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Page 5 Page 9 Page 10 9 7 7 1 8 2 0 8 3 3 0 0 0 Even when the Democrats longas continue to likely is This also are negotiations Drawn-out Surely the situation is urgent Many of us who have experi - We feel in-the-know because bia has shown us that (a.) no single no (a.) that us shown has bia party or coalition will ever gain the governa - form to required majority negotiations political (b.) and ment, will never be quickly concluded. achieved their surprising result at last month’s general election, quickly it became clear that the - re sult was actually more-or-less the result election other every as same in Serbia, i.e. inconclusive. as Serbia’s politicians form new political parties every time disagree with they their current party - reg 342 currently are (there leader political parties in Serbia). istered the norm. One Ambassador Belgrade-based recently told me he was also alarmed by the distinct lack of urgency among politicians. Serbian “The country is standstill at and a I don’t understand their logic. If they are so eager to progress towards the EU and en - theycome how investors, courage go home at 5pm sharp and don’t work weekends?” overtime. little a warrant to enough Import EDITOR’S WORD Predictability Political By Mark R. Pullen elections Serbian numerous enced rate ourselves as pundits when it comes to predicting election - re sults and post-election moves. our experience of elections in Ser Serbia feels the heat flood - - - over Šešelj extradition leavesNEWS

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farmers “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: send the war 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. crimes suspect reeling back to The Hague is likely to prove Serbian agriculture page 10 insurmountable in fears it cannot the end. compete with the hile the football world watch - es events unfold at the Euro - Gordana ANDRIĆ

cut-price imported 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 ikola Selaković, the food products June 13, 2008 Issue No. 1 / Friday, Serbian justice min- ister, said the govern- flowing in from the ment has yet to dis- cuss whether to send European Union page 5 Vojislav Šešelj, leader Nof Serbian Radical Party and a war- and undercutting it. crimes suspect, back to the The Hague in response to its demand. “We still haven’t received anything Stevan VELJOVIĆ conomists are warning that pro - over Serbia’s uncertainty longed “This year has been lost, from the [from the International Criminal Tribu- 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 nal for the Former Yugoslavia]. When erbian milk and meat pro- E we receive the decision, we will decide ducers are up in arms, pro- how to act on it,” Selaković told report- testing that lower prices and ers on April 2nd. increased imports are wreck- Experts say that it is unlikely that the ing Serbia’s all-important Friday • June 13 2008 government will refuse to send Šešelj food production industry. back to the International Criminal Tri- SSeveral farming organisations in Vo- bunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, jvodina and western Serbia staged trac- as this would impede the EU candidate tor protests and caused roadblocks in THIS ISSUE OF country’s progress towards membership. mid-March, saying a flood of cheap im- Belgrade Insight IS SUPPORTED BY: IS SUPPORTED ports from the EU had made it impos- 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 sible for them to sell their own produce. 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. Continued on page 3 Šešelj repeatedly stated he has no intention of returning to The Hague. Photo by Darko Vojinović/AP T Farmers’ associations want the gov- ernment to intervene by purchasing COMMENT meat, milk and fattened pigs from do- mestic producers. They also want a ban on further im- ports of dairy, meat and livestock, as The philharmonic is well as amended regulations on the cir- culation of livestock and meat. “Only with these three measures combined do we a have a chance to sus- not afraid of controversy tain domestic production - otherwise it The orchestra’s latest campaign, featuring the spite of everyone and despite every- and reactivate those who feel they be- will collapse,” Zlatan Đurić, president of thing”, “Thank you for not coming” and long to this type of elite but who have the Union of Farmers of Sremska Mitro- symbolic leek, may have drawn a sharp reaction “Do we understand each other?”, the been excluded or who have excluded vica, told BIRN. - but it sees asking important questions about Philharmonic has announced the up- themselves from cultural and social life. The government has promised coming season under the slogan “Sim- The preliminary design of the visu- that the Directorate for Commodity society as part of its role. ply Not for Everyone”. als for the new season also includes the Reserves will purchase fattened pigs, Clearly, this is a reaction to the up- image of a leek. For those who are not which will be followed by buying up Jelena MILAŠINOVIĆ A distinctive image, as well as its crea- surge of populism in all segments of so- aware of the local, colloquial imagery, milk powder, in order to stabilise the tive and often provocative marketing, ciety as well as a message to the elite to the leek in Serbia is a symbol of preten- market temporarily by eliminating sur- hen any cultural in- have led to the orchestra being recog- re-examine its social function and role. sion. It carries references to unsophisti- plus quantities of milk. stitution transcends nised as a promoter of social change. In To the Belgrade Philharmonic, the cated, small-town behaviour by people The Agriculture Ministry also the boundaries of its this tone, the Philharmonic communi- word “elite” has nothing to do with who claim to deserve more merit than pledged to raise the plight of dairy core activity, as the cates with the public and strives to raise social status. The elite in this context they actually do. To the Belgrade Phil- farmers with the EU and try to agree Belgrade Philhar- questions that are important for society. includes anyone who thinks, analyses harmonic, the leek is the paradigm of with Brussels on measures to protect Wmonic Orchestra has done, it is bound For some time, this communication and scrutinises. The slogan aspires to the society we live in today. local producers. to cause controversy - which in this has been quite direct and even radi- animate and energise rather than ap- case was also the goal. cal. After earlier campaigns, such as “In peal to snobbery. It is meant to awaken Continued on page 6 Continued on page 7

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25 Serbs Continued from page 1 fighting in Middle PRESS REVIEW East wars INFORMER, April 2nd According to the data from Serbs promised CONTROVERSIAL CRIMINAL Serbia’s Information and LEAVES CUSTODY Serbia feels the heat Security Agency, BIA, there are around 25 Serbian Ljubiša Buha Čume, the former head citizens currently fighting in Serbia in brief of the Zemun gang, is to leave the truth about rd Syria and the wider Middle custody on April 3 and to spend a year East. Aleksandar Đorđević, under house arrest. Informer reports over Šešelj extradition BIA’s director, said that most that Čume made a secret deal with people from the region who the prosecution and pleaded guilty to fficials have slated him that Serbia are fighting there are from helicopter crash attacking his wife Ivana Tulović and the Hague Tribu- would appre- I will not defend Bosnia, while the number of the two policemen protecting her. In nal’s decision, first to ciate more Serbian fighters has declined exchange, Čume will remain under release the Radical military ex- since parliament adopted a myself from house arrest until April 2016. When his Party leader and then ercises with law banning the country’s domestic violence trial started last year, recall him to custody, the alliance. citizens from taking part in arrest but I the prosecution originally asked for sayingO it was intended to undermine NATO, the foreign wars. “We know how many people died there, we three years’ imprisonment. the government. Hague Tribu- However, political analysts believe nal and Russia are all highly emotional am not going know how many people went nd and how many people are still BLIC, April 2 that such remarks were just a show, topics in Serbia for different reasons. there,” Đorđević said on April SERBIA’S DEFENCE MINISTER aimed at scoring points with nationalist Most of the population sees Russia as voluntarily. They st 1 . He suggested however BUILDS A CHURCH voters opposed to the Tribunal. Serbia’s historic close ally while NATO that 25 people represented On March 30th, the court ordered and ICTY are highly unpopular. can only carry “an insignificant figure”. Defence Minister Svetislav Gašić Šešelj, who was temporarily released Vukašin Pavlović, a political sociol- started building a church on a hill First EU chapters for cancer treatment last November, to ogy professor with the Faculty of Po- me onto the close to his hometown of Kruševac a return for the verdict in his marathon litical Sciences, told BIRN that Vučić’s to open this year, few days ago, and the consecration is officials say supposed to take place on the fist day trial. comments about Šešelj were just a plane to The of Orthodox Easter, April 12th. Dragi Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić “show for the people. After a year and a half, the Veškovac from the Serbian Orthodox and other officials say they interpret “These messages were intended for Hague.” EU’s ‘screening’ of Serbia Church said that the Gašić family will the decision as punishment for Serbia’s the domestic audience to whom the has finished, and officials pay the workers, but the Church will failure to fall into line with EU policy on government is trying to present itself as hope the opening of the first own the building. Veškovac added Russia over the Ukraine crisis and for a victim of international pressure, but a chapters in the negotiations that Church has no right to decline maintaining friendly ties with Moscow. victim that is also strong and can resist will begin in the coming offers from potential investors, “be it They also say Serbia is being pun- everything,” Pavlović said. Vojislav Šešelj months. Jadranka Joksimović, a president, a minister or an ordinary ished for a speech Vučić delivered on Ivan Jovanović, former head of the the Serbian minister in charge citizen“. th th of EU integration, said that by March 24 on the 16 anniversary of OSCE’s department for war crimes and or- NATO bombing of Serbia, when he said ganised crime, said the Tribunal’s decision 2018 Serbia will have har- nd monised its legislation with KURIR, April 2 Serbia would never forget the 78-day had nothing to do with Serbian politics. and challenged Vučić’s government the EU’s, although “the pace PUTIN ALLEGEDLY COVETS air war or the victims of the “NATO ag- “The judges probably do not even to send him back by force, threaten- [of the negotiation] depends TITO’S SHIP gressors”. know the political situation in Serbia ing to stage street protests. mostly on our country”. Tanja Šešelj is on trial for crimes commit- well, nor are they interested in it,” he “I will not defend myself from arrest Miščević, the head of EU According to the Croatian newspaper ted in the wars of the 1990s in Bosnia said. “The decision was neither unusu- but I am not going voluntarily. They negotiating team, said