes PAJTIĆ MULLS STEPPING DOWN against Serb civilians, they also are still collecting FROM VOJVODINA HELM report that there was not enough WHO IS evidence to raise an indictment Bojan Pajtić, leader of the Democratic BUILDING THE evidence about Party and the head of Serbian province WATERFRONT? for trafficking in human organs. of Vojvodine, might step down from the an alleged drugs post of Vojvodina prime minister this he company under the name Serbia on Google autumn after a provincial government of Eagle Hills Properties was Street View kingpin who the reshuffle. He is ready to pass his post to Tregistered in Abu Dhabi on Nenad Čanak, the head of the League February 25th, 2014 - only after the Google Street View, which of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, or project for the Waterfront was Prime minister to Branislav Bugarski, the provincial presented to Prime Minister Vučić in allows virtual walks through cit- January. ies, was made available for Ser- agriculture secretary. The executive director of Eagle named as Serbia’s Hills is Mohamed Alabbar, who bia and the cities of Belgrade, th Nis and Novi Sad from July POLITIKA, July 24 is also chair of the partially state- th biggest drugs FORMER DEMOCRATS NOT owned Emaar Properties, Dubai’s 24 . Google representatives largest listed real estate developer announced that a special com- COMING BACK and the builder of the world’s tallest pany vehicle will visit around 70 trafficker a month tower, the Burj Khalifa. per cent of cities and villages in After Borko Stefanović from the Emaar Properties is still recover- Serbia in the next three to four ago. Democratic Party called his former ing from the crisis that hit Dubai. party colleagues to return and help form The Emirate’s housing market prices months in order to film the sites a strong opposition bloc, most former slumped by more than half from and make them available via Democrat officials have said they are their peak in 2008, when a building the Street View service for PCs, Bojana BARLOVAC not considering doing so. Following boom turned to bust. tablets and smartphones. In April, however, Reuters their election defeat in 2012 and the re- reported that Emaar Properties erbian police chief Milorad placement of Boris Tadić as the party’s had marked a rise of 55 per cent in Putin visit to Serbia to Veljović said law enforce- president, numerous officials have left first-quarter net profits compared focus on gas ment bodies in Serbia were the Democrats, while Tadić himself to the previous year and that profits formed the New Democratic Party. have nearly tripled in value since the gathering evidence about start of 2013. At a time of intense diplomatic the alleged drugs baron BLIC, July 24th In May, the company announced a pressure on the Kremlin over SDragoslav Kosmajac, before a warrant plan to list 25 per cent of its division, JEREMIĆ RUNNING FOR UN Ukraine, Russia’s leader is to can be issued for his arrest. Emaar Malls Group, on the Dubai visit Serbia on October 19th on SECRETARY GENERAL POST stock market later this year. It is “A working group has been formed expected to rise in value by between a mission to shore up ties with and is working on the case, but we still €1.6 and €1.8 billion, which would his Balkan ally and discuss Commemorative promotional medals do not know when it will be done,” he backing the candidacy of Vuk Jeremić, be one of the region’s largest equity the South Stream gas pipeline. told BIRN on Thursday. “Once we finish, offers since 2008. former Serbia foreign minister and Emaar Properties is working on Vladimir Putin will visit Serbia we will hand the material to the Pros- former president of the United Nations for the 70th anniversary celebra- several large projects all over the ecutor’s Office for Organised Crime,” General Assembly, for the post of UN world, including in Egypt, Pakistan tion of the Soviet Red Army’s Veljović added. Secretary General have been circulated and Saudi Arabia. Last October, it liberation of Belgrade at the end around the UN building in New York. launched a project similar to the of the Second World War. The police working group of ten peo- The daily reports that Jeremić himself Belgrade Waterfront in Erbil, the ple is tasked with investigating Kosma- started the promotion, although the Ser- de-facto capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Court finds Subotić not jac’s dealings and his possible links to Milorad Veljović [left] told BIRN that police are still gathering evidence on Kosmajac. Photo by Beta bian government has not yet made any some police officials. decision about his possible candidacy. It is not clear whether the Serbian guilty of smuggling government and Eagle Hills have The “White Book”, an internal police “Everyone is keeping quiet about filing an indictment was on the way, but signed an agreement on Belgrade th A Belgrade court on July 18th document from 2001 used to track sus- contacts between police and Kosma- could take months. VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, July 24 Waterfront project. In March, Siniša Mali, now Mayor acquitted Serbian businessman pected criminals, said Kosmajac was jac. I have called for action to be taken “This usually takes more than six PARLIAMENT LEFT then involved in trafficking drugs from against him but this has not been done, months after the Prosecutor’s Office of Belgrade, said the contract would Stanko Subotić, alias Cane, and WITH FIVE POSH CARS be signed after the elections and others of charges of smuggling South America, Turkey, Bulgaria and to this day,” Vučić said. starts an investigation into a case,” he the formation of a new government, The Serbian parliament will from now th cigarettes in the 1990s. Subotić Macedonia to Europe. Following this denunciation, Kosma- told BIRN. which duly took place on April 27 . Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar jac fled Serbia and entered Montenegro Serbia’s opposition Democratic Party on have five, instead of nine, luxuri- Mali has declined to answer queries was charged with having head- from BIRN about the project. ous vehicles at its disposal. Only the Belgraders flock to see the grand city renewal plan. Photo by Beoinfo ed a criminal gang that made Vučić denounced Kosmajac in dramat- on a Slovakian passport. has also raised the issue and called on Eagle Hills and the government st parliamentary speaker and secretary more then €28 million smug- ic terms at a press conference on June On July 21 , Montenegrin police de- the authorities to explain how he was general will have the right to use the also have yet to form a joint venture gling cigarettes from Macedonia 20th when he announced the dismissal tained him in the resort of Kotor on allowed to leave the country. limos around the clock, while all other and define a co-financing model. to Serbia in 1995 and 1996. In of all Serbia’s police chiefs because of suspicion of forging documents, but “We demand that the Prime Minis- members of parliament will have to ob- ur plan is to change rent venues or apartments at Belgrade Eagle Hills and Serbia], to see what our MORE WISH LIST The city assembly approved the joint venture’s right to use the word a first-instance ruling, Subotić their alleged failure to fight narcotics released him as they said they had “no ter Vučić explain why he let a