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Countries in the “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: say the new ‘zero 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. region have raised borrowing’ policy security levels and the Belgrade and introduced Waterfront page 10 new precautions development will to counter the help fill the city’s hile the football world watch - es events unfold at the Euro - threat of terrorist budget, experts 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 attacks by Islamic fear the new June 13, 2008 Issue No. 1 / Friday, State. investment plan is too narrowly page 5 BIRN Team focused. olice in bulletproof vests, increased security at Katarina MARKOVIĆ public buildings and joint

patrols at the borders are conomists are warning that pro - over Serbia’s uncertainty longed “This year has been lost, from the elgrade officials have After eight years of stagnation, the pro-European and nation - With Nikolic believes the Socialists, led “The group of younger Socialists

only some of the meas- 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 given the campaign to E ures introduced by the attract foreign investors region’sP security services after ISIS re- leased a video urging its supporters in to the Serbian capital a the Balkan to kill “unbelievers” in their boost, with Mayor Siniša Mali presenting the city’s home countries. Friday • June 13 2008 The video, published on June 5th fea- potentialB at Milan EXPO 2015 on June tures Balkan fighters calling on “fellow 22nd. Muslim brothers” to join the fight for Several days earlier, his deputy an- Islamic State, known as ISIS or ISIL, or nounced that the city would for the first THIS ISSUE OF

“attack” non-Muslims in their respec- time organise an investment forum, Belgrade Insight IS SUPPORTED BY: IS SUPPORTED tive countries. entitled Belgrade Investments Days, in 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 September. which holds of the Socialist Party, of the balance power between the blocs and has yet to announce main which side they will support. move towards a government led by the Democrats,” political analyst Mi - lan Nikolic, of the independent Cen - tre of Policy Studies, said. “But such a move might provoke deeper divi - sions and even split the party.” with the pro-European and national - ist blocs have drawn attention to a deep rift inside the Socialists. T City officials hope to gather business- Continued on page 3 Experts say ISIS poses threat to region’s stability. Photo by Beta/AP men from Europe, Russia, central Asia, Turkey and China and put Belgrade on the “map of investment destinations”. Earlier this year, the city announced Fear on the run: a new policy of putting an end to fur- ther borrowing and focusing on creat- ing an environment that attracts new A Srebrenica survivor’s tale investors. While the city is banking on the suc- was in territory controlled by the Meanwhile the rest of the women, cess of the multi-billion-euro Belgrade Fatima Ahmić spent 13 days fleeing through Bosnian Army. children and elderly people went to the Waterfront construction project, many woodlands, almost entirely without food and Fatima’s husband and two sons were United Nations peacekeepers’ base in experts believe the Serbian capital’s also in the column. They had all agreed: nearby Potočari, where they believed best chance of attracting investors lies water, dodging ambushes and shellfire as she “If we die, we die together.” they would be safe. instead in tourism and services. escaped the Srebrenica massacres 20 years ago. “I thought, if one of them is injured I The fleeing column came under con- They predict that the biggest invest- would tend to him and be with him… stant shell fire and many people died ments in the future will be made in cit- but it never pans out the way you plan,” during the long march, Fatima recalls. ies with strong infrastructure located Jasmina ĐIKOLI from the Bosnian Serb troops who over- she says. When the shooting started, she got sep- close to main transport corridors. ran her old hometown in July 1995, and The column of men, some ten kilo- arated from her family. In previous years, Belgrade’s eco- itting in an office in the the loss of her son. metres long, moved out of the villag- Dead bodies were everywhere; fear- nomic development was mainly based Bosnian capital Sarajevo, After Bosnian Serb forces took es near Srebrenica around midnight ing that one of her loved ones might be on attracting investors in the service many kilometres from Sre- control of Srebrenica, Fatima joined th on July 11 . There were between among them, she started turning over sector and on developing infrastruc- brenica, 61-year-old Fatima a column of thousands of men who 10,000 and 15,000 of them, mostly some of the corpses. ture through loans. Ahmić gathers her nerves had decided to flee through wood- aged between 16 and 65. At the fore- to talk about the worst lands towards the town of Tuzla, front was the 28th Division of the Bos- daysS in her life - the desperate flight around 70 kilometres away, which nian Army. Continued on page 8 Continued on page 7

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Continued from page 1 Merkel Islamist militant groups, seven in April lauds Serbia’s PRESS REVIEW and two others in June. A recent report by Croatia's Security 'compromises' on th Kosovo KURIR, July 9 and Intelligence Agency said ISIS fight- Serbia Western ers mainly use Croatia only as a transit German Chancellor Angela GERMAN COMPANY’S zone. Merkel on July 8th praised INVESTMENT HAILED Only one Croatian citizen, Dora Bilić, Serbia for being willing to is known to be connected to ISIS, having compromise in the EU-led Serbia in brief Balkans on left for Syria with her husband, an ISIS boosts its role in Germany’s Continental, one of dialogue with Kosovo and fighter. said the opening of the first the world’s leading suppliers in the automobile industry signed a chapters in EU accession REGIONAL negotiations was a “matter memorandum of understanding alert over ISIS COOPERATION ESSENTIAL of time”. “You can count peacekeeping with the Serbian government on on our support. We can th July 8 for an investment worth Experts in the Balkans say the region- see that there is a great €17 million that will create 500 willingness to compromise threat al security services need to cooperate with the Serbian side. We jobs. Željko Sertić, the Economy more closely to prevent potential terror will point out that during the missions Minister, said the investment attacks. discussions within the EU,” agreement will be signed in a or those of you that can’t battlefields of the Middle East or were “Regional intelligence agencies are Merkel said after meet- month, and the factory should come here, fight over connected with ISIS. According to him, too weak to fight the threats alone, so ing Serbian Prime Minister open in 2016. Serbia “will help there...If you can, take around 3,000 people pose a possible they have to work together closely and Aleksandar Vučić. She also the investment with €3 million, poison and put it in their threat of terrorism in Bosnia. exchange data with the leading global said that Germany strongly Beside Bosnia, the biggest recruiting while the city of Subotica will drinks and their food. security services,” Aleksandar Radić, an supports the auster- “FLet them die. Kill them in every place, base for Islamic fighters in the Balkans is expert in Belgrade, told BIRN. provide 2.5 hectares for building ity measures that Serbia whenever you can,” says a fighter who overwhelmingly Muslim Kosovo. A massive ISIS attack in the Balkans has introduced in order the factory,” Sertić explained. seems to originally be from Bosnia and To date, no terrorist incidents have tak- is unlikely, he noted. However, the se- to reform the economy. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić calls himself Salahuddin Al-Bosni. en place inside the country but, accord- curity services are vulnerable because At the joint press confer- said it was a sign that “the Experts say closer cooperation be- ing to estimates, around 200 people from they are “primarily aimed at protecting ence, Vučić said Merkel’s biggest and the best” employers Kosovo are fighting in the Middle East. two-day visit was a “great tween regional security services is re- political interests in their countries, not honour” for Serbia because from Germany were now coming quired, including permanent commu- Larger numbers of police in bullet- at outside security threats”, he added. she was a “key player in to Serbia. nication with leading global intelligence proof vests have been visible on the In mid-June, attending the global se- the stabilization process agencies, to prevent such attacks. streets of Pristina in recent days in re- curity forum, Globsec 2015, in Bratislava, in the Balkans”. Vučić said BLIC, July 9th Between 200 and 600 fighters from sponse to heightened concerns of an Slovakia, Macedonia’s President, Gjorge that Serbia had three major various Balkan nations including Bos- attack, according to an internal police Ivanov, called for increased cooperation objectives - to maintain GREEK CRISIS WON’T nia, Serbia and Kosovo have travelled communication that BIRN has seen. between regional security services. regional peace and stability, AFFECT SERBIAN LOANS to Syria since 2012 according to a June Six admitted members of terror “Without increased trust and coop- continue economic reforms study by the Combating Terrorism Cen- groups meanwhile remain under house eration between the security services, and accelerate European arrest as they stand trial. Economists say the growing tre, a research institution at West Point. our region will continue to be vulner- integration. Bosnia, Kosovo and Albania are the Kosovo police arrested Kujtim Bllaca, able to the threats of violent extremism crisis and uncertainty in Greece main recruiting grounds in the Balkans Bejtim Ibrahimaj, Adil Bushi, Hajrush and radicalism,” Ivanov said, urging the Migrants will not affect loans and monthly for radical Islamists seeking fighters for Lajci, Skender Syla, Muxhahid Brava in ISIS fighter. Photo by Beta/AP United States to offer greater assistance trapped in instalment payment rates for the wars in Syria and Iraq. September 2014 along with about 80 to the intelligence agencies in the region. Balkan 'no-man’s Serbia. Belgrade economist In terms of numbers, they come just other suspects. on TV on June 30th that ISIS could be The public transport company in Bel- The US State Department's “Country land', Amnesty Goran Nikolić says the Greek behind Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Tuni- Most of those arrested were later re- using the flow of Middle Eastern refu- grade has been told to undertake similar Report Terrorism 2014,” issued in June, crisis will have no consequences sia, the latest CIA report says. leased due to a lack of evidence. How- gees through the country to infiltrate its steps. also said better cooperation between On the way to the EU via for the libor and euribor rates In terms of context, at least 500 ever, 32 others, including Bllaca, Ibrahi- members. A source in Serbia said several hun- security services was needed, particu- Greece, Macedonia and Ser- French nationals are thought to be fight- maj, Bushi and Lajci, were indicted and “Aside from the serious humanitarian dred people are under supervision for larly noting a problem in Bosnia, where bia, migrants confront police that directly affect interest have been on trial since June 1st. All 32 aspect, no one can guarantee that amid possible connection to radical Islamists. harassment, violence on the rates in Serbia. “The European ing for ISIS, as many as 700 from the UK power is divided between two autono- part of smugglers and grim currency weakened after the and about 120 from Spain. are charged with active membership of, the suffering refugees there aren’t some Only about 2 per cent of Serbia’s 7 mil- mous entities. or affiliation to, ISIS or Al-Nusra. ISIS members who might be instructed lion people are Muslims, however, so the asylum conditions, a report [Greek] referendum, but at the Problems in Bosnia with coordination DETENTIONS AND ARRESTS IN The narrator of the ISIS video re- to infiltrate,” he said. threat is seen as containable. and cooperation relate to “overlapping by Amnesty International moment there is nothing to be says. Refugees seeking THE BALKANS leased in June is Abu Muqatil Al Kosovi, Security levels have been raised in “About 25 Serbian citizens went to law enforcement jurisdictions” as well worried about,” Nikolić said. st to enter Western Europe formerly Ridvan Haqifi, an ice cream Albania, too, where police on July 1 ar- the battlefields in Syria and the Middle as to “personal, political, and institution- are routinely subjected to Bosnian security officials told BIRN seller and self-declared imam from the rested Baki Coku, wanted by Italian po- East, which is almost negligible com- al rivalries” between the various police, unlawful push-backs and VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, that the ISIS video was probably made at Kosovo town of Gjilan. lice as a suspected member of a terrorist pared to Bosnia,” Aleksandar Đorđević, security and judicial bodies, the report th ill-treatment