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power “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: chiefs sackings case 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. Speculation as company

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dismissed five 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. gaining a share W police chiefs in Serbia’s main June 13, 2008 Issue No. 1 / Friday, continues to power supplier, dominate media EPS, experts say. page 5 coverage, leaving Stevan VELJOVIĆ ordinary people in Katarina MARKOVIĆ

the dark about the conomists are warning that pro - over Serbia’s uncertainty longed “This year has been lost, from the he Serbian government’s After eight years of stagnation, the pro-European and nation - With Nikolic believes the Socialists, led “The group of younger Socialists Business Insight Costs Mounting future could scare off investors, lead investors, lead future could scare off to higher inflation and jeopardise prosperity for years to come. says standpoint of economic policy,” Econom - the of Stamenkovic Stojan ics Institute in Belgrade. to Serbia’s late president, Slobodan to Serbia’s Milosevic, and reformists who want the party to become a modern Euro - pean social democrat organisation. the Socialists returned to centre stage after winning 20 of the 250 seats in elections. parliament in the May 11 alist blocs almost evenly matched, the Socialists now have the final say on the fate of country. by Ivica Dacic, will come over to if only out of a pragmatic de - Tadic, sire to ensure their political survival. gathered around Dacic seems to be adding said, Nikolic majority”, the in that these reformists believe the party real reason for the long-standing policy of E keeping its main energy sackings. company, EPS, in 100 per cent state ownership is Gordana about to change. ANDRIĆ T Friday • June 13 2008 The new government has signalled he heads of five Serbian that a share sale is possible, while sepa- police departments were rate diplomatic encounters between simultaneously removed Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar

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from office on June 20 Vučić with German Chancellor An- Belgrade Insight IS SUPPORTED BY: IS SUPPORTED following a meeting be- gela Merkel and Russian Foreign Min- 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 tween Prime Minister Aleksandar ister Sergey Lavrov have fuelled media 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 T Vučić and President Tomislav Nikolić. speculations about potential buyers. In these reports, German electric utility RWE and Russian energy hold- Continued on page 3 Police chiefs dismissals have caused confusion. Photo by Beta ing company Interao were mentioned as the main contenders for EPS. RWE already signed a memorandum of understanding with EPS in Septem- Serbian Roma flood victims left high and dry ber 2012, saying that modernisation, extension and operation of hydropow- Roma families forced to flee their homes Still home to refugees who were “When they brought us here and I er plants and expansion of an existing placed here ‘temporarily’ after fleeing saw how it looks, I did not want to live lignite-fired power plant would be their during last month’s catastrophic floods remain the violence of the 1990s Balkan wars, in barracks. Still, considering the condi- first joint projects. stranded in makeshift shelters, awaiting state aid Peter and 90 other mainly Roma flood tion my house in Obrenovac is in, this Asked to confirm the claims about evacuees live cheek by jowl sharing isn’t so bad,” says Peter’s grandmother, their interest in EPS, RWE told BIRN many fear will be too little, too late. communal toilets and struggling for Goranka, as she sifts through a pile of that it is only interested in deepening clothes. donated clothing. cooperation in the fields defined in the Vladimir KOSTIĆ dents of the city of Obrenovac, Peter As most fled their homes with only memorandum. and his family had to flee their home a ‘FIND CLOTHES OR GO NAKED’ the clothes they were wearing, the bags “In the mid-term, RWE is not looking t was three o’clock in the morn- few hours later, leaving behind all their of donated shoes, T-shirts and jeans are for a takeover of any company in the ing of May 16th, yet six-year-old world possessions. Walking through the barracks halls, picked over by evacuees desperately region of South East Europe,” the com- Petar was still awake, wonder- He now lives in one of the makeshift you are first hit by the strong smell of searching for their size. An argument pany said. ing if the rain would ever stop shelters for flood victims in Krnjača, a moisture. Shoes are set outside rooms breaks out between two women, one Various Serbian media have claimed falling. Wrapped in a blanket, he small suburb on the outskirts of the Ser- with military precision and all facilities disappointed the other had not told her meanwhile that the Russians are also Iwatched as the water level steadily rise bian capital city Belgrade. Thousands are shared. The rooms themselves are a fresh lot of second-hand had arrived. targeting EPS for takeover. in his backyard as the Kolubara River were forced to abandon houses and tiny and all contain one bed, a table and began to overflow. dozens died during the worst Balkan a wardrobe. The sense of being impris- Along with tens of thousands resi- floods in recent history. oned is overwhelming. Continued on page 2 Continued on page 4

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Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 Brussels hosts donor conference for Serbia PRESS REVIEW and Bosnia POLITIKA, June 26th The European Commission, DIFFERENCES WITHIN SOCIALIST France and Slovenia are PARTY HEAT UP Theories, clues but organising a donor confer- Serbian ence in Brussels on July 16th to collect funds for recovery Serbia in brief Ahead of the general meeting of the and reconstruction of areas hit Socialists, which likely will be held in by floods in Serbia and Bosnia the fall, the differences between the few facts in Serbia police in mid-May. EU Enlargement Roma flood party’s leader Ivica Dačić, and other Commissioner Stefan Fuele said members of the party, including top offi- that the EU will use all available cials Branko Ružić and Milutin Mrkonjić instruments to help Serbia and are coming into spotlight. While Dačić Bosnia recover from the conse- chiefs sackings case quence of the disaster. victims left has stated that the party needs to see some leaders changed, Ružić recently Šešelj warns Serbia criticised Serbian government, in which over possible house Dačić serves as foreign minister. oth Vučić and Nikolić com- Mile Jerković and the special prosecutor REFORMS NEEDED arrest mented on the sackings in for organised crime, Mirko Radisavljević,” high and dry th VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, June 26 dramatic fashion during Trišić told BIRN. Not everybody is glossing over the War crimes defendant Vojislav press conferences held im- Trišić added that the dismissals have serious weaknesses that the UKP and Šešelj told the Serbian govern- PARTIES START NEGOTIATIONS mediately after their meet- served to destabilise Serbia, as they other police departments have demon- ment not to promise the Hague ON VOJVODINA GOVERNMENT ing. follow the January sackings of Dra- strated in the past. Tribunal that he will be confined RESHUFFLE BNikolić told reporters he was dissatis- gan Vladisavljević, former head of the Sources inside the special prosecu- to his home and not allowed to fied with the fight against crime by the po- Military Intelligence Agency (VOA) and tion office and the OSCE said that the speak publicly if he is released. lice and called for changes with the force. Svetko Kovač, former head of the Military UKP has not been very active in initiat- Šešelj could be set free until the The New Democratic Party, NDS, led verdict is handed down because by former Serbian President Boris Later the same day, Vučić also held a Security Agency (VBA). ing investigations, and therefore many of his poor health and because Tadić, and League of Social Democrats press conference during which he ex- Replacements have not yet been ap- crimes have gone unpunished because he has been in detention since of Vojvodina, LSV, will start talks with plained that the dismissals were initially pointed to either role. the police failed to pursue them. recommended by the Interior Minister, According to another scenario about Most problems occur when police of- 2003. The International Criminal Vojvodina’s parliamentary party on po- Nebojša Stefanović, and were approved Milović’s sacking, journalists who regular- ficers or higher-ranking officials should Tribunal for the Former Yugo- tential coalition and formation of a new by the Director of Police, Milorad Veljović. ly cover the police speculate that Milović be investigated, OSCE