that Večernji list, Russian President Vladimir and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. al nor surprising. It was legally found- can only carry me onto the plane to Serbia would do all it could to Putin is considering buying a ship He surrendered voluntarily to The ed,” he added. The Hague,” he told journalists on a ensure success. “No matter owned by former lifetime president of st what the political decision of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, and plans to Hague in 2003, and remained there un- “One of conditions of the [Hague visit to the town of Bor on March 31 . the member states, we will sail it around the Adriatic Sea. However til November 2014. Tribunal] Rules of Provisional Release The same day, Vučić said the au- do everything... in order to so far no Kremlin officials have The verdict in his case was sched- is that the defendant returns when thorities would not force Šešelj to change things here, at home, confirmed the story. Večernji list said uled for October 2013, but was post- asked to. Šešelj said several times that return to the UN-backed court after for all of us,” Miščević told the ship, called Galeb, is now anchored poned after one of the judges in the trial he would not return, which gave the it revoked his temporary release. “If media on March 31st. in the Croatian coastal city of Rijeka. was removed for alleged bias. prosecution grounds to ask for the de- you think someone will stage a raid An investment fund close to Putin, who The new judge is expected to take cision on his release to be cancelled,” in order to arrest him, it will not hap- Quarter of is an admirer of Tito, wants to repair it over by the end of June 2015. However, he explained. pen,” Vučić said. Serbs living on the and get it working again, Večernji list his need to familiarise himself with de- The appeals chamber at the Tribunal However, experts believe the Serbi- poverty line said. tails of the case has caused yet another also said that Šešelj’s statements since an authorities will send Šešelj back to delay in the trial. his return to Belgrade last November, The Hague in the end. “If The Hague According to the Serbian nd VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, April 2 in which he insisted that he would not released Šešelj and is now calling Statistical Office, around SERBIA TO GET $106 MILLION 26 per cent of Serbian ATTEMPT TO return to the UN-backed court for the him back, Serbia will have to do it,” citizens were living on the FROM FORMER EMBASSIES ‘SCARE’ SERBIA verdict, had “eroded the essential pre- Pavlović said. poverty line in 2014, while Experts say that it is certain that the Serbian government Photo by Darko Vojinović/AP conditions for provisional release”. Jovanović echoed this view and After more than three years, will send Seselj back to the ICTY, since it would not risk the poverty rate risk is 43.2 In a comment piece written for Politi- creating another issue on its path towards the EU. The merits of a further provisional said that if Belgrade hesitates, the EU per cent. At particular risk representatives of the former Yugoslav st Serbian army officials at the press conference on March 14th promised that the public will be informed on Photo by Beta ka newspaper on March 31 , Vučić said release could be discussed, but only could condition further progress in are people younger than republics are to meet again by June to the investigation regarding the causes of the helicopter crash. discuss the destiny of the remaining Šešelj was being used by unnamed op- after Šešelj was back in the Tribunal’s the accession process on Šešelj’s ar- 18, while those aged over ponents outside the country to “shake the box and wait for us to get scared,” The Prime Minister’s statement, detention unit, it added. rest. 65 are at the smallest risk. 51 pieces of ex-Yugoslav diplomatic The poverty line is defined sions. The second finished its 500-page real estate worldwide, which are worth up” his administration and undermine Vučić wrote. however, came just a day after Serbia “Serbia would hardly allow ten- Prosecution promises to reveal th in Serbia as a maximum report on March 30 and submitted it more than $110 million, Vecernje his ruling Serbian Progressive Party. “When we continue without fear to hosted a conference of Serbian state of- SERBIA HAS sions with the EU over Šešelj, espe- income of around 14,000 the prosecution a day later, also with- Novosti reports. So far 72 out of a total “When they do not like what Serbia is conduct sovereign policies, when I just ficials and representatives of NATO. LITTLE CHOICE cially in a political context where dinars (116 euros) per findings of secret defence ministry out informing the public and the fami- of 123 pieces of diplomatic real estate doing, the fact that it has its own stance, go out and say we will never forget one Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary Šešelj has few supporters - who could month. More than 16,000 lies of deceased of the findings. owned by the former Yugoslavia have that it won’t impose sanctions [on Rus- victim of the NATO bombing [in 1999], General, on the same day stated that When The Hague’s decision was stage smaller protests but are unlikely people aged 16 and over reports into helicopter crash disaster Military experts, the public and the been distributed among the various sia], that it wants to be a friend with eve- they put him back in the box and again NATO had excellent cooperation with delivered, Šešelj again said he had no to cause greater instability,” he con- took part in Statistical Office th media have raised a number of ques- countries, with Serbia receiving 30 of ryone – they release him [Šešelj] from wait for us to get scared,” he continued. Serbia and that Vučić had recently told intention of returning to The Hague cluded. survey conducted between on March 13 , in which seven people, tions about the accident, including why them, valued at $62.2 million. After the May and July 2014. the helicopter was allowed to fly in bad next round of distribution, expected including a sick baby, perished. weather. from June onwards, Serbia could get Patients another $40 million worth of property, They have asked why the crew was warned about the newspaper said. counterfeit erbia’s Prosecution Office Seven people, including four crew directed to land at Nikola Tesla Airport drugs has pledged to publish the members, two medical workers and a in Belgrade amid fog, instead of another BLIC, April 2nd findings on the army heli- five-day-old baby died when the heli- location. rd DRUG LORD’S ALLIES Pavle Zelić from the Medi- copter crash by April 3 , copter crashed near Belgrade’s Nikola Initially, the day after the crash, Pre- HUNT HIS PROSECUTOR cines and Medical Devices after two commissions set Tesla Airport around 10.30pm on drag Bandić, the commander of the Agency of Serbia told media up by the defence minis- March 13. 204th Aviation Brigade, told reporters nd The organised crime prosecution has on April 2 that there are Stry refused to do so. The Russian-made Mi-17 transport that an analysis of weather conditions launched an investigation after some counterfeit drugs on the After the commissions filed their helicopter was carrying the baby, had showed that the best conditions for websites published a photograph Serbian market and warned reports, the ministry said it could not which suffered from respiratory prob- landing were at Nikola Tesla. identifying prosecutor Saša Ivanić, people that chemists’ release the findings as the matter lay lems, to the capital for treatment after But Bratislav Gašić, Serbia’s defence shops are the only places to who is in charge in the case against legally purchase medicines. in jurisdiction of the prosecution ser- an ambulance taking the child to hospi- minister, said a day later that there was Darko Šarić, a drugs baron suspected “Serbia is a transit zone vice. tal was blocked by a landslide. no answer to why this airport was cho- of smuggling cocaine. The websites from the east to the west, Rodoljub Šabić, Serbia’s Commis- Early reports suggested that the air- sen as a landing destination. that published the photo are known which is why a number of sioner for Information, however, said craft crashed due to heavy fog, while “The landing spot is the choice of for supporting defendants in serious [illegal] medicines are on no legal obstacles prevented the minis- the defence ministry confirmed that flight control and the pilot himself. So criminal cases who are being the domestic market,“ Zelić try from presenting the reports and he the crew attempted to land twice be- far it is not clear why the pilot tried prosecuted by Ivanić. His photo was also published on the website said. He said that brick hopes the prosecution will answer all fore going off the radar and losing con- three times to land at Nikola Tesla air- Antidot, which has supported Šarić powder, rat poisons and wax remaining questions about the disaster tact with the control tower. port when he had different options and are used in the production and attacked the organised crime on March 13th. The defence ministry formed two alternatives,” Gašić said. of such drugs. Some of prosecution. the counterfeit medicines “If some information jeopardises cer- separate commissions to investigate The army also stated that the heli- include male potency drugs, tain interests, it can be left out, but not the crash. copter was in proper condition, and weight-loss drugs and some the whole report... that is damaging and The first finished its report on March that the crew members were among BIRN has not verified the reports for combatting cancer and counterproductive,” Šabić told N1 TV 18th and forwarded it to the prosecution the most the most experienced pilots in and cannot vouch for their ac- AIDS, he added. station March 31st. office, without publishing its conclu- the army. curacy. 4 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 5 BELGRADE BELGRADE Belgrade hosts Ties of wood become European premiere of Tesla film golden opportunity When he started his small business on a table at home, Nemanja Stojanović never imagined that making wooden bow ties would th Belgrade’s traditional marathon takes place on April 18 . 