by police on July 9 least half a year before it was broadcast “Dark days are approaching you … We organisation linked to ISIS. head of the Serbian Security Informa- said. the Macedonian border with since some of the filmed ISIS fighters will kill you with Allah’s permission. We Two imams and seven of their sup- tion Agency, pointed out in Belgrade A retired US General, John R. Allen, Greece and on the Serbian VILLAGERS GUARDING are known to have been killed in recent will come to you with explosives,” Al Ko- porters are on trial in Albania, accused on April 1st. Special Presidential Envoy for the Glob- border with Macedonia, a FIELDS FROM THIEVES months. sovi says in the video. of recruiting fighters for ISIS and the al- Serbian police launched joint border al Coalition to Counter ISIL, told a secu- new report by Amnesty In- The same sources claim the video Al Kosovi’s threats are taken seriously, Nusra front. patrols with Hungarian and Austrian rity forum in Montenegro on June 6th ternational says. The report was timed for release for the beginning which is why, following additional infor- While mainly Muslim Kosovo and police on the border with Macedonia at that the ideas behind Islamist terrorism is based on four research Owners of fields are guarding of June, right before Pope Francis was mation about potential attacks on Pris- Albania and half-Muslim Bosnia are the end of June. need to be confronted as well. missions to Serbia, Hungary, their land at night, while some the main recruiting grounds for ISIS in Serbian police director Milorad Greece and Macedonia be- who have bigger and wealthier due to visit Sarajevo. tina and Skopje, police in both countries "We have a long-term battle and it is have raised their levels of alert. the region, other Balkan countries with Veljović on June 22nd said that around tween July 2014 and March Gašić says participation in EU-led operations has brought Serbia closer to the European club. Photo by Beta properties are even paying Bosnian police have detained several likely to last longer than a decade,” he dozen people they suspect are connect- Experts in Macedonia say that at significant Muslim populations are also 1,000 people try to enter Serbia a day said. “We have to send messages that 2015 and on interviews with people to do this. This is the ed to Islamic terrorist networks. least 14 Macedonian nationals have concerned. via Macedonia and Bulgaria, fleeing con- neutralize the ISIS message. We will not more than 100 refugees and result of a growing number of migrants, mostly from coun- Bilal Bosnić, who was arrested in De- died fighting in the Middle East and that In Serbia, armed police now guard the flicts in the Middle East or Africa. defeat ISIS while the very idea of ISIS is tries such as Syria, Iraq, More than 600 Serbian soldiers will engagement could be seen as a sort thieves breaking into orchards cember 2014 on suspicion of recruiting many more are still there and could most important government and public Neighbouring Romania is a coun- not defeated,” Allen added. Afghanistan, Somalia and of communication with the EU and and vegetable gardens, mostly Islamic fighters to go to Syria and Iraq, is cause trouble on their return. buildings as well as some embassies. try of no particular interest to ISIS as Eritrea. even NATO. at night. Police have reported now on trial. Macedonian police have stepped up The Serbian Interior Ministry has its Muslim community numbers only Srećko Latal, Marian Chiriac, join international peacekeeping “If we want to join the EU, we need 17 thefts in the Užice area of Denis Hadžović, director of the Centre their vigilance but security experts say ordered health and educational institu- some 40,000 people. Sven Milekić, Siniša-Jakov Marušič, Extradited to participate in EU-led peacekeep- western Serbia in recent months. for Security Studies, a think tank in Sa- the risk remains ever-present. tions to increase their security proce- However, the Romanian government Una Hajdari, Marija Ristić and paramilitary missions this year, which Serbian ing operations. It is a way for Serbia None has been caught. rajevo, told BIRN that between 150 and A security professor at the Skopje Fac- dures and report all suspicious activity recently expelled nine foreign nation- Igor Jovanović contributed to this ‘Captain Dragan’ to contribute to global security,” said 350 people from Bosnia had gone to the ulty of Law, Metodi Hadži-Janev, warned and persons, a security source told BIRN. als accused of recruiting members for article. arrives in officials believe will significantly Radić. KURIR, July 9th Croatia The Serbian Army also supports improve the country's reputation and the peacekeeping engagement. Former Serb paramilitary SERBIA WILL CLIMB UP “Involvement in multi-national op- DOING BUSINESS LIST leader Dragan Vasiljković, bring other benefits. erations places Serbia among equal known as Captain Dragan and as Daniel Snedden in partners alongside the UN and EU Deputy PM and Transport Australia, landed on July 9th Igor JOVANOVIĆ Serbian opposition parties have member-states, in preserving and Minister Zorana Mihajlović on at Zagreb airport after being supported the government’s plan in building peace in the region and the July 8th said that Serbia should extradited from Australia to erbia's parliament has parliament. world," Defence Ministry spokesman improve its ranking by at least face war crimes allegations. adopted a plan on military According to the plan, the Army Jovan Krivokapić told Beta news 30 places on the World Bank He will be questioned at the deployment in UN and needs more than 1.3 billion dinars agency on July 5th. doing business list, due to be state attorney’s office in the EU-led peacekeeping mis- [over 10 million euro] to realize the He also said that Serbia was cur- coastal town of Split. As a sions, which envisages the annual plan of participation in multi- rently the region's leader and ranked published in August. Mihajlović former commander of a Serb says the government is still Sengagement of 670 soldiers in 19 op- national operations. eighth in Europe according to the paramilitary unit in Croatian erations of the UN and the EU in 2015. Belgrade military analyst Alek- number of troops it has engaged in not satisfied with the rate of territory controlled by rebel improvement. “We are planning Serbs during wartime, he is “Taking part in missions contrib- sandar Radić told BIRN that the cost UN peacekeeping missions. accused of committing war utes to strengthening Serbia's own was a small price to pay for the ben- "Currently, 336 members of the De- to do more in all fields, including crimes during the 1991-95 defence capacities, confirms it as an efits Serbia gains from its soldiers' fence Ministry and the Serbian Armed the economy, financing, building conflict in Croatia in the active factor in the preservation of involvement in peacekeeping mis- Forces are engaged in ten UN and EU and construction. Over the Benkovac and Knin areas. international peace, and confirms the sions. missions, from the Congo, Liberia, medium term [we plan] to be in Vasiljković has repeatedly international reputation and confi- “Firstly, it is a kind of a moral obli- Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, the top ten countries in terms denied the war crimes al- dence in the Army of Serbia,” Defence gation in today’s world. Secondly, the Lebanon, the Middle East and Cyprus, of doing business,“ the minister legations and expressed fears Minister Bratislav Gašić said in parlia- Serbian Army's engagement in the to Somalia and Mali," he noted. that he will not have a fair said. On the current business list trial in Croatia. Vasiljković had ment. peacekeeping troops is widely seen "The annual plan on the use of the Serbia ranks in 91st position. attempted to avoid extradition The minister added that participa- as a very strong reference and it is army and other defence forces ena- from Australia since 2006, tion in operations run by the Euro- praised by the EU and UN,” Radić said. bles participation in other missions, BIRN has not verified the when Croatia issued an Inter- pean Union brought Serbia closer to He added that as Serbia is a mili- too, which we are not currently in- reports and cannot vouch for pol warrant for his arrest. membership of the European club. tary neutral country, its international volved in," Krivokapić added. their accuracy. 4 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 5 SERBIA BELGRADE

COMMENT Belgrade waterfront works to begin in July International City authorities have moved 94 families and demolished 218 buildings so far, in order Life in Serbia to start work on the Belgrade student week Waterfront development modern museum; it seemed reason project this month, Siniša enough for me to spend a day, or a Despite the Mali, Belgrade Mayor, said on weekend, there with my kids. in brief Belgrade July 5th. The authorities have kind words that However, before I go to Svilajnac, kicks off in also removed the majority of here are a few impressions from a mini- 52 ships that were anchored international tour of Serbia that I took in June 2015. along that part of the shoreline; Over a period of two weeks I visited the remaining vessels will financial ten different towns in various parts of Belgrade be moved by September. Serbia, towns and municipalities that According to Mali, the first institutions could be described as places with po- stage of the construction work tential for development and for becom- This year’s International Student will begin during July in the are addressing ing good places to live in. Savska promenada part of the These are towns that have attracted Week in Belgrade will challenge town. The construction of two to the Serbian some investors, that have at least one residential towers that are key important company operating on their young people from across the globe symbols of the project will start government, territory and which are trying to inter- in September, Mali added. est people in joining various projects to ‘unwrap’ and break-down common the people fail that could help these towns become Italian singer’s concert better and more attractive not only to religious, ethnic and national barriers. in Belgrade cancelled to see much those who are born there but to new people from elsewhere. Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti So, these are ten locations in which will not perform in Belgrade due result - on the to poor ticket sales, organisers anyone might think that there is hope Ivana NIKOLIĆ In order to achieve this, there will be announced on July 8th. The contrary. that Serbia will not depopulate over ten workshops, each one of them focus- concert was scheduled to take the next 50 or so years and reduce it- he ninth annual Interna- ing on some of the biggest issues people place on September 24th at self to the capital and the city of Novi tional Student Week in Bel- face nowadays. Belgrade’s Arena. People who Sad. grade – or ISWiB as it is better “Some of the workshops deal with do- have already bought tickets So, what was I able to see there? known – is expected to bring mestic violence, recycling, critical think- can obtain refunds from the I saw that local governments are around 150 students and re- ing and information processing, unem- same sales points they were more open to outsiders than to their Tcent graduates from 45 countries around ployment and entrepreneurship, and purchased from. own people, even when those outsid- the world to the Serbian capital between stereotypes,” Maja Galović, a public rela- SWiB gathers around 150 participants from round the world. Photo: Facebook ers come from organizations branded July 12th and 19th. tions officer at ISWiB, told BIRN. Belgrade authorities as “traitors, mercenaries” and so on. The theme for ISWiB 2015 is UN- “One of the most interesting workshops as from faraway places such as Indonesia, tries and while dressed in national cos- plan city centre The heart of even the hardest-line WRAP! Participants will, according to [we are running] is about discovering Bel- Latin America and Africa. tumes. modernisation former Serbian Radical Party member the event organisers, be tasked with grade in a non-commercial way, and visit- The biggest number of participants, Traditionally, ISWiB ends with the trembles when you tell him that you City manager Goran Vesić said on unwrapping and finding solutions to a ing some locations that are less attractive however, will be coming from Russia – well-known Flag Parade, when each par- represent a concept that supports the July 7th that the reconstruction number of complex issues, including to tourists,” Galović added. with 20 young Russians attending in total. ticipant will carry his or her country’s flag EU. of Cvetni trg, an area teeming problems that are taboo and intercul- Apart from brainstorming and discuss- Besides workshops, the organisers through downtown Belgrade. The political change that occurred with cafes and shops, should be tural differences. ing these issues during the workshops, promise lots of fun and entertaining Of course, everyone in Belgrade should in Serbia in 2012, confirmed in the 2014 finished by October. Vesić added elections, shows that the governing Participants will also focus on en- participants are also supposed