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overNEWS franc Serbia millions borrowers’ NEWS A variety of op- misery tions to fund 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: The government 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. de-watering of is under pressure Tamnava mine to help borrowers page 10 were seemingly struggling to ignored - causing repay Swiss major loses that a hile the football world watch - es events unfold at the Euro -

franc loans – but 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 later World Bank experts say that June 13, 2008 Issue No. 1 / Friday, loan will only intervention partly cover. should be page 5 Gordana ANDRIĆ minimal. erbia lost more than €100 million as a result of its Katarina MARKOVIĆ conomists are warning that pro - over Serbia’s uncertainty longed “This year has been lost, from the failure to start emptying 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 floodwater from the Tam- n 2008, when Dragana Vasilijević, E nava mine for three-and- a doctor from Čačak, started to a-half months following repay her 13-year housing loan, in- theS May 2014 floods - in order to obtain dexed in Swiss francs, her month- a World Bank loan of €23 million loan to ly installment was around 53,000 Friday • June 13 2008 finance the same works. Idinars [€432]. Many experts say work should have Seven years on, following the latest started immediately after the floods hike in the value of of the franc, CHF, the via direct negotiations with potential monthly installment amounts to nearly THIS ISSUE OF contractors, which Serbian Public Pro- twice that amount - around 100,000 di- Belgrade Insight IS SUPPORTED BY: IS SUPPORTED curement Law permits in exceptional nars [€816]. 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 circumstances. Now she wishes she had never ac- 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 cepted the lender’s advice to take out a Continued on page 3 Serbian PM said the mine would be fully operational in late April or early May. Photo by BIRN mortgage linked to the Swiss currency. “At the time we were taking out the loan, the bank recommended we take out the loan in francs,” she recalled. The doctor is one of the 20,000 bank Serbian govt and press lead clients in Serbia with loans linked to Swiss francs. The total amount of loans in Serbia indexed in francs is worth around 1.1 billion CHF. campaign against BIRN The drama around exchange rates began on January 15th, when the Swiss The attacks on BIRN following its investigation job at Tamnava mine to a foreign com- has worked to cultivate – as a perfect, un- National Bank abruptly lifted the cap pany. corrupt statesman. They believe that the on the CHF’s exchange rate with the into the tender for de-watering a mine raise Media professionals, NGO activists and Prime Minister who built his popularity euro. wider concerns about freedom of the media legal experts see the almost hysterical on the fight against corruption won’t al- Amid plunging confidence in the campaign against BIRN as a blatant at- low anyone under any circumstances to euro, the value of the Swiss franc imme- and the pressure on free speech in Serbia. tempt to suppress all criticism of Prime disturb this image. diately soared, causing major problems Minister Aleksandar Vučić’s government. On January 8th, BIRN published an in- for borrowers outside the country with Ivana NIKOLIĆ egation in Serbia as a mafia involved in They believe the campaign against vestigation that said Serbia’s state-owned loans in francs. racketeering. BIRN is designed to warn all other media power company, EPS, had awarded a con- As a doctor with only an average citi- year-long media cam- The tabloid wrote that on behalf of outlets of the storm they can expect if tract to de-water the Tamnava mine to a zen’s knowledge of the workings of for- paign against BIRN cul- the EU, BIRN had “attacked the Serbian they dare to criticize the authorities. consortium of two companies with no rel- eign currencies, Vasilijević had no idea minated on Thursday, government for corruption and crime”, Experts and analysts say Vučić cannot evant experience, one of whose directors what was about to happen . January 15th, when a pro- because, so the tabloid alleged, the gov- handle media coverage showing malfea- is standing trial for tax evasion. government mouthpiece, ernment had rejected BIRN’s and the sance in his regime because this would Informer,A labeled BIRN and the EU Del- EU’s request to award the de-watering spoil the image that the Prime Minister Continued on page 2 Continued on page 7

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Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 Serbian govt and press lead Mine delays cost Serbia millions hey also say Serbia could have “We’re managing to resume production company contracted about €60 million means it will repay just over €1.1 million an- used other options at its disposal of the first 10,000 tons of lignite… which worth goods and services in 2014. nually. to finance the works, which would is important, as this 10,000 tons earns “Having in mind the emergency [situa- Debts as a result of government bond campaign against BIRN Thave reduced the scale of the €250,000 in electricity daily,” Vučić said. tion], the state could have found the funds,” sales have much shorter deadlines. Loan losses. The mine would be fully operational in Goran Radosavljević, professor of public repayments vary from three months to ten Tamnava, one of the most important late April or early May, he added, setting a finances at the Faculty of Economy and Fi- years, meaning that the installments are mines in Serbia, was flooded in May timeframe for the work of about six months. nances, FEFA, told BIRN. much larger. he investigation prompted a documentation must fill in a written request when flash foods swept the country. The According to the World Bank document “They could have approved EPS to pay However, Public Debt Administration year-long campaign against and sign it. whole mine was turned into a huge lake of September 22nd, before the floods oc- for the works out its own funds. EPS could data for May, June and July show Ser- BIRN to explode on January