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t all started last January, when to town a 22-year-old medical student could not find a suitable tie for th his birthday party. The organisers of the 28 annual Belgrade “So, I sat down at the table and drew a perfect tie for my- Marathon believe that it is likely to attract a Iself. When my father saw it, he sug- gested we make a wooden one,” Ne- record number of participants. manja Stojanović recalls. Stojanović’s father, who used to Tesla was a renowned inventor and electrical and mechanical engineer. Photo by Wikimedia Commons thletes and enthusiastic “Belgrade and the Belgrade Marathon make decorative items Nemanja Stojanović plans on pursuing a career in wooden tie design. Photo courtesy of Nemanja Stojanović amateurs are gearing up for will be hosts to the marathon flame, which from wood, A 2014 ower to the People”, Magazine, which is organising the the annual city marathon is a symbol of peace, positive values and helped him so that the texture can be wrapped a documentary by Belgrade premiere, told media on scheduled for April 18th. friendship between the Greek and Ser- make his There are around. Then, I put on an elastic band th A documentary American director Jo- March 30 . According to the organisers, there is a bian people,” Belgrade Mayor Siniša Mali very first that matches a collar,” he says, explain- seph Sikorski, will be Tesla was born on July 10th in 1856 huge interest from both domestic and told a press conference on March 19th. wooden ing the process. “T th kids, girls, film about the screened on April 6 at Belgrade’s Sava in the then Austrian village of Smiljan, international runners in participating The Greek ambassador to Belgrade, tie. He still Purchasers of Stojanović’s artwork Centre as it begins its run in European and died on January 7th in 1943 in New in the competition. Constantine Economides, said that the helps a lot, come from all over the world, he notes Serbian-American cinemas. York. He was a renewed inventor, elec- “Seventeen days ahead of this year’s event would bring the two countries the young teenagers, proudly, not just from Serbia and the The two-hour-long documentary trical and mechanical engineer who is event, we had a record number of 3,500 closer. designer notes. region, but from France, Austria, Ger- inventor Nikola focuses on Tesla’s laboratory in Long best known for his contributions to the people who registered from 48 countries. “I am happy to be here and to witness Day after day, Stojanović found business many, Sweden and the US. Tesla sheds Island and his dream of sending free design of the modern alternating cur- Last year’s Marathon had a total of 3,650 the flame returning to Belgrade after so himself making more and more bow In the beginning, he recalls, there wireless energy from a mysterious tow- rent elecrticity supply system. contestants from 52 countries,” Dejan many years. I am sure that this event is ties, each one better than the last. people, even was a slight worry: “I asked myself – will light on his er called Wardenclyffe, and efforts by According to the organisers, director Nikolić, director of the Belgrade Mara- strengthening traditional friendships be- “After my father and friends urged people buy that?” his admirers to collect money to save Sikorski will attend the screening, as thon, told media on March 31st. tween Greece and Serbia,” Economides me to do so, I opened a page on Face- some moms It turned out that they would. Sales only surviving the lab for posterity. well as William Terbo, the closest living He added the organisers expect last said. book to publicise my pieces there,” he started with one of Belgrade’s best- “More than a century ago, Tesla relative of Tesla and a founding direc- year’s record to be surpassed. The Belgrade Marathon is the biggest says. known interior designers who ordered laboratory in dreamed of giving the world free tor of the Tesla Memorial Society. The marathon flame, which is simi- annual sporting event in Serbia in terms “I never dreamed that making and elderly several ties, which was a huge honour. wireless energy transfers from War- Tickets can be purchased at the lar to the Olympic torch but lit in the of participants. It includes a five-kilome- wooden bow ties would become a This resulted in dozens of satisfied cli- Long Island in denclyffe,” Nenad Stanković, editor- Sava Centre ticket office for 450 dinars Greek town of Marathon, will arrive from tre-long fun run and a half-marathon as business from which I could earn my ladies buy my ents, new contacts and more orders. in-chief of the Canada-based Tesla (around €3.7). Greece three days ahead of the event. well as the full marathon. living – pay tuition fees and afford all “As when anything completely new the US. sorts of things I couldn’t before,” he ties.” appears, in the beginning people have observes. their doubts. Is it worth spending mon- It might seem like an easy job ey on it, if it has not a proven quality?” to some, but making wooden bow Stojanović says. Find your copy of Belgrade Insight here: ties is anything but. The simpler Nemanja Stojanović In the course of a year, his wooden ORDER DELIVERY TO models do not take much time but bow ties have indeed proven their YOUR DOOR more complex ones need a couple quality. He has many clients now, of all SUPERMARKET CONCEPT STORE KOLARAC HOTEL VOZAREV RESTAURANT ZAVIČAJ +381 11 4030 303 of hours each before they are ready. CLIENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE ages, sexes and occupations. One of the young designer’s wooden ties. 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You brand-new collection is just about to hit Bulevar Oslobodjenja 221, Tel: 011 2462 343 Address: Kolarčeva 7 www.restorankovac.com a hobby.” make holes in the middle, up and down, the scene. 6 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 7 BELGRADE BUSINESS

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Supernatural Festival will be held on April 26th at Belgrade’s Ada Huja Park Import flood leaves and lasts all day – from noon The philharmonic is until 8pm. The 9th eco fest Perfect celebrates Earth Day and is a fusion of many activities Serbia’s farmers – it includes a variety of in brief Belgrade not afraid of controversy international and domestic Wellness environmental organizations, authentic and organic food his graphically potent reeling producers, and brings popular symbol has been chosen musicians. This year, there because it arouses a reac- will be Serbia’s favourite tion: for some it will be Service bands: Zemlja Gruva, Ničim disconcerting, for others it willT just he funny. Every individual will Izazvan and Artan Lili. Tickets cost 600 dinars (around €5), have stop to think about their attitude Whether you came on business or for but the festival programme towards the symbol. until 2pm is free of charge for Acceptance of the fact that a system private reasons, don’t forget that you’re everyone. of values is missing has become a com- monplace; the tabloidization of the me- in the fastest-living city in the region – Belgrade-Moscow dia and of society as a whole is univer- relaxation is of the utmost importance. agreement expected sally accepted, and no action is taken to in June redress this. The Philharmonic regards individuals as equally responsible for According to Belgrade their choices, despite the widespread arin Milosavljevicć, marketing Mayor Siniša Mali, Belgrade supply of general kitsch. By turning manager of the WellnessLand and Moscow will sign an passive, an individual only becomes Center and SkyWellness Club agreement to cooperate part of the current collectivism in the will tell you a little more about in the fields of culture, negative sense. reasons why those are decidedly education, health, civil On the other hand, the concept of Mthe places which offer absolute maximum when engineering and new technologies. “Our aim is to an elite in society is highly question- it comes to spa services, saunas, massage and fit- foster cooperation between able and, unfortunately, has taken on ness activities in Belgrade. the two cities, taking into a pejorative edge. The elite should not account strong and traditional only establish certain values but bear links between Serbia and responsibility for the simple reason About autumn refreshments: Russia,” Mali told the media of being the elite. The responsibility For a whole decade in WellnessLand, and more than five years in Sky- st on March 31 . Students’ Wellness, we’re in love with a healthy life. During those years we learnt that exchanges between the the essence of a good service shouldn’t be changed, but that occasional two cities is also of high refreshments are always a good thing. With that in mind, this season we in- importance, the Mayor added. The agreement is scheduled troduce new working hours – for the early birds, we’re open from 6:30 AM, to be signed in Moscow in which has garnered great approval from all our members, but also from Snežana Bogosavljević Bošković, the Agriculture Minister, stated that Serbia will discuss how to limit Photo by Beta our intermittent clients. Also, because of many guests from abroad, who June. the import of milk and meat products from the EU with the European Commission. spend several continual days or weeks in Belgrade on account of business, Old Palace we devised a new kind of monthly fee, as well as a day pass. That way, we opens for visitors his would either mean a ban not make use are more available than ever, and our service is still as exclusive as ever. on imports of meat or milk of the six-year Serbia must deal Beginning in April, the City from the EU, or that EU ex- transitional About a unique concept of WellnessLand Center: of Belgrade will finally open porters would have to pay period to with the problem, Conceptually, WellnessLand is very close to Western clubs with exclu- the doors of the Old Palace to a fee when placing products support local sive membership. Our members appreciate their own privacy, as well as visitors, with tours organized and only way respecting the privacy of other people. Whether you’re here because of every Saturday at 10am on the Serbian market. farmers and THowever, experts fear state intervention enable them to do that is to exercise, spa zone, pool, body treatment or some combination of the of- and 12pm in English and in Serbian. The Old Palace can only provide short relief to Serbian to cope with European competition. fered services, alone or in company, time spent in WellnessLand will relax you and prepare you for your various business and private challenges. Our served as a royal residence The new slogan received heavy criticism in the public. With its slogan and controversial campaign, the orchestra has placed the focus on social hypocrisy, Milašinović claims. farmers. They believe imports from the EU The danger for Serbian farmers comes place local meat, of the Obrenović dynasty. The will increase and that the state must start to not only from the EU but also from the re- permanent members come mostly by way of reccomendation, and we ob- tour includes the Palace Hall, support local producers over the long term gion, however, especially from neighbour- milk and meat viously have more than a good reputation among foreign guests of our city, Red and Yellow Saloons, the for non-participation in the social pro- come recognised and appreciated defiance and spite. The reason for make contributions to society and to in order to tackle the problem. ing Bosnia and Herzegovina, he noted. products on because they keep coming back every time they return to Belgrade. auditorium, balconies, and a cesses rests largely upon its shoulders, much later than when they were this can be found in the absence scrutinise and point out so-called so- Official data shows that around 330,000 Since Croatia joined the EU in 2013, Bos- restaurant where guest will as well. The elite must also accept communicated. of associated positive examples to cial anomalies. It is important to stress fattened pigs were imported last year, com- nian milk producers – shut out of Croatia About the excellent changes in the society and be ready to the shelves of have a chance to sample one The current message has caused serve as the model for a different pat- that the messages communicated in a pared to 118,000 pigs in 2013. -have increasingly redirected exports of atmosphere in SkyWellness Club: change itself. of the specialties. Tickets turbulent reactions in the public tern of thinking and acting. radical tone are in fact very clear and The data of the Serbian Chamber of Com- milk to Serbia. In SkyWellness Club, we have a luxury of the best view in town. If you for children cost 350 dinars Raising this issue, the Belgrade Russian markets.” direct criticisms of certain phenom- merce