to come events so participants will also have the feel free to enjoy the Flag Parade partici- that the tender for the proposed Progressives are the most European op- hancing communication and problem- up with solutions, which should be imple- chance to discover the famed night life of pants, the organisers and volunteers on Slavija Square renovation, th tion ever in Serbia. solving skills while creating an inter- mented not only during the week itself, Belgrade. July 18 . one of the busiest districts in Belgrade, will be launched in They might be overdoing this national network of motivated, young but by the participants after they return Many predict the favourite event will mid-August. “Cvetni trg will Europeanism of theirs, however, Jurassic Park in Svilajnac. Photo: Facebook people that is ready to learn, pass les- home as well. be The Country Fair – which is open to sons on and achieve personal and soci- This year, there will be students from everyone – where participants will serve For more information visit receive new content and become just as they overdid other things, a functional unit, a real square, when they were the Radicals, as goal has to pass an evaluation test that with a brighter future: like those who most people because it is a sign that etal change. almost every European country, as well food and drinks from their home coun- www.iswib.org shows just how much each person were once great Serbian nationalists the works were rigged, that they are and one of the most beautiful Slobodan GEORGIEV this understanding of “Europe” will “make”. and then became European national- stealing on such jobs. What do I need places in Belgrade. It is among is superficial and goes only so the oldest squares in Belgrade On the other hand, most local lead- ists overnight… a pretty town for, if I don’t have a job!? ust the other day I saw a far as to mean that we need to and it deserves to be decorated,” television report on the get our house in order “to use ers are trying to be “big”. They promise The government is also making This is the logic of the majority and Belgrade manager told TV Pink. natural history centre in the money from the [EU] funds”. big things, big infrastructure projects, promises to the people and to most it is extremely difficult to change such Community gardeners seek He added that after the works Svilajnac, a small town Ordinary people understand the bringing in big foreign investors, em- of them these promises feel good be- a mentality among people living in or are completed Slavija Square will east of Belgrade. A new sci- relationship between Serbia and EU ploying a big number of people… cause that is the one thing they have on the verge of poverty, with an aver- have three traffic lanes for cars entific institution has been in terms of “gimme the money”. In all this ecstasy, they fail to see that left, the belief that a miracle will hap- age monthly salary of €330 and an un- unused city plots to grow foods and one exclusively for public openedJ and, next to it, a kind of a “Ju- The people will take an active part these towns and places are neglected pen. employment rate of over 20 per cent. transport vehicles. rassic Park”, that is, a park filled with in something if they see that it brings and dilapidated and that the people The relationship between the local Plus an economy that isn’t working. now living there can’t even paint over, governments and the people works And with a bad public administration. Tender for public dinosaur replicas. them direct benefit, in other words, our maximum capacity. Around 3, 000 After working only on the land the let alone restore things that were built best at this level. And with no direct foreign invest- Baštalište, a community garden transport in Belgrade I thought that this was a great reason money or employment. follow us on Facebook from all parts of founders owned, Baštalište have asked At this point, it is practically impos- 200 years ago. But, when the local authorities start ments. And with hundreds of thou- for me to visit this town, famous for its organisation in Belgrade, is looking to Serbia. We think that people are interested the local authorities to allow them to take former mayor who bragged about how sible to find people in Serbia who However, big promises go hand in “fixing” things up around town, pol- sands of immigrants at the borders. Belgrade authorities will in in this topic because food is a problem that over some unused plots of land in the city, August launch a tender for public he bit off his toe that was hurting and would be willing to do something for hand with big expectations of people ishing them up, doing stuff that make Man! It can’t be like this everywhere expand after reaching full capacity in the affects us all,” Milenković said. so they can expand and use it to produce transport contracts for the next who made graffiti artists scrape the themselves and their society in co- who believe it is possible that their the place look prettier and recall the in Serbia, can it? lives may change overnight, just like former glory of a street, town square When talking about their goals, food, but have not yet received an answer. decade, officials announced on paint off the walls with their bare hands. operation with the local community; th Slobodan Georigiev is a journalist at Bal- Belgrade suburb of Slanci, but the local Milenković says that food we buy at mar- Milenković argues that despite growing July 8 . The existing contract, Now they have this park and those any plea for activism that implies joint in a Turkish television series, so you or building - if they make a “Dino kan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) kets isn’t as healthy as it used to be. Fear of support among the Serbian people, the lo- signed in 2005 with a number dinosaurs, a facility that looks like a work towards achieving a common wake up and you are this new person Park” - this doesn’t go down well with authorities are yet to respond to their the use of pesticides and other chemicals cal authorities remain silent. of private companies involved in request to repurpose vacant city land. is enough to persuade some to start grow- “We’ve asked the city of Belgrade to running sections of Belgrade’s ing their own food. donate unused land to us so we can turn public transport network, will expire this year. Around 47 bus Filip AVRAMOVIĆ reconnect with nature. Since this project “It isn’t enough to buy food at the mar- it into a community garden. We have routes out of 150 existing lines started, many people have taken an inter- ket any more. It is usually covered in pes- also collected around 1, 000 signatures will be open to bidders from the ommunity gardens are a grow- est but the local administration still seems ticides that are applied, in some cases, from people supporting our efforts and private sector; the remaining lines ing trend in major cities all over ignorant about this movement’s ambitions. more than ten times before it reaches us. have delivered the petition to the Secre- will continue to be run by state- the world. People grow their Baštalište currently has around 30 re- On top of that, users want to know the tariat for Environmental Protection. We owned company GSP. Companies Cown organic food there and cruits after setting up in 2013. According to origin of their food, so they can finance also had discussions with municipali- participating in the tender are don’t need to worry about product origin Katarina Milenković from Baštalište, how- production that is responsible to humans ties of Savski Venac, Palilula and Vračar required to provide buses in the or any harmful pesticides. ever, this number would be greater if the and animals. Community gardens are a but we haven’t received anything yet.” same colour, complete with air Baštalište gathers together people with organisation was able to expand. service to the people and they remove the Milenković said. conditioning, passenger counters, green fingers and makes it possible for city “We get more requests every day. The middle man between us and our food.” BIRN tried to contact Belgrade officials wireless internet and video dwellers to have a place to grow food and group would be larger, but this is currently Milenković added. for comment but could not reach them. surveillance equipment.

his plague, located in Dobračina Street number 6 just downtown Belgrade, pays tribute 2015 to one of the oldest publishing companies in Serbia. It all dates back to the year 1928 when Pavle Bihali and “comrades” – as the plague reads – established a magazine called “Nova Literatura,” or New Literature in English. A bit later, the establishment of LEARN INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS FROM TOP REPORTERS the publishing company followed. It was given the name “Nolit,” which is actually an abbreviationT of Nova Literatura, and it still exists.

But the fate of its founder however was not that nice. Bihali, who was a publisher, a writer and a 23 – 29 AUGUST - DURRES, ALBANIA translator of Jewish-Hungarian origin and a well-known antifascist born in Zemun, was killed by For more information and applications visit: www.balkaninsight.com/bss Gestapo in Belgrade in 1941. Hidden Belgrade 6 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 7 BELGRADE BUSINESS

Continued from page 1 ADVERTORIAL Belgrade’s Belgrade investment public sector plan ‘targeting wrong Perfect drivers slam areas’ Wellness working Service conditions Whether you came on business or for private reasons, don’t forget that you’re in the fastest-living city in the region – Extended working hours, salary relaxation is of the utmost importance. cuts and driving without air- conditioning during the summer arin Milosavljevicć, marketing manager of the WellnessLand heatwave pose serious risks to Center and SkyWellness Club will tell you a little more about the city’s public sector transport reasons why those are decidedly Mthe places which offer absolute maximum when workers and passengers alike, claim it comes to spa services, saunas, massage and fit- drivers and activists. ness activities in Belgrade.

Ivana NIKOLIĆ Drivers are, he says, desperate, angry About autumn refreshments: and worried about the potential impact For a whole decade in WellnessLand, and more than five years in Sky- itting in his trade union’s on safety for the hundreds of commut- Wellness, we’re in love with a healthy life. During those years we learnt that office, 46-year-old city bus ers they transport every day. the essence of a good service shouldn’t be changed, but that occasional driver Dragutin Bojić stares “While he drives, a driver is now refreshments are always a good thing. With that in mind, this season we in- mournfully out at the lines thinking about whether his family back troduce new working hours – for the early birds, we’re open from 6:30 AM, of buses parked at the de- home has food to eat, which should not which has garnered great approval from all our members, but also from pot in Belgrade. be happening. He is supposed to be ful- our intermittent clients. Also, because of many guests from abroad, who SHe looks utterly exhausted, having ly focused and thinking about the traf- Milan Kovačević fears Belgrade Waterfront won’t generate expected economic growth. Photo by Media Centre Belgrade spend several continual days or weeks in Belgrade on account of business, New working conditions threaten drivers, commuters and pedestrians, drivers say. Photo by Sanjeev Dasgupta just finished another eight-hour shift fic,” Bojić, who started his career long we devised a new kind of monthly fee, as well as a day pass. That way, we that began at 5am that day. ago, says. The present team in charge of the coming years as they had in the past. vestments, slow privatisation and the are more available than ever, and our service is still as exclusive as ever. Not only has the working day been “You can imagine how we feel, as be- However, GSP officials have told “We spend now eight hours at the While admitting working condi- Serbian capital, however, has declared “Only in the case of strong economic as yet unfinished process of convert- extended by almost an hour, Bojić and sides those personal problems we have BIRN they do not intend to meet their wheel, we are tied to the vehicles.” tions are hard, drivers are the core of a new strategy to boost economic de- growth across the whole country can ing rights to use land into land owner- About a unique concept of WellnessLand Center: his colleagues only get a five-minute to pay attention to the traffic, people we employees’ demands and revert to the Bojić also claims there have been the company and, he says, will have to velopment. we expect investment in real estate, ship rights. Conceptually, WellnessLand is very close to Western clubs with exclu- break at the end of each bus route. are transporting, bus stops, and other old working hours. more crashes and incidents on the “make sacrifices”. The plan, outlined in the official bro- trade and retail in Belgrade,” he ex- Frequent changes to the city’s strate- sive membership. Our members appreciate their own privacy, as well as There is no break for lunch or meals drivers on the road.” “They can fight. They have a right to roads since the regulation was imposed. He stresses the trade unions are