sources said. slavia, ICTY, asked the Serbian provincial government on June 30th. government on June 24th to “We made the decision today, initiated had gathered information related to al- Recently, tabloid newspapers have Vojvodina’s government, currently led say if it could provide a set of by the Interior Minister, with the consent leged corruption by state officials close to become the main battleground for dif- security guarantees if Šešelj by Democratic Party, faces a reshuffle of the general police director. All chiefs the ruling Progressive party. ferent factions within the police, with is given conditional release. following waning voter support. of police departments will be replaced, In an article published by Inform- leaked information from the police al- Serbia has been given seven while their deputies will temporarily take er, a pro-government tabloid, Željko leging corruption on the part of various th days to respond. DANAS, June 26 on their duties,” Vučić said. He did not Cvijanović, the editor of Novi Standard, officials. The EU mission in Serbia has elaborate about what the five chiefs did alleged the sackings were part of an at- criticised the government over this. Serbian universities DINKIĆ’S PEOPLE RETURN TO wrong but said he was unhappy with the tempt to purge the Serbian police of pro- Meanwhile, experts question wheth- to probe Stefanović STATE OFFICES results in the war on drugs. democracy and US-influenced officials. er the Serbian government is genuinely thesis Under Serbian law, the Interior Minis- According to Cvijanović, Milović lost committed to transparently and sys- ter can dismiss or appoint police depart- his job because he is seen as being in the tematically conducting changes within The Senate of Belgrade Uni- The daily reports that the government versity is to ask the Confer- is preparing to replace directors of Ser- ment chiefs so long as the Director of same cast as the deceased Miki Rakić, for- a police force which has been compro- ence of Universities of Serbia, bian Privatisation Agency and Agency Police consents. Thus, the PM’s and Presi- mer head of the Bureau for the Coordina- mised by corruption allegations. composed of both state and for Foreign Investments and Export dent’s address triggered intense media tion of Security Services, from the ranks Sandra Orlović, director of the Hu- private universities, to form a Promotion, Vida Uzelac and Vladimir speculation as to why the changes were from the previous Democrat-led govern- manitarian Law Centre, says recent commission to review claims Milenković, both appointed by former made in such manner and the reasons ment, which was under US influence. changes at the top of the Serbian police that Nebojša Stefanović, the economy minister, Saša Radulović. behind the dismissals. Cvijanović claims that Russian and could be connected with reforms need- Interior Minister, plagiarised his Uzelac and Milenković are about to The fact that Veljović and all five for- German influence is now replacing ed to join the EU. PhD thesis and broke aca- be replaced by people close to former mer police chiefs have refused to com- American sway, and goes so far as to warn “However, beside the general expla- demic rules. Dean of Faculty ment has only fuelled increasingly wild that premier Vučić’s life may be in danger. nation about the reforms, the public economy and finance minister Mlađan of Philosophy Milos Antonijević conspiracy theories and press specu- “First, he (Vučić) has to survive police- has been deprived of answers about Dinkić. told BIRN that minister should lation, leaving the average Serb totally men, and that is not an insignificant dan- what specifically each of dismissed po- resign if it determines that his bewildered by the range of generally ger,” he wrote in the opinion piece. lice officials did that was incompetent, Goranka shows the damage floods did to her home in Obrenovac’s Šljivici neighbourhood. Photo by Milica Šarić th dissertation was plagiarised. KURIR, June 26 conflicting explanations offered by the wrong or illegal and what made them f you manage to find something, ing, a child mentioned flooded planet as a with three children to raise. After the floods, media. PARTY POLITICAL unsuitable for further work in the po- Hackers bring down you do, and if you don’t, you will game. In another shelter, a girl drew moun- she’s been forced to leave her home again. BELGRADE POLICE DIRECTOR Veljović’s silence has also been inter- MEDDLING? lice force,” she said. Serbian tabloid Kurir’s go naked,” one refugee says. tains drowning in water. She was on an “I am like a bird flying from one bough HOSTS STEVEN SEAGAL preted by some in the media as a tacit ad- “Thus, it appears that from the very site But evacuees aren’t just excursion before the floods and now eve- to another, trying to find its own nest, her mission his own position is at risk. Former police officers told BIRN that beginning, an important reform pro- Veselin Milić, Belgrade police director, The website of the Serbian pro- struggling to clothe themselves rything is mixed up in her head,” he says. own home. But still, I have not made it,” Some commentators claim the Mon- the sackings might be another attempt by cess was not transparent. The simulta- “Iand their families, they must also sign Just as we entered, Dejan escorts us on she says. hosted actor Steven Seagal in Belgrade tenegrin mafia has infiltrated Serbia’s politicians to undermine the independ- neous and dramatic sacking of several government tabloid Kurir has been attacked by hackers and for the drinking water that is distributed our way out the play room with his toy Almost all houses in the street are marked following Seagal’s concert at Sava Cen- political elite and orchestrated the sack- ence of the police force. police officers makes it unclear what shut down three times during once only in the morning. The donated gun firmly in hand. with owners’ names and phone numbers so tre. Milić took Seagal sightseeing and ings, others say foreign secret services Mile Novaković, a retired UKP chief, kind of reforms we as a society are as- the course of the day on June food isn’t up to much either, they say, as the authorities in charge of the flood recov- introduced him with Belgrade’s famous influenced the decision, while others be- said that the way the procedure was con- piring to,” Orlović told BIRN. 24th. The reason for the hacker Goranka holds up a hunk of stale bread. RETURN TO OBRENOVAC ery effort can reach them. People fear they nightlife in the bohemian Belgrade lieve the ruling Progressive party simply ducted showed that politics still has an Saša Đorđević from the Belgrade assault is so far unclear. The “For breakfast and dinner it is mostly will not be there when help comes. quarter of Skadarlija. wanted to replace independent-minded overwhelming influence. Centre for Security Policy, an NGO, also usually pro-government tabloid cans of pasty and fish. For lunch they Goranka and her grandsons, Petar police officers with cronies. “That influence was always present, but said that “the reasons for the replace- has recently questioned the have cans of beans, peas and goulash, but and Srđan, wait for us anxiously after we STATE AID YET TO MATERIALISE BLIC, June 25th However, some have defended the dis- it was never so bombastic or demonstrat- ments [of the police chiefs] are not clear sacking of police chief Rodoljub we warm it up for them. It must be like agree to take them to visit their home in missals as the beginning of much-needed ed its presence by dragging police officers or were left untold. That is why it is im- Milović, accused by drug lord that because other food would spoil too Obrenovac. This will be the first time the One asks us angrily why aren’t photo- reforms to Serbia’s law and order institu- Vučić’s decision to sack police chiefs left the public puzzled. Photo by Beta through the mud,” Novaković told BIRN. possible to say whether those reasons Darko Šarić of having ties to DINKIĆ EMPLOYED AT SBERBANK quickly,” explains Kristina, one of the vol- boys have been back since the floods. graphing their houses, thinking we are OF RUSSIA tions, although they remain critical of the Miodrag Vuković, a former deputy are justified. criminal circles. At the same unteers that are working here. As we drive, they do not stop asking from the municipal government and might manner in which the chiefs were sacked. the controversial businessman Darko Those representing the Montenegro head of the UKP, said that the changes “If the chiefs didn’t do their job, they time, the paper accused Mon- Most Refugees in Krnjača came here about what they will find there. At the finally be there to help clean up the mess. In an attempt to shed light on the sack- Šarić who is currently facing trial on co- influence theory highlight that at around were tainted by politics, for no good rea- could be fired. If there is suspicion they The daily