from October and November last The number of livestock in Serbia is have ever heard those incredible stories about a night life on Belgrade’s riv- (€2.9) and 550 dinars (€4.5) Philharmonic started a column in ena in modern society. They define the year show that imports of trappista cheese, dropping fast under the pressure of Eu- ers, the early-morning or day exercise with a perfect view on those same for adults. Nedeljnik magazine about the elite in Belgrade Philharmonic as a socially for example, tripled from 15 to 45 tons com- ropean farmers. In the meat market, the rivers will render you speechless! SkyWellness Club is young and full of society, its function and responsibili- Social scrutiny is at the founda- responsible institution whose actions Nenad Budimović, Free parking ticket pared to the same period in 2013. situation started to complicate for local positive energy, and a favorite city spot when it comes to best quality exer- ties. The debate of various opinions transcend musical performances. Serbian Chamber of Commerce for one-year-old’s Slobodan Petrović, general manager producers in the last few months of 2014, cise. Sauna, various kinds of body treatments, and services of professional from a historical and sociological Social scrutiny is at the foundation parents tion of the most recent campaign, of Imlek, the biggest dairy firm in Serbia, when imports of fattened pigs and cold trainers are also available to our guests. standpoint is aimed exactly at awak- of the most recent campaign, while the warned on March 9th that increased im- fresh meat began to rise. ening an elite that should not keep entire concert season is structured so “Baby parking tickets” are while the entire concert season is ports from the EU were lowering the prices Zlatan Đurić told BIRN that apart from EXPORTS OR INCENTIVES About an incredible equipment: silent any longer. as to offer a range of choices for those now available for parents The Philharmonic’s new campaign is of dairy products in Serbia. “In the long 330,000 fattened pigs, Serbia last year On both locations, we offer our guests exclusively the equipment made of one-year-olds, and will who wish to make them. According another one that has aroused interest run, this will ruin domestic producers and imported large quantities of frozen meat, Nenad Budimović, president of the by renowned Italian manufacturer Technogym. We are aware that multi- let them leave their cars structured so as to offer a range to the titles of the concert series, the we will become dependent on imports,” which were later sold as fresh. “Meat of very Group for Agriculture in Serbian Chamber tasking and clever utilization of every single moment are essential to mod- free of charge for 30 hours and split the public. With its slogan and orchestra is opening its doors equally per year, according to an controversial campaign, the orchestra of choices for those who wish to to “Novices, Connoisseurs, Lovers, Ad- Petrović told Serbia’s Tanjug news agency. bad quality is being imported and used for of Commerce, said he was not surprised by ern living, and that’s the reason why you can, while excercising, check your announcement from the has placed the focus on social hypoc- venturers and Megalomaniacs” – to all He explained that the Ukraine crisis meat products,” he claimed. the reaction of food processing companies. email, talk via Skype, leave your status on social networking services, or Parking Service. Tickets are risy. The words “Simply Not for Eve- those who want something different, was amplifying imports of milk and milk “This is why we called for urgent amend- He believes the only long-term solution just watch an episode of your favorite sitcom. Design, functionality and valid for one year and can be ryone” are seen as insulting by some, make them. who love Classical music or wish to be- products from the EU because European ments to the regulations on the circula- for local meat and milk producers is to find high quality of Tecnogym equipment are unmatched. Technogym is our taken to the Parking Service while others feel that it captures the come its admirers. surpluses were no longer going to Russia tion and use of livestock and meat,” he ex- stable new export markets. He believes that first choice, because we do not compromise when it comes to the quality building at Starine Novaka 22 very essence of the issue. and drawn many comments on so- The Philharmonic Orchestra is, by The Belgrade Philharmonic sub- as a result of the sanctions dispute and plained. even if Serbia reaches some agreement of our services. Street everyday from 7am to The public does not always agree cial networks. The Belgrade Philhar- definition, a cultural institution of na- scribers are people from all spheres of were flowing into Serbia, where they fetch Đurić added that his association sought with the EU and activate measures to limit 9pm, and on Saturdays from with the messages communicated monic’s criticism of civil society was tional importance. It has been develop- our society and this fact should be ap- “dumping” prices. a ban on the imports of meat, livestock and the SAA’s consequences, levies cannot be a 7am to 2pm. To obtain a free by the Philharmonic, but recognises received with much disapproval and ing over the years, building on quality preciated and regarded as an asset. “This means that the price of cheese, for milk as well, as the prices of imported prod- permanent solution. ticket, one must bring an ID, and respects the frankness and in- controversy. Unfortunately, most and results, and proving itself in every Jelena Milašinović works as a PR example, is even lower than the price of raw ucts were significantly lower than those of “Levies could be only a temporary meas- a car license and a baby’s tegrity of the institution. It also hap- people are now more inclined to aspect of its work a credible and re- manager for the Belgrade Philharmon- milk needed to make this product,” he said. local producers, which is why food produc- ure because we signed the SAA and we can’t birth certificate. pens that some of the messages be- identify with the “leek” out of sheer sponsible institution. It feels obliged to ic Orchestra. ers had stopped buying their goods. ask the EU for protection every time a prob- FURTHER PRESSURE FROM EU Additional pressures on Serbian market lem occurs,” he said. are on the horizon following the EU deci- “Serbia must deal with the problem, and Serbia liberalised the imports of most sion to abolish quotas on production of raw only way to do that is to place local meat, agricultural and food products from the EU milk in EU countries as of January 1st. milk and meat products on the shelves of ou might have passed Čika Ljubina Street in downtown Belgrade hundreds of times without actually spotting the plaque from January 1st, 2014, under the provisions EU milk producers now can produce Russian markets,” he added. with the Cyrillic inscription. Almost invisible, it is dedicated to the very first Socialist-oriented newspaper in Serbia and the of the Stabilisation and Association Agree- as much as their capacities allow. Without Bugarin, on the other hand, advises Ser- Balkans, Radenik. It was launched on June 1st 1871 by Svetozar Marković, an influential Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher. It tried to avoid printing anything that would get it banned, but was soon accused by the royal establish- ment, SAA, which Serbia and the EU signed the possibility of entering Russia, their in- bia to ask the European Commission to let ment of propagating communism, “thus striking at the very foundations of the state: faith, morals and property”. In May 1872, in 2008. creased production could well reach Ser- it introduce safeguards on imports. He also theY government banned the paper for blasphemy and treason after it published an article in which Jesus Christ was described as a com- However, experts say that Serbia did too bia. urges Serbia to agree with local farmers and munist and a revolutionary. By that time, Marković had already fled the country after being warned that there was a warrant out for his little to prepare for the arrival of EU com- Experts say this will exert additional cattleman on the introduction of incentives arrest. The plaque reads: In this building, from June 1st 1871 until the end of April 1872, was the newsroom of Svetozar Marković’s Radenik, petitors. negative pressure on the Serbian market as for milk and meat production. “No incen- the first socialist newspaper in Serbia and the Balkans. Đorđe Bugarin, an expert for agriculture, the SAA withdrew the protective measures tives should be given for unscheduled pro- told BIRN that the Serbian authorities did that customs once gave local producers duction,” he told BIRN. Hidden Belgrade 8 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 9 REGION OUT AND ABOUT

US to help Albania set up its own FBI

After meeting US officials in Tirana, Albania’s Interior The ghost of Greater Minister announced on April 1st that the FBI would help set up a similar National Bureau of Investigations in Albania to help counter in brief Region Albania won’t go away organised crime and corruption. A more effective fight against organised crime and corruption is one of the top priorities set by the European Commission for Albania in order speed up its EU accession process. Albania is already an EU candidate country and hopes to open accession negotiations with Brussels later this year. Emirates scrap luxury resort plan in Montenegro

The UAE-based company Royal Group has pulled out of a €300 million project to build a luxury resort near Budva after failing to reach a deal on a long- term lease of a beach, the tourism ministry confirmed on April st1 . Although the government Ruins of the bombed Belgrade in 1941. Photo by Bundesarchiv, Bild 141-1005 / CC-BY-SA presented the project as a priority for the economy, the junior ruling party, the Social Democratic Party, demanded better conditions than those offered by investors. The Traces of Nazi occupation dispute over the beach caused sharp conflicts within the ruling coalition in recent months, including allegations of corruption. linger in Belgrade Romania detains son of ex-president of On the lower side of Studentski trg, in ing was destroyed during the bombing of to expand the pavement. However, the Moldova As Belgrade remembers the front of the University Faculty of Math- Belgrade in 1944. walls were so strong that they gave up ematic, stands a small monument that Some two minutes away, in the middle and left the pavement narrow. As Romania’s anti- anniversary of the Nazi invasion, marks the site of a notorious prison, of Terazije, five patriots and anti-fascist While most of the city’s wartime me- corruption crackdown known as Glavnjača. fighters were shot by the Gestapo and morials can be seen walking down the Between the world wars, Glavnjača hung from the lampposts in August 1941. streets, some lie deep underground, in continues, a Bucharest traces of the occupation are still st was the seat of the Belgrade police and They were to serve as a warning to others tunnels and caverns carved into soil un- court on April 1 placed Albania’s PM Rama and his Kosovo counterpart Mustafa during the joint session of their governments in Tirana. Photo by Hektor Pustina/AP the Special Court for State Protection, who might consider rebelling against the der Kalemegdan and Tašmajdan parks. Moldovan businessman visible - though many are hidden where trials of political prisoners, espe- German occupation. Some of them, such as Nazi stronghold Sergiu Lucinschi in duly shifted south, causing apoplexy cially Communists, took place. Between Today, a four-metre-high monument under Kalemgdan Fortress, may be seen custody for two months they can ride it. Still, nationalism is not over a couple of huts and not an impor- and off the beaten track. 