com- respecting the privacy of other people. Whether you’re here because of during their shifts. Drivers have protested against the in- do so. But we will also fight with statis- Milković, on the other hand, flatly mitted to respecting the review results chure presenting the city's projects to plained. gic plans, especially when it comes to Bojić describes the extended work- crease in the working day – from seven tics and logics,” Željko Milković, GSP’s denies the allegation, saying that offi- and that there is no going back to the potential investors, is to halt borrowing Dragoljub Rajić, coordinator of the developing infrastructure, could also exercise, spa zone, pool, body treatment or some combination of the of- ing day as having been “very hard” on hours and 12 minutes to eight hours – director, says. cial statistics show road and passenger old regulations. and finance development by attracting Business Support Network, a consul- deter potential investors. fered services, alone or in company, time spent in WellnessLand will relax him and his colleagues since it was since its introduction by GSP (the City safety is far from jeopardized. “You can’t sometimes respect then investments. tancy, believes the key barrier to the NALED believes municipalities on you and prepare you for your various business and private challenges. Our introduced by the state-owned public Public Transport Company Beograd) ‘TICKING TIME BOMBS’ “Since the new working hours start- sometimes not respect the rules,” In the Investors Guide for 2015, the success of the new investment plan is the periphery of Belgrade should pay permanent members come mostly by way of reccomendation, and we ob- transport company GSP back in Sep- 10 months ago. ed, the number of traffic accidents Milković points out. city emphasized that the cabinet that the lack of demand for new apartments more attention to equipping locations viously have more than a good reputation among foreign guests of our city, tember. The new working day regulation was While GSP officials claim the change caused by GSP’s drivers has fallen by 2.7 Trade union leader Antić admits took over in 2014 had consolidated the and offices. suitable for developing new produc- because they keep coming back every time they return to Belgrade. Bad enough then, he says the ex- introduced on the basis of a review con- has brought plenty of good things both per cent,” Milković insists. their former management agreed to city’s management in various fields. “To have demand for apartments tion, logistic and warehouse capacities. tended hours are proving unbearable ducted in 2013 by a company Zaštita na for drivers and commuters, Bojić and In addition to claiming the accident comply with the new regulation, but "Successful completion of this pro- in the Belgrade Waterfront [develop- They are already lagging behind About the excellent during this summer’s heatwave as tem- radu i zaštita životne sredine "Beograd" his colleagues from the union claim rate has fallen, Milković points to the claims that doesn’t mean they cannot cess will create room for development ment], we would need to have a Dubai- some out-of-city municipalities, espe- atmosphere in SkyWellness Club: peratures regularly reach 40 degrees (Protection at work and environmental just the opposite. savings made by implementing ex- challenge it now. and investments. By introducing a ‘zero like economic boom, and we don’t have cially those nearby, such as Pećinci and In SkyWellness Club, we have a luxury of the best view in town. If you Celsius. Not all of GSP’s vehicles are protection Beograd) at the request of “We are slowly becoming a fac- tended hours, explaining that the com- “We will insist on changing it – we will borrowing policy,’ Belgrade will turn its the potential for that in Belgrade,” he Stara Pazova. have ever heard those incredible stories about a night life on Belgrade’s riv- equipped with air-conditioning. GSP, with the aim to establishing wheth- tory that produces invalids,” Zoran pany needs 300 fewer drivers to cover speak to the media, hold press confer- focus to investors, presenting itself as said. Kovačević said that most investors in ers, the early-morning or day exercise with a perfect view on those same “But we have to work, no matter the er working hours should increase or be Antić, president of Samostaini all routes than it did before. ences, and most importantly we have a an attractive, modern and stable part- “To create the market for this type production had already opted to locate rivers will render you speechless! SkyWellness Club is young and full of sindikat (The Independent Trade “With this new regulation, we will right to reassess that analysis, which we weather. The problem is it affects us reduced. ner,” the brochure reads. of residential and office space, the city their businesses outside the capital and positive energy, and a favorite city spot when it comes to best quality exer- Union), claims. save 350-500 million dinars per year,” will certainly do in the coming months,” and the job,” he says. Public transport drivers and their needs to have strong industry or be a its immediate suburbs. cise. Sauna, various kinds of body treatments, and services of professional Bojić agrees – and goes even further. he says. he concluded. The longer shifts aren’t the drivers’ unions’ battle started back in Sep- SERVICES AND TOURISM trade and tourist centre,” he explained. Several big international manufac- trainers are also available to our guests. “With all this, a driver has turned into Thus, for Milković, this regulation Meanwhile, public transport drivers only concern. At around the same time tember but has further intensified The National Alliance for Local turers, such as Mercedes- Benz, Nestle, a ticking time bomb. Our job is complex meets both safety standards and is will have to keep driving across the city last year, a 10 per cent salary cut was in the last month, when they once City leaders are hoping the success- Economic Growth, NALED, sees two Volvo, Husqvarna, Gorenje, DHL, and About an incredible equipment: imposed on all public sector workers – again called on officials to recon- and responsible and this is a big injus- appropriate in the current economic on longer shifts, despite the hot temper- ful implementation of the €3.5 billion possible directions for economic de- Muhlbauer, have built factories in Stara On both locations, we offer our guests exclusively the equipment made including GSP workers - as part of the sider the decision and abandon the tice,” he says, stressing the public safety climate and as such should be kept in atures and financial worries following Belgrade Waterfront development pro- velopment in Belgrade – services and Pazova. by renowned Italian manufacturer Technogym. We are aware that multi- government’s austerity programme. regulation. risks. place, despite trade unions’ efforts. the salary cut. ject will rejuvenate the capital and spur tourism - rather than building riverside “Investment in new production fa- tasking and clever utilization of every single moment are essential to mod- economic growth across the country. apartments. cilities will be made outside Belgrade, ern living, and that’s the reason why you can, while excercising, check your The project, led by the Abu Dhabi- “Emphasis should be given to provid- around Corridor X,” Kovačević predict- email, talk via Skype, leave your status on social networking services, or ORDER DELIVERY TO registered company Eagle Hills, envis- ing services from Belgrade to clients ed, adding that cities with good access just watch an episode of your favorite sitcom. 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One example of such investment is Petrašin Jakovljević, general man- The Belgrade Waterfront project is NCR Corporation, which is engaged in ager of Metalac, agreed, adding that SUPERMARKET CONCEPT STORE KOLARAC HOTEL VOZAREV RESTAURANT ZAVIČAJ RADISSON BLU OLD expected to provide a much-needed electronic and technology services in large new investments could only be Address: Višnjićeva 10 Address: Studentski trg 5 Address: Pop Stojanova 16 Address: Gavrila Principa 77 MILL HOTEL, BELGRADE stimulus to Serbia’s struggling construc- the areas of finance, trade, tourism and expected when Serbia improves its in- Address: Bulevar Vojvode Misica 15 tion industry, as well as create new jobs. catering and has 1,000 employees in frastructure. MONUMENT HOTEL EXCELSIOR HOTEL 88 ROOMS MIXER HOUSE www.radissonblu.com/hotel-belgrade However, Milan Kovačević, a Bel- the centre of Belgrade. “There are few investments in Address: Čika Ljubina 9 Address: Kneza Miloša 5 Address: Takovska 49 Address: Karađorđeva 46 grade-based economist, argues that the NALED believes that in order to southern Serbia and plenty in the deadline of 30 years for developing the reach its potential, the capital should fo- area of Stara Pazova or Jagodina, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BELGRADE HOTEL MOSKVA HOTEL PRAG HOTEL METROPOL TOURIST ORGANISATION OF SERBIA project is too long and says the project cus on developing a logistic and cargo where access to infrastructure is bet- Address: Temišvarska 19 Address: Balkanska 1 Address: Kraljice Natalije 27 Address: Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 69 Address: Čika Ljubina 8 will not generate the expected eco- centre and on creating new attractions ter,” he recalled. nomic growth. “The entire project was for tourists. Jakovljević insisted that economic THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL HOTEL SQUERE NINE HOTEL HYATT HOTEL LE PETIT PIAFF GYM DR FEELGOOD not set up correctly,” he insisted. growth in Serbia could only be gener- SCHOOL OF BELGRADE Address: Studentski trg 9 Address: Milentija Popovića 5 Restaurant Mali vrabac Address: Kolarčeva 3 Kovačević said that Belgrade had COMPETITION ated after new investment in produc- Skadarska 34 Address: Smetanina 12 Address: a reputation as an important destina- FROM COUNTRYSIDE tion, which is not likely to be located in CAFE SNEŽANA HOTEL CROWN PLAZA RESTAURANT BIZU tion for investment due to large invest- Belgrade. Address: Knez Mihailova 50 Address: Vladimira Popovića 10 INTERGALACTIC DINNER Address: Andre Nikolića 1-3 ments in banking and retail. According to NALED, key problems “In Belgrade, further growth in the Address: Internacionalnih brigada 22 But he cautioned that these sectors for Belgrade as an investment desti- service sector is more likely but the HOTEL TOWN HOUSE HOTEL IN Address: Hotel Jugoslavija, Bulevar CAFE CAFFELOUNGE were not likely to generate the same nation include insufficient activity in country cannot live on the service in- Address: Maršala Birjuzova 56 Address: Bulevar Arsenija Čarnojevića 56 Mihajla Pupina 85A Address: Vase Pelagića 48 Address: Kolarčeva 7 level of growth and investment in the preparing locations for production in- dustry alone,” he warned. 8 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 9 REGION ARTS

Continued from page 1 Anita O’Day Opera, Ballet tribute in Gradska bašta and Classical

‘The European th Fear on The great new jazz venue SUNDAY JULY 12 Gradska bašta has been dedicating full days of music Belgrade Baroque – Chamber Music in Versailles, The House of King Peter I, to various jazz superstars of Arts in brief the past all summer. On July Dream’ at Palić Lake Vase Pelagića 40, 8:30pm the run: th 15 , they will be celebrating TUESDAY JULY 14th the life and music of Anita O’Day, the famed American Massimo Mercelli – flute and Mary Bojić jazz singer who passed – piano, The House of King Peter I, Vase A Srebrenica Pelagića 40, 8:30pm away in 2006. A quartet will be performing, starting THURSDAY JULY 16th at 8pm, fronted by Jelena survivor’s Jovović, joined by a tenor sax, Aleksandar Serdar – piano, Ilija M. guitarist, and double bassist. Kolarac Endowment, Studentski Trg 5, 8pm Tickets for the show costs less than a euro each and can TUESDAY JULY 21st tale be bought at the door. Ksenija Komljenović and Miloš Branisavljević, percussions, Kapetan wasn’t afraid. I guess Allah Another of the young men in her Two classics Miša Bulding, Studentski Trg 1, 8pm gave me power at that mo- group had been injured in the ambush in Archive’s ment… I went to one child; and was bleeding. repertoire WEDNESDAY JULY 23rd he looked just like my “A shell had blown off his elbow. I felt The Yugoslav Film Archive will Suzana Šuvaković-Savić – soprano, [son] Sead. I sat beside him sorry for him. When we sat down, he Nataša Jović-Trivić – mezzosoprano, for four days,” she says. fell asleep. I would spend half an hour be playing two movies already Nevena Živković – piano, Belgrade City After four days had passed, she noticed each time waking him up. Once he considered as classics on July Hall, Dragoslava Jovanovića 2, 8pm “I th that the boy was wearing shoes differ- yelled at me: ‘Leave me alone, why are 20 . Firstly, the cult favour- ent to the ones her son wore, so she you bothering me?’” she says. ite Coen brothers’ movie Fargo will be screened at picked herself up and went on alone. “When we stopped near rivers, I tore Exhibitions 6pm, followed by the steamy By this time, she was confused and off parts of my jacket and cleaned the Spanish movie Tie Me Up! Tie and Events disorientated: “I don’t know what’s left wound since flies were coming near it. Me Down! directed by Pedro or right. I don’t know anything,” she re- He was the same age as my boys.” Almodóvar. th members. The young man survived, she says, FRIDAY JULY 10 She spent two more days in the but during the long march, many others Exhibition Exhibition: Graf A Gogo, French Cultural woods, and then met a man who asked succumbed to exhaustion and others to celebrate Centre, Knez Mihajlova 31, 2pm her to say a prayer in Arabic to prove were killed by the shelling. According Exhibition: Bygone Worlds of Parisian art Ancient Continents, Dom Omladine, she was a Muslim. Fatima says she to later verdicts from international and influence Makedonska 22, 7pm could barely remember her name, let local courts, some 1,500 people died in Exhibition: Vic Godard and A.M. Leka, alone a prayer, but she managed to do the woods as they attempted to flee. O3one Gallery, Uzun Mirkova 10, 8pm The exhibition Paris through A 2015 Russian drama film, ‘Pioneer Heroes’, will also be shown. Photo courtesy of Palić film festival it all the same. “I always say, if the woods could talk… Time and Art will be showing “I told him I was travelling with my So many people died. Even in the first at the Progres Gallery in Knez SUNDAY JULY 12th kids, but that I had lost them… He said: ambush… We were running, surviv- Mihajlova from July 13th to dersson. ‘Go down, there is a group.’ I went ing, stepping on dead people, not even 19th. The goal of the project is The Great Vinyl Market, Dom Omladine, One of Serbia’s “It’s my It’s my honour and I saw 12 men… One of them said: looking,” Fatima recalls. She says she to present and support artists Makedonska 22, from 10am to 3pm honour as ‘Woman, we are going to [the village of] carried a grenade with her to kill her- who will try to express the th most popular the festi- as the festival TUESDAY JULY 14 Sućeska, you can influence of French culture on val direc- come with us if Serbian art and promote eco- Movie: Lunchbox (India/Germany, film festivals, tor that we you want and nomic, historical and cultural director France, 2013), Yugoslav Film Archive, I always say, if Kosovska 11, 8pm help with connections between the two will be able countries. The entrance is free European Film the food. We to host two famed people from both that we will be th the woods could of charge. WEDNESDAY JULY 15 won’t get to domestic and international cinema- Festival Palić, tography,” festival director Radoslav Movie: Yuma (Poland, 2012), Yugoslav Tuzla for a able to host two Film Archive, Kosovska 11, 8pm talk… So many Serbia Zelenović said at a press conference month,’” she celebrates returns with recalls. Tesla for the festival held at the Yugoslav famed people THURSDAY JULY 16th She agreed to travel with the group people died. Film Archive on July 1st. Movie: Luna Escondida (Mexico/USA, outdoor lake-side One of the most attractive aspects but made them promise they would The late inventor and genius from both 2012), Yugoslav Film Archive, Kosovska not take special care of her, but make Even in the first Nikola Tesla will be celebrated of the festival is without doubt the lo- 11, 8pm sure they survived themselves. The in ten towns across Serbia at screenings and cation. Especially during the summer, th problem was that no one knew the way. ambush… We various events held until July when attending outdoor screenings domestic and SATURDAY JULY 18 th a truly diverse They ran into a Bosnian Serb ambush, 12 . Under the name “Tesla’s next to a lake is much more appealing Movie: Una Pistola En Cada Mano fled, and ended up back in the same Days”, much has been were running, Many of Ahmić’s relatives did not survive the Srebrenica massacres. Photo by Amer Jahić than being stuck in a Belgrade movie international (Spain, 2012), Yugoslav Film Archive, woodlands. planned across the country, mix of European- theatre. Kosovska 11, 8pm “We decided to start again at night, including exhibitions, perfor- self in case she was taken by Bosnian days to get there after getting lost and Croats, and she tries to have good rela- Organisers say that the festival has cinematography.” SUNDAY JULY 19th but when you go into the forest, you surviving, Serb forces. wandering in the woods, trying to find tions with all of them. Despite what she mances, workshops, experi- themed been working on picking the best ven- ments, lectures and various can’t find anything... I couldn’t see the When they were nearing the town the right way. suffered 20 years ago, she says that she ues and that a large outdoor terrace in Movie: Diaz-Don’t Clean Up This Blood, events inspired by Tesla’s life (Italy, 2012), Yugoslav Film Archive, sky… I came through all bloody and stepping on dead of Kladanj, Fatima says she saw a Serb Her other son, Mirsad, never made it. hates no one. programmes. Palić that had been undergoing reno- torn,” she says. and work. One of the most ex- Kosovska 11, 8pm trench, but the group managed to find a Meanwhile Fatima’s brother, father and “People should respect one another. citing will be held at Zemun’s vations for many years is now finally Since leaving Srebrenica, she says Radoslav Zelenović, th people, not even way past it, through a river. two brothers-in-law had sought refuge They should know that upbringing is the th ready for use and will host many of MONDAY JULY 20 she barely had a sip of water or a bite Gardoš Tower on July 10 at Three days later, they reached at the United Nations base in Potočari, most important thing. If you teach some- David GALIĆ the most important movie screen- festival director of food, and people in the group were 8pm. Various art objects as Movie: The Forgiveness of Blood Kladanj, which was under Bosnian but were taken by Bosnian Serb forces one to be fair, they will be,” she says. well as Tesla’s archive and ings. (Albania, 2011), Yugoslav Film Archive, starting to go mad as a result. “One of looking.” Army control. The journey had taken and killed. “We should also forgive, but never personal belongings from his t has been 22 years since the There are a total of seven screening The Homage programme will fea- Kosovska 11, 8pm them yelled: ‘I dreamed about a big loaf 13 days. One of her sons made it in eight Fatima lives in Sarajevo now and forget. In your heart, know what you Belgrade-based museum will Palić festival began and the locations for the festival located both ture a couple of films each night from rd of bread that my mum made…’ They days but her husband Hasib took 66 her nearest neighbours are Serbs and have lived through.” be on display. THURSDAY JULY 23 were all hungry,” she says. Fatima Ahmić event has changed greatly in Palić and Subotica. the opuses of the two Lifka award since its inception. Starting off According to Palić Programme Di- winners Žilnik and Andersson. Movie: O Homem Do Futuro (Brazil, 2011), Yugoslav Film Archive, Kosovska as a film festival for domestic rector Miroslav Mogorović, a lot of There will also be a number of clas- Beatles’ 11, 8pm tunes in movies only, it shifted gears in work was put into creating this year’s sic movies shown every night at the Belgrade 2003I to become a European film fes- programme, adding that he and his main city square in Subotica. There tival. colleagues tried to find a perfect bal- are even two separate categories for Theatre If you never had a chance to That determination to be a true ance between new, up-and-coming showcasing the work of young Slova- FRIDAY JULY 10th listen to the famed Liverpool European festival has never been talent and industry veterans. kian and Hungarian filmmakers and a ROM Published by band’s hits live, you will have more evident than this year, with the While this year is billed as being special programme of environmental Welcome To Cabaret, Gardoš, Zemun, 9pm an interesting chance to do festival’s current tagline being The one of the best ever, the festival, like documentaries, a particularly nice th CRO so at Belgrade’s Miksalište "European Dream." The festival is set many in this time of economic aus- touch given the beautiful environ- SUNDAY JULY 12 on July 10th. During this in scenic Palić; a beautiful lake-side terity in Serbia, was forced to operate ment of the town of Palić is a vital part Beauty and The Beast (children’s play), B&H SRB year’s BELEF, Big Band RTS resort town located five kilometres with a significantly smaller budget of the festival’s attraction. Gardoš, Zemun, 8:30pm www.balkaninsight.com will present its latest project from Serbia’s northern-most city of than in previous years, with one of Music concerts will be also held arranged for a jazz band MONDAY JULY 13th SUBSCRIBE TO OUR orchestra called “The Beatles Subotica. their main sponsors dropping out of every night at the Palić Yachting Club Held between July 18th and 23rd, the project at the last minute. for people to unwind to with a drink Everyone Should Know What A LEADING PROVIDER OF PREMIUM CONTENT BUL Songbook”, bringing you Friendship Means (children’s play), for in-depth analysis, investigative the Fab Four’s greatest hits there will be more than 80 movies However, that doesn’t mean that after a long day of cinema-going. Gardoš, Zemun, 8:30pm MNE shown during the festival’s six-day there won’t be any exciting innova- Film fans from Belgrade looking NEWS AND ANALYSIS such as Michelle, Yesterday, th reports, features, interviews, KOS FRIDAY JULY 17 commentary and profiles on the latest Lady Madonna, I Want to run. One of the most important events tions at this year’s festival, including to get out of the sweltering city heat IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE Hold Your Hand etc. Tick- of the festival every year is the presen- the first ever screening of a movie in this July and spend some time in Milunka (monodrama), Gardoš, Zemun, business and political headlines. MAC 9pm ets for the concert cost 500 tation of the Aleksandar Lifka award, 3D. one of Vojvodina’s most idyllic towns dinars [around €4] and can given to people who have made spe- The festival programme is incredi- shouldn’t hesitate to book a trip up SATURDAY JULY 18th be purchased at all Gig Stix cial contributions to European cin- bly diverse, including the Young Spirit north for the Palić European Film Fes- The Blues Brothers (musical), ticket outlets (Corner Shops ematography. of Europe and Underground Spirit tival. ALB Miksalište, Mostarska 5, 9pm OTHER SERVICES: and Vulkan bookstores) and at This year there will be two winners: special programmes that will feature Mikser House. In case of bad SUNDAY JULY 19th weather, the concert will be Serbian director Želimir Žilnik and young and independent filmmakers For more information visit famed Swedish filmmaker Roy An- from across the continent. www.palicfilmfestival.com Dositej’s Fables (children’s play), Gardoš, held at Mikser House. Zemun, 8:30pm 10 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 11 EXIT EXIT COMMENT Eyesburn The ultimate EXIT bringing peace survival guide and love to Exit Having attended One of Serbia’s most famous bands and a veteran performer every EXIT at the world-famous Exit festival, in its 15-year Eyesburn are looking forward to history, Goran another turn in Novi Sad. Mirković offers Filip AVRAMOVIĆ by British group The Prodigy and by his top tips Exit. s the frontman of the Over the years, Exit has gone through on avoiding band that has played many changes. Artists came and went Exit more than any and, as the festival grew, the organiza- other, Nemanja Kojić tion reached new levels of complexity. festival Coyote recalls only “The main change I noticed is how time they could not at- we were treated at the festival itself. frustration Atend this red-letter musical event. These are all positive changes, so we “We used to play Exit every year,” he are all grateful to the organization,” Coy- while enjoying says. “The only time we missed was be- ote explained. tween 2007 and 2012, when the band One of the best rewards for any musi- was inactive,” he added. cian is an invite to play at Exit, he added. the musical A hardcore reggae band, Eyesburn “I have had a chance to see and meet have been playing for around 20 years. some of my favourite bands, like Misty mayhem to the When they started, their goal was to re- in Roots, Bad Brains, Suicidal Tenden- sist the regime of Slobodan Milošević. cies, Fundamental and Skindred,” Coy- max. These days they are more interested in ote said. spreading love and peace. “It would be hypocritical to say that EXIT attracts thousands of music-lovers from all over the world. Photo by Exit festival/Flickr The band was formed in 1994 with anything else is better than receiving an original line-up of the former Dead the call and being invited to play at Ideas guitarist Nemanja Kojić Coyote, Exit,” he added. former URGH! member Vladimir Lazić “Over the years, I recall far more small part of Novi Sad and claim it as 1. DISTANCE FROM spent a couple of concerts behind 5. DON’T BE Laza and Aleksandar Radulović Gile. pleasant things than unpleasant ones. their home for an entire summer. THE TOILET guys who were two heads taller than AFRAID TO ASK Their first album, Freedomized, was I’ve also had an opportunity to meet a At first, I thought that they were all me. Never fall victim to such trivial THE LOCALS recorded live at the Belgrade club KST. lot of great people who helped me in in