person tain the secretary general’s permission the whole of Bel- Waterfront. obligations are, what exactly we will THAN REAL PROPOSAL “Belgrade” in its name in late July was sentenced in absentia to cartels. basis for his retention” in the country. named as the country’s biggest drug before taking a car. grade, to change The government, meanwhile, is give and how long it will take to build,” and it is expected that the company six years of imprisonment. The The Prime Minister said he was not His current whereabouts are unknown. dealer leave the country freely and the face of Serbia, pushing ahead. About 23 kilometres Lakićević said. For work on Belgrade Waterfront will be signed in to the Serbian Busi- prosecution can appeal against afraid to name the biggest drug lord in Zorica Zečević, from the Prosecutor’s why a warrant has not been issued,” so that the whole of railway that used to run through the “Beside these issues, the biggest to commence, some parts of the city’s ness Register soon. BIRN has not verified the reports and According to official announce- the latest verdict. Serbia, even if others were. Organised Crime Office in Serbia, said Vladimir Todorić said on July 23rd. cannot vouch for their accuracy. country“O looks as clean and scrubbed area have been removed and illegal problem is that we know so little about master plan on urban development ments, the state will provide land as this building,” Prime Minister Alek- buildings are due to be demolished the investor - the only thing we have is a will have to be amended. and help with issuing permits, while sandar Vučić said at the presentation of in August. City inspectors checking model,” he added. The plan states that buildings in the the UAE-based company will assure the money and plan the project. the project on June 27th, pointing to the which objects were built without per- Another key question is whether de- area may be no higher than five storeys, model of the colossal Belgrade Tower. mits have earmarked 79 houses for mand exists in Serbia for the amount of as views in the riverbank area are legal- If everything goes to the plan, the removal. upscale office space or luxury flats- en ly protected. Changing the plan means AMBITIOUS PLANS tower, due to be the fist construction Belgrade has been mulling renovat- visaged in the project. that many city landmarks will no long- built within the project, will be the high- ing the neglecting Sava riverbank for Given that around 25,000 square er be visible from the river. agle Hills presented its designs for the project to Aleksandar est structure in the city. years. Although this is the first time meters of office space in central Bel- “We are interested in the legal Vučić, then Deputy Prime E th Local economists, architectures and than a major outside investor has ap- grade is currently vacant, and that the grounds for the whole project. Chang- Minister, on January 18 . activists are less excited about the pros- peared, critics note that Serbia failed to average monthly salary in Serbia is ing the plan means Belgrade will have The Waterfront envisages the Modern city hotel in a perfect location construction of residential and office pect of the Belgrade Waterfront, how- issue a tender to attract potential inves- only around 400 euros, some experts a new identity, but no one has asked buildings, the largest shopping mall ever. tors. query the need for the Belgrade Water- us whether we want that new identity,” in the Balkans, a hotel, an opera They say it is unclear who will fi- “I understand that when you have front. Ana Džokić from Who Builds the City, a house and a skyscraper along the Sava riverbank, covering 1, 850, 000 nance the €3 billion of construction a major, reliable partner, you make “I don’t believe people in Serbia are local NGO said. square meters. works, as no one has seen the agree- compromises. But we don’t know interested in buying apartments there. Milan Đurić, from the Association The model was first publicly pre- ment signed with the Dubai-based con- their [Eagle Hills’] obligations and we Those who have money [in Serbia] of Belgrade Architects, meanwhile be- sented at a real estate fair in Cannes 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia in March. struction company Eagle Hills, the gov- need more than a mere marketing,” have already bought flats [elsewhere],” lieves the Belgrade Waterfront plan is Work on the complex, which is Ilije Ognjanovica 24 ernment’s partner in the project. Mijat Lakićević, economic expert, Lakićević said. more of a muddled wish list than a con- expected to stretch from Brankov to Indeed, it is not clear whether a con- said. “Foreigners may buy apartments or sidered project. Železnicki bridge, is due to start in Phone: +381(0)21/66-15-555 spring 2015. tract has been signed at all. Lakićević complained of a general office space there, but I don’t believe “The model is more of a semi-organ- According to the authorities, Bel- Fax : +381(0)21/422-652 Lack of transparency also marked lack of transparency. The govern- Belgrade is a place for them,” Lakićević ised bunch of buildings, from other plac- grade on the Water, as it is known in the decision-making process for the ment still has not declared whether added. es, in a different spirit, which has nothing Serbia, will be completed within five [email protected] to seven years. project, as experts were not consulted the project will be financed in the Milan Prostran, an economics expert, to do with this place, its traditions and The government and its partner, [email protected] over necessary amendments to the form of foreign direct investment, or said the contrast between the upscale the local conditions,” Đurić said. Eagle Hills, say the project will [email protected] city’s urban plan. from loans, what Serbia’s financial Belgrade Waterfront and the rest of the While the capital needs to do some- boost the Serbian economy, as it is expected to employ about 200,000 Analysts are also confused about the obligations will be, or how the profits country would be glaring. “What we thing with the Sava riverbank, Belgrade workers and stimulate the construc- www.hotelputnik.rs expected benefits from the project, as may be shared. need is a balanced regional develop- Waterfront doesn’t look like the best op- tion, hospitality and tourism sectors. few Serbs will be in a position to buy or “Let us see that contract [between ment,” he said. tion, he added. 4 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 25 - Thursday, September 04, 2014 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 25 - Thursday, September 04, 2014 5 BELGRADE BELGRADE

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Dušan Vujović appointed as finance Continued from page 1 minister

Serbian Prime Minister OPEN AIR SHOPPING CENTRE Aleksandar Vučić said on July 21st that Dušan Vujović will be the Serbia shells out new minister of finance after the resignation of Lazar Krstić over

Business in brief in brief Business disagreements about reforms. Vujović currently serves as Sokače for pricey foreign economy minister, and according Čumićevo to Vucić, the government has yet to decide who will replace him. Vučić said that one of the most important tasks ahead is advisors the reform of public enterprises and that the first step will be to replace various directors by August 4th.