1919 and 1929, some 30,000 political of black marble stands on the site. Erect- by taking the “Tour of Underground Bel- If Albanian in Athens. “Helped to save Koritza [sic],” after he was arrested going to go away, however much some tant market town. prisoners underwent investigations at ed in 1983, a plaque at the base used to grade”. Durham reflected later, laconically. on charges of blackmail wish it to. What he did recall about Gjakova Glavnjača. detail these terrible events, but it was The tunnels under Kalemegdan were and influence peddling. nationalism is The left and the civic activists may Good for her, one might think. Korce was that while discussing it with the first dug by Roman soldiers, but were lat- Sergiu Lucinschi, who treat it as a pathology or disease that was definitely mainly Albanian. Still, Austrian ambassador in his London of- Gordana ANDRIĆ er used and expanded by the Ottomans also holds Romanian still disturbing can and should be isolated, treated and the affair is a reminder of how casual fice, the Austrian accidentally knocked and the Austrians when they ruled the th citizenship, is the removed. But history - including the the London Conference diplomats over a vase of daffodils and soaked his n April 6 , Belgrade will city. The Germans used some of them. In th youngest son of Petru the Balkans, it recent history in the Balkans - suggests were in their approach to frontier ques- coat. Years later, the memory of the mark the 74 anniversary the park, steep staircases next to the main of the German bombing Lucinschi, the President nationalism is too integral to most peo- tions. Up north, Gjakova and Debar – Di- drenched ambassador was what most gate to the lower town take visitors deep of Moldova from 1997 to of the Yugoslav capital, is because the ple’s sense of self for it to just retreat in bra to Albanians – went to Serbia sim- stuck in his memory. inside the small hill where there are two 2001. He is suspected which marked the begin- identical bunkers with dormitories, stor- the face of condemnation. ply because Serbia wanted them and Durham, a deeply serious woman, of getting a Romanian ning of World War II in age compartments and an artillery post. historic errors In Albania’s case, nationalism of the because Russia supported Serbia. was shattered by the cynicism of such businessman to pay him Othe country and of a four-year-long oc- From here the German military attempt- It did not concern anyone in London “greater”, or irredentist, variety will proceedings – the way it was all treated cupation. ed to take down Allied aircraft. €4 million to withdraw a that Serbia had no serious ethnic or his- that brought it bubble away - whether or not the politi- as a game of chess. Convinced that a Some of the memorials erected to hon- Similar bunkers can also be seen un- criminal charge he filed toric claim to either town, or that their loss with the anti-corruption cians play with it - until Albania’s crazily lifetime’s work for Albania had gone our resistance fighters or pay respect to der Tašmajdan Park, where a network of department and to stop a into being have arranged borders are rendered redun- to waste, and that no state with such the victims of the occupation are listed tunnels was built around a Roman stone prosecutor’s investigation dant by the European integration of the Nationalism borders could survive, she returned in tourist brochures. But most, including pit. The Germans built an underground into the businessman. not yet been Balkans. The 1913 settlement left too to England a year later and refused to some with the most interesting and in- headquarters here and many believe the many Albanians outside the national return, except for one brief trip made spiring stories, are unnoticed. network of tunnels connected these bun- Bosnia beats fully addressed. state for Greater Albanian sentiment is not going reluctantly in 1921. The most remarkable traces of the kers to other German offices, including deadline to form new not to exist, in some form. “The hope I dreamed of was a dream/ April 1941 bombing are the ruins of the the Gestapo prison in Pašić Square. national library in Kosančićev venac. The governments Albanians are not the only victims in Was but a dream and now I wake,” she A similar network of underground pas- to go away, ruins that lie in the city centre, in one of Marcus TANNER Europe of nonsensical-looking borders wrote, copying out the gloomy lines of A monument marking the site of the Glavnjača prison. A four-metre-high monument marks the site where five anti-fascist fighters were shot. sages lies on the other side of the Sava the few streets still paved with old cob- and Danube, under the Bežanijska kosa After six months of political but usually there is some kind of logic a poem by Christina Rossetti. She was however blestones, are basically unmarked. About However, during the war and in the During the war, the prison was run by stolen in the 1990s and has yet to be re- neighbourhood. wrangling that took the he joint session of the to them, based either on history or ge- angry but not that surprised when Italy 300,000 books, including priceless medi- years that followed, this street was a fear- country to the edge of the Serbian police who cooperated with the placed. While many of these passages Albanian and Kosovo ography. The Croatia-Herzegovina bor- swallowed up Albania 18 years later. eval works, were torched. ful place. th abyss following general Germans. The place did not then serve A little further from the city centre, date back to the 18 century Austrian governments in Tirana der has no ethnic logic to it, for exam- much some It is too late now to rewind the clock During archeological excavations in The building that still stands at Obilićev as a prison as such, but was used for the near the banks of the Sava and the train rule, those running under Milutina elections last October, has generated a predict- ple, but it does at least have the weight and change the Balkan frontiers. Grant- the Seventies, diggers stumbled on the Venac No 4 was a notorious jail for politi- Bosnia and Herzegovina interrogation and torture of detainees. station, lie two concrete shelters that the Milankovica and Tosin bunar streets able firestorm over the of history on its side. wish it to. ing independence to Kosovo has remains of thousands of burned books. cal prisoners. It functioned as the head- Some testimonies claim that the prison Germans built in 1942 for protection in were constructed just before World War finally formed a new state- pan-Albanian remarks Albania’s borders have neither history, healed some of the wounds created in Although they were badly damaged, quarters of the special police prior to contained a special room known as “the case the railway was bombed. II. level and Federation entity made by some of the participants. nor geography nor ethnicity to support 1913. If the border between Kosovo and the most valuable rescued documents World War II, when the most of the in- chimney”, where inmates were burned Local historians believe there were They served as a secret command cen- T th governments on March Once again the spectre of Greater them. They are just “there”, the eternal Albania lives on, it now separates two include pages from a 16 -century book mates were Communists. before an open fire in order to extract four such bunkers in the city. However, tre for the air force of what was then the 31st. Leaders of Bosnia’s Albania is stalking the Balkans, Serbia legacy of the after-dinner deliberations of Albanian-speaking countries. and 200 pages of other books written be- During the war, the Gestapo moved in confessions. only two survived the bombing of Bel- Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From there, the ruling parties also averted tween the 12th and 16th centuries. in particular. Belgrade “won’t sit quietly far-away diplomats meeting in London, to Albania would be the economic ruin of Still, the damage done in 1913 is not and thousands of anti-Nazis were tortured Not far from the parliament, on the cor- grade in 1944. air force high command defended the financial disaster by In 1977, all the documents that were and killed in the attic. After the war, the while Greater Albania is created,” the most of whom couldn’t have cared less. much of northern Albania, severing the completely repaired, and will not be, ner of Nikola Pašić Square, a small plaque While few people now know what it city during the Nazi bombing of Belgrade approving Federation entity countryside from the markets it served. saved from the ashes were handed over building was used by the OZNA and later hidden behind a shop window serves as represents, one bunker can easily be spot- in April 1941. The Yugoslav Army also budget for 2015. Although Serbian Justice Minister growls. Researching a book on the English Bal- until the whole region is more fully inte- What shook me most about the ar- to the National Library, which is now lo- the UDBA, the secret police established a reminder that on that spot, during the ted in Savska street, just across from the built an underground railway that used Bosniak, Croatian and The Serbs are not alone in their com- kan explorer Edith Durham a while back grated into Europe - at which point such cated in Vračar neighbourhood. by the new Communist government. Tor- rangement of Albania’s frontiers was a occupation of Belgrade, another Gestapo Palace of Justice. The walls, three metres some of these tunnels. Serbian parties agreed to a plaints. Some in Albania criticise their brought home to me just how frivolous, borders, hopefully, will become semi- Following the bombing, the German ture resumed in the attic. A small plaque is page in the memoirs of British Foreign prison stood there. thick, could protect up to 50 soldiers in- Belgrade was liberated from German ruling coalition at the state own politicians for, as they see it, sum- as well as damaging, this settlement was. redundant. Then, not before, the ghost military occupied Belgrade and estab- now displayed on the front wall. It is hard even to notice this place, as side. After the war, railway workers used occupation in October 1944. Although it Minister, Edward Grey, who described level and in the Federation moning up the ghost of Greater Albania Durham herself managed to change of Greater Albania will be laid to rest. lished their rule over Yugoslavia. Many Prisons run by the Germans and Ser- the mannequins in the window of a shop the banker as a warehouse and erected a is hard to verify these claims, some claim this disastrous development for Alba- entity in December, they for their own murky purposes. the southern border of Albania by firing buildings around the city were trans- bian collaborators with the Nazis were that sells women’s clothes hide the plate. building with offices on top. that traces of bullets and shrapnel still needed three more months Of course, politicians need to be off a well-aimed telegram to the Lon- nia in semi-comic terms. Marcus Tanner is an editor of BIRN’s web- ferred into Nazi offices or prisons. scattered all around the city. While all of However, during the war, countless resist- According to the daily Večernje Novo- mark buildings around the city. Some to work out the share wary in handling such a combustible don Conference in which she demand- Grey clearly barely knew where ei- site Balkan Insight and the author of “Alba- Not far from the library ruins, some ten them are marked, even most Belgraders ance fighters and ordinary people were sti, seven years ago, during the refurbish- say the damage above the entrance to of key posts at different thing as nationalism – a proverbial tiger ed that the town of Korce go to Albania ther place was and wrongly called Gja- nia’s Mountain Queen, Edith Durham and minutes’ walk away, lies Obilićev venac, a are unaware of what once stood on these tortured and met their deaths in the cells ment of Savska street, construction work- the Aleksandar Nevski church in Cara levels. that so often devours those who think rather than Greece. The border was kova “a village”, as if the struggle was the Balkans” [Tauris]. street that today is packed with cafés. sites. that once stood below. The original build- ers tried to cut off part of the bunker’s wall Dušana Street dates back to these times. 10 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 11 ARTS HEALTH AND FAMILY