reported that former Serbian tengro’s Prime Minister Milo after Croatia’s Operation Storm. Now, they gate waits Petar’s dog Mrki. Having not Nikola tells us they are yet to receive ings, BIRN interviewed 13 official sources caine-smuggling and money-laundering the same time Milović became the target son. According to Vuković, any changes were involved with organised crime Đukanović and his close associ- finance and economy minister, Mlađan don’t have anywhere to return and the seen Mrki in weeks, Petar throws his arms any help, and what they have been prom- – including diplomatic and former police charges. of Šarić’s accusations, a senior member of could have been made calmly by the po- groups, they should be investigated,” ate Beba Popović for imposing Dinkić, has become an adviser at control over Serbian media. state didn’t provide them new homes. around his pet excitedly. But the excite- ised won’t cover the repair costs. officials. the judiciary and a senior state security lice director in order not to create a feel- he told BIRN. ment abates quickly once the extent of “They are promising to give us 2,000 Sberbank of Russia’s office in Vienna as Such is the sensitivity of the issue, ŠARIĆ AND ALLEGED official were both dismissed from office. ing that institutions had been bypassed. Đorđević said that many steps are TRAUMATISED CHILDREN the flood damage becomes clear. euros. What can I do with that? I will take well as a member of the board of the seven would only speak on condition of MONTENEGRIN INFLUENCE Former judge Dragan Lazarević led the On the other hand, Boža Prelević, a needed for true reform. Serb leaders to open Sberbank in Serbia. ‘Andrićgrad’ for WWI The water rose to the ceiling of their a loan and give them that amount of mon- strict anonymity. However, while there judicial investigation into the case against lawyer and minister in the first govern- “These replacements do not present This shelter is temporarily home to home and the walls are still damp and ey, and let’s see if they can fix my house are many conspiracy theories about the Observers note that Milović’s dismissal Šarić and Ivica Petrović was, until recent- ment after the fall of strongman Slobodan systematic change. First of all, what has centennial rd more than 20 children and volunteers marked, furniture and household appli- with it,” he says. BLIC, June 23 changes, no one has offered any serious came just days after Šarić accused him of ly, head of operations for the Serbian state Milošević, said that the changes illus- to happen are amendments to the law Serbian Prime Minister Alek- arrive every few days to play with them. ances still covered in mud litter the yard. Final decision about aid should be giv- evidence to support any of the suggested criminal ties. security organisation, BIA. trated the huge power of Prime Minister on police which defines how the police sandar Vučić and Republika Srp- Playing entry guard to the playroom, Petar stumbles upon a ruined box of pen- en after definitive assessment of damage VUČIĆ TO MEET IN MOSCOW scenarios. Despite widespread belief that Šarić’s Petrović and Milović were jointly re- Vučić and the lack of influence of the po- force employ people, how policeman ska President Milorad Dodik will 10-year-old Dejan trains his toy gun on cils his parents had bought him for school. expected in early July. PUTIN AND MEDVEDEV The sackings of Zoran Tomašević counter-accusations were designed to sponsible for tracking down the former lice director and the Interior Minister. can be promoted and how they can be attend the opening on June 28th any who would enter. He eventually He crushes them dejectedly under foot. The evening is slowly drawing in and (chief of the security department], Mlad- undermine the police chief who put him fugitive Šarić – who hails from northern “We need to see whether now Progres- fired. Before that, it should be publicly of the newly-built mini-town of gives in, allowing his ‘enemies’ to enter Eyeing a toilet seat dangling from a people begin to leave Obrenovac and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar en Kuribak (chief of the police depart- in prison, Vučić insisted that all allega- Montenegro - and putting him on trial. sive party people will be appointed and explained, for each chief individually, Andrićgrad in eastern Bosnia at the room who can then read the follow- nearby tree, Goranka tells us her freezer head back to their temporary accommo- Vučić is to travel to Moscow on July ment), Nenad Banović (chief of border tions should be investigated. “This raises the suspicion that the pa- the professionals in the police will be sent why they have been replaced,” he said. an event to mark the centennial ing message daubed on the wall: “Do not ended up in a neighbour’s backyard, hun- dation, hoping that one day they will be 7th to talk with President Vladimir Putin police), Dragiša Simić (chief of the traffic Milović himself asked to take a poly- trons of Šarić’s clan are alive, influential for retirement. That will show the real in- Đorđević said it was now necessary of the start of World War I. The touch my playroom.” dreds of metres away. able to move back home. police department) and Rodoljub Milović graph test, which he passed with flying and powerful,” says Tihomir Trišić, the tentions,” he said. to overhaul police hiring policies, im- opening of the mini-town built and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Perhaps the message is Dejan’s work. Their neighbours’ homes are in a simi- Nobody talks much during our drive Analysts claim that Russia is ‘tightening (chief of the criminal department, UKP) colours. This did not stop tabloids regard- editor of small-circulation weekly news- Velimir Lukić, a representative of the pose stronger internal controls and de- by film director Emir Kusturica Psychologist Ivan Veljković has been lar condition. Many are Roma refugees back to the Krnjača barracks. The boys came out of the blue. ed by many as government mouthpieces paper Akter, who has published the the- police union, said it was high time to end politicise the force. in Bosnia’s Serb-led Republika brotherly hug’ after Serbia and Russia working with children in shelters from from the Kosovan town of Uroševac who eat chocolate and drink Coca-Cola in si- But the sacking of Milović in particular dragging his reputation through the mud. ory about the Montenegrin influence and the practice of replacing police chiefs Srpska will feature a com- state officials met three times in two memoration of Gavrilo Princip, the beginning of floods and started here ended up here after fleeing the war in Ko- lence, while Goranka simply repeats the weeks in June. has raised eyebrows given his reputa- When he announced the dismissals, is perceived to be close to some factions each time the government changes. the assassin who shot Archduke in Krnjača just two weeks ago. sovo in 1999. same sentence from time to time, mourn- tion as an honest and incorruptible of- the Prime Minister said Milović was an within the Serbian police. “The union supports reforms, if this Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on “The trauma they have been through, Anđelina, one of Goranka’s neighbours ing the loss of her modest home. ficer who has during the past 20 years led exemplary policeman who did nothing “It is only to be expected that the next is truly a reform effort. But the reforms June 28th, 1914 – the killing that the children express it through games and tells us her husband died shortly after aban- “Even though we are Roma, we had a BIRN has not verified the reports and can- some of the biggest criminal investiga- wrong, adding to the confusion about his attacks will be launched against the key should also include the [interior] ministry, Journalist Vuk Cvijić also helped to trigger the conflict. drawing. One time, while we were play- doning their home in Kosovo, leaving her nice life.” not vouch for their accuracy. tions into high profile figures – including replacement. protected witness [for the prosecution] not just the police force,” he said. contributed to this article. 4 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, June 27 - Thursday, July 10, 2014 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, June 27 - Thursday, July 10, 2014 5 BUSINESS REGION