Unions demand labour minister’s resignation

The Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia and the United Branch Trade Unions called 46 on July 21st for Serbian labour minister Aleksandar Vulin to resign over recently adopted new Labour 48 Law. They said that Vulin should quit because the law was adopted 44 on July 18th without prior public 40 debate. They also said the new law does not serve the interests of 43 56 employees and it curbs their rights. 36 Serbia makes blacklist of road constructors

The Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure has started making a list of 25 82 contractors who can or cannot be employed to carry out significant 20 15 road projects, said minister 19 The Serbian government gathers advisors: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Franco Fratini, Lazar Krstic and Alfred Gusenbauer. Photos by World Trade Organisation, Giuseppe Nicoloro, Beta, SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation Zorana Mihajlović on July 22nd. Mihajlović said that any company that does not meet a deadline will ver the past two years, Ser- looking good,” he said on September 17th. lose its contract and will not be bia has hired a number of “The Serbian economy has serious They can All this able to get any other work from big names from the world problems, but I think it is possible, with the state in the future. of politics and finance in reasonable effort, to solve these problems help the advice, order to boost economic and achieve success,” he added. UAE to start reformsO and speed up the pace of Euro- Aleksandar Stevanović, advisor to govern- however bank in Serbia Map artwork by pean integration. the former economy minister Saša GANOO DISTRICT ment con- useful, STUDIO FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Apart from Strauss-Kahn and Fratini, Radulović, said Strauss-Kahn had since Jorgovanka Tabaković, the the best known is the former Chancellor visited Serbia three or four times, while governor of the Serbian national nect with doesn’t nd of Austria, Alfred Gusenbauer. his team of consultants was present on a bank, said on July 22 that the Last September, Gusenbauer said he daily basis. various decision mean much United Arab Emirates’ Bank filed would try to forge “an image of new Ser- “His role was to solve problems with “ “ a request to establish a bank in 15 19 20 25 bia, fighting against corruption, strength- companies in restructuring and, at the makers in the if there is no March and that he request was ening its institutions, attracting invest- meetings he attended, we heard a lot of still being processed. The United ment and conducting reforms to improve constructive suggestions,” Stevanović said. Arab Emirates’ Bank announced its world and are political will arrival on the Serbian market at the the life of its people. Stevanović noted that Strauss-Kahn beginning of the year, promising an “Hopefully, I will help attract some in- worked for free initially, and only charged paid to improve to implement investment of €300 million. vestors to Serbia with my contacts from for his services following the tender for OIL WORKSHOP. ECO ART. GIFT SHOP. 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He described the idea of hiring foreign advisors, he did do need such “advisors” he maintained. SUGGESTIONS hires of big-name foreign advisors as “a not see any consensus emerging about “But what to do now should be a task POLITELY IGNORED big promotion with no effect” – in effect, a the type of reforms that Serbia should for our own diplomats,” he suggested: “We Aleksandar Obradović, acting 46 48 56 82 marketing trick. undertake. have a number of vacant ambassadorial director of state company Electric Power Industry of Serbia, said THE ARTWORKSHOP In September 2013, Dominique Strauss- “I don’t think their knowledge was used “All this advice, however useful, doesn’t places, and these advisors serve as their that the firm has yet to decide Kahn was announced as a major addition well; they just stood by,” he said of the for- mean much if there is no political will to surrogates.” whether to increase electricity to the governments’ economic team, with eign experts. implement what has been suggested,” Foreign advisors can also be expen- prices and that the decision a brief to help the struggling economy get He recalled that a number of organisa- Crnobrnja continued. sive, he noted, adding that former British depends on the funds that Marija Hand Made makes clothes from back on its feet. tions, including American Chamber of Predrag Simić, political science profes- Prime Minister Blair charges €100,000 government will provide for the Backpacker prices, cool music, free Wi-Fi natural materials that are in tune Strauss-Kahn offered to work “pro Commerce, AmCham, and the Foreign sor at Belgrade University, meanwhile says per lecture. reconstruction of energy facilities internet, friendly staff, willing to help with your heart & soul THINK OF YOURSELF AND bono” for the first three months, promis- Investors Council, FIC, had each year of- that most of the hired big names are not The Serbian public is not kept informed INVEST IN YOUR HEALTH damaged by the recent floods. 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Serbia’s aqua parks offer relief from the summer heat. Photos by Jackie Kingsbury and Dominique/Flickr Cool down a stone’s throw from Belgrade

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Visitors go down from the aqua park and your kids will If you don’t feel like driving too far Centre Ždrelo and shoot up the steep cliff several times love it, for sure. and would like to jump in a pool as soon Ždrelo 66, Ždrelo If you want to try out the biggest aqua before they reach the end of the ride. as possible, you can always visit some Phone: +381 12 330 735 park, not just in Serbia but in the whole There is also the Freefall, the most in- SPORTS AND RECREATION of Belgrade’s smaller water attractions. www.ruczdrelo.rs of the Balkans, head for Bački Petrovac, teresting attraction for adrenalin-seek- CENTER ŽDRELO The aqua park in “S-Klub” in Jakovo, a town close to Novi Sad in Vojvodina. ers, as the downhill race starts from a the first aqua park in the capital, is just S Klub Although it is some 120km from Bel- height of 18 meters. This ride is one of the The “Mlavske terme” spa at Ždrelo is a half-hour from the city centre and Jakovačkih Destina 10, Jakovo grade, Petroland’s loyal visitors claim it fastest rides you will ever experience. a unique place for relaxation. You don’t might be just the right option. This wa- Phone: +381 11 8417 701 is worth driving around two hours from Apart from those, there are many at- have to wait for summer to enjoy its at- ter park has the biggest swimming pool www.s-klub.com 10 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 25 - Thursday, September 04, 2014 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 25 - Thursday, September 04, 2014 11 ARTS HEALTH AND FAMILY

Free entertainment at Belgrade Summer Fest Get your The Belgrade Summer Cash-strapped Festival, BELEF, offers free film screenings, concerts, Arts in brief juices flowing exhibitions and plays from July 15th to August 15th. Some of the events include festival boasts EXHIBITIONS a concert by the Faculty of AND EVENTS in the heat Music (King Petar I House, July 29th), cabaret from FRIDAY JULY 25th Nebojša Dugalića and Exhibition:Travelling Communique, Boris Pingović (Barutana, bumper lineup Yugoslav History Museum, Botićeva lunch of meat-free soup and lovers of th Curing dehydra- July 30 ) and a concert by 6, 6pm oatmeal will discover another face of famous Serbian jazz player Ethnomania – selection of films Belgrade through its smoothie bars. from the Ethnographic Film Festival, tion in summer Jovan Maljokovic (Cvetni If you live downtown, Elixir Juice Ethnographic Museum, Uzun Mirkova st Trg, August 1 ). For the full 2, 8.30pm doesn’t have to Bar might be just around the corner. programme visit www.fa- Located in Strahinjića bana Street, in the cebook.com/belef.festival. SATURDAY JULY 26th mean downing Dorćol area, this cosy bar boasts a rich vitamin-loaded menu. Lunch options Summer Stage Poetry: Ratko wine, beer, or plain here include various soups and salads. If Exploring Dada , Đura Jakšić Marković Riđanin you are a morning person, try a freshly House, Skadarska 34, 8pm and Surrealism old water. A grow- squeezed juice, a tea, or a bite of fresh MONDAY JULY 28th fruit and veg. At Elixir you can also sam- ‘Avant-Garde: From Dada- ing number of ple fresh smoothies mixed with low-fat ism to Surrealism’ is an Eco Workshops for Children, Gardoš, yogurt or milk, soya milk, and honey. If Zemun, 6pm smoothie and juice exhibition and magazine you are in a hurry, grab one to go. Photo by Ken Hawkins/Flickr launch dedicated to two of Morning shoppers at Kalenić market bars offer a healthi- can stop by at Tegla Bar, which, if your Green Day, or Pink Floyd. You can also of ten different smoothies, or carrot cake the crucial art movements MONDAY AUGUST 4th Elixir Juice Bar of the early 20th century. er alternative. Serbian is not that advanced, means “jar try Evergreen, which supposedly helps and oatmeal. Address: Strahinjića bana 52 bar”. That’s right, at Tegla Bar the juices you stay young forever. Back across the bridge, another trendy The exhibition tracks the Acting Workshops for Children, Phone: +381 11 2627 213 Gardoš, Zemun, 6pm and smoothies are served in jars! If you On the other side of the bridge, in Novi healthy bar with a range of juices on of- evolution of both move- Ivana NIKOLIĆ haven’t sipped a fresh juice here from Beograd, another place offering healthy fer is Voćkica Juice Bar, on Bulevar Kralja Tegla Bar th Address: Baba Višnjina 48 ments through works of art THURSDAY AUGUST 7 one of grandma’s jars, visit Tegla Bar and refreshment is the Smoothie Me Juice Aleksandra. As this street is famous for Phone: +381 11 4067 966 created between 1916 and elgrade is often called a city enjoy the refreshment. Bar, on Bulevar Mihajla Pupina. You will fashion stores, you might want to take a Exhibition: Sonja Gajević, Gallery 1992. It runs until August for hedonists for its plenti- Voćni Ritam Juice Bar might be the best love this place from the moment you break during shopping and help yourself Voćni Ritam Juice Bar th of the Academy of Fine Arts, Knez 17 at the Legata Gallery. Mihailova 53, 8pm ful food and drinks - not reason to fall in love with Banovo Brdo. enter, as fruit is all over the place so you to some healthy refreshment. Address: Nikolaja Gogolja 24 to mention its party-going Here you can have different breakfasts will not be able to resist trying one of Sit at the bar and take a look at the big Phone: +381 60 7507 528 Tito’s photo MONDAY AUGUST 11th lifestyle. However, when it with cool names, such as Breakfast at Tiffa- their healthy juices and snacks. Regular black board just in front of you - you will Bcomes to drinks, that doesn’t have to ny’s oatmeal, Gangnam-style rice or Weird customers say this place rejuvenates find a very long list of juices listed. You Smoothie Me Juice Bar archives go on Address: Bulevar Mihaila Pupina 10 Acting Workshops for Children, mean calorie-rich beer or sugar-soaked Wood, which contains seasonal fruits. you and gives you positive energy. can also have fruit parfait there. If you show Phone: +381 64 577 77 10 Gardoš, Zemun, 6pm wine. The capital’s growing number of While there, taste the juices named Eating and drinking here won’t put the are in a hurry, take-aways are possible. smoothie bars have lots to offer as well. after well-known songs: Yellow Subma- weight on either; it will just keep you fit, After a couple of sips of these healthy Voćkica Juice Bar TUESDAY AUGUST 19th ‘Travelling Communique’ is Health food fans who like their juice rine, True Colours, Over the Rainbow; healthy and satisfied. Sample the Tropi- juices, you can resume your shopping Address: Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 189 the name of an exhibition Exhibition: Ivan Suletić, Gallery freshly squeezed, vegetarians after a or named after some favourite bands: cal, Greek or Seasonal fruit salads, one re-energised. Phone: +381 11 3820 413 that looks into the photo of the Academy of Fine Arts, Knez archives of Josip Broz Mihailova 53, 8pm Tito’s office, giving a rare MONDAY AUGUST 25th and intimate insight into the former Yugoslav Presi- Sculpting Workshops for Children, dent’s reign. It will be open Gardoš, Zemun, 6pm at the Yugoslav History The Cookers will perform at the Nišville Jazz Festival.summer heat. th Museum until August 17 . per cent of the festival costs while the Money may be organisers had raised another roughly MAIN STAGE LINEUP Gardoš program €170 million on their own, after the keeps Zemun lively especially tight state government decided not to fund Thursday, August 14th this year, but the festival this year. ‘Summer in Gardoš’ is a He added that the festival always - Moba feat. Oliver Katić (Serbia) yearly cultural event that the jazz festival aims to include something for eve- - Vaja Balkanska and Orchestra (Bulgaria) is held every year from the ryone each year, and 2014 will be no - The Cookers (USA) exception, adding that there are big - Dorado Schmitt Quartet (France) OPERA, BALLET middle of July until late in Niš is not any names as well as contemporary up- - Tania Maria 4tet (Brazil) AND CLASSICAL August in the most scenic cutting corners, and-comers on the bill. - Zuralia Orchestra (Romania) part of the Zemun munici- Some of the biggest names in the SUNDAY JULY 12th pality. There will be exhibi- promising big world of jazz and blues music that will Friday, August 15th Touring Dutch Cinema – Highlights tions, concerts, theatrical be performing at the festival include names a-plenty. of the Lowlands, Dom Omladine, performances, film screen- the Blues Brothers Band, Cookers, the - Assaf Kehati Trio (Israel) Makedonska 22, from 7pm ings, stand-up comedy and Brussels Jazz Orchestra, Candy Dulfer - Manglares (Mexico) much more throughout the and Dorado Schmitt. - Brussels Jazz Orchestra (Belgium) James Blond – sound performance, Stab Gallery, Crnogorska 10, 9pm month, as well as a lot of David GALIĆ Because funds were cut for the fes- - Vlatko Stefanovski and Miroslav tival, no concerts will be promoted by Tadić (Macedonia/Serbia/USA) great events for children. th lthough the festival the festival around the region, which - Candy Dulfer (The Netherlands) TUESDAY JULY 15 To keep track, check the seems to get less and less the festival likes to do every year. How- - Vlada Maričić band (Serbia) feat. festival’s Facebook com- Exhibition: Cortazar Year 2014 – group funding from state and ever, one Nišville-related concert will Nidia Moya (Cuba) of authors, Istituto Cervantes, Čika munity page: https://www. local institutions every go ahead in Belgrade on August 16th. Ljubina 19, 7pm facebook.com/gardosfest. year, the Nišville Jazz Nišville has always tried to promote Saturday, August 16th FestivalA will celebrate its 20th anniver- local talent, and, in line with that tra- Exhibition: Kaleidoscope group – Art Famed Serbian sary this year with a lineup that’s bigger dition, a band from Niš will open and - Irena Blagojević Band (Serbia) in public spaces, Belgrade Train Station, Savski Trg 2, 7pm Sculptor holds and better than ever. close the festival. - Vox Arsana and Big Band DOM (Slovenia) If you are looking to travel a bit this Nišville is incredibly good value, con- - Empirical (Britain) exhibition WEDNESDAY JULY 16th summer, and would prefer a more so- sidering the number of performances - September (Slovenia) phisticated festival experience than the participants can attend. A one-day tick- - Viva Vox (Serbia) ‘Silence’ is a new exhibition Exhibition: Artistic interventions 2, Belgrade Beer Fest, Nišville is your best et costs less than €9 while a ticket for all - Mop Mop (Germany/Italy) Magacin, Kraljevića Marka 4, 7pm by lauded Serbian sculp- bet. From August 14th-17th, the city of Niš four days costs just over €20. - Estudiantina Orchestra tor Velimir Karavelić which will host 80 concerts on seven different Organisers say they want to keep The Netherlands/Cuba) THURSDAY JULY 17th opened last week at the RTS stages with over 550 performers. costs down in order to attract more visi- th Exhibition: Avantgarde from Dana to Gallery and runs until Au- Festival Director Ivan Blagojević said tors and make it affordable for all music Sunday, August 17 Surrealism, Milica Zorić and Rodoljub gust 31st. It features over 40 the lineup was stronger than ever, de- fans. This is why ticket sales only cover Cilaković Endowment, Rodoljuba of the artist’s most famous spite the fact that organising the festival roughly 10 per cent of the festival’s ex- - Fish in Oil (Serbia) Čolakovića 2, from 12pm to 8pm pieces and offers a retro- this year was a much risky endeavour, penses every year. - Takamen Nobuki (Japan) owing to the lack of money set aside by A final selling point is that accom- - Daniel Marques trio (Brazil) SATURDAY JULY 19th spective guide to the power- the authorities. modation and local food and drinks - Iyeoka (US) Poetry on the summer stage – Majo ful sculptures Karavelić has Blagojević said the city had provided are also available in Niš for a fraction of - The Original Blues Brothers Band (US) created over the years. Danilović, Đura Jakšić House, Skadarska enough money to cover roughly 40 what they cost in Belgrade. - Proces (Serbia) 34, 8pm 12 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 25 - Thursday, September 04, 2014 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 25 - Thursday, September 04, 2014 13 WHAT’S ON ON THE SPOT

ADVERTORIAL Clubbing FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm SUNDAY AUGUST 17TH hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm hh DJ Mirko & DJ Meeks, Freestyler boat hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, French FRIDAY JULY 25TH hh Manmachine & Sonic Entity, Sava on Sava, 11pm hh Belgrade Beerfest, Ušće, 6pm 11pm Centre Summer Stage, Milentija hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, hh DJ Ike, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, hh Sound Rock, Sound boat on Sava, embassy hh Drum ‘n’ Bass All Stars, Barutana, Popovića 9, 11pm 11pm 11pm 11pm Easy Kalemegdan Fortress, 11pm hh Can’t Stop the Rock, KST, Bulevar hh New Sound, Sound boat on Sava, hh Belgrade Banging, Freestyler boat on TH celebrates hh Serious Fun, Sava Centre Summer kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm 11pm Sava river, 11pm SATURDAY AUGUST 30 Stage, Milentija Popovića 9, 11pm hh DJ Ognjen, Šlep boat on Sava river, hh RnB & House Night, River boat on Procedures to TH h Bastille Day hh Tech This Out, Svemirska Kafana, boat 11pm SUNDAY AUGUST 10 Sava river, 11pm h GMS, Barutana, Kalemegdan Fortress, on Sava, 11pm hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm 11pm rançois-Xavier Deniau, hh DJ Ike, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, TH hh Marko Gangbanger, Šlep boat on the French ambas- Fix Summertime hh Ike & Prema, Club 94, boat on Sava, 11pm hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, MONDAY AUGUST 18 hh DJ Ognjen Krstić, Šlep boat on Sava, 11pm 11pm Sava river, 11pm sador to Belgrade, h h 11pm hh Sound Rock, Sound boat on Sava, h Belgrade Banging, Freestyler boat on hh Just Relax, Just Vanilla, Ada Ciganlija, h Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm and his wife hosted h F Sava river, 11pm h DJ Mirko & DJ Meeks, Freestyler boat Body Issues hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm 11pm 11pm numerous diplomats and Ser- hh Sound Rock, Sound boat on Sava, hh RnB & House Night, River boat on hh Mess Around Monday, Hot Mess boat on Sava, 11pm bian state officials at his resi- 11pm SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND Sava river, 11pm on Sava river, 11pm hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, dence to celebrate the France Men and women can both have self-esteem hh Can’t Stop the Rock, KST, Bulevar 11pm national holiday, Bastille Day, TH TH MONDAY AUGUST 11 th issues in summer, but some common kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm hh Konkrit Edit, Sava Centre Summer TUESDAY AUGUST 19 hh New Sound, Sound boat on Sava, on July 14 . Among some Stage, Milentija Popovića 9, 11pm 11pm of the invitees were Serbian problems that make them feel uncomfortable hh Just Relax, Just Vanilla, Ada Ciganlija, SATURDAY JULY 26TH hh Marko Gangbanger, Šlep boat on hh Chill Out, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, Prime Minister Aleksandar 11pm ST at this time of year can now be fixed in 15 Sava river, 11pm 11pm SUNDAY AUGUST 31 Vučić, French Interior Minister hh Mess Around Monday, Hot Mess boat hh Lovefest promo, Barutana, hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm Bernard Cazeneuve and the minutes, painlessly. on Sava river, 11pm WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20TH hh DJ Ike, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, Kalemegdan Fortress, 11pm hh DJ Mirko & DJ Meeks, Freestyler boat US ambassador to Belgrade, 11pm hh Retro Psychedelic Trance Party, Sava on Sava, 11pm TH Michael Kirby. TUESDAY AUGUST 12 hh I Love RnB, Freestyler boat on Sava h Centre Summer Stage, Milentija hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, h Belgrade Banging, Freestyler boat on Photo by Beta river, 11pm Popovića 9, 11pm 11pm Sava river, 11pm hh Chill Out, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, hh House