Museum recreates Opera, Ballet vintage Yugoslav and Classical cuisine Knights get Tango fever strikes FRIDAY APRIL 3rd The Delicatessen Monday events have become a staple Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra ready to party at at KC Grad, featuring groups with Mikhail Yurowski, conductor, of people preparing various Arts in brief Belgrade once again Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment, Studentski different types of food for the Trg 5, 8pm public. On April 6th, officials Kalemegdan SATURDAY APRIL 4th from the Museum of Yugoslav Argentina’s most History will be taking over to Aratos Trio, The National Library of create meals that will remind famous export Serbia, Skerlićeva 1, 6pm The annual kids’ festival, which older people of the food that th th was served in student and is about to hit SUNDAY APRIL 5th takes place on April 4 and 5 , aims workplace cafeterias in the Serbia again - former Yugoslavia. Music from Dušan Trifunović guitar orchestra, to take visitors back in time to the the era will soundtrack the with five days Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment, Studentski meals. Trg 5, 11am days of medieval chivalry. of marathons, th Nikola Tesla airport TUESDAY APRIL 7 hosts art replicas milongas and Ballet: Giselle, The National Theatre, Francuska 1, 7:30pm An art exhibit opened at Bel- parties graced by grade’s Nikola Tesla Airport on THURSDAY APRIL 9th March 27th, showcasing repli- the presence of cas of some of the most famed RTS Symphonic Orchestra and Choir, works from the Belgrade tango stars from Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment, Studentski National Museum. The exhibi- Trg 5, 8pm tion showcases the works of around the globe. WEDNESDAY APRIL 15th not only Serbian artists like Đura Jakšić, Nadežda Petrović, Opera: The Love Potion, The National and Peđa Milosavljević, but David GALIĆ Theatre, Francuska 1, 7:30pm also paintings by Picasso and The Kilometar kose campaign has gained much interest in the recent months. Photo by Mainstream/Flickr others. It will be open until May fter the success of the THURSDAY APRIL 16th rd 23 . Belgrade Tango En- Srđan Asanović – vocals, Jasmina cuentro over the last Film fest focuses on Janković, piano, Ilija M. Kolarac two years, this year’s Endowment, Studentski Trg 5, 6pm outdoor sports festival dedicated to this much-loved Ar- Campaigners The BritRock Fest takes place gentine style of dance will be even big- rd A Exhibitions on April 3 at Dom Omladine, offering a sample of some of ger and better. and Events the best movies related to out- The Belgrade Tango Fest has become collect hair for children one of the largest and most popular fes- door sports, particularly from FRIDAY APRIL 3rd the scene in Britain. The event tivals of its kind in Europe, with more starts at 8pm and it costs less than 400 foreigners participating in the Exhibition: Mirjana Đošić, Gallery of the both the fourth and fifth festivals. Academy of Fine Arts, Rajićeva 10, 7pm with cancer than €2 to get in. This year’s event will offer much of the same, but with even more foreign Exhibition: Nikola Mihajlović, Zavod, goal – to collect hair to make wigs for chil- ple who approach us personally and in Mexican artist Photo courtesy of Belgrade Tango Encuentro Kraljevića Marka 1, 9pm holds audio-visual guests and marathon dancing. The fes- Almost two dren who have lost their hair during can- that way apply for a wig,” they said. th th exhibition tival, running from April 15 -20 , will tival is a great place to start. Workshops Rubia and Osky. Joining them will be MONDAY APRIL 6th cer treatment. The organisers’ Facebook group has again offer not only parties and danc- will be held by some of the biggest four from Italy, Bogado Mauro Berardi, months after The initiators of the campaign, Marko more than 18,000 ‘likes’, but they say A new exhibition at the 12 Hub ing events but also lectures and work- names in tango throughout the festival, Michele, Massimo Maugeri, and Berra Monday Delicatessen: Yugoslav Mak Pantelić and Tamara Kojić, both that the majority of the people who have Gallery entitled “The Grid”, shops. And, as the number of foreigners with sessions for both beginners and SuperSabino Tango Groove Master. History Museum, Grad Cultural it started, a young dramatists, said they came up donated their hair wanted to stay anony- Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 7pm featuring the work of Mexican coming to watch the festival grows, so more advanced dancers. The DJs’ line-up will be rounded out by humanitarian with the unusual idea because they had mous. artist Rodrigo Guzman Cazares, does the number of international par- The milongas in particular are spe- two of Serbia’s top tango DJs, Pepe and TUESDAY APRIL 7th always wanted to do something to help One woman wrote to them anony- opened on March 30th. Guzman ticipants in the programme. cial, because they give tango enthusi- Dark-Oh, and another two from Russia campaign aimed young cancer sufferers. mously to say: “I started chemo [thera- Cazares creates audio-visual Tango instructors, dancers and cho- asts an opportunity to interact with and and Sweden, Semeon and Mikael. Academic Film Center Yearly “At that point, both of us had long py] so I will have to get my hair cut, and performances and interactive reographers from over 40 countries watch some of the best tango dancers Internationally recognized tango Showcase, Studentski Grad Cultural at making wigs hair and the same attitude, which is I want to help others… My heart is full installations in a style that will be joining the festival this year. in the world. Every year at the Belgrade dancers who will be holding workshops Centre, Bulevar Zorana Đinđića 179, that there is no perfect moment for now. Knowing that I helped someone 6pm fuses street art and digital Once again the festival will host tango Tango Fest, these dance parties are at- include four spectacular couples, Hora- for cancer- starting this initiative. So we realised made it easier for me to overcome my aesthetics. The exhibition will The Knight’s Fest takes place at the Kalemegdan. Photo by Beta marathons. Essentially, these are places tended by hundreds of tango enthusi- cio Godoy and Cecilia Berra, Fernando th that it was best to start as soon as pos- hair loss.” be open until April 10th. WEDNESDAY APRIL 8 where you can go and dance the tango asts who take to the dance floor, joined Sanchez and Ariadna Naveira, Sebas- stricken children sible,” Pantelić and Kojić explained in According to statistics, a child contracts 24 hours a day for the duration of the by professional tango dancers. tian Jimenez and Maria Ines Bogado, Exhibition: Belgrade, The City I Want, an email. cancer every day in Serbia, while around he Knights Fest, which is tions, concerts and theatre plays, all of Spanish pianist gives festival. All the participating venues will be and Ivan Terrazas and Sara Grdan. by Belgrade Polytechnic Academy, has attracted Donors so far have included people one child dies every week. Every year, aimed at parents as well as them featuring knights and their role in classical recital Studentski Grad Cultural Centre, As was the case last year, there will decorated in typical tango club fashion. If you feel inspired to become a tango who have given at least 15 centimetres of 300 to 350 children die of cancer, around children, has been running ancient times. Bulevar Zorana Đinđića 179, 6pm increasing Madrid-based concert be milongas, which are tango dance Besides dance parties, there will also DJ instead of a dancer, there will be a their hair and salons across Serbia which two per cent of those suffering from the since 2004, organized by The organizers are also promising pianist Cristina Cavalli will be parties, and after-parties, for five days be a plenty of workshops, lectures on DJing workshop held by Konrad Krynski. TUESDAY APRIL 14th support. have given free haircuts and then sent disease. the Royal Order of Knights Serbian culinary specialties, displays th straight at four different locations: the the history of tango, and exhibitions re- All workshops will cost €20 each. If the hair to people who produce wigs. The Pantelić and Kojić said their initiative Tat Belgrade’s Kalemegdan Fortress. of ancient crafts and sports competi- performing on April 6 at the Student Cultural Centre, Mikser House, lated to tango culture and fashion over you are looking to dance all week, two Exhibition: Đeljoš Đokaj, Haos organisers find the children in need with will continue at least until February 15th Under the motto “Klinci i klinceze, tions. Visitors will have a chance to Cultural Centre of Belgrade. Gallery, Dositejeva 3, 8pm Her repertoire will include Teatar 78 and the Centre for the Devel- the five days. different milonga package are on offer, ilometar Kose (A Kilometre the help of the National Association of 2016. postanite prinčevi i princeze,” (“Kids, see armour, shields and various other opment of Argentine Tango. The list of international DJs and one including all the milongas for €55, of Hair) was launched on Parents of Cancer-Suffering Children. “However, we would like to start mak- become princes and princesses”), this knight-like paraphernalia. pieces by Liszt, Rachmaninoff, THURSDAY APRIL 16th J.S. Bach, Ginastera, Scarlatti If you are not that experienced at tan- famed dancers at the festival is exten- or another that includes all the after- February 15th, on the Inter- “There are many different cases of the ing wigs for adults who need them as year’s festival will be a multimedia The musical events will include and Devastato. go dancing and would like to improve sive. Two DJs are coming from Argen- parties as well, for €75. Tickets for indi- Exhibition: Beo Shik, Grad Cultural national Day of Children disease, and many different treatments well. There will always be a need for this spectacle, featuring exhibitions, per- groups such as Legends, Madam Piano, your knowledge and technique, the fes- tina, the birthplace of the tango, La vidual milongas range from five to €25. Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 8pm Kwith Cancer, and has one that cause hair loss. There are lots of peo- sort of help,” they explained. formances, workshops, film projec- Aca Seltik and children’s choirs.