Public debt rise Continued from page 1 threatens Serbia Croatia NATO The Fiscal Council estimated on June 24th that Serbia’s budget rejects deficit in 2014 could reach 8.7 per cent of GDP, while public to legalise Montenegro debt could go from 65 to 70 per cent of GDP. The Council warned membership that the debt could reach 80 per Business in brief Business same-sex cent next year if economic policy doesn’t change. Dejan Šoškic, in 2014 former National Bank of Serbia governor, stated that 39.1 per partnerships Ministers of NATO cent of 2014 budget went on countries have debt repayment, while head of A draft law enabling same-sex civil the IMF office in Serbia Daehaeng decided not to offer Kim warned that the long-term partnerships could be approved sustainability of balance of Croatian MPs are about to decide on same sex marriages. Photo by Seadevi/Flickr the ex-Yugoslav state payments is being brought into by MPs next month, despite a question. “It’s a humane law, an inclusive and “Although the law is a bit conserva- membership in the referendum last year in which not an exclusive law,” Milanović said. tive and doesn’t enable adoption, it is Serbia to discuss The legislation defines the statu- essential for same-sex couples. It gives military alliance this revised budget in late Croatians voted for a ban on gay tory rights of same-sex couples in areas couples legal recognition, all major summer such as inheritance, pensions, tax and rights, and is satisfactory in every way,” year, saying they will marriage. medical care. campaigner Daniel Martinović from Za- reconsider Montenegro’s Lazar Krstić, Serbian finance Although it does not allow same-sex greb Pride told BIRN. minister, said on June 24th that Sven MILEKIĆ The move comes after 65 per cent couples to adopt, it regulates those that “In addition, we would like to enable life- bid in 2015. the revised budget is supposed of Croatian electors voted in a referen- already live with children. time partnerships for heterosexual couples, to be adopted in August or mid- he legislation allowing gay dum last December to define marriage The legislation, which comes after a thus ending this ‘segregation’,” he added. Dušica TOMOVIĆ September, after the flood dam- couples the right to civil part- exclusively as a “union between a man ten-year campaign by gay rights activ- But the conservative pressure group age estimates and assessments nerships will be put to par- and a woman”, putting a constitutional ists, was hailed as a breakthrough. ‘In the Name of the Family’, which has ATO secretary-general of their effect on the state budget Tliament before its summer ban on gay marriage. After a campaign that has lasted for campaigned for a ban on gay marriage, Andres Fogh Rasmussen are completed. break, meaning that the first same-sex But Croatian Prime Minister Zoran 10 years, NGO’s advocating LGBT rights complained that “the law does not re- announced after ministe- partnerships could be registered by the Milanović said that the new legislation made a major breakthrough for the spect the citizens’ will formulated in the rial meetings in Brussels Nth New Privatisation Law end of July. that “is not offensive to anyone”. LGBT Community. referendum on marriage”. on June 25 that Montenegro would due to be adopted not be invited to join at a summit in September. A new Privatisation Law, in line “On Montenegro, we will open inten- with which about 600 state- sified and focused talks, and we will owned companies should to Albania wins EU candidate status assess at the latest by the end of 2015 be sold, is slated to enter the whether to invite Montenegro to join parliament in July, economy the alliance,” Rasmussen said. minister Dušan Vujović said on The European Union has granted He said that Montenegro, like three June 24th. He stated that the other hopefuls, Macedonia, Ukraine first privatisations conducted Albania candidate status for and Georgia, still has work to do before according to the new law are being granted membership of the to be completed by February membership, but said the country still Western military alliance. 2015, while the privatisation Ljubodrag Savić believes that EPS could be equally attractive to both Moscow and Berlin. Photo by Media Centre Belgrade needs to implement more reforms and But he stressed that NATO main- process should be fully com- tained its ‘open door’ policy despite pleted by the end of 2016. The tackle organised crime and corruption. strong Russian opposition to the public debate on the draft law alliance’s further expansion into the started on June 25th. former Communist east. he decision to grant Al- with Albania”. “Let me be clear: NATO’s door Vulin: EC gave positive Russia and Germany vie bania candidate status “Albania still needs to meet key remains open. And no third country opinion on new for membership was an- priorities, with particular focus on has a veto over NATO enlargement,” Labour Law nounced by the EU’s En- administration and judiciary reform, he said. for Serbian power company largement Commissioner fight against corruption and organised Podgorica has pushed to join the al- Serbia’s Minister of Labour, TStefan Fuele on June 24th. crime and fundamental rights,” the liance since it split from Serbia in 2006. Aleksandar Vulin, said in Brussels ussian Interao signed a “The partner would name the major- EPS should remain in majority state state’s chronic inability to run the com- “Albania congratulations on candidate Commission said. It was given a Membership Action Plan on June 24th that the European memorandum with EPS in ity of the management of EPS and im- ownership; the Serbian economy very pany efficiently. status just agreed by ministers: acknowl- The decision to grant candidate sta- in 2009, which is regarded as the final Commission had given a positive opinion concerning Serbian draft 2008, although it expired prove the efficiency of its operations,” much depends on it,” said Savić. On the other hand, he warned of po- edgement of reform efforts, encourage- tus to the small former Communist na- step before joining. of the new Labour Law. Vulin several years ago. he added. If the government has its back to the tential risks of speculative activities in ment for more,” Fule wrote on Twitter. tion comes after three previous rejec- Despite the apparent success of its The main projects Following Vučić’s meeting with wall because of debt problems, it could the open market that could lead to in- The European Commission said in tions. security reforms, public support in stated that this bill brings the Stefan Fule, the EU Enlargement Commissioner. Photo by European Parliament namedR in the document were hydro- Chancellor Merkel, economy minis- always sell a share to a minority part- creased electricity prices. a statement that the decision by the Tirana first applied for candidate sta- Montenegro for NATO membership re- Serbian legislation significantly more in line with the EU’s. power plant Bistrica and thermal pow- ter Dušan Vujović said that the two ner, Savić said. „The withdrawal of the state without a 28-nation bloc reflected “the progress tus in 2008 but its bid was thwarted by mission issued a positive recommenda- AIIS, 77.1 per cent of Albanians back the mains low, according to opinion polls. er plants Nikola Tesla B3 and Kolubara countries had entered a new stage of “One possibility is to offer a certain clear strategy for the future development the country has made in European in- fraught political relations between the tion on Albania’s bid, but the EU Coun- country’s integration into the European Prime Minister Milo Đukanović’s Flood defence B. economic relations which had opened percentage of capital in the stock mar- of the sector could easily lead to major tegration and in implementing the nec- government and the opposition and a cil of Ministers decided to postpone the Union, compared to 85 per cent in 2013. government claims 46 per cent of Mon- facilities need urgent Before Sergey Lavrov’s recent visit the door for attracting huge investment ket, the second is to find a minority part- shortages of electricity and increase the essary reforms”. poor record of reforms, particularly on decision, again seeking better efforts on The figure, which comes from the tenegrins support membership, but repair to Belgrade, Blic newspaper quoted an from Germany. ner to recapitalise EPS and the third is price in the mid-term,“ Ružić said. But it cautioned that candidate status the fight against organized crime and organised crime and corruption. survey published in mid-June, is the opposition parties and NGOs believe anonymous foreign diplomat as sug- “Investment in EPS is also possible, to go for public-private partnership for Savić agreed that professionalisation “does not mean that the EU will auto- corruption. According to a survey by the Alba- lowest since AIIS first conducted the that figure is much lower, around 35 The estimated value of damages gesting that the Russian would use his not privatisation, but investment which construction of new power plants,” he of the management must be priority for matically start accession negotiations Last November, the European Com- nian Institute for International Studies, opinion poll in 2006. per cent. to flood-defence facilities ex- trip to try to persuade the Serbian gov- would make electricity an export prod- explained. the Government, as the state proved to ceeds €17 million and the funds ernment that Moscow would be a good uct,” Vujović told RTS on June 12th. Milojko Arsić, who is also a professor be a bad manager. have