October 31st, Days after a BIRN journalist with machinery trapped in the mud un- curred, EPS had planned to import about have got an approval to cover the costs with bia sold €1.3 billion worth of government 9th, when the Prime Minister visits APR and leaves her name, Informer derneath. €20.6 million worth electricity from June money allocated for other, less urgent pro- bonds, using the money for a variety of pur- called BIRN liars. publishes an article reporting which organi- In July, the state-owned electricity pro- to March. curements planned in 2014,” he added. poses, including repayment of other loans. T“Tell those liars that they have lied again. sations have been looking into APR docu- vider, EPS launched a tender for de-wa- The same document reveals that, after Other economists who preferred to re- “If something extraordinary happens, That’s all I have to say,” he said. “It’s impor- ments on the company that used the name tering the mine after the government can- the floods, the cost of electricity imports main unnamed told BIRN that Serbia could Serbia should not have a problem in cover- tant for people to know [who published of Andrej Vučić. celled a tender launched in June. rose to €178.9 million for the same period. also have covered the costs of restoring ing €23 million. For the state, €23 million is the investigation],” he added. “They got the Informer says BIRN and CINS were look- The consortium that won the contract Had restoration work been launched in Tamnava mine from state reserves. Serbia peanuts,” the economist who preferred to money from [Michael] Davenport [head of ing into the documents at the direct behest consisted of a Serbian company, Južna June, directly after the floods, according to could have used state reserves in dinars remain unnamed told BIRN. the EU delegation in Belgrade] and the EU of Michael Davenport, head of the EU del- Bačka, and a Romanian company. Ness. It the current estimates of the time needed to and foreign currencies, one said. to speak against the Serbian government,” egation in Serbia. was signed on August 19th. complete the job, the mine could have been Mijat Lakićević, a Belgrade-based eco- ollowing publication of the Vučić continued. “Davenport and the editors of Balkan In- The consortium was obliged to finish the fully operational by January. nomics expert, said work on pumping out BIRN investigation, Vesna While only one low circulation weekly in vestigative Network and CINS – two organi- work within 90 days for about €15 million This would have saved Serbia about the mine “could and ought to have” started Kosticć, a spokesperson of the Serbia republished the BIRN investigation sations financed by the EU – discussed how and the work duly started on September €33.4 million only in terms of imports of sooner. “The wait was not acceptable. I’m World Bank, stated that the th tender abided by Serbian law and few linked it on their websites, almost to ‘disclose’ Vucic,” Informer writes. 17 . electricity. positive that the state could have found a and that the World Bank had all of them, on the other hand, reported Zoran Babić, an MP from the ruling Pro- Several concerns about the tender were Tamnava, one of the most important mines Photo by BIRN The same World Bank document showed commercial loan… in the circumstances af- obligedF Serbia to award this job via tender in Serbia, was flooded in May when flash Vučić’s claim that BIRN were “liars”. gressives, tells Informer that those who “fab- raised in an investigation published by foods swept the country. that EPS is planning to buy €48.4 million ter the floods,” he said. instead of via direct negotiations. ricate affairs do that in order to destabilise BIRN on January 8th, which Prime Minister worth electricity in January, February and “It would have been more expensive than The Washington-based Bank and Serbia WARNING INTENDED the state”. Aleksandar Vučić and sections of the press MILLIONS LOST NEEDLESSLY March of this year, while before the floods the World Bank loan, but the production signed a loan agreement in October for FOR OTHERS November 3rd, Aleksandar Vučić is a quickly denounced. On January 9th, Vučić the planned cost of electricity imports for from the mine would have compensated €23 million to de-water the mine. guest on the TV show Cirilica, which is aired even branded the authors of the investiga- Under Serbian Public Procurement these months was set at €15 million. for the difference because the losses would According to an EPS official state- “The message is clear: if you criticise on Happy TV a private station with a nation- tion “liars”. rules, as this was an emergency situa- Meanwhile, although the contract said have been lower,” Lakićević told BIRN. ment of September 4th, the tender for the regime, government and Vučić, you al frequency. Vučić does not mention BIRN The investigation revealed that the con- tion, EPS could have hired a company the winning consortium should have fin- Serbia could also have financed the de-watering the mine was conducted by are a traitor, liar and a foreign mercenary,” and his brother but again berates BIRN for tract to pump out the mine had gone to to pump out the water from the mine in ished the works within 90 days, work is still works by sales of state bonds. According rules prescribed in Public Procurement Law because at the time the tender was Vukašin Obradović, head of the Independ- publishing the Air Serbia contract. two companies, neither of which appear to direct negotiations, right after the floods ongoing. to Public Debt Administration data, in May, opened, there was “no clear possibility to ent Journalists’ Association of Serbia, “What investigative journalist?” he asks. have had relevant experience of umping occurred. EPS and the Serbian Energy Ministry re- June and July the average highest interest get the loan from the World Bank”. NUNS, told BIRN. “This was done by those from the European out large quantities of water. Moreover, one While Serbia waited to get €23 million fused to answer BIRN’s questions about de- rate for bonds sold in euros was about 5.5 The Bank has since declined to clarify Referring to Vučić’s accusations, Union, these mercenaries of the European of companies’ directors was on trial for tax from the World Bank to do the job - a delay lays to the completion of the works, about per cent while for bonds sold in dinars the whether and how it obliged EPS to award Obradović described the rhetoric he had Union who signed that they receive money… evasion. of three-and-a-half months while the tender who is pumping the water from Tamnava rate was 11.8 per cent. this job via a tender, two-and-a-half used as unacceptable in a democratic soci- They praised, those who got 200,000 euros The investigation further revealed that was carried out and while the works started mine now, and at what price. Thus, for a loan of €23 million, the state months before it concluded a loan agree- ety, whether or not the BIRN investigation from the European Union, they bragged and the consortium did not carry out the work - Serbia lost more than €100 million, this would have been obliged to repay between ment with Serbia. contained errors. wrote from lie to lie,” Vučić says. for which it was contracted on its own but being the cost of the purchase of imported OTHER OPTIONS IGNORED €24.2 million and €25.7 million. Although A World Bank document of September “The attacks on BIRN are synchronized January 7th, A day before BIRN publishes additionally hired a Dutch company, Van electricity and coal. government bond sales are planned in ad- 22nd, 2014 on the loan says that bank actions from several centres with a very an investigation on Serbian Tamnava mine, Heck, to carry out crucial activity. One of the EPS documents used in the On January 12th, Aleksandar Antić, the vance, Serbia’s Budget Law allows it to take experts conducted a review of the tender procedure and deemed it acceptable. The clear message to everyone - not just BIRN an article in the weekly newspaper Afera Van Heck started negotiations with Serbi- tender notes that “each day of delay in final- Energy Minister, said Serbia decided to take up to €300 million of unplanned loans in document does not say when this review - who is trying to keep investigative jour- claims Western countries have formed an officials just after the floods occurred but ising the contract” costs the state company out a loan of €23 million from the World emergencies. was done, however. nalism and critical approaches in society their own media organisations aimed at only became directly involved four months €1 million. Bank because neither the government nor World Bank loans have far lower interest Tony Verheijen, World Bank country man- alive,” he added. controlling Serbia. later via a contract with Juzna Backa-Ness. Vučić confirmed that mathematical cal- EPS at the time had the money to finance rates and easier repayment conditions. Ser- A year-long campaign reached its climax when PM Vučić called BIRN journalists “liars”. Photo by Beta ager in Serbia, refused a BIRN request to Tamara Skroza, a member of Serbia’s The article alleges that BIRN, along with The Washington-based World Bank and culation on December 26th, when he visited the clearing of Tamnava mine. bia is due to start repaying World Bank the release a copy of the bank review on the Press Council, said the goal of the authori- During 2015, the Vučić government will which have contracts with the European other unnamed organisations, is controlled Serbia signed a loan agreement in October Tamnava mine to mark the fact the return However, Public Procurement Office data principal repayment only from 2023, while grounds that it was confidential ties was “to prevent journalists from actu- INCORRUPTIBLE IMAGE AT RISK indeed have to take a number of unpopular Commission worth millions of euros. by the United States and Britain, whereas for €23 million to de-water the mine. of a quarter of the mine to operations. on EPS public procurement show that the the loan has been granted on 30 years. This ally engaging in journalism. measures, ranging from making compro- August 20th, Informer writes that the funds come from the European Com- “I am afraid of what might happen to any The Prime Minister and leader of the rul- mises on Kosovo to sacking thousands of journalists from BIRN and Serbia’s Cen- mission. journalist in Serbia,” she said. ing Progressive Party built his popularity public-sector employees. tre for Investigative Journalism, CINS, The same outlet says Michael Davenport, Vesna Rakić Vodinelić, a law professor on the fight against corruption, which his who also worked on the investigation, head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, exer- at Belgrade’s Union University, called the government launched after taking power TIMELINE, A YEAR OF ATTACKS have been stalking Prime Minister cises direct influence on BIRN’s editorial latest attack on BIRN another “act of the in 2012. Vučić, causing him to cancel his sum- policy. government to frighten the media and sup- Since the May 2012 elections, when the February 17th, 2014, An article on the mer holiday. Citing an unnamed govern- Afera further alleges that BIRN is pre- press media freedom.” party had the support of about 24 per cent website E-novine writes that Belgrade In- ment source, the tabloid claims Vučić paring to destabilize the country in the Prime Minister Vučić “perceives the me- of voters, its popularity has doubled. It now sight, BIRN’s newspaper, published in Eng- cancelled his vacation at Lake Bor two spring at the behest of its Western mas- dia as natural enemies”, Rakić Vodinelić enjoys the support of about 50 per cent of lish in Belgrade, is an example of media weeks earlier after learning that “suspi- ters. It says they have learned from a added. the population. manipulation and sinister ideology, work- cious guys” from BIRN and CINS were source that BIRN’s “main role, under the Olivera Kovačević, TV host and editor Another reason for Vučić’s sharp reac- ing closely for the Democratic Party and its staying at the same hotel. cover of investigative reporting, is to con- with the public broadcaster RTS, said that if tion might be that the BIRN investigation then leader, Dragan Đilas. “Vučić cancels vacation because of ‘spies’ trol the authorities of former Yugoslavia the BIRN investigation contained any false “stirred up a hornet’s nest by addressing the The article says BIRN