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CLUBBING Pakistani Day celebrated AND LIVE MUSIC in Belgrade

akistan Resolution FRIDAY APRIL 3rd • Plastic Revival, Plastic, Takovska • Disco House, Mr Stefan Braun, SUNDAY APRIL 12th • Her Golden Whip, Grad Cultural Day was marked 36, 11pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 9pm on March 30th • Sixpack, Božidarac, Radoslava Grujića • Ladies Night/Brit’n’Bass, KST, • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, • RnB Night, Klub Cinema, Gračanička • Black Duo Bend, Witch Bar, with a reception 3, 8pm Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm Skadarska 23, 9pm 18, 10pm Kumanovska 14-16, 10pm P at the Crown Plaza Hotel. • Silva Nigra, Barshasketh, Propast, • Inspiracija bend, Klub Cinema, • Deep House, Mr Stefan Braun, • John The Conqueror, Grad Cultural • Ninties Night, Mr Stefan Braun, Mirza Salman Babar Beg, Vergel, Lavirint, Cara Dušana 13, 9pm Gračanička 18, 10pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 9pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm the Deputy Head of the Mis- • Pascal Feos, The Tube, Simina 21, • Live bend, Klub Kodeks, Triše • Libertas, Kafana Tajna, Ruzveltova • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, sion and Charge d’ Affaires WEDNESDAY APRIL 15th 11pm Kaclerovića 29, 10pm 13, 10pm Skadarska 23, 9pm of the Pakistani Embassy, • The Black Madonna, Tijana T, • Trust Me You Can Dance, Splav Klub • RnB Night, Witch Bar, Kumanovska hosted the 75th anniversary, THURSDAY APRIL 9th • Majmoon+Triko, Grad Cultural Drugstore, Bulevar Despota Stefana Dragstor Play, Ušće bb, 10pm 14-16, 10pm which gathered Serbian 115, 11pm , Beer Pong Bar, Nikole Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 9pm • Play Beer Pong, Beer Pong Bar, • Play Beer Pong Crown Prince Alexander • Superplastic, Plastic, Takovska 36, Nikole Spasića 3, 10pm • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, Spasića 3, 10pm • Ike & Prema, Plastic, Takovska 36, 11pm Karađorđević and Princess 11pm • DJs Mirko and Meex, Klub Tilt, Skadarska 23, 9pm • Disco House, Mr Stefan Braun, th Catherine, as well as many • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, Karađorđeva 2-4, 10pm • Rain Delay, Phobos, Grad Cultural MONDAY APRIL 13 Nemanjina 4, 11pm diplomats, media repre- Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Let’s Play Saturday, Klub Beton, Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 9pm • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, sentatives, people from • Can’t Stop the Rock, KST, Bulevar Karađorđeva 2-4, 10pm • Jumbus, Plastic, Takovska 36, 11pm • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, Skadarska 23, 9pm the Pakistani diaspora and Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm • DJ Tom Collins, Industrija Bar, • RnB and Hip Hop Night, Mr Stefan Skadarska 23, 9pm • Deep House, Mr Stefan Braun, • OK Band, Klub Teatro Bar, Sarajevska Karadjordjeva 23, 10pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Play Beer Pong, Beer Pong Bar, Nikole Nemanjina 4, 11pm local guests. Mirza Salman Babar Beg and his wife Somia with the guests. Photo courtesy of Pakistani embassy. Mirza Salman Babar Beg with the Serbian royal family. Photo courtesy of Pakistani embassy. 26, 10pm • Pink Floyd Night, KST, Bulevar Kralja Spasića 3, 10pm • Libertas, Kafana Tajna, Ruzveltova th • Inspiracija bend, Splav Hua Hua, SUNDAY APRIL 5 Aleksandra 73, 10pm • Humanitarian Night, Mr Stefan 13, 10pm Dunavski Kej bb, 10pm • Play Beer Pong, Beer Pong Bar, Nikole Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm THURSDAY APRIL 16th • Resident DJ’s, Klub Tilt, Karađorđeva • Belgrade Dixieland Orchestra, Spasića 3, 10pm • Destiny’s Night, Witch Bar, Celebrities France awards 2-4, 10pm Vasil Hadžimanov Band, Hot Club • DJ Gosha, Witch Bar, Kumanovska Kumanovska 14-16, 10pm • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, • RnB Night, Industrija bar, od Belgrade and Mlada Maričić 14-16, 10pm • Milan Mitrović and Ivana Kostić, Skadarska 23, 9pm gather at kids’ Serbian Karađorđeva 23, 10pm and Tanja Jovičević, Parobrod, • Beer Night, Kontra Bar, Strahinjića Klub Teatro Bar, Sarajevska 26, 10pm • RnB and Hip Hop Night, Mr Stefan • DJ Stereo Palma, Klub Beton, Kapetan Misina 6, 11am bana 59, 10pm • Dragi Domić, Kafana Perper Merak, Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm film premiere Ombudsman Karađorđeva 2-4, 10pm • Oskar Schonning Band, Grad Omladinskih Brigada 18, 10pm FRIDAY APRIL 10th • Jumbus, Plastic, Takovska 36, 11pm • Intimo bend, Kafana Pukni Zoro, Cultural Centre, Braće Krsmanović • DJ Marchez, Kafana Ona Moja, • Play Beer Pong, Beer Pong Bar, Nikole Belgrade audi- he French Ambas- Masarikov Trg 10, 10pm 4, 6pm Vojvode Šupljikca 31a, 10pm • Mikri Kandzija and Bwana, Grad Spasića 3, 10pm ence – mostly sador to Serbia, • Pozitiv bend, Kafana Čaršija, Savska • RnB Night, Witch Bar, Kumanovska Cultural Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, TUESDAY APRIL 14th • DJ Gosha, Witch Bar, Kumanovska 21, 10pm 14-16, 10pm comprised of Christine Moro, 10pm 14-16, 10pm • Absolut bend, Kafana Sumnjivog • Chronosphere, Alitor, Marica, children – had awarded the Serbian • Juju & Jordash, Grad Cultural Centre, • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Beer Night, Kontra Bar, Strahinjića A T Morala, Gospodara Vučića 189, 10pm Danguba, Cirila i Metodija 2, 10pm a chance to see the 3D ani- ombudsman, Saša Janković, Braće Krsmanović 4, 11pm Skadarska 23, 9pm bana 59, 10pm • Taboo bend, Kafana Foliranti, Đure • Full House Band and DJ Marko, Mr mated film named “Home” with the French National Order • Can You See The Sound? Three Dots Jakšića 1, 10pm Stefan Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm at the premier at Cineplexx of Merit on March 23rd in the Factory, Dr. Milutina Ivkovića 2a, 11pm • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Full House Night, Molokini, Pariska cinema Delta City shopping French residency in Belgrade. • ReWind Moments, Sioux, Skadarska Skadarska 23, 9pm 1, 11pm mall on March 21st. Numer- This Order was established in 40, 11pm • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, ous actors and singers, who 1963 and has since been given • Can’t Stop the Rock, KST, Bulevar SATURDAY APRIL 4th Skadarska 23, 9pm lent their voices to the film’s to French and foreign citizens Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm • RnB Night, Klub Cinema, Gračanička characters, including Ivan for special contributions in the • Keep Shelly In Athens, Grad Cultural 18, 10pm • Superplastic, Plastic, Takovska 36, 11pm Zekić, Anica Dobra, Marko name of the French president. Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 10pm • Play Beer Pong, Beer Pong Bar, Kon, Marko Marković and Janković was awarded for his , Magacin Depo, • OK Band, Klub Teatro Bar, Sarajevska • Sam Paganini Nikole Spasića 3, 10pm Sara Jovanović, also attend- contribution to the defence of Travnička, 11pm 26, 10pm th ed the screening. human rights. • JTC, Drugstore, Bulevar Despota MONDAY APRIL 6 • Inspiracija bend, Splav Hua Hua, Ivan Zekić, Anica Dobra, Marko Kon, Marko Marković at the premiere. Serbian ombudsman. Photo by Beta Stefana 115, 11pm Dunavski Kej bb, 10pm • Hi Headzs Movement pres. • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Resident DJ’s, Klub Tilt, Karađorđeva KOLARAC Droppin Science Vol 1. Sveta, Skadarska 23, 9pm 2-4, 10pm Svetogorska 17, 11pm • Play Beer Pong, Beer Pong Bar, • RnB Night, Industrija bar, PROGRAMME Sci-fi film • TesseracT Studio Label Night, Nikole Spasića 3, 10pm Karađorđeva 23, 10pm Republika, Pariska 1, 11pm • Humanitarian Night, Mr Stefan • Pozitiv bend, Kafana Čaršija, Savska shooting • Big Thing, Sious, Skadarska 40, 11pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm 21, 10pm • Destiny’s Night, Witch Bar, • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Belgrade Afterhours, Svemirska rd th Kumanovska 14-16, 10pm Skadarska 23, 9pm FRIDAY, April 3 WEDNESDAY, April 15 kicks off Kafana boat on Sava, 11pm Music Gallery, 6pm • Milan Mitrović and Ivana Kostić, Concert Hall, 8pm • Rejv Olupine and Friends, KPTM, th Cycle: Music Workshop Klub Teatro Bar, Sarajevska 26, 10pm SATURDAY APRIL 11 Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra in Belgrade Žorža Klemansoa 22, 11pm Artlink Trio • Dragi Domić, Kafana Perper Merak, Conductor: Michail Jurowski • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, Una Stanić, violin, Irena Josifoska, Omladinskih Brigada 18, 10pm • Rampue, Grad Cultural Centre, Braće Programme: Beethoven, Haydn erbian film director Dejan Skadarska 23, 9pm cello , Kafana Ona Moja, Krsmanović 4, 11pm Production: Belgrade Zečević started shooting • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, • DJ Marchez Mirjana Rajić, piano Vojvode Šupljikca 31a, 10pm • 6 Years of Genesa, Svemirska Kafana Philharmonic his latest film “The Rift” Nemanjina 4, 11pm Production: Music Centre boat on Sava, 11pm on March 25th in locations Admission free th • Revival, Plastic, Takovska 36, 11pm th S TUESDAY APRIL 7 SUNDAY, April 5 throughout Belgrade. The shoot- • Eighties, KST, Bulevar Kralja Concert Hall, 11am THURSDAY, April 16th ing is due to last three weeks. The • Kal, Mikser House, Karađorđeva 46, Aleksandra 73, 10pm Cycle: Kolarac Podium of Music Gallery, 6pm movie features the Slovenian actress 9pm • Tamburaši Live, Kafana Dva Jelena, Chamber Music Cycle: Jubilee Katarina Čas, the US actor Ken , Kafana Dva Jelena, Skadarska 23, 9pm • Tamburaši Live Guitar Orchestra Dušan 15th Commemoration of Foree, as well as the Serbian Dragan • Inspiracija bend, Klub Cinema, Skadarska 23, 9pm Trifunović Stanković’s Death Mićanović. The producer is Milan • Black Duo Bend, Witch Bar, Gračanička 18, 10pm FREE COPY Production: Music Centre Srđan Asanović, vocal, Jasmina Todorović. Kumanovska 14-16, 10pm • Live bend, Klub Kodeks, Triše Katarina Čas and Ken Foree at the shooting. Director Zečević with film producer Todorović Admission free Janković, piano • Ninties Night, Mr Stefan Braun, Kaclerovića 29, 10pm Production: Music Centre Publisher: BIRN d.o.o. 