to be secured as soon as partner for any EPS sale. Experts believe that both the Ger- at Belgrade University’s economics fac- “With the technical and technologi- possible, agriculture minister Russia’s Gazprom Neft already owns mans and Russians have similar chanc- ulty, said that a reasonable goal for the cal modernisation, exclusion of politi- Snežana Bogosavljević-Bošković former state oil company NIS, which es to become partners in EPS. state could be to sell the parts of EPS cal interference in management board, stated on June 23rd. The minister it bought in 2008 for €400 million in Ljubodrag Savić, a professor at Bel- that need investment. redundancies and market-level prices, also announced that the new an agreement that saw Serbia secure a grade University’s economics faculty, These could then become independ- EPS would have a chance to become a Modern city hotel in a perfect location the Law on Water will be sent long-term supply of gas and a deal for said that EPS could be attractive to both ent electricity producers and compete much better company,” Savić said. to the parliament by the end of the construction of South Stream gas Moscow and Berlin, although neither with each other, he explained. Milojko Arsić said that introducing the year. pipeline and an underground gas depot seems to have a tangible advantage. “If EPS is sold to any sole energy com- EBRD as minority shareholder could in Banatski Dvor. “With Russia we have a gas agree- pany, we would replace one monopoly be a good short-term solution for EPS, Russia to give Serbia However, Serbian energy minister ment and the South Stream project, an with another one,” Arsić said. helping it to reduce political influence priority in gas supply Aleksandar Antić said he knows noth- overall positive experience with NIS “It would be better to sell one part over the company. ing about inquiries from Russian com- and a number of infrastructure pro- of the EPS to Russians, another to Ger- “EBRD does not have the ambition to Following a meeting in Moscow panies about EPS, or whether the topic jects,“ Savić said. mans, and for the state to keep a major- remain shareholder permanently, but to 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia with Russian energy minister was discussed with Lavrov. “On the other hand, the path to EU ity share,” he added. improve the performance of the compa- st Ilije Ognjanovica 24 Alexander Novak on June 21 , his membership goes through Germany Slobodan Ružić, an expert in tariff ny and increase its price for sale to some Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar EQUAL CHANCES and Serbia wants to become a part of it,” systems, said that EPS could interest future strategic partner,” Arsić added. Antić, said that Serbia will be a he added. not only German and Russian firms, but Right now, EPS is too indebted and its Phone: +381(0)21/66-15-555 priority to the Russian Federation Although opposing the idea of selling also French, Italian and Czech electric profit is not in line with its potential, he Fax : +381(0)21/422-652 in terms of natural gas supply, a majority stake in EPS, Prime Minister IMPROVING utility companies. said. especially in the winter, regard- Vučić said in his inaugural speech on PERFORMANCES “I fear however that interest would “If we sell it now, the money will sure- [email protected] less on situation in Ukraine. Antić April 27th that his cabinet was consid- decrease if they don’t have the chance ly go to budget, which is not a good idea. [email protected] stated that Russia understands ering a minority partner in the power Experts insist however that the Ser- to get a majority package of stocks and “Also, we must have in mind that [email protected] the position of Serbia, whose key company. bian government should maintain ma- complete control over management,” the price would reflect current perfor- coalmines were flooded, warning “The best option for EPS would be to jority ownership of EPS, regardless of Ružić argued. mance of EPS, and it could be improved www.hotelputnik.rs that the country actually has no alternative for gas supply at the have a minority partner entering by the the potential partner. The biggest reason to discuss the significantly over the next few years,” moment. end of next year,” Vučić said. “There is no question about whether privatisation of EPS, Ružić said, was the Arsić concluded. 6 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, June 27 - Thursday, July 10, 2014 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, June 27 - Thursday, July 10, 2014 7 BELGRADE BELGRADE

Belgrade City Museum gets its first home Belgrade A draft plan to refurbish the former military academy on Resavska Street that is to Taxi drivers face life become the home of Belgrade sightseeing City Museum will be finalised this autumn, officials have said.

Belgrade in brief in brief Belgrade Although the Belgrade City Museum was established in from different 1903, it still does not have its and death at the wheel own exhibition space. Goran Vesić, Belgrade’s city manager, said that the work will be They spend their ally lasts for 10 hours, during which perspective financed from donations and they mostly wait for clients. A taxi is a that the museum will have over days cruising the luxury for many people, they say. 12,000 square metres of space. “Sometimes I have five, sometimes Belgrade streets ten rides a day. But it really is hard,” said This summer, Belgrade visitors can Construction disrupts Saša Marković, adding that three years traffic in Voždovac and for fares, and the ago he was earning a lot more than he take a walk through Nikola Tesla’s Palilula is now. stressful lives of Belgrade has more than 6,500 regis- Belgrade and travel back to the time Due to construction works tered taxi drivers, which is, as both driv- in Ustanička Street in the taxi drivers also ers and the city authorities insist, a lot of World War I. Voždovac municipality, one more than necessary. lane of the street, near house sometimes end “According to the programme of taxi number 29, will be closed to needs for the City of Belgrade, the num- Gordana ANDRIĆ to France, where the visitors will hear traffic from June 23rd to July 1st. on the roads of ber of taxi drivers should not exceed 5, more about wartime in Belgrade. Serbian soldiers on the Greek island of Corfu during World War I. Photo by Ognjen Odobašić In the Palilula municipality, one 000,“ the Secretariat for Transport told ourist Organisation of Tour finishes in the pub Zlatna Mo- lane of Mije Kovačevića Street the capital. BIRN. Belgrade, TOB, and travel runa, known as a rallying point of revo- will be closed to traffic from That is why one rarely sees young agencies are organising lutionaries from organisation Young June 22nd to 29th, due to repair people working as taxi drivers on the two new special sight- Bosnia, where the visitors will have works on the heating network. Ivana NIKOLIĆ Belgrade streets, because hiring in the seeing tours of Belgrade the opportunity to hear stories about sector is currently forbidden. Tthroughout the summer. forging a plan for assassination of Arch- Students create n the last couple of months, there “The more taxi drivers, the less mon- While one tour aims to introduce duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Belgrade digital have been several deaths of taxi ey,“ said Milan Stanković from Serbia’s visitors to World War I-era Serbia, the The tour starts every Thursday at postcards drivers in Belgrade, mostly older biggest taxi trade union. second one is about Nikola Tesla’s life 2.30pm and every Saturday and Sun- ones, because Serbian law per- “When you divide a cookie called and work. day at 3pm at the meeting point in front Students of Belgrade’s Design mits taxi drivers to keep working demand into 6,500, which is the num- Marking the centenary of World War of Eurojet travel agency (Gračanička 11). High School have made digital Ieven after retirement age. In the last ber of Belgrade taxi drivers, you realise I that forever changed the world, TOB The Tesla tour takes tourists on an postcards of Belgrade in month alone, two taxi drivers have died that they all live on the edge,“ Stanković and Eurojet travel agency are organis- unusual voyage through Belgrade, in- cooperation with the Belgrade on the Belgrade roads. said. ing a tour several hours long that leads troducing them to the life and work of Tourist Organisation. The digital As they don’t earn much, some of Even though the Belgrade authori- visitors back in time. famous scientist Nikola Tesla. It begins postcards of the capital will be them feel they can never retire. How- ties have promised to deal with the The guided tour starts at the Sava ter- at Tesla’s Museum, which keeps Tesla’s printed on T-shirts, caps and ever, a recent traffic accident caused core problems in the taxi sector, espe- race, where the guide introduces visi- documents, journals, letters and