Party, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm h Karađorđević hh 13 hours at KPTM, KPTM, Žorža hh New Sound, Sound boat on Sava, h RnB & House Night, River boat on 11pm Sava river, 11pm Klemansoa 22, 4pm 11pm THURSDAY AUGUST 21ST family gathers hh Marko Gangbanger, Šlep boat on hh Ladies Night/Brit’n’Bass, KST, Bulevar WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13TH Live Music Sava, 11pm kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm hh Alt Kafana, Šlep boat on Sava river, in Belgrade hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm hh Belgrade Beerfest, Ušće, 6pm 11pm FRIDAY JULY 25TH RD hh DJ Mirko & DJ Meeks, Freestyler boat SUNDAY AUGUST 3 hh I Love RnB, Freestyler boat on Sava hh House Night, Freestyler boat on Sava fter the state handed over to Princess on Sava, 11pm river, 11pm river, 11pm hh Musicology Festival: Mario Biondi, Elizabeth Karađorđević the Belgrade hh DJ Ike, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, hh House Party, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm hh Pop/Rock 80s/90s, Angels, Pariska 1, Relic & Nicola Conte DJ Set, villa that once belonged to her mother, 11pm 11pm 11pm Kalemegdan Fortress, 8pm she gathered her family - son Nicho- hh Belgrade Banging, Freestyler boat on TH A hh Ice Tropez White Party, Just Vanilla, THURSDAY AUGUST 14 las Augustus Balfour and daughters Catherine TH Ada Ciganlija, 11pm Sava river, 11pm FRIDAY AUGUST 22ND SATURDAY JULY 26 and Christina Oxenberg - in Belgrade July 17th to hh New Sound, Sound boat on Sava, hh RnB & House Night, River boat on hh Belgrade Beerfest, Ušće, 6pm celebrate the return of the former Yugoslav royal 11pm Sava river, 11pm hh Alt Kafana, Šlep boat on Sava river, hh DJ Ognjen, Šlep boat on Sava river, hh Musicology Festival: Keziah Jones, family’s property. While Catherine Oxenberg, a star hh Nineties, KST, Bulevar kralja 11pm 11pm Mangroove, Kalemegdan Fortress, from the soap opera ‘Dynasty’, had visited Serbia Dr Biljana ĐURĐEVIĆ STOPPING EXCESS MONDAY AUGUST 4TH Aleksandra 73, 10pm hh House Night, Freestyler boat on Sava hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm 8pm before, the princess’s second daughter Christina Dr Saša MIŠELJIĆ PERSPIRATION: hh Club House, Mr. Stefan Braun, river, 11pm hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, arrived in the country for the first time. hh Just Relax, Just Vanilla, Ada Ciganlija, ST Perspiring is a natural process for eve- Nemanjina 4, 11pm hh Pop/Rock 80s/90s, Angels, Pariska 1, FRIDAY AUGUST 1 ew people have no issues 11pm ryone, and controls body temperature, 11pm whatsoever with their bodies 11pm hh Sound Rock, Sound boat on Sava, as water evaporating from the skin cools TH hh Mess Around Monday, Hot Mess boat hh Jovan Maljoković Ensemble, Cvetni - and all the shortcomings we SUNDAY JULY 27 11pm the body. TH notice on our bodies become on Sava river, 11pm FRIDAY AUGUST 15 Trg, 9pm While our bodies need to sweat, about increasingly important and hh DJ Ike, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, RD one in a hundred people suffer from hy- TH SATURDAY AUGUST 23 ND disturbingF in summer. TUESDAY AUGUST 5 SATURDAY AUGUST 2 perhidrosis or the condition commonly 11pm hh Belgrade Beerfest, Ušće, 6pm Some of the commoner problems referred to as excessive sweating. hh Belgrade Banging, Freestyler boat on hh DJ Ognjen, Šlep boat on Sava river, hh Marko Nastić, Barutana, Kalemegdan that effect both men and women are dis- hh Chill Out, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, hh Ničim Izazvan, Gardoš, Zemun, 9pm People suffering from hyperhidrosis Sava, 11pm 11pm Fortress, 11pm satisfaction with a certain body part and 11pm excessive sweating, which affects one in produce several times more sweat than hh RnB & House Night, River boat on hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm hh Marko Gangbanger, Šlep boat on TH TUESDAY AUGUST 5 a hundred people. Both issues, however, is normal. Excessive sweating under hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, Sava, 11pm WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6TH Sava river, 11pm can be resolved in quick, painless, non- the arms can make everyday activities 11pm hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm hh Barcelona Gypsy Klezmer Orchestra, surgical procedures. a challenge for those who suffer from it MONDAY JULY 28TH h and can diminish their self-esteem. This hh I Love RnB, Freestyler boat on Sava h Sound Rock, Sound boat on Sava, hh DJ Mirko & DJ Meeks, Freestyler boat Cvetni Trg, 9pm 11pm on Sava, 11pm INTRA LIPOTHERAPY - NON-SURGI- problem however can be resolved in a river, 11pm CAL LIPOSUCTION hh Just Relax, Just Vanilla, Ada Ciganlija, hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, FRIDAY AUGUST 8TH painless, 15-minute procedure. hh House Party, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm TH The procedure consists of injecting a 11pm SATURDAY AUGUST 16 11pm Non-surgical liposuction treatment of small needle into the nerves located in hh Mess Around Monday, Hot Mess boat TH THURSDAY AUGUST 7 hh New Sound, Sound boat on Sava, hh Vlada Maričić Ensemble, Cvetni Trg, accumulated fat is designed for patients the underarm area. The drugs contained on Sava, 11pm hh Belgrade Beerfest, Ušće, 6pm 11pm 9pm who do not necessarily have weight is- in the Botox treatment will send signals hh Lyctum & Middle Mode Live, Sava sues but want to eliminate fat from ar- TH hh Alt Kafana, Šlep boat on Sava river, hh JINX, Nipple People, Barutana, to the nerves to temporarily stop pro- TUESDAY JULY 29 TH eas that remain intact, despite diets and 11pm Centre Summer Stage, Milentija SUNDAY AUGUST 24 Kalemegdan Fortress, 10pm duction of sweat in the underarms. Popovića 9, 11pm training. hh House Night, Freestyler boat on Sava Intra Lipotherapy is not a method Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections hh Chill Out, Hot Mess boat on Sava, hh Marko Gangbanger, Šlep boat on TH river, 11pm hh DJ Ike, Hot Mess boat on Sava river, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13 of weight loss, but eliminates localised have also been found effective for hands 11pm hh Pop/Rock 80s/90s, Angels, Pariska 1, Sava river, 11pm 11pm fat deposits, reduces body volume and and feet and are the treatment of choice hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm hh Belgrade Banging, Freestyler boat on hh Belgrade Beerfest: Blekbox, Love shapes the body. This treatment is ideal for marked hyperhidrosis. WEDNESDAY JULY 30TH 11pm Photo by Facebook Photo by Facebook hh DJ Mirko & DJ Meeks, Freestyler boat Sava river, 11pm Hunters, Parni Valjak, Ceelo Green, for patients who do not want to undergo The Botox does not take effect im- liposuction. mediately when the patient leaves the TH on Sava, 11pm hh RnB & House Night, River boat on Felix da Housecat, Ušće, 6pm hh DJ Ales, Hot Mess boat on Sava River, FRIDAY AUGUST 8 Hugh Laurie’s ‘smashing’ The most common areas that are suc- clinic. Research claims that 95 per cent hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, Sava river, 11pm cessfully treated with Intra Lipotherapy of the sweating decreases within the first 11pm THURSDAY AUGUST 14TH hh DJ Ognjen, Šlep boat on Sava river, 11pm are the stomach, the waist (“love han- 48 hours. However, it will take a full week hh Get Wet – Foam Party, Just Vanilla, TH time in Serbia 11pm hh New Sound, Sound boat on Sava, MONDAY AUGUST 25 dles”), the inner side of the thighs, knees, to reach its full effect. The results should Ada Ciganlija, 11pm amous British actor and musician Hugh Laurie held a con- hh Angels Night, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm 11pm hh Belgrade Beerfest: Strah od Džeki the upper parts of the back, upper arms last six to nine months. hh Disco, KST, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra cert at Belgrade’s Sava Centre on July 14th. His second visit this and double chins. hh Ike & Prema, Club 94 boat on Sava, hh Just Relax, Just Vanilla, Ada Ciganlija, Cena, Abba Real Tribute Band, Garavi The procedure takes only 15 minutes Intra Lipotherapy treatment involves 73, 10pm 11pm Sokak, Bajaga & Instruktori, Sharks, year, but his trip to Serbia didn’t go exactly as planned. On and is minimally painful. In most cases, 11pm injecting a natural fluid - a diluted natu- hh I Love RnB, Freestyler boat on Sava river, 11pm the night of his arrival, he published a message on his Twitter there are no side effects for patients, al- hh Sound Rock, Sound boat on Sava, hh Mess Around Monday, Hot Mess boat Snakes & Planes, Bad Copy, Beyonce F ral acid - into the localised fat of the body. hh House Party, Angels, Pariska 1, 11pm saying that after entering the country, he was forced to return to the though exercise is not encouraged for 11pm on Sava river, 11pm Tribute Band, Ušće, 6pm This acid is biological, exists in our bile, border to pick up his passport. “Border guard had kept my passport to and has the function of eliminating fat the first few hours. The patient may par- ST THURSDAY JULY 31 TH TH ticipate in any routine activity, such as SATURDAY AUGUST 9TH TUESDAY AUGUST 26 FRIDAY AUGUST 15 make a photocopy as a souvenir. Smashing!!” he wrote. that is ingested while eating. hh DJ Gru & DJ Playa, Just Vanilla, Ada FREE COPY In the body, it acts like a detergent, driving, work and walking. 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mote responsible drinking. The festival will be putting a focus on its “Don’t Drink and Drive” campaign this year to raise awareness about a problem that CeeLo takes the lives of many people every Viktor Troicki returns year, especially young adults.

Wednesday, August 13th BlekBox (Serbia) – 6.15pm Green to Love Hunters (Serbia) – 7.15pm to court after doping ban Parni Valjak (Croatia) – 8.30pm CeeLo Green (USA) – 10.30pm Felix Da Housecat (USA) – 11.50pm After a one-year ban for skipping make a Thursday, August 14th a drug test, Serbian tennis player Strah od Džeki Čena (Serbia) – 6pm ABBA Real Tribute Band (Serbia) – 6.30pm Viktor Troicki made his return to Garavi Sokak (Serbia) – 8pm Bajaga & Instruktori (Serbia) – 9pm tennis at the Swiss Open in Gstaad. splash at Sharks, Snakes & Planes (Serbia) – 10.45pm Bad Copy (Serbia) – 11.30pm BEYONCE tribute band (Serbia) – 1am n his first match after a full year He also had trouble finding a venue off the court, Troicki defeated for his comeback. As a former semi- Friday, August 15th Austrian Dominic Thiem 7-6, 6-4 finalist, Troicki hoped for a wild card Beer Fest (Serbia) – 6.30pm on July 21st. into the ATP event in Umag, but he was RockFelers RHCP Real tribute (Serbia) – 7pm Troicki was given his ban overlooked in favour of three Croatian The festival welcomes hundreds Sanja Ilić i Balkanika (Serbia) – 8.15pm forI delaying a mandatory blood test juniors. The focus at this of thousands of guests each year Plavi Orkestar (Bosnia-Herzegovina) – 9.30pm at Monte Carlo in April 2013 by a day, According to CNN, Troicki’s re- over five days. Not only are visitors Atheist Rap (Serbia) – 11.15pm saying that he felt ill. Despite having quest for a Gstaad wild card was also year’s festival treated with great musical acts, they Goblini (Serbia) – 12.45am a negative test a day later, he was rejected, with the tournament director can also try a large variety of foreign Darren Emerson (Serbia) – 2am banned for a year. saying the priority was to award it to of booze will be and domestic beers. No wonder it has After reaching a career high of 12th Swiss player. become one of the “can’t miss” events Saturday, August 16th in the world and helping Serbia win However, only hours before the CeeLo Green opens the Belgrade Beer Fest. on helping the of the summer. GodDamn (Serbia) – 6.15pm the Davis Cup in 2010, the 28-year-old draw, this changed and Troicki got the Best of all, entrance was always free. performers, however, are local and everyone who comes to throw away Faith No More tribute band (Serbia) – 7pm Troicki is now ranked at 842. chance to put his career back on track. victims of May That is, until this year. However, it’s still regional bands – big names such as their cups and cans can also donate Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša (Serbia) – 8pm “Honestly, it’s been a tough year. As The 28-year-old player still has a long very cheap and, according to the or- Orthodox Celts, S.A.R.S., Garavi Sokak, some money to flood victims. Hladno Pivo (Serbia) – 9pm time went on, I started preparing and way to go to return to where he was floods – and ganizers, the entrance fee is going to be YU Grupa, Bad Copy and many more. Festival organisers have also an- Prljavi inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi practicing and I was focused on my before, playing a series of Challenger charged only on day one. So, if you are Over the course of over a decade of nounced that all of the money from (Serbia) – 10.45pm comeback and new start — and looking tournaments, events he already went looking to catch CeeLo Green on the beer and music, the festival has always Beer Fest souvenirs sold during the Edo Maajka (Bosnia-Herzegovina) – 12am forward to it,” he told CNN. through at the start of his carrier. on drinking After one year’s ban, Troicki is back in the game. Photo by Mirsasha/Flickr opening night, you are going to have had a social angle, serving as a plat- festival will also be given to the govern- Orthodox Celts (Serbia) – 1.30am responsibly. to pay 300 dinars, which is less than form for raising awareness on issues ment fund for helping flood victims. Dejan Petrović Big Band (Serbia) – 3am €3. Considering that a CeeLo concert such as recycling and conservation. Also, if you are going to be hanging would normally cost €20 to €30, it’s still Naturally, the festival will be working out at the Ada Ciganlija beach over the Sunday, August 17th David GALIĆ a great deal. this year to raise awareness and collect next couple of weeks, the Beer Fest Night Train Blues Band (Serbia) – 6pm th Dick This year’s festival will be the 12 donations and help for the victims of team will have a stand set up at which Niagara (Serbia) – 6.25pm t might not be able to hold a consecutive one and will be held from the terrible floods that devastated Ser- you can receive a free beer simply by Di Luna Blues Band (Serbia) – 7pm candle to Oktoberfest, but when August 13th to 17th at the Ušće Park. bia in May. The festival will continue to showing up and recycling a beer can of Bilja Krstić & Bistrik Orchestra (Serbia) – 8pm it comes to festivals in Southeast As far as foreign performers are con- work on promoting recycling in Serbia your own. Van Gogh (Serbia) – 9pm Advocaat to Europe, the Beer Fest is without cerned, famed DJ Felix Da Housecat with its “I Choose to Recycle” cam- Along with recycling and helping YU Grupa (Serbia) – 11pm doubt the biggest beer-soaked and Darren Emerson are set to perform paign. This year it will be changed to “I flood victims, the Beer Fest team will Darkwood Dub (Serbia) – 12.15am Iparty to be found in the region. as well. The majority of the list of Choose to Recycle and Donate,” so that work hard once again this year to pro- S.A.R.S. (Serbia) – 1.30am coach Serbian 45th annual Gitarijada Brass bands gather football team keeps rock alive for Guča Festival Dutchman Dick erbia might not be the he Guča Brass Band Advocaat will greatest place for rock Festival is one of music, but the Gitarijada Serbia’s most popular Festival in Zaječar has and thriving national take over as been keeping the rock brands. It’s basically spirit alive for the past the ethno-tourism Serbia’s national 45 years. The festival at- equivalent of the Exit Stracted tens of thousands of fans in its Festival,T with a small-town atmos- coach to lead the 1980s heyday but although audiences phere steeped in good food, cheap have seriously decreased in recently, alcohol and round-the-clock parties the festival treks on. There are no big with traditional brass bands from team’s attempts foreign names in this year’s line-up, but around the region and the world some of the ex-Yugoslav old-school performing, as well as many popular to qualify for the rock elite such as Partibrejkers and Serbian folk singers. Guča runs from Duško Tošić might join Britain’s Southampton FC. Riblja Čorba will be in attendance. Just August 6th to 10th; admission is free, Photo by Dirk A./Wikimedia 2016 European like every year, the festival, which runs while accommodation, food and from July 30th to August 2nd, will also drink are not too expensive, which is feature a competition for young bands why the event has become a major Championship. who have yet to record an album. Photo by Exit Festival/Flickr tourist attraction. Photo by MK- visual/Flickr Southampton and

fter a month of negotia- Arsenal target Serb players Dick Advocaat. tions, the Serbian Football Association announced Advocaat has coached the national ritish newspaper The bosses for Serbia. on July 22nd that Advocaat teams of South Korea, Belgium, Nether- While Daily Mail has reported New Southampton boss Ronald Koe- will be in charge of Serbia lands, United Arab Emirates and Russia, that Premier League team man is optimistic that the club will be forA the next two years, starting in August. as well as a number of clubs, most Southampton are Southampton plan to target able to sign Tošić in the next few days. He is set to coach the national team notably Zenit St. Petersburg, with whom LoveFest brings top DJs to looking at Serbian Serbian international Duško Meanwhile, Manchester City defender until the end of the 2016 European he won the 2008 UEFA Cup and UEFA Vranjačka Banja BTošić as the man to fill the left-back spot Matija Nastasić and Arsenal captain Thomas Championships in France. Super Cup. Held in the quiet resort town of left-back Duško previously occupied by Luke Shaw fol- Vermaelen may swap teams this summer. “The FSS showed a lot of initiative in He won the Dutch league with PSV Vranjačka Banja, LoveFest will feature lowing his move to Manchester United. Arsenal is mulling the idea of signing the talks and I agreed to take over. Serbia Eindhoven in 1997 and the domestic three days of electronic dance music Tošić, Arsenal Tošić, who currently plays for Turkish a deal with Nastasić, who could cost has a very good team and the focus will treble in Scotland with Rangers in 1999 as on three different stages from August Serbian rock band Gospel family Summer nights with movie classics Nouvelle Vague club Genclerbirligi, has had brief spells around €20 million, If Vermaelen leaves be on qualifying for Euro 2016,” Advocaat well as the 2007 Russian Premier League 7th to 9th. The festival will feature a plays in Kalemegdan get-together in Belgrade During the summer, the Yugoslav Film Update Post-Punk Nostalgia are considering with both Queen’s Park Rangers and Ports- for Manchester. The Belgium interna- said. with Zenit St. Petersburg, but the last six serious line-up of foreign DJs such as Goribor, a Serbian alternative rock band The Heritage Singers are a gospel group Archive will be screening a series of mouth in the UK, and was named in the tional has less than 12 months on his Tomislav Karadžić, the president of years of his career have been barren. Eric Prydz, Jeff Mills, James Zabiela and from the town of Bor, will perform on made up of a father, a mother and their classic movies, including ‘The Postman French easy-listening covers outfit Nou- whether to bring Turkish league’s all-star team last season. existing deal meaning he can leave on a Serbian Football Association, said that He will be the second foreigner to Mark Knight. There will three stages – August 1st at Barutana in Kalemegdan two sons, augmented by other mem- Always Rings Twice’ (August 7th), ‘Sugar- velle Vague will perform at Barutana The 29-year-old has played for eight free transfer next summer. the contract with Advocaat could be coach Serbia after the Spaniard Javier the Fire State, which will host techno Park, along with several guest musicians. bers. They gave been touring the world land Express’ (August 8th), ‘Videodrome’ in Kalemegdan Park on August 22. The in Manchester clubs in his 12-year career, and can play Arsenal scouts already showed interest renewed if the team qualifies. Clemente failed to qualify for Euro 2008. parties, the Energy stage, reserved for The band, who play an emotional blend for over 40 years and have recorded a (August 10th), ‘The Boys from Brazil’ (Au- band became famous for their original either at left-back or centre-back. With 12 in Nastasić during his time at Fiorentina, The 66-year old Dutchman will re- The last major competition for Serbia house music, and the Live State, which of trip-hop and bluesy rock, unusually staggering amount of albums – over 100. gust 11th), ‘North by Northwest’ (August arrangements of punk, post-punk and City defender caps for Serbia since 2006, he has been but City moved quickly to snap him up in place Ljubinko Drulović, who took over was the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, will feature live bands. Tickets for all became popular in other ex-Yugoslav The singing family will top the bill at the 13th), ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (August new wave hits and are widely popular an occasional player for the national 2012 as he developed a reputation as one from Siniša Mihajlović after Serbia failed when the head coach was Radomir three days are about €30. countries before their native Serbia. Sava Centar on August 16th from 7pm. 14th) and ‘Hair’ (August 15th). in Serbia. 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