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Atelije 212 once The bar has been “adopted” by lo- cal Djs, most of whom are normally bradović’s current Joventut Badalona and Real Madrid, catered to a quiet to be found in clubs like Dragstor and contract with the Italy’s Treviso and the Greek club Pana- 20/44. This is not the type of crowd Istanbul-based bas- thinaikos. theatre crowd that usually sits around a small bar ketball club expires in Obradović’s two-year contract with eating peanuts and drinking beer. June, and the Turkish Fener, signed in 2013, is said to be worth – but it’s gotten Thanks to this influx of musical media reported that around €3 million in salary over the con- guests, however, the bar now boasts Obradović’sO new contract will last until tract period. super-cool of a rich musical programme, especially 2017. During his first season at Fener, it won for a place of this size. When KGB is “Everyone in the club is satisfied and the domestic championship but was late, in spite of a busy, it’s really busy, and you’ll have hopes to continue cooperation. Fener- eliminated from the Euroleague in the a hard time getting through the door. bahce is a very well organized club Top 16 stage. distinct lack of This is a very small place, boasting and I believe I will renew the contract,” Obradović started his basketball ca- only about ten small tables and a bar. Obradović told Turkey’s Eurosport on reer in 1980 in his hometown of Čačak. space. There is not much in the way of décor March 31st. Four years later, in 1984, he moved to - mostly wood furnishings and post- When it comes to the current season, the Belgrade-based basketball club Par- David GALIĆ ers that evoke the spirit of the bar’s Obradović said his team made good pro- tizan. name. There are some cool-looking gress, adding that there is always room He also played for the Yugoslav na- GB is one of those posters in the Russian Constructiv- to do better. tional team and won a silver medal at Belgrade bars that ism style placed all about the bar. The “The final four is still far away… we the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, seems always to bathroom looks as if it was decorated have more matches in the quarter-finals Korea, and gold in the FIBA World Cup in have been around, by members of the Belgrade under- and it is going to be very hard. Let’s go Argentina in 1990. but has recently rid- ground art scene, with tons of stickers step by step,“ he said. As coach of the national team from den a new wave of and graffiti gracing the stalls. Before coming to Fener, as the Istan- 1996 to 2000, and from 2004 to 2005, he Kpopularity under new ownership. As Drinks are very affordable, which bul-based club is also called, Obradović has had a successful career – wining one far as most Belgraders can remember, is another reason why club-goers like not in the sense that you cannot get your way from the entrance to the bar With spring arriving in Belgrade, it is coached Belgrade’s Partizan, Spain’s silver, two gold and one bronze medals. Obradović has been managing Fener since 2013. Photo by Beta the bar was a small, fairly quiet place, to come here before heading out to in, but in the sense that you might feel to get a drink. also hard to say whether the bar will nestled in the central area. dance. Towards the end of the week, like an outsider if you are not familiar News has been circling recently continue to flourish during the warm Since it is only metres away from you are likely to see some mini-dance with the in-crowd who call the bar that the bar is being taken over by weather. Its key demographic tends the legendary Atelje 212 theatre, it parties happening at KBG as well. their own. new owners, which is surprising, con- to migrate over towards the river once was mostly a place where theatre Clubbers also hang out here dur- At weekends, this is a great place sidering how revitalized and popular the days get longer and the tempera- he TV network Sky Ita- tion. He agreed to stay for one more people went for a drink after rehears- ing the week, when the city does to get yourself in the mood for a big KGB has become this year. It remains ture rises. We will have to wait and see. lia has reported that season, after talks with new presi- als or shows. not offer that many big parties, and night out clubbing, but you need to to be seen what the new patrons in- Mihajlović Mihajlović has decided dent Massimo Ferrero who took over But, new management has recently throw small parties of their own. Of get there early if you want to grab a tend and what they have in mind in KGB Tto leave the club he has from the Garrone family in July 2014. given the bar a new lease of life, mak- course, this influx of a certain clique seat. Arrive after 11pm and there is a terms of music and general atmos- Address: Vlajkovićeva 28 been managing since November Before going to the Genoa club, ing it one of the hippest places in Bel- can make the bar feel a bit exclusive, good chance you will have to elbow phere. Phone: +381 64 611 6871 to quit as 2013. he managed Internazionale from Sampdoria currently ranks four Milano, Bologna, Catania and Fioren- and has a chance of entering the tina, all from Italy. coach in Champions League. Media reports Mihajlović started his football ca- say other Italian football clubs in- reer in 1986 in the Croatian village of French R&B star Raul Midon terested in Mihajlović include Mi- Borovo before moving to Vojvodina Genoa lan, Naples and Rome. and later on for Red Star Belgrade. Indila plays Arena returns to Belgrade Mihajlović signed a one-year However, he spent most of his career rolling contract with the Genoa playing for the Italian clubs of Roma, opular French R&B singer Indila will be aul Midon’s last Belgrade concert at the Bitef Art Cafe about two Siniša Mihajlović is stepping down as club in 2013 with automatic exten- Sampdoria, Lazio and Internazionale playing the Belgrade Arena on May 26th as years ago sold out fast, leaving many fans without tickets. He is sion if the club avoided relegation before retiring in 2006. a part of its “New Divas” programme. Best now returning to the venue for a concert on April 23rd to show- coach of Genoa’s Sampdoria, which in the ongoing season. He was also on the Yugoslav na- known for her 2013 hit “Derniere Danse” case songs from his well-reviewed new album “Don’t Hesitate”. he joined in 2013, according to Italian In his first season in charge, tional team from 1991 to 2003, play- which topped the charts in Greece, Tur- Midon is often referred to as a “one man band” as he is able to Sampdoria achieved significant ing total of 63 matches and scoring keyP and Israel, Indila’s music draws influences from Rnot only mimic the sounds of many instruments with his mouth, but also TV reports. results and easily escaped relega- Other Italian football clubs are Photo by Beta ten goals. a vast variety of music, from Michael Jackson to old- often uses his guitar as a percussive instrument. The US singer-songwriter’s reportedly interested in Mihajlović. school Indian pop music. Tickets are already on sale sound includes influences from funk, soul, blues and other American forms for the concert. of music.

Resonate scans Belgrade hosts the digital horizon world music festival Digital culture and contemporary art Philadelphia Greek thrashers Chillwave World music festival Todo Mundo festival Resonate has become one of duo bring the blues hit Danguba Greeks at KC Grad returns to Belgrade for the fourth time the most important annual events John the Conqueror is a blues-rock duo Greek retro thrash metal band Chrono- nd th Keep Shelly In Athens are a downtem- from April 22 -26 , headlined by Hun- in Serbia, examining current trends from the city of brotherly love, playing sphere will be playing at Danguba on po, relaxed duo from Greece who fit garian band Muzsikas with interpreta- and imagining possible futures. The a rugged style that is often compared April 5th. Showcasing their style of metal into the electronic music genre known tions of composer Bela Bartok’s music. six-day festival starts on April 13th and to gritty acts like Left Lane Cruiser. that’s heavily influenced by American as chillwave, providing calm and slower Also on the bill are sounds from China, will include lectures, exhibitions and The duo place significant emphasis on Bay Area bands of the 1980s like Metal- soundscapes that make you want Italy, the US, and of course Serbia. The performances from cutting-edge visual highlighting African-American musical lica and Exodus, they will be joined by to close your eyes and lose yourself. festival will take place at Dom Om- artists, musicians and thinkers like traditions and updating them for the death/thrash legion Marica from Niš th They’re playing at KC Grad on April 4 ladine and you can buy a ticket that Terre Thaemlitz, Bill Drummond, Bob contemporary arena. Their show will and technical thrash upstarts Alitor and tickets will be about €5 at the door. gets you into every show for under €10. Ostertag and Andy Stott. take place at KC Grad on April 12th. from Inđija. 16 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, April 03 - Thursday, April 16, 2015 ADVERT Map of City Centre

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