per- other souvenirs. by a 70-year-old Belgrade taxi driver, cially the so called ‘wild’ drivers, who tors to the circumstances that led to the sonal belongings. who, according to the paramedics, died are not registered and work illegaly, war, than takes them to the Kalemeg- After the museum, visitors are taken Belgrade refurbishes while driving, has put the profession nothing has been done yet. dan Park in front of the Victor Monu- to University of Belgrade’s School of Russian cemetery and its problems into the spotlight. In the meanwhile, Ćuković said that ment built in the honor of the tenth Electrical Engineering where they will “Safety on the roads would be way he will work as long as he can, because anniversary of the breakthrough of the have the chance to hear how Tesla cre- The Russian cemetery, the resting place of about 3,000 better if the law didn’t allow the retired he has no other option. Salonika front. ated lighting and produced wireless en- Serbian air mechanics during WWI. ones to keep working,“ said one taxi “What you need in this job is nothing At Ružica Church the visitors will ergy and ball lighting. Russian soldiers who died driver, Laki. but fisherman’s luck,“ Ćuković said as have the chance to learn about the Tesla’s journey through Belgrade where Tesla was accommodated dur- groups, tours in other languages can be during World War I in Belgrade, “I earn a living as a taxi driver, and it is he looked at the crowded streets. church. Its entrance is guarded by two continues at the Museum of Science ing his only visit to the Serbian capital arranged. is due to be refurbished by not fair that retirees, who receive their soldiers and is lit with chandeliers and Technology and ends over a des- back in 1892—which lasted one day. The tours are every Tuesdays at 4pm and August 1st. Several respected pensions from the state, steal our cli- made from bullet shells. sert named after the great scientist at The regular guided tour, organised every Sunday at 10am and last two and a Russian scientists, artists and ents,“ he said angrily. A DIGITAL SOLUTION? The next stop is the Military Mu- Hotel Square Nine, located at the same by travel agency Magelan, is available half hours. Due to limited place, visitors must politicians who died in Serbia But Milan Ćuković, a 63-year-old taxi seum and the Monument of Gratitude place where Hotel Imperial once stood, in English, but if requested for bigger make a reservation one day in advance. are also buried at the cemetery driver who is reaching retirement age One way to avoid illegal taxi on Ruzeltova Street. soon, said he has no plans to leave the drivers is the recently-launched, Belgrade streets. PinTaxi application, which can Infostan increases “Due to health issues in my family, be installed for free on smart- communal services I wasn’t paying taxes for three years. phones and tablets, and which Vučić presents Belgrade on bills Now I have to pay back a huge amount only registered taxi drivers can of money to the state,” Ćuković said as use. When PinTaxi is launched, Belgraders this month were he moved his car further along a busy a device maps your location and charged several hundred dinars taxi stand to become the first available you are shown a list of all taxi Water project amid criticism more than before by public car to take clients. drivers that are close to you so company Infostan, which issues Premature death could be a conse- you can choose the one most bills for communal services quence of the taxi driver’s stressful life- suitable. When a taxi driver Gordana ANDRIĆ However, the government’s decision “Building 12,000 apartments on the providers Gradsko stambeno style, some claim. receives your call-out, he has While PM to approve a project with such national Sava riverbank, or 1.5 million square and Gradska čistoća. The “Waiting for clients, getting stuck in a 30 seconds to respond and you erbian Prime Minister, Alek- significance raised criticism from meters of business space is a private, larger bills are due to Gradsko traffic jam, finding a place at taxi stands can follow him on the map as he Aleksandar sandar Vučić and Muham- experts who believe the government not the public interest, even when the stambeno increasing the as they are always full... That is all very gets closer. Belgrade taxi drivers mad al Abbar, the director is pushing the project against legal country is a co-investor. Does anyone price of building cleaning and stressful,“ said Ilija Katic, a taxi driver at who already use this application Vučić prepares of the company Eagle Hills regulations. know who will be the owner of the maintenance services by 5.5 Belgrade’s busy Slavija Square. claim that it could someday take from United Arab Emirates On June 3rd, the government adopt- land or the buildings?” said Stojkov. per cent, and Gradska čistoća Taxi drivers on average earn around the place of call centres. to present the Swill present Belgrade on the Water ed a the spatial plan for designating an Experts also spoke out against increasing the price of garbage €300 a month. Their working day usu- Photo by Ivana Nikolić project to Belgraders on June 27th. area of special purpose for Belgrade on the change of Belgrade’s urban plan collection by 7.5 per cent. Belgrade on The master plan, which envisages the Water. that envisages that the area between construction of residential and office Borislav Stojkov, the head of the Brankov Most and Železnički Most will Vojvode Stepe Street Water project in buildings, a shopping mall, a hotel, an team in charge of Serbia’s spatial get the status of the location of “state reconstruction to start hile most opera house and a tower along the plan, says that such documents are interest”. streets in Serbian capital, Sava riverbank, was first presented at being made for strategically signifi- With these changes, the project Goran Vesić, Belgrade’s city Belgrade have a real estate fair in Cannes in March. cant locations and objects such as could go forward bypassing the usual manager, has announced plain and architects criticise The area designated for construc- protected nature or cultural sites, procedure: a public international com- that reconstruction works rather simple TRATTORIA tion stretches from Brankov Most to state infrastructure projects or en- petition of urban planners and archi- on Vojvode Stepe Street in street signs, the government Železnički Most. ergy facilities. tects in which an expert commission Voždovac, one of the busiest Wusually with white letters on blue back- PIZZERIA The construction of the complex is “The government brought this chooses the best solution for the future streets in the municipality, ground, streets in Vračar are much more th supposed to start in spring 2015, while decision to bypass the profession- appearance and purpose of the area. will start on July 10 . The nicely decorated. The white marble for pushing the the preparations for work is already als, and this is done in order to “Such calls are not being opened so refurbishment will take about a street name placard with the likeness of project without underway. push through the project as soon that architects would compete and year. The city will hold meetings national hero Žarko Zrenjanin is located with the street’s residents to at the corner of the Žarko Zrenjanin The plan is for the state and Eagle as possible,” Stojkov told the daily have fun, but to get the most quality Nebojsina 8 following Hills to form a joint venture. The state newspaper Politika in mid-June, project for that location in the interest inform them about the works Street and Bulevar kralja Aleksandra. A and will launch a special few similar plates can be found across 011/3863-999 will provide the land and help with is- adding that the state is supposed to of the investors, citizens and future phone line to provide updated Vračar. standard suing permits, while the UAE company define the public interest and then generations,” Vesna Cagić, the president