denial. I thought that something like Although this might not seem so things. Always check who’s in front of FOR HELP AND During this period Eyesburn mostly England with my research and studies this could never happen in this coun- important to some, trust me, toilet you before you decide to drop anchor. ADVICE played clubs in the capital and occa- of the reggae world,” he continued. try. distance is not something you should sionally elsewhere in Serbia. They also Few things bother the frontman Why? Well, because we were under joke about. You don’t want to stand 3. CHOOSE YOUR MEETING A lot of the younger locals are pretty started working on their first studio al- about Exit and certainly not the festival a severe dictatorship. I thought that too close to the toilets, but you also PLACES WISELY fluent in English. Not only that but they’re bum, Dog Life. itself. Slobodan Milošević would never al- don’t want to let them out of your more than willing to have a conversation As a result of their growing popular- “The main thing that bothered me low something like this to take place sight. If you’re interested in watching The festival offers a tonne of stages with you and help you find your way ity, they were invited to play on the pre- was that I could never watch a concert under his rule, but I was wrong. EXIT Motorhead and pounding beers until with all sorts of different music that ap- within their city. Don’t be afraid to talk to election tours, “IT’S TIME” and “USE IT in peace,” he admitted. was each and every day becoming Lemmy’s neck breaks in half in front of peals to a pretty diverse audience. All them, they’ll pleasantly surprise you. (your brain).” “Someone was always asking for a more and more real, and I couldn’t be- your eyes, you’ll probably need to go that basically means you’ll most certain- The band started performing in oth- picture with me and I couldn't really lieve my eyes. to the toilet every ten minutes. This is ly end up in situations where you part 6. SCHEDULE er former Yugoslav republics, too, while turn anyone down since the fans are I begged my mom to let me go and an art form, and takes a bit of practice. ways with your friends, as they will want WHAT YOU WANT remaining one of the most active bands people who love us; they are the reason see what it was all about. Luckily, she Remember: the mind learns by day to see something you don’t, and vice TO SEE – PREPARE in Serbia. why we are doing this,” he explained. was cool enough to understand that, but the body learns by sleep. You’ll be versa. In order to regroup, you’ll need to TO MAKE SOME After a change of line-up and a long Talking about the future, Coyote says even if I was just 15 then, there still a pro by day two. agree upon a meeting place. Remember, SACRIFICES break from preforming, they all reunit- it is wide open. “We are not planning an- Goran was something there for me to see. around 40,000 people will be visiting MIRKOVIĆ ed in 2011. Eyesburn then performed at ything. We just spread peace and love,” All of her friends called her insane for 2. CAREFULLY CHOOSE YOUR this year’s EXIT Festival every single day, This year’s line-up is full of all sorts of the Warrior's Dance festival, organized the frontman of the band said. Eyesburn are veteran performers at Exit. Photo: Facebook his year, the EXIT letting me go and party all night long STANDING POINT so it’s safe to presume that it won’t be that amazing artists. The only problem is, some festival, which takes with, and I quote, “a bunch of hippies easy to locate familiar faces in the crowd. of them will perform at the same time on place every year in the and weirdos”. Picture the scenario: While killing My advice is, when choosing a place different stages. I know this sounds awful, northern Serbian town Looking back on those very first time browsing for random stuff on the where you’ll meet with your friends, pick but you’ll have to choose which artists are of Novi Sad, is celebrat- days of EXIT and comparing it to internet, you happen to come across a location that isn’t so crowded. If you, a must-see, and which you could catch ing its 15th birthday. I what the festival looks like today - it this ad for a summer music festival. for example, want to regroup at the Main some other time. Think this through be- Tcouldn’t be happier. has come a very long way. The only You click on the link and see that it has Stage, then you should probably pick one fore you visit the Fortress, so that you don’t This magnificent four-day event, thing that has stayed the same is the a killer line-up. Without even taking a of the few trees that can be found there. find yourself in situations where you’re held since 2001 at the beautiful Petro- people still don’t care if it rains cats minute to think things through, you When we decide to meet at the torn between two or more sides. varadin fortress, has over the last 14 and dogs. They came to party and instantly enter your credit card dig- Dance Arena, my friends and I usually years hosted an insane number of nothing will stand in the way of them its and buy a ticket and all the treats pick “under the big metal stairs” as our 7. TAXI PRICES people from all over the globe - more having a great time and listening to included. You don’t care that it’s be- meeting place. It’s easy to find, and it’s CITY GUIDE Available at: than 2.7 million of them. some of their favourite bands, DJs ing held in a faraway land like Serbia. pretty easy for us to see each other It doesn’t matter which part of the and artists. from the top while we’re going down. Tourist Organisation of Belgrade As the festival organisers have al- You’re willing to brave the distance in city you’re coming from, a taxi ride Knez Mihailova 5, +381 (11) 2635 622 ready said, this could be the biggest The EXIT festival features tonnes of order to see your favourite band or DJ should never cost you more than €6 Central Train Station, +381 (11) 3612 732 one yet. They’re expecting more stages and millions of perks. Without perform live. 4. PACK LIGHT (that’s 720 dinars). Be on the lookout Nikola Tesla Airport, +381 (11) 2097 828 a proper training course, however, Belgrade Port, Karađorđeva than 40,000 visitors every single day. Months go by and finally you’re for those vehicles which aren’t part of APROPO These are pretty impressive numbers. it tends to get a bit overwhelming. here, all excited to see the show you’ve All the weather forecasts are pre- any currently registered association. Hotel Moskva Bookstore and tearoom Born and raised in Novi Sad, I ba- Whether you’re a newbie or a veteran, been waiting for. You come to the stage dicting that this EXIT is going to be Only sit in vehicles that have a Naxis, FREE PULL OUT MAP OF BELGRADE Terazije 20, +381 11 3642 000 Cara Lazara 10 +381 11 2625839 sically grew up with this festival. So there’s always something new to dis- and, out of nowhere, this giant dude a pretty hot one. So, bearing this in SOS or Red Taxi sign on them. FREE SIM CARD Hotel Excelsior far, I’ve been to its every instalment. cover. steps in front of you and you end up mind, you shouldn’t carry a large There. These are my tips on how to Kneza Miloša 5, +381 11 3231 381 At the Belgrade Airport TOP SIGHTSEEING LOCATIONS Exit was, is and always will be full of staring at the back of his head for an backpack with you, filled with all sorts survive EXIT and make it one of the I haven’t missed a single day, and I’m Supermarket concept store Hudson news odlasci / departures not planning on breaking this tradi- surprises, so it’s of crucial importance hour. Naturally, you get bummed out of spare clothes and anti-rain gadg- best experiences of your life. PUBLIC TRANSPORT MAP Višnjićeva 10, +381 11 2910 942 Hudson news dolasci / arrivals tion any time soon. that you come prepared. and return home all disappointed. ets and contraptions. A big backpack Enjoy your time in Novi Sad, and GUIDED TOURS THROUGH BELGRADE Hudson news čekiranje / check in In order to help you survive it and will only slow you down and make it Hotel Townhouse 27 Hudson news transit zona / transit I remember when EXIT first entered I’m not a very tall person. I’m not I hope to see you at the Fortress. WIDE SELECTION OF CLUBS, HOTELS, Maršala Birjuzova 56, +381 11 2022 900 the scene. I was just a 15-year-old kid, make it one of the best experiences short either. I consider myself to be of harder for you to manoeuvre within Order online: RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND sitting on the bench in front of my in your life, I have compiled a list an average height. The thing that I hate the crowd. Take it from me, you don’t Take care, Booking Rooms Hostel Kralja Petra 30, +381 63 29 39 39 www.balkaninsight.com/en/page/ home with my friends, looking at all of of some of the most important tips most in life is when I can’t see what I want to find yourself in a situation Goran ENTERTAINMENT VALUE www.bookingrooms.rs belgrade-city-guide these faces belonging to people who and tricks that you need to consider paid for. A couple of times I got burned where someone from behind is pull- were, against all odds, determined when making your way up to the this way. I didn’t really focus on my ing you down in a sea of people who Goran Mirkovic used to work on the festival’s mar- to make it their mission to conquer a Fortress. surroundings, and thanks to that I are barely conscious. keting and has been a partner of EXIT for years. 12 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 13 DINING OUT GOING OUT

Radisson Blu Old Mill Hotel Far from Belgrade's It always begins

with a simple Corner Wine question: ‘Can you 'German bring me the wine list’? Everything run of the mill else that follows is a complex matter, Untypically for a Belgrade hotel, the ferent blends, properly made and nicely menu is short and spot-on. A few interna- served, but it was the desserts that turned pub' hits and cannot be tional dishes with a Serbian twist, a few out to be the high point of the visit. measured only by Serbian dishes given modern interpreta- The one that particularly stands out is how much is left tions, everything with a gentle note of called the Ice Lab. A small event in its own in the bottle after Mediterranean… right, it is worth a special visit. Creamy, va- the mark The name “LOL” stands for the most nilla flavored ice cream is made in front dinner. memorable plate, and the one with the of you using liquid nitrogen. An interest- Pavle GOLICIN least amount of food on it. Resembling a ing selection of condiments is offered meadow in springtime, a flat, square plate in small bottles resembling chemist’s As the name suggests, Pivo i Kobaja is he Radisson Blu Hotel is sprinkled with (thin as air) pressed pink utensils, allowing you to create your own has been recently octopus carpaccio, green leek panna perfect combination: chilly pistachio, a great place to grab a good beer and a established on the site of cotta, red tomato “caviar”, sweet black raspberry dust, rakija (plum brandy) in a the old mill. Eager to find T cuttlefish ink, fried to dehydration, and perfume dispenser… the list goes on. One delicious plate of sausages, just don’t out what kind of ingredients their restaurant grinds, I had to have a some edible flower petals. Colorful, play- of our party, who usually skips desserts, look and taste the products they ful and flavorsome, this dish shows just tried dark chocolate mixed with sea salt. come expecting to find a wide range of are offering. how much joy you can get from so little As his eyes widened, he proclaimed: “I Despite the inconvenient substance… while showing off the latest will definitely come back”. parking lot and entrance to the craft beers or a varied menu. hotel/restaurant, as well as an trends in the culinary world. Our other choice was “Chocolate - a ret- impression that this endeavor is Duck soup with mezzalune (half- rospective”, a trio designed for addicts – a still “a work in progress”, the place moon) pasta is delicate and soothing. dark chocolate soufflé, a layered white- is unusually serene on a working A great alternative to the usual chicken and-milk chocolate mousse and a chilly David GALIĆ tions that would make it look a bit like a day in Belgrade. clear soup, with small pieces of meat Mayan chocolate soup. It was tricky, but “biker bar,” which it very much isn’t. The first impression is that the offer of other drinks, i.e. spirits, and still firm vegetables, it is a nice way the soufflé was perfectly executed, one of eing able to judge a bar You’ll mostly see young business peo- is better than the wine list itself. to honor local tradition, which is to begin the finest in this town. The other two were or club by just reading ple and couples coming out to Pivo i Kob- The list is well done, with all the your meal with soup. less special. We would have preferred its name might be a rare aja, not biker gangs. As far as the rest of information needed and sorted Barley risotto with chanterelles and this perfect soufflé served with white ice occurrence in Belgrade the décor is concerned, there’s no doubt out by the book. However, there hard sheep-milk cheese from the town of cream and maybe with the lovely selec- but Pivo i Kobaja is one of that a lot of time and effort was put into is still room for improvement; for Pirot was something of a miss. The tastes tion of salts available in the restaurant. those places. The name it. Every inch of every wall is decorated instance, grappa and brandy are Photo: Facebook not the same and cannot be put did not connect. The ingredients were The portions might appear on the translatesB to Beer and Sausage. And that’s with beer-related items. Whether it be old together. promising but the mushrooms were a bit small size but if you are up for a three- pretty much the gist of the pub. posters, ads, mugs or coasters, it’s obvious time finding in just about any other pub ther dropping by the pub after work for also a few breakfast items on the menu The wine list includes 60 odd pale and the cheese too intense for this course meal, you will surely walk out The pub is located in Vračar, just op- that the pub was decorated with a lot of in town. a drink, or even organized events and that bring eggs into the equation, but usu- labels; slightly more than half of them being Serbian. It has a nice combination. feeling full. posite the Saint Sava Cathedral. There care. One cool thing that they do have on of- team building get-togethers with plenty ally also include sausages and bacon. depth and offers enough opportu- Photo: Facebook On to the main dishes: The local beef All in all, our first visit to the OMB Lar- are plenty of pubs and bars located in this But the attention to detail and the beer- fer is beer towers, or giraffes. There aren’t of young working people. That’s probably That said, if you aren’t asking for much nities to pair the wine with food. burger excelled. Made from the neck and der + Lounge was the opposite of what area, but not many that cater to the same centric theme might actually set visitors many pubs in Belgrade that have these the main demographic of the bar, to be in terms of craft beers and a varied menu About 15 wines are available by shoulder of local “Buša” beef (a small va- we might have expected from a Belgrade type of crowd that Pivo i Kobaja does. Ba- up for a bit of a disappointment. Consid- devices, which hold three litres of beer honest. and you want to go to a place where you the glass, including bubbles and Chain hotels seldom break new riety native to the ex-Yugoslav region), chain hotel. The food was excellent, from sically, the pub tries to recreate the atmos- ering the pub has beer in its name, one and allow you to pour at your own speed And it wouldn’t be fair not to talk about can get served beer by the tower and eat dessert wines, which is a good The Old Mill practice. ground in architectural and interior de- it is served “open” on a bed of sour to- the overall concept, through to the execu- phere of a traditional German pub, from would think that there would be more of and leisure. These beer towers and long, the second part of the pub’s name – the delicious, freshly prepared German-style In order to cover different sign. With that in mind, Old Mill is inter- mato bread, along with some mustard tion and the presentation of individual the décor all the way to the beer and the a selection. One would hope that there connected tables on the second floor of sausage. Just like the drinks menu, the sausages, Pivo i Kobaja will certainly hit starters, I go for Cilić rosé, a kind Larder + Lounge esting, modern and clean at the same and ljutenica (hot version of the popular dishes. food. would perhaps be some great German the pub, make Pivo i Kobaja a place per- food menu is not very diverse at all. You the spot. of traditional rosé from Šumadija; time. The complex is built on the site of red paprika relish, ajvar). Topped with The atmosphere still leaves something There are two floors to the pub, and the lagers and wheat beers since the overall fect for a massive gathering of friends or would expect maybe some chicken fin- while for the mains, consisting may be part of the Old Mill, one of the best-known ruins crunchy nettle (or was it baby spinach?) to be desired. Hallways are still echo as lower floor seems to try to combine that theme is so German. co-workers. gers and burgers, but there aren’t any. only of meat, I opt for Cilić Caber- net Merlot, which gives fruity and in Belgrade. The Old Mill itself, protected leaves in tempura, the meat was perfect, workers perform touch-ups here and German beer hall feel with some biker What you get, however, is a selection Since there are a large number of Basically, around 90 per cent of the menu Pivo i Kobaja spicy aromas, perfect to combine a hotel chain as an urban heritage site, has been fully and the dish complete and interesting. there, and there was a photo-session go- paraphernalia thrown in. There are Har- of several domestic and several foreign companies headquartered in this part of consists of various sausages meals, along Address: Braničevska 1 with food. restored to host the main hotel building. Another main, Karakačanska lamb, came ing on right in the hotel lobby, with all the ley Davidson bar stools and other decora- beers that you really won’t have a hard town, it’s very common to see people ei- with a few rib and bacon dishes. There are Contact: +381 62 404 885 The mark-up is average for but the food is Two new glass towers have been add- recommended by the waiter. Pressed equipment and stuff. Surprisingly, the ser- Belgrade standards and the staff ed to the site and connect to the main lamb, new potatoes, rakija and lamb juice vice was hard to reach at times, although are steady and ready to accom- modate the guests. Yet, there leagues above building. Inside, the old and the new co- infusion. It is a lamb plate that delivers. we were amongst just a few guests. Some are still unnecessary moves by exist. The old is represented by the outer Our third main was a fresh take on recommendations were good but some The Jon Spencer Blues Bigger, better Foam the numerous staff, which both what you would shell of uncovered rustic brick walls and Serbia’s most popular dish, ćevapi. Dan- explanations were naïve. The mild staff need to be streamlined by the some iron, copper and reclaimed wood gerous waters to tread in, we thought. Is squabbles we overheard were out of restaurant manager and not seen Explosion back in Belgrade Fest moves outdoors details. A sleek, white mass is striking this chain hotel restaurant with interna- place. by their guests while doing so. expect in such an on the inside. Formed out of irregular, tional aspirations ready to embrace the Again, surprisingly, the prices were rea- fter a full decade, one of the coolest rock bands from New York City, he Belgrade Foam Fest has been one of the The staff are available to The John Spencer Blues Explosion, is coming back to Belgrade on most popular parties in the capital for sev- provide any necessary informa- curved horizontal sections, it is said to local grill delicacy? It turned out they did sonable, above the average for sure, but establishment. September 3rd. The show will take place at Miksalište in Savamala eral years running. The three-day electronic tion, but the explanation of “Slow represent the confluence of the Sava understand the essence, experimenting we expected to pay more. 3. The band has been making music for over 25 years. Never easy music festival has moved to an outdoor Food” – as the snail sign indicates and Danube rivers in Belgrade. In the with the presentation but reproducing OMB Larder + Lounge brings a fresh ap- on the menu – needs further to pin down, some have called what they do dirty soul music, ur- setting and will take place at Ada Ciganlija lobby, this mass forms an interesting the ćevapi smell and taste with fidelity. It proach to the sleepy scene of Belgrade’s improvement. ban blues and bizarre pop. Whatever you want to call it, the band Lake starting August 27th. And when we say Duda&Vlada sitting area, which contrasts nicely with was as if they had just rolled off a street big chain hotels. Will it work out with the It neither means that the ingre- Aplays loud and exciting rock music that demands a reaction from the crowd. When threeT days, we literally mean 72 non-stop hours of partying. dients are organic, nor the food is the rustic shell of the Old Mill, seen in its grill in southern Serbia. The minute por- Belgraders? We do not know but it works you watch them live, it’s hard to believe that a trio is able to produce such big and Expect loads of DJs, camping, fun in the water, 50 tonnes slowly cooked nor served in sev- hain hotel restaurants full height. tion (compared to the street standards) for us. We will be back, hoping to find the raucous sounds. Tickets are already on sale and will cost 1, 800 dinars [around €15] of foam and more than 70,000 visitors. Tickets range from eral courses, as it was explained, and bars are rarely “in” The same design concept has been in- was served in form of an oven-baked same high standards in food preparation st st but it is about the ‘good, clean and if purchased by July 31 and 2, 100 dinars [around €18] from August 1 . On the day of €16 to €20 euros depending on whether you need camping in Belgrade. Large and troduced into the dining area but with less sandwich. Rustic, crunchy bread is alongside a smoother overall operation. fair’ food. the concert, they will be 2, 400 dinars [around €20]. spots or not. Good stands for quality and with tough logistics, they success. The lounge-bar area is complete- spread with basil and olive oil, seasoned flavorsome food, clean for are considered suitable ly overtaken by the white mass. Every- with kajmak and fresh tomato salsa. The environmental protection in the for corporate events and thing, from the counters to the chairs and meat was authentic and the Mediterra- Old Mill Larder + Lounge, Radisson production of food, and fairness weddingsC but are not a popular choice bar stools, is white, in horizontal slices. By nean touch in presentation gave us a new Blu Old Mill Hotel is indicated in terms of acces- sible prices for consumers and among “civilians” looking for a good time contrast, the “Larder” (restaurant area) is perspective on this traditional classic, still Address: Bulevar Vojvode Mišića 15 adequate payments for small or a gourmet experience. executed in wood and beige upholstery - respecting its simple nature. Phone: +381 11 63 57 359 producers. The reasons are partly rooted in the the “safe” hotel style. Some iron pendant After three perfect mains, we looked Price Guide: 2,500-3,500 dinars [around Nevertheless, the Old Mill tradition - the vast, spotless dining rooms lights have been introduced to make up forward to coffee and the sweets. The cof- €20-€29] per person for three courses Belgrade deserves to be given are as far as you can get from the local for the lost connection to the overall con- fee offered is Leonardo Lelli, in three dif- without drinks a chance and see if and how kafana concept - and partly in the fact cept but they cannot really carry support King Khan brings electrifying ga- it develops through time. For rage rock act to Belgrade that better food and vibes are generally the task; this room still looks as if it could the moment, it is the best hotel If you’re looking for a show that you ONCE KOVAČ, ALWAYS KOVAČ restaurant offer, which is (still) not offered elsewhere. be anywhere in the world. won’t forget any time soon, be sure to ONCE ”KAFANA”, ALWAYS ”KAFANA” that popular in Belgrade. So we had mixed expectations when We visited for an early lunch and at check out King Khan and the Sensitive we decided to visit OMB Larder + Lounge, the time the Larder was also too dark for Shrines on August 4th at KC Grad. While ~ ~ ~ RESTURANT KOVAČ located in the newly opened Radisson our taste. With its nicely shaped seating, modern ethno restaurant Americans deathcore stars choose on tour with his band The Spaceshits in Basic Info Rating Blu Old Mill Hotel. Another chain hotel which allows for a lot of privacy, and the local support bands 1999, King Khan decided he wanted to Croatian electro-hoppers in Serbia with a glass façade, one might say, but the burning fireplaces, it is probably cozy in America’s most popular deathcore stay in Berlin once their tour was over Post-rockers Rosetta band Suicide Silence will play in for first time and the rest of the band went back to promoting new album Ukrainian and Swedish Overall Very Good website and a vibrant presence on social the evening, but this time we decided to Belgrade on July 26th. Instead of playing While most of the newer Croatian hip Canada. Together with the Sensitive If you’re into post rock and metal like stoners tag team Božidarac Wine selection Very Good networks persuaded us there might be go for the light of the Lounge. with another foreign band, The Suicide hop groups have become regulars in Shrines, King Khan is one of the most Isis and Neurosis, you’ll know that Ro- If you’re into slow and crust Black more to the Old Mill than meets the eye. The Lounge has its own short bar Belgrade, Krankšvester from Osijek Sabbath-inspired stoner rock, you Wine service Average Silence has decided to tour alone and memorable and interesting perform- setta has been one band at the forefront The approach to the site is like an ur- menu. It sounded promising but we employ local bands as warm up acts. have yet to visit. That all changes on ers on this side of the Atlantic when of that sound for close to a decade. The should not miss the gig at Božidarac Wine pricing €15 - €125 ban planner’s bad joke. You are supposed were there for the full course, so we or- The Belgrade show will feature All the July 18th, when the electro hip hop duo it comes to underground rock ‘n’ roll. Pennsylvania group will be promoting on September 18th at 9pm. The Stoned to drive along the tram garden in order to dered from the Larder menu. Sitting in Arms We Need from Subotica, Marica are booked to play the Povetarac splav. Tickets cost 1, 800 dinars [around €15] their latest, independently released Jesus have been stalwarts on the Bulevar Oslobodjenja 221, Tel: 011 2462 343 They will be supported by local DJ European scene for many years and get to the hotel? Is that legal? We are still the Lounge and eating from the Larder from Niš, and Belgrade’s very own throughout July, while from August album Quintessential Ephemera on Wine and food pairing Very Good www.restorankovac.com Instead of a Kill. Tickets cost €18 at the team Space Animals. Tickets cost 200 1 they will be sold at 2, 000 dinars August 4th with a gig at KC Grad. Tickets they will be accompanied by relative not sure. Is it safe? turned to be the winning combination. door. dinars [around €1.7]. [around €17]. cost €12 at the door. newcomers, Swedish Greenleaf. 14 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 10 - Thursday, July 23, 2015 15 WHAT’S ON SPORT

rector of Cardiology for the Belgrade- based Clinical Centre of Serbia, told CLUBBING daily newspaper Blic on July 6th. Serbian Asked whether the current regula- tions are sufficient to identify under- AND LIVE MUSIC lying health problems, he said pro- footballer’s cedures for assessing players’ health were stringent enough and should FRIDAY JULY 10th Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, • I Love RnB – Buzzin’, TUESDAY JULY 21st • Tamburaši Live, Restoran reveal all possible health threats – so 10pm Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm long as clubs meet all testing require- death deepens ments in full. • Techno Logicc: Nikola 5, • DJ Mirko and DJ Meex, • Ladies Night, Kafana Još Ovu • Girls Gonna Get Wild, Mr • Ladies Night, Kafana Još Ovu Nemanja Koljanić, Svemirska Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm Noć, Vojislava Ilića 86, 10pm Stefan Braun, Nemanjina 4, Noć, Vojislava Ilića 86, 10pm “Unfortunately, the clubs some- Kafana, boat on Sava, 11pm • DJ Prema, Industrija Bar, 11pm times do not comply with the regula- tions,” Ristić added. • Limma@Propaganda, Karađorđeva 23, 10pm THURSDAY JULY 16th • Tamburaši Live, Restoran THURSDAY JULY 23rd health-check According to Ristić, some sports- Propaganda Bar, Gospodar • Somebody Call the Doctor, Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm men die as a result of deliberating Jevremova 7, 9pm Club 94, boat on Sava, 11pm • DJ Nikola and DJ Yabba, • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan concealing the truth about existing • Couple Up Show Yourself • House Party, Mr Stefan Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm WEDNESDAY JULY 22nd Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm concerns health problems, while others can Contest, KPTM, Žorža Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Wake Up DJs, Drugstore Play • Time Machine, Freestyler develop a serious problem between Klemansoa 22, 11pm • Ladies Night, KST, Bulevar boat on Sava, 11pm • Dj Nikola and DJ Yabba, boat on Sava, 11pm scheduled health examinations. • House Night, Industrija Bar, Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm • Tamburaši Live, Restoran Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, Igor JOVANOVIĆ “There are rules everywhere in the The sudden world for the top athletes’ health ex- Karađorđeva 23, 10pm • Blue Family, Milan Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm • Dj Gru and DJ Playa, Mr. Stefan Karađorđeva 23, 11pm oran Gogić suffered a fa- aminations. Instructions are system- , Club Mladenović Plateau, 8pm , Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm , Club 94, boat on • RnB Night – Pure Cream • 1 on 1 – DJs Nikola and Yabba • Pure Cream death of Serbian tal heart attack on July atic, and the doctors who [conduct 94, boat on Sava, 11pm • Freakout Band, Tag boat on Splav Freestyler, Brodarska bb, • Ex Yu music, KST, Bulevar Sava, 11pm 3rd after training with his them]…cannot be seen as responsible • Time Machine, Freestyler Sava, 11pm 11pm Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm • Musicology Festival: Duško footballer Goran new club, China’s Qing- [for the player’s death].Athletes are re- boat on Sava, 11pm • Tamburaši Live, Restoran • Black Label Society, Dom Gojković and Belgrade dao Hainiu FC. quired to go for regular check-ups, but th Gogić after a train- GThe 29-year-old, who left Serbia a fatal problem can occur between • Friday Beeat, Hot Mess boat Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm FRIDAY JULY 17 Omladine, Makedonska 22, Summit Octet, Electro on Sava, 11pm • DJs Bross and Hamush, 8pm Deluxe, Kalemegdan Fortress, for China earlier this year, previously two examinations,” Ristić warned. played for Red Star Belgrade. Gogić’s father, Špiro, said his son had • Dj Goran Starčević and DJ Splav Hot Mess, Ušće bb, 11pm • Teddy Killerz, Sava Centre • Luz Azul Bossa Nova Band, 9pm ing session in Chi- He is the fifth football player to have no health problems recently although Ike, Terassa, Kalemegdan • Trust Me You Can Dance, Summer Stage, Milentija Bitef Art Café, Mitropolita Petra • Tamburaši Live, Restoran na has sparked died either on the pitch or immediate- he had contracted the Coxsackie vi- Fortress, 11pm Klub Terassa, Kalemegdan Popovića 9, 11pm 8, 8:30pm Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm ly after playing during the past four rus four years ago. • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan Fortress, 11pm • Time Machine, Freestyler fears some clubs months. “My son was healthy, regardless Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm • De Puta Madre Bend, Čorba boat on Sava, 11pm Given that as many as 20 football- where he was playing...There is evi- • Can’t Stop the Rock, KST, Kafe, Braće Krsmanović 3, • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, aren’t fully com- ers have died because of heart prob- dence for this,” he told the Belgrade Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm Karađorđeva 23, 10pm lems in the last two years alone, medi- daily Kurir on July 6th. 10pm • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on plying with medi- cal professionals are warning young He added that Red Star had sent players face increasing pressure and the health-check documentation to Gogić’s death has raised concerns in sporting circles. Photo by Beta • Fatwalk, Milan Mladenović SUNDAY JULY 12th Sava, 11pm cal checkup regu- stress, making strict medical tests China and that his son successfully Plateau, 8pm , Mr Stefan • Retro House Party TRATTORIA ever more important. passed all medical tests for Qingdao in Belgium in April and May respec- ed heart attack. Nigerian defender • RTS Big Band plays The • Nineties Night, Club 94, boat Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm lations. “It is certain that the level of stress Hainiu FC. tively. David Faramola Oniya died in June Beatles, Miksalište, Mostarska on Sava, 11pm • Can’t Stop The Rock, KST, PIZZERIA and pressure on young people is Besides Gogić, Gregory Mertens Argentine footballer Cristian after collapsing on the pitch during a 5, 9pm • Sunday Beat Deep House Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 73, constantly growing,” Arsen Ristić, Di- and Tim Nicot died of heart failure Gomez also died in May of a suspect- friendly match. • Chaos Synopsis, Kuglas, Tech House, Mr Stefan Braun, 10pm Đušina 5, 9pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Gypsy Mafia, Digital Warfare, Nebojsina 8 tion” whereby his club would not be in debt the allegations of ‘institutional negligence’ • Tamburaši Live, Restoran • Tamburaši Live, Restoran Ineks, Višnjička 76, 10pm 011/3863-999 to the tune of 30 million dinars if it wasn’t lodged by Partizan and Red Star. Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm • Tamburaši Live, Restoran [email protected] Officials reject water polo from Belgrade. “The full responsibility is on the manage- • DJ Live, Lava Bar, Kneza • RnB Party, Splav River, Savski Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm www.restoranamici.rs “All clubs in the region have free time ment of the clubs that have rented so many Miloša 77, 10pm kej bb, 10pm • Live Pop/Rock Music, Kontra clubs’ accusations of neglect for training sessions, but for us one hour venues and made huge financial losses,” • Allegro bend, Splav River, • Aćim i violina, Kafana Bar, Strahinjića bana 59, 10pm costs 13,400 dinars [around €111]. Who can said Gak. Savski kej bb, 10pm Jazbina, Bulevar Kralja withstand that? We are now in the absurd In 2014, the city allocated 22 million di- • Live Pop/Rock Music, Kontra Aleksandra 89, 10pm SATURDAY JULY 18th Belgrade’s Red Saša DRAGOJLO “There is no hindrance to water polo and situation where it is cheaper to buy mem- nars [€182, 932] for scheduling training ses- Bar, Strahinjića bana 59, 10pm • RnB Night, Witch Bar, Pariska alliances. This is the first time the govern- bership cards for children sions and matches in sports centres for 11 Star and Partizan he Serbian Ministry for Youth ment has settled all obligations incurred to- and go and swim with water polo clubs in Belgrade. 13, 10pm • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, and Sports and the Belgrade Sec- wards athletes. I know when I played that the public. We seek only The appeal for funding has attracted th water polo clubs SATURDAY JULY 11 • Freekend Masters, Splav Nemanjina 4, 11pm retary for Sports and Youth have much [was] owed to the players, but that the most basic condi- much public attention in Serbia because Freestyler, Brodarska bb, 11pm • Somebody Call the Doctor, told to find other Tstrongly denied allegations of ‘in- is not now the case,” said Udovičić, who tions for work,’ Jelenić water polo is one of the country’s most pop- • Blue Galactic Night, Sava • RnB Party, Splav River, Savski Club 94, boat on Sava, 11pm stitutional negligence’ made by the Red Star was previously a highly successful water stressed. ular sports and its national team is recog- Centre Summer Stage, kej bb, 10pm • Eighties, KST, Bulevar Kralja ways to finance and Partizan water polo clubs. polo player for the national team. Slavko Gak, the nised as one of the most successful world- Milentija Popovića 9, 11pm • Acoustic Night, home and Aleksandra 73, 10pm training sessions, Vanja Udovičić, Serbian Minister of On July 6th, Partizan and Red Star sent Secretary for Sports wide, recently winning world and European • Tech This Out vol. 17, foreign pop/rock, Čorba Kafe, • Siempre Peligroso, Milan Youth and Sports, said that Partizan and an appeal to the City of Belgrade asking it and Youth of Bel- competitions. Red Star - the two most successful water to provide training slots free of charge grade, strongly The Water Polo Association of Serbia is Svemirska Kafana, boat on Braće Krsmanović 3, 10pm Mladenović Plateau, 8pm as national and polo clubs in Serbia - must find their own in order for the clubs to both survive denied ranked fourth in terms of the amount of Sava, 11pm • Tamburaši Live, Restoran city officials solution for financing practice games and and continue to produce players funding received from the Serbian Budg- th • Gistro Pop 17, Grad Cultural MONDAY JULY 13 Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm insist they have matches. for the national team. et. They received 580 million of dinars • DJ Mirko and DJ Meex, MAIN STAGE He insists that the government has paid Viktor Jelenić, presi- [€4,822,758] from 2012 to 2014. • ‘90s Night, Mr Stefan Braun, Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm fulfilled all funding all monies due to players and that the clubs dent of Red Star, singled Only the Olympic Committee of Serbia Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Freakout Band, Tag boat on PROGRAMME obligations. must look at other funding options and co- out what he called the and national associations responsible for • Jelena Jovović Sextet, Bitef Sava, 11pm operation deals to finance training sessions. “paradoxical situa- handball and basketball get more funding. Art Café, Mitropolita Petra 8, Vanja Udovičić. Photo by Beta FREE COPY 8:30pm SUNDAY JULY 19th • Tamburaši Live, Restoran • FRIDAY JULY 10th • Manu Chao La Ventura Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm • Sunday Beat Deep House Publisher: BIRN d.o.o. 11.45pm • Destiny’s Night, Witch Bar, Tech House, Mr Stefan Braun, • 10Code 8pm • Hannah Wants 2.15am Kolarčeva 7/5, 11 000 Belgrade Pariska 13, 10pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Škrtice 8:45pm • Just Blaze 3.15am Phone/Fax: +381 11 4030 300 • Tamburaši Live, Restoran • Motorhead 10pm • Hudson Mohawke 4.15am Editor in Chief: Gordana Igrić TUESDAY JULY 14th Dva Jelena, Skadarska 22, 9pm BIRN editorial team: • Marko Bulat i Teodora • Tom Odell 11.30pm • Vatra 5.15am Ana Petruševa, Marcus Tanner, • Girls Gonna Get Wild, Mr Toković, Splav Uzbuna, Ušće • Goldie feat. 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