falsely presents in hotel,” the headline reads. countries and in that way directly help information, those affected by it could have lifeblood of the Progressives”, Jelena Milić, itself as an “investigative” media organisa- September 4th, An article entitled “Big Western countries that want to have influ- sent an official denial. director of the Belgrade-based Center for tion while it is a “political-financial cell” that money in non-governmental sector” pub- ence in Serbia as well.” “BIRN would be obliged to publish it. No Euro-Atlantic Studies, CEAS, said. “sucks” European funds. lished on the online portal E Novine labels January 8th, BIRN publishes an investi- such refutation has been sent, but [the in- Vučić “has been bolstering an image of a August 7th, BIRN publishes the draft the regional director of Balkan Investigative gation into the contract awarded by state- vestigation] is being interpreted from the perfect and clear [leader]. It is possible that agreements between the Serbian govern- Reporting Network the slyest representa- owned Elektroprivreda Srbije, EPS, for statements and campaign of the Prime BIRN opened the way to impairing his rat- ment and UAE’s Etihad airway. tive of civil society. Gordana Igrić worked dewatering the Tamnava mine. It says the Minister and some media against BIRN’s ings with the public”, Milić suggested. BIRN reveals that for a 51-per-cent stake in for the secret service during the 1990s, it contract went to a consortium of two com- journalists, which is inappropriate and un- Nedim Sejdinović, from the Independent the newly founded company Air Serbia, the says. The portal alleges that she is using panies with no relevant experience, one of worthy,” Kovačević said. Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina, told Serbian side paid several times more than these connections to secure her network. whose directors is on trial for tax evasion. Ilir Gaši, from the Slavko Ćuruvija Foun- BIRN that the current situation recalled that its UAE partner. It further states that donors’ money was January 9th, Vučić denounces BIRN’s re- dation, said the recent attacks on BIRN of the 1990s, when the Serbian strongman August 14th, Prime Minister Aleksandar awarded to Igrić on a café table. porters as “liars”. came as no surprise but were a continua- Slobodan Milošević had power over all the Vučić makes public some of the contracts Autumn, an Informer journalist contact- “It’s important for people to know [who tion of similar campaigns conducted be- media in the country. at a press conference, blaming journalists ed BIRN several times over this period, ask- published the investigation]... They have fore. “Such attacks speak for themselves However, he believes there was a dif- for not having the right version of the agree- ing how much BIRN journalists were paid, got the money from Mr Davenport [head of about freedom of the media in Serbia to- ference between Milošević and Vučić, as ments and questioning their intentions. whether BIRN pays tax and whether BIRN the EU delegation in Belgrade] and the EU day,” Gaši said. Milošević at least tolerated several inde- He disputes some parts of the draft works for US intelligence, the CIA. to speak against the Serbian government,” He believes the media in Serbia are al- pendent media outlets, which is no longer contracts published by BIRN and insists Another wave of attacks on BIRN follows Vučić tells a press conference. ready deeply affected, which was show- the case. Vučić “wants control over every- that they were not included in the final its attempts to investigate the claims of an Tell those liars that they have lied again. cased by the coverage of the BIRN investiga- thing”, Sejdinović maintained. contract. opposition MP who accused Aleksandar That’s all I have to say,” Vučić adds. tion. A further reason for the pressure coming “They must have received some previ- Vučić’s brother, Andrej, of running a com- January 10th, Vučić alleges that BIRN lob- Hardly any media republished the article, from Prime Minister might be the fact that ous drafts,” he says. Vučić adds he has read pany involved in illegal business practices. bied for unnamed foreign companies to win he noted, while none of them had asked any the government faces serious problems the disclaimer in the BIRN article, which BIRN journalists, among several others, a contract to renovate the most important questions when Vučić accused the BIRN of ly- and needs something to distract public at- describes it as part of an EU-funded pro- sought to investigate Živković’s and Vučić’s mine in Serbia. ing, nor had anyone debated BIRN’s findings. tention. ject, but comments: “I really do not want to claims and obtain documents on the com- “Those who won your [EU] grants follow- “In the long term, this is more serious is- “This fierce and incredible reaction sup- believe that people from the EU could be pany in question from the Serbian Business ing strict procedures, tried to force the gov- sue. At some point this government maybe ports the thesis that it [the government] is involved in this.” Register, APR. ernment of Serbia to accept bidding from won’t be there, or the Prime Minister, but losing patience, as the regime has no solu- August 16th, An article in the pro-gov- Days after the Andrej Vučić affair reaches one Western company, which was 23 mil- we will be left with media that ask no ques- tion for the key social and political issues,” ernment newspaper Informer alleges that the spotlight, the APR changes its proce- lion euros more expensive than the offers of tions,” Gaši added. Sejdinović warned. the EU is secretly financing BIRN and CINS, dures, insisting all those who wish to review a Serbian company,” he says. 4 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 5 BELGRADE BELGRADE Secret friend of the Cameras ‘will make forgotten homeless public transport safer’ ušan Rafailović, the public After three transport chief in the capi- Hardly anyone But what is really important when tal, says the introduction of you do this “job” is good will, Andrea busses were Dvideo cameras will make it spots, let alone explains. safer for everyone on buses and trams. Everyone should spare a few min- stoned, video “Introduction of video surveillance offers to help, utes at least to approach a homeless is in the final stage. The public procure- person and ask a simple question: How surveillance ment procedure is in progress, so I hope rough sleepers in are you doing? the cameras will soon be installed in is being the vehicles,” Rafailović told Pink TV Belgrade - except FIRST STEPS on January 18th. installed in Rafailović said the improvements Andrea Petrović, Andrea still remembers her first would make life more difficult for all encounter with a homeless person, a those who want to damage public who has been 20-year-old guy who told her about all city public transport vehicles. the first time he decided to rummage “We now have about 220 vehicles lending a helping through a dumpster in order to get transport with cameras recording activities in- some food. side the vehicle and in front of it. The hand for four “It is etched in my memory,” she says. vehicles. plan is to provide cameras for 860 vehi- “He told me he was starving and a con- cles more,” he added. years now. tainer was the only solution”. The change follows the stoning of “The moment he jumped in the con- three buses in the evening of January Ivana NIKOLIĆ tainer was the moment he lost his dig- 16th, when several unidentified persons nity”, Andrea notes“, and losing dignity stoned bus numbers 54, 55 and 511, eople fear the and self-respect goes in line with leav- causing significant damage and injur- homeless, which ing home and moving onto the streets.” ing one person. is why they In those early days, like many other According to the Interior Ministry, keep away from people, Andrea simply used to put police are still looking for the attackers. Video cameras are soon to be installed in all public transport vehicles. Photo by Goran Necin/Flickr them and turn a some cash next to a homeless person. blind eye,” says Then she realized that was a bad Andrea says she will not give up her battle despite many problems. Photo by BIRN 27-year-old“P Andrea Petrović. strategy; the vast majority of them were “But once you start helping them, alcoholics who spent the donations on you just keep doing it,” she adds with a booze. Life is easier for them during the Another grin, remembering the first days when She decided to change her approach. warm summer months when they can problem is To me, helping Magnificent she hit the streets, looking for homeless “I realized it is far better to feed them wash in the river Sava or the Danube. that some people to help. than help them get drunk, so I go to the Things get a lot tougher in winter. homeless people has A graphic designer by profession, she bakery and get them sandwiches and Andrea says she finds her homeless people film docs on is a philanthropist by choice. yogurt,” she says. This slight change friends sleeping in shop doorways that don’t even Even as a child, Andrea says she was was her first small victory. have ventilation systems that keep have iden- become such a passionate about wanting to help the Another victory that Andrea won them warm overnight. “Some even tity cards, so most disadvantaged people in society, was over her friends and family. At first, sleep inside manholes, because it is they cannot go to an authorised the way but wasn’t sure how to go about it. they teased her, saying she was “chas- warm there, too,” she adds. shelter and get some food. They normal thing that “I thought that, in order to help, you ing people around and giving out socks One of the biggest problems, Andrea are invisible in society. needed to donate millions, or work for and pants”. observes, is the lack of a public bath. “There is a group of homeless I find it difficult Audiences will have a chance to see UNICEF,” she recalls. “As time passed, they got to under- The last closed down some ten years people in a tram number 2. We some of the latest documentary films at “I didn’t really get it back then that stand what I was doing and why - and ago and a gallery opened on the site call them the Dvojkaši. In winter to understand helping the homeless is something you some even joined me, wandering the instead. they are always inside the tram the ‘Magnificent 7’ festival, starting from can do by yourself.” streets and helping the homeless,” An- “I am an artist myself, but come on… as it is warm there but they are ill. th About four years ago, she joined drea says. “It was a chain reaction,” she why didn’t they close down a betting Some of them have pneumonia why people keep January 30 . a group called Pojačaj [Strengthen], notes with pride. shop instead of a public bath?” she won- but cannot get medical care as whose members combine to help the ders. they don’t have IDs,” she explains. away.” homeless. UNSOLVED PROBLEMS Years ago, homeless people could She’s been at it for four years even of the best documen- Together with the group, she organ- take a shower and get some medical as- now, helping as much as she can, but ficult to understand why people keep taries of 2014, chosen by the ized a festival called “A Week of Good Over the years, Andrea has become a sistance if they needed it. says the authorities have done little away,” she says. Danish film selector Tue Acts”, with the aim of raising awareness walking encyclopedia; she knows almost Andrea is angry that the local author- over that time to improve conditions Things can’t shift overnight, it is a Steen Müller, will be on show There have been 20 unsuccessful attempts to sell the Jugoexport building. Photo by Jerzy Kociatkiewicz/Flickr S about homelessness and children on every homeless person in the city, in- ities keep turning a blind eye to these for the homeless. long process that will take some time, in Belgrade at the Sava Center for a the streets. cluding their stories, habits and shelters. issues. While the big problems remain un- she adds, seriously. week until February 5th. During the week, they collected food “Most of them are located in the city “I started a petition to build a public solved, Andrea is determined not to Andrea is not downhearted. “If you The film that will officially open the and clothes for them and even intro- centre and the markets, where there bath but nothing happened. There are give up her battle. make a slight change, even the slightest 11th Magnificent 7 festival is “The New duced some homeless people to the are people, so they can earn at least always bigger problems that need solv- “To me, helping people has become one, you still did something,” she con- Buyers shun prime Rijksmuseum”, by Oeke Hoogendijk, public. some money,” she explains. ing,” she says with a sigh. such a normal thing that I find it dif- cludes, optimistically. which follows the renovation work on the most important museum in sites in city centre Holland from 2003 until 2014. This film won the prize for the best Dutch documentary in 2014 at the ince the 2008 financial cri- ed to go for a tender. “If there is only International Documentary Film Some of the sis, the sale of some of the one potential buyer, he could become Festival in Amsterdam and has been capital’s top biggest buildings in central an owner for his own suggested price, shown in cinemas across the world SBelgrade has been on hold, which might be less than 50 per cent since. CITY GUIDE Available at: as possible buyers decide not to buy of the estimate,” she said. “We hope the Magnificent 7 festival locations them after all. Although representatives of many confirms the value of watching ar- Tourist Organisation of Belgrade Knez Mihailova 5, +381 (11) 2635 622 One example is the Jugoexport Turkish, Russian, American and tistic films that give us something to Central Train Station, +381 (11) 3612 732 have been building in the central Kolarčeva st, French companies have expressed think about, experience, joy, maybe Nikola Tesla Airport, +381 (11) 2097 828 which has been the subject of around interest in buying the building and sadness or even rage. Belgrade Port, Karađorđeva on sale for APROPO 20 unsuccessful sales already. With have promised to open hotels, restau- “It may even encourage us to fight Hotel Moskva Bookstore and tearoom an estimated price tag of 5.8 billion di- rants or shopping malls, no one has for change, or feel love,“ Tue Steen FREE PULL OUT MAP OF BELGRDAE Terazije 20, +381 11 3642 000 Cara Lazara 10 years now, +381 11 2625839 nars [around €47 million], it has been bought Jugoeksport so far, Štavljanin Müller said. Photo by citizenswaine/Flickr FREE SIM CARD Hotel Excelsior renovated several times since going added. Audiences in Belgrade will also Kneza Miloša 5, +381 11 3231 381 At the Belgrade Airport with no pur- TOP SIGHTSEEING LOCATIONS on sale. Besides the Jugoexport building, have a chance to see a documentary in Serbia dedicated to cinema docu- PUBLIC TRANSPORT MAP Supermarket concept store Hudson news odlasci / departures “The first ten attempts to sell it were another famous example is the for- on a football star called Messi, fight- mentaries. Višnjićeva 10, +381 11 2910 942 Hudson news dolasci / arrivals chasers in via public bidding, in which the start- mer US embassy in Kneza Miloša st. ing for democracy in Zimbabwe, a One of its goals, as explained by the GUIDED TOURS THROUGH BELGRADE Hudson news čekiranje / check in Hotel Townhouse 27 Hudson news transit zona / transit ing price was half the estimated one,” Comprising around 17, 000 square hospital for the mentally ill in Lisbon, organizers, is bringing the directors WIDE SELECTION OF CLUBS, HOTELS, Maršala Birjuzova 56, +381 11 2022 900 sight. Mira Štavljanin, a bankruptcy man- meters, it was estimated to be worth as well as a documentary on the hard of all the movies to Belgrade, thus Order online: RESTAURANTS, SHOPS AND Booking Rooms Hostel ager, told the daily Večernje Novosti up to $11 million last year. However, as times people face when finding a job giving Serbian audiences the chance Kralja Petra 30, +381 63 29 39 39 www.balkaninsight.com/en/page/ on January 19th. a result of poor interest on the part of in Europe today. to meet some of the most prominent ENTERTAINMENT VALUE www.bookingrooms.rs belgrade-city-guide As public bidding produced no re- bidders, the price has since fallen to The Magnificent 7 festival was es- names in the contemporary docu- sults, Štavljanin explains, they decid- $7.7 million. tablished in 2005 as the first festival mentary film world. 6 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 7 BELGRADE BUSINESS

Continued from page 1 ADVERTORIAL Restored children theatre to open in 2015 The renovation of the oldest Dilemma children’s theatre in Belgrade “Boško Buha” will be finished The art of in 2015, after having closed Perfect last August, Mayor Siniša for Serbia over franc Mali announced on January 15th. Mali said the theatre in brief Belgrade was counting on generous borrowers’ misery Wellness donations. “We cannot let the oldest children’s theatre post-war trauma in the city fall apart. It hasn’t been restored since it was established and it is very Service important that companies Serbian artist and foundations… recognize the significance of this Vladimir Whether you came on business or for place and engage in its renovation,” Mayor Mali said. Miladinović, whose private reasons, don’t forget that you’re in the fastest-living city in the region – Cameras to latest project beef up school relaxation is of the utmost importance. security focuses on mass City authorities say all elementary and high graves of Kosovo arin Milosavljevicć, marketing schools in the capital will manager of the WellnessLand be equipped with video Albanians near Center and SkyWellness Club surveillance by the end of will tell you a little more about 2015, while the system Belgrade, has made reasons why those are decidedly that already exists in some Mthe places which offer absolute maximum when schools will be further the wartime past a developed. The aim is to it comes to spa services, saunas, massage and fit- ensure the safety of all ness activities in Belgrade. pupils and prevent robberies theme of his work. and destruction of school property. “Cameras will Ivana NIKOLIĆ About autumn refreshments: be connected to police For a whole decade in WellnessLand, and more than five years in Sky- stations in their respective iladinović’s studio, Wellness, we’re in love with a healthy life. During those years we learnt that municipalities,” Snežana close to a brickyard the essence of a good service shouldn’t be changed, but that occasional Đurić, from the secretariat refreshments are always a good thing. With that in mind, this season we in- for education and children in the Belgrade welfare, explained on suburb of Višnjička troduce new working hours – for the early birds, we’re open from 6:30 AM, January 16th. Banja, is full of huge Serbian Finance Minister Dušan Vujović said commercial banks and the Central Bank should come up with a solution for Swiss franc loans. Photo by Beta which has garnered great approval from all our members, but also from white canvases cov- our intermittent clients. Also, because of many guests from abroad, who Fifty new Mered in hand-written transcriptions of bu- he also believed it was up In a press release, the NBS said it gone further and actually prohibited spend several continual days or weeks in Belgrade on account of business, vehicles to boost reaucratic reports. Applied in ink wash, Miladinović’s work on Serbian paramilitaries caused sharp reactions. Photo courtesy of Vladimir Miladinović to her own country’s cen- was willing to draw on experiences Swiss franc loans. we devised a new kind of monthly fee, as well as a day pass. That way, we bus fleet the words come from official documents tral bank and other banks to that could be applicable in Serbia, but Šoškić recalled that Austria had are more available than ever, and our service is still as exclusive as ever. about the exhumation of mass graves in families, the ones who ordered it are pun- Miladinović was particularly interest- fighting at the time in Srpska Krajina, the warn their clients. warned that the specificity of each banned loans tied to the Swiss curren- The city’s Public Transport the Belgrade suburb of Batajnica. ished and this topic is practically closed,” ed in the way the Belgrade media report- epicentre of a Serb nationalist uprising Today, with her husband country’s circumstances made it diffi- cy, while South Korea did the same with About a unique concept of WellnessLand Center: Company, GSP, has S Conceptually, WellnessLand is very close to Western clubs with exclu- The mass graves, which contained the Miladinović says. ed on detention camps in the area around around the Croatian town of Knin. The out of a job, and her own wages cut by cult to replicate their solutions. loans tied to the Japanese yen. announced it will renew its remains of 744 Kosovo Albanians, were “There are not even many articles on Prijedor in Bosnia, where dozens of Cro- name ‘Knindže’ is a portmanteau of ‘Knin’ more than €100 a month as a result of The NBS is planning to meet bankers “These decisions were quite reason- sive membership. Our members appreciate their own privacy, as well as fleet with 50 brand-new respecting the privacy of other people. Whether you’re here because of buses by the end of the discovered back in 2001 at the Special the Batajnica mass graves,” he adds. ats and Bosniaks were killed in 1992. and ‘ninjas’. Serbia’s austerity measures, she can next week, following the session of the able as these loans carried significant year. The procurement is Anti-Terrorist Police Unit’s Batajnica train- In order to do so, he explains, he Captain Dragan, who was called Dra- barely meet the monthly installments. Steering committee of the Association currency risk,” he explained. exercise, spa zone, pool, body treatment or some combination of the of- said to be worth around €9 ing centre. The bodies had been brought AN “INGLORIOUS PAST“ spent time in historical archives, looking gan Vasiljković and is now known as Among various solutions being of Serbian banks. The banks should However, in Serbia, many clients shy fered services, alone or in company, time spent in WellnessLand will relax million and the first vehicles to Serbia in an attempt to cover up the through media that backed Slobodan Daniel Snedden, is wanted by the Zagreb mulled, some analysts opt for the con- then come out with their proposals for away from dinar loans, as the interest you and prepare you for your various business and private challenges. Our should be on the streets in killings by Belgrade’s forces during the Few contemporary artists examine Milošević’s regime, and based his draw- authorities for alleged war crimes com- version of Swiss franc loans into loans the repayment of loans indexed to the rates on them are high, especially for permanent members come mostly by way of reccomendation, and we ob- September. Željko Milković, Kosovo war. such topics in their works in Serbia, but ings on four main daily newspapers – Poli- mitted during the 1991-95 conflict. He is in the dinar or in the euro, where the franc. long-term loans. viously have more than a good reputation among foreign guests of our city, head of GSP, said the tender “There is one cold, bureaucratic list of Miladinović says he has always been in- tika, Borba, Politika ekspres and Večernje currently resisting extradition from Aus- cost would be divided between the because they keep coming back every time they return to Belgrade. will be announced in the end the personal belongings of the people terested in the ways that distressing peri- novosti. tralia. banks and the clients. LATE TO ACT NOW NO CONSENSUS ON of February. who were killed and I am using it for the ods in history are treated in public. What was interesting when he showed The artwork was shown in both Serbia However, there is no agreement on MEASURES About the excellent work I am currently working on,” said “I think the term ‘nineties’ is often used this work in Serbia, he says, was the reac- and Croatia and very much divided the what the government should do, or Vladimir Gligorov, from the Vienna atmosphere in SkyWellness Club: Long queues Miladinović, explaining that he uses the as a sort of deflection, a dissociation tion from ordinary visitors to the exhibi- public. even whether it should do anything. Institute for International Economic Hasan Hanić, dean of Belgrade bank- In SkyWellness Club, we have a luxury of the best view in town. If you for cheap theatre tickets archives of the International Criminal Tri- from the traumatic past we share in this tion - mostly older people who were ac- “During the exhibition in Kraljevo [a Studies, said it was difficult at this late ing academy, said interference by the have ever heard those incredible stories about a night life on Belgrade’s riv- bunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The region,” he explains, adding there is no tually reading those newspapers back in town in central Serbia], people were say- BORROWERS stage to find a workable solution for government or the Central bank, and ers, the early-morning or day exercise with a perfect view on those same Low-cost tickets for February Hague as a source of information. room in countries of former Yugoslavia 1990s. He said that from a contemporary ing that I should work on a Croatian com- KNEW THE RISKS borrowers facing problems with repay- imposing administrative measures on rivers will render you speechless! SkyWellness Club is young and full of plays at the Yugoslav Drama The list details 500 items that were for an “inglorious past”. perspective, they couldn’t believe that ic instead, while in Split [Croatia’s second ing loans tied to the Swiss currency. banks, was not a good solution. positive energy, and a favorite city spot when it comes to best quality exer- Theatre attracted thousands found next to the bodies – personal He says that the process of creating na- media at the time were actually denying biggest city] people complained because Politicians are worried by the steep rise The banks should have had some Commercial banks should agree with cise. Sauna, various kinds of body treatments, and services of professional of people who formed long documents, eyeglasses, hairpins. While tional identities – a project that is continu- that crimes took place and saying that they thought the art piece was a sort of in the franc all over the Balkan region. kind of insurance scheme up and run- their clients individually on the mini- trainers are also available to our guests. queues in front of the theatre copying it from the original document, ing across the whole of the Balkans - uses people were not held in detention camps provocation,” Miladinović recalls. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar ning for such loans, he noted. Borrowers mal cost they can bear. “It would not be on January 20th. Earlier this Miladinović decided to buy the exact the past selectively for its own purposes. but simply took refuge in community In both situations, the criticism came Vučić on January 22nd said that Serbia should have had extra savings on stand- right for the Central Bank to impose any About an incredible equipment: month, it was announced same items and present them as part of “What contemporary art can do is to in- centres to escape the conflict. from people who saw themselves as vic- will act with a minimum state interven- by, to protect themselves from rapid solution on the banks,” Hanić told BIRN. On both locations, we offer our guests exclusively the equipment made that tickets for all plays in the exhibition, and started scouring flea clude all those marginalised parts of the tims and the other side as the aggressor, tion to solve problems related to Swiss changes in the exchange rates, he added. He believes that the Serbian govern- by renowned Italian manufacturer Technogym. We are aware that multi- February will cost only 100 markets searching for appropriate stand- past in the process,” he suggests. CARTOON he says. franc loans. “These loans should probably be ment should not follow the examples of tasking and clever utilization of every single moment are essential to mod- dinars [around €0.8] or 200 ins. His work however did attract renown PARAMILITARIES “The position of a victim obviously “We will do everything we can to converted into dinar loans, or euro in- its counterparts in Croatia and Hungary, ern living, and that’s the reason why you can, while excercising, check your dinars [€1.64], depending on the play. Theatre head “What is the most important thing to at the 2012 October Salon, Serbia’s leading gives a particular sense of safety, a sense help our clients in a way that banks dexed, but with all sides bearing agreed which have imposed measures on banks. email, talk via Skype, leave your status on social networking services, or Tamara Vučković said the me is to create a personal relationship to contemporary art review, when he was Even stronger reactions were caused of belonging to a group. Any attempt to find acceptable”, Vučić said during the part of the costs,” Gligorov observed. The Croatian government has re- just watch an episode of your favorite sitcom. Design, functionality and theatre was satisfied with the things that fascinate me,” he says. named as the best artist in the show. by another of Miladinović’s works – question these positions creates anxiety World Economic Forum Annual Meet- “Other solutions are unfavourable ferred a bill to parliament that will fix high quality of Tecnogym equipment are unmatched. Technogym is our the level of interest, adding Although the Batajnica work has been During the Salon, Miladinović show- ‘Knindže – Vitezovi Srpske Krajine’ and discomfort,” he says. ing in Davos. either for the debtor or for the credi- the exchange rate of the Croatian kuna first choice, because we do not compromise when it comes to the quality that cheap tickets were a shown in Berlin and will soon go on cased 25 ink wash drawings - copies of (‘Knindže - Knights of Serbian Krajina’), a But negative reactions will not discour- Dušan Vujović, the Minister of Fi- tor, with the taxpayers having the least to Swiss franc. of our services. good way to attract people to display in Amsterdam, it has not been pro-regime media reports from the war- copy of a comic strip of the same name age Miladinović from exploring sensitive nance, previously repeated that the reasons to participate in the costs,” Gli- In Hungary, the government of Viktor watch plays. Plays on show exhibited in Belgrade, where there is no time in 1992. His aim was to highlight the which was published by the Politika subjects that he feels have been ignored problem was not his Ministry’s to solve; gorov continued. Orban is enabling borrowers to switch include masterpieces by public discourse about the atrocity and media manipulation of the 1990s and newspaper in 1991. or wrongly forgotten, he insists. it was up to the commercial banks and