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Their epic logue synth, and began to create the Stones and Madonna as part of an ef- frontman Jay Kay will again lead their big club hits, mixing acid house, big sound is a perfect way to close out the kind of futuristic, visionary music that and Skrillex PET SHOP BOYS fort to boost tourism and create a new colourful mix of funk, acid jazz and beat and 1990s rave styles. Sea Festival seven-day EXIT extravaganza. Sea was later named techno. Sea Dance image for Montenegro. pure pop. Sea Festival Main Stage. Main Stage. Dance Festival Main Stage. Festival Main Stage. topping a diverse One of the greatest pop duos in Brit- ish music history will open the festi- val with an exciting show designed bill. by Es Devlin, who did the set design for the closing ceremony of the 2012 Grace PHILLIPS London Olympics. With over 50 mil- lion records sold, the Pet Shop Boys oted ‘Best have seen tremendous commercial Saturday July 12th Sunday July 13th Major Euro- success while continuing to explore WIDE pean Festi- ideas of sexuality and image and to DAMON ALBARN BEOGRADSKI SINDIKAT SELECTION val’ last year experiment with adventurous stage TOP OF CLUBS, SIGHTSEEING HOTELS, by the Euro- shows. Main Stage. The British musician, known mainly as the This Belgrade-based hip hop crew have RESTAURANTS, pean Festival frontman of Blur and co-creator of Gorillaz, been making music since 1999, often with CITY GUIDE LOCATIONS SHOPS AND Awards, the STROMAE comes to Exit as part of his solo album pro- a political focus. They are associated with ENTERTAINMENT 15th annual mo tour. Speaking about the record, Every- the second wave of Serbian hip hop, which VENUES EXIT extravaganza will be keen to Belgian rapper/songwriting sensation Friday July 11th day Robots, Albarn said that it draws inspi- produced some diaspora artists that have proveV worthy of its new crown and Stromae topped the charts in 2010 ration from everyday scenes of beauty and collaborated with industry giants such as deliver on the hype with an array of with his hit Alors on Danse, and has RUDIMENTAL isolation in modern life: “It’s that gradual Lil Wayne, Cam’Ron and T Pain, and have rock, hip hop, house, disco, reggae been garnering praise ever since. Cit- very subtle alienation from ourself [sic] that been described as a “dose of life’s everyday PUBLIC and punk. ing diverse influences from hip hop, With a chart-topping debut album last is taking place, it’s a sort of dance that were cruelty”. Fusion Stage. FREE “EXIT festival is charged with a huge Congolese rumba and even 1990s Eu- year, the Hackney party quartet Ru- involved in with technology.” Main Stage. TRAN SPORT PULL-OUT FREE dose of positive energy, to be taken in ro-dance, he says is trying to “integrate dimental create an urban fusion from SUEDE MAP one unprepared go,” the festival’s stra- and mix them with something else that soul, drum and bass and R&B stylings. SKRILLEX MAP OF SIM CARD tegic director Dušan Kovačević said represents you”. Main Stage. Describing their live performances, The iconic indie band Suede will headline BELGRADE recently. Rudimental member Amir Amor says The Californian hero of high-octane Sunday to perform some of their greatest Last year’s festival broke all records DISCLOSURE they have “James Brown energy”. Main dubstep is back by popular demand hits as well as newer songs from their 2013 with over 200,000 in attendance, Stage. from EXIT’s more extreme electronic album Bloodsports. Along with bands like GUIDED 35,000 watching The Prodigy’s show Surrey duo Guy and Howard Lawrence music fans. With six Grammys under Oasis and Blur, Suede were key players in alone and 25,000 hitting the dance are just over a year from the release of GLORIA GAYNOR his belt, Skrillex is a major phenom- the 1990s Britpop scene, a reaction against TOURS arena for David Guetta’s set. their first album, Settle, but they’ve al- enon on what Americans call the ‘EDM’ the US grunge sound. Main Stage Available at: THROUGH This year’s event includes two new ready reached number one on British As the original singer of the immortal I scene, with legions of fans, 14 million party-extensions on either end of the album charts and been nominated for Will Survive, disco diva Gloria Gaynor Facebook followers and three million PRETTY LIGHTS Tourist Organisation of Belgrade BELGRADE usual four-day Petrovaradin Fortress various awards. The young brothers will be this year’s elder stateswoman, on Twitter. Main Stage. Knez Mihailova 5, +381 (11) 2635 622 session to create in total a seven-day, produce exciting vocal-led dance-pop looking to raise the bar from Nile Rodg- Pretty Lights, alias Derek Smith, calls his Central Train Station, +381 (11) 3612 732 two-country extravaganza which is tracks based on the structures of UK ga- ers and Chic’ epic EXIT performance BOMBAJ ŠTAMPA music “electro-hip-hop-soul” and is known Nikola Tesla Airport, +381 (11) 2097 828 being promoted as an ‘EXIT Adven- rage and house. Main Stage. last year. She has described disco as for intricate stage set-ups, complex audio- Belgrade Port, Karađorđeva ture’. the music of togetherness, saying that The crème de la crème of the regional visual displays and intensely raw volume The festival will run from July 10th DISCIPLIN A KITSCHME “disco music set common ground for scene, cult pop-rock group Bombaj levels. Exit has promised that he will put on Hotel Moskva to 13th in Novi Sad, then move to Mon- people across the board, every nation- Štampa will share the stage with New a spectacular show in which the audience Terazije 20, +381 11 3642 000 APROPO tenegro on July 15th. During the four Three albums from this legendary Yu- ality, race, creed and colour, every age Zealand band Shapeshifter. They will be dazzled by the visuals. Main Stage. Bookstore and tearoom days in Novi Sad, the festival will host goslav rock outfit were included in the group”. Main Stage. played an integral role in the ‘new Supermarket concept store Cara Lazara 10 dozens of popular bands and DJs, in- book ‘100: Best of Yugoslav Pop and primitivism’ scene that emerged from DEEP DISH Višnjićeva 10, +381 11 2910 942 +381 11 2625839 cluding Pet Shop Boys, Gloria Gaynor, Rock Anthology’. Disciplin a Kitschme CARL COX VS. DANNY TENAGLIA Sarajevo’s Koševo neighborhood in the Suede and Carl Cox. played a formative role in contempo- mid-1980s, whose participants used This Iranian-American DJ duo have been Hotel Townhouse 27 At the Belgrade Airport EXIT began in 2000 as a student- rary Yugoslav rock, drawing on tradi- Bringing together one of the kings of the irreverent humour to highlight the ab- making waves in progressive house music Maršala Birjuzova 56, +381 11 2022 900 run political protest against the poli- tions in punk, jazz fusion and Motown. British rave scene, acid house veteran surdities of mainstream culture and since the 1990s, with their polished produc- Hudson news odlasci / departures tics of President Slobodan Milošević, Having written some of the most im- Carl Cox, with New York DJ and produc- politics. Led by legendary actor Branko tions, catchy vocals and remixes of big stars Booking Rooms Hostel Hudson news dolasci / arrivals intended as a symbolic ‘exit’ from the portant pages in Yugoslavian rock‘n’roll er legend Danny Tenaglia to spin tunes Đurić ‘Đura’, their cult following will like Madonna. They split up last decade, but Kralja Petra 30, +381 63 29 39 39 Hudson news čekiranje / check in repressive Serbian regime of the time. history, they’re not to be missed. Fusion in what EXIT is calling one of its most surely make for a good show. Fusion recently returned with a new track, Quincy, www.bookingrooms.rs Hudson news transit zona / transit The festival may have lost its sub- Stage. exclusive sets. Dance Arena. Stage. at a reunion party in Miami earlier this year. 12 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, June 27 - Thursday, July 10, 2014 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, June 27 - Thursday, July 10, 2014 13 ARTS OUT AND ABOUT

National Theatre closes for the season with gala concert

June 29th will be your last Another chance to catch a performance

at the National Theatre before Arts in brief Kotor, the it takes its traditional summer break. To celebrate the end of its 145th season, the Theatre will summer, be holding a gala concert on the main stage. The program will include popular arias and duets Mediterranean from many of the operas on the another Filmstreet Theatre’s current repertoire.

Belgrade goes weird with street art festival heart of Montenegro Belgrade will be hosting a street art collective from Germany and Austria called The The fourth annual Filmstreet Festival, Weird. They will be exhibiting a movie festival that allows Belgraders MONDAY JUNE 30th their work at Kraljevića Marka Street 8 from July 2nd to 8th. The to watch Hollywood classics and Sofija Knežević, piano, Ilija M. Weird have an exciting style of Kolarac Endowment, Studentski street art which takes a lot of domestic favorites in an open-air Trg 5, 9pm influence from pop culture in general, but especially avant- setting all throughout the summer, TUESDAY JULY 1st garde movements of the 20th EXHIBITIONS century, science fiction and B has begun in Belgrade. AND EVENTS Dies Organorum Fesitval – Martin horror movies from the 1980s. Schmeding, Cathedral of Virgin Mary, Hadži Milentijeva 75, 8.30pm There will be graffiti art on FRIDAY JUNE 27th display, as well as a variety of WEDNESDAY JULY 2nd other illustrations and prints. Terra Divina Wine Festival, BitefArt- Cafe, Kalemegdan Park, 9pm Festival of Japanese Dies Organorum Festival – Milica Sabljić and Igor Lazić, Cathedral of culture at Dom SUNDAY JUNE 29th Virgin Mary, Hadži Milentijeva 75, Omladine 8.30pm Tour of the National Museum, Trg The annual Japanizam festival Republike 1, from 10am to 2pm SUNDAY JULY 6th is back once again for 2014.

Bigger and better than ever, it th Travelling Musicians Ensemble, th MONDAY JUNE 30 will last four days from July 4 Church of the Assumption of Mary, to 6th. Continuing with the festi- Exhibition: Yugodrom – Yugotip, Veliki Trg, Zemun, 7.30pm val’s tradition, it will focus once GRAD Cultural Centre, Braće again on modern Japanese pop MONDAY JULY 7th culture. So if you are a fan of Krsmanović 4, 8pm anime and manga, Japanese Nada Kolundžija, Belgrade Cultural st fashion, video games, cos-play, TUESDAY JULY 1 Centre, Trg Republike 5, 9pm or any other facet of modern A gate leading into a narrow cobble street Tourists stand at the entrance to the core of Kotor’s old town, which is protected as a Boys play ball at one of docks of Kotor, along the walkway. Photos by Nemanja Čabrić inside the old town of Kotor. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Japanese culture, this is some- Exhibition: Violeta Milutinović, Magacin, Kraljevića Marka 4, 7pm thing that you’ll want to check to stay one morning earlier this month, and churches as well as restaurants, Porto Montenegro, which will, once Prices of accommodation in Kotor Exhibition: Annual exhibition of the out. There will be costume With its the huge Queen Elizabeth cruise ship cafes, art galleries and shops. completed, be able to accommodate range from around €15 for a bed in a hos- Kolarac Gallery, Ilija M. Kolarac En- parties, roundtable discussions, slowly and quietly slid into the port, Some of the highlights are the Cathe- some 600 boats, with at least 30 places tel, from €50 to €70 for a suite outside the dowment, Studentski Trg 5, 7pm movies, documentaries, and wonderful blocking the view. dral of Saint Tryphon built in 1166 and reserved for mega-yachts. old town to over €100 per day for a suite much more. Many of those who got up earlier to Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church (1221) The town of Kotor located at the very with a balcony overlooking the bay. nd WEDNESDAY JULY 2 THEATRE nature have their morning coffee on the bal- that holds fragments of Greek 13th and end of the bay is a starting point for A decent meal of pasta, pizza, fish, Summer exhibition to conies of their suites could not believe 14th century wall paintings. glass-bottomed boat tours taking visi- seafood or various types of barbequed focus on “reality” Exhibition: Belgrade Goes Weird, FRIDAY JUNE 27th and good their eyes. Restaurants along the shore Others feel more like hitting the tors to view the bottom of the bay that meat and salads can range from €10 to Magacin, Kraljevića Marka 4, 8pm echoed with the sound of forks and beaches, a perfect choice in June when was once a riverbed, or to visit some of €30 per person, while drinks can range The Štab Gallery in Belgrade has Mother Courage and Her Children connections to knives dropped on plates, as pizzas, the water is transparent and clear, and the villages and towns scattered across from two-and-a-half to five euros in the announced that it will be open- THURSDAY JULY 3rd (Brecht), The National Theatre, pastas and seafood were left to wait the crowds have not yet taken all the the 100-kilometre-long shore such as old town. th ing an exhibition on June 26 Francuska 1, 7.30pm beaches, Kotor while people gazed at the multi-storey sunbeds and last inches of sand. Perast, Risan, Herceg Novi or Igalo, or The fact that the seafood that is served called About Reality. This will 7th Festival of Japanese Pop Culture vessel advancing towards them, pump- Some 30 kilometres south from Ko- the islands of St George and Lady of the in most of the resorts in Montenegro is th be the first of several exhibi- – Japanism, opening ceremony, SATURDAY JUNE 28 is a good place ing out black smoke from its massive tor is Budva, with two sandy beaches Rocks (Gospa od Škrpjela). imported frozen may make you want Filmstreet screened German film ‘The Lives of Others’ on the streets of Dorćol. tions this summer that aim to Dom Omladine, Makedonska 22, red chimney. called Mogren 1 and 2 that are located Only 30 kilometres away from Kotor to wash it straight down with a glass of Playing the Victim (Presnyakov), promote young artists and shed for travellers The Kotor bay often provides moor- just outside its old town centre. Around to the north is Lovćen National Park, Chardonnay or Krstač white wine. 7pm The National Theatre, Francuska 1, some light on young talents. David GALIĆ ing of “The Great Gatsby” that was at- ings for luxury cruise ships that bring Budva are also St Stefan, Miločer, Jaz, located on top of a mountain range, However the mussels that are served Many young artists will be par- 8.30pm tended by more than 2,000 people. THURSDAY JULY 10th to begin their new tourists to town. Last year more Petrovac, Lučice and Kamenovo, all which has a rich natural and historical in local restaurants are prepared in a ticipating with their artwork in ver the course of the The festival was opened by pop sing- th than 300,000 visitors disembarked offering great beaches with tempting heritage. sauce called buzar (which is made of this first exhibition, among them SUNDAY JUNE 29 next couple of months, er Vlado Georgiev, who welcomed all of Exhibition: Creativity in Serbia – Ser- Montenegro here, just under the walls of the old clear water and lots of places to swim Visitors can ascend from Kotor to garlic, olive oil and parsley) can prove a Milan Nenezić, Darko Stojkov, Belgraders will be able to the people in attendance to the festival town of Kotor, which along with the or laze around. Njeguši along a winding road up Mount delight because they arrive fresh every bian design art sale, GRAD Cultural Rodeo (Jugović), The National The- Katarina Petrović, Ranko Travanj, see more than 30 mov- and said that he hopes that the city and Venetian walls above it and the inner Besides Budva and its surroundings, Lovćen to visit the birthplace of the day from some of the 16 mussel farms Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 7pm atre, Francuska 1, 8.30pm coastal Nađa Jovanović and more. The ies in a variety of open- state government continue to support part of the bay are a UNESCO world only ten kilometres west from Kotor Petrović royal family. At the Jezerski located in the bay. th exhibition closes on July 12 . airO venues. There will be a total of 15 these types of ideas and create similar adventures. heritage site. is Tivat, surrounded by lots of small Vrh summit in the middle of the park Other local delicacies are local cheese The closing exhibition will be locations participating in the festival cultural events in the coming years. Although the season has just begun, secluded beaches with mussels grow- is a mausoleum dedicated to Petar II and Njeguški pršut, which is similar to an audio performance by artist this year. The Filmstreet Festival was launched the old town is already crowded with ing on the clean sea shore. People who Petrović Njegoš, the country’s greatest Italian prosciutto, originating from the Katarina Petrović, who performs Filmstreet is all about blockbusters in 2011 with the idea of getting the pub- visitors strolling along narrow cobbled visit Tivat may also want to see the poet and the state and church leader of village of Njeguši on the slopes of Mount under the name James Blond. and well-known movies, and focuses lic interested in attending movies again. FREE COPY Nemanja ČABRIĆ streets with amazing balconies, gates newly-built marina for super yachts, Montenegro in the 19th century. Lovćen. on showing movies that the curators of With the number of people paying to Publisher: BIRN d.o.o. Musical treats at the the fest believe that everyone should see movies in a theatre setting constant- Kolarčeva 7/5, 11 000 Belgrade s tourist season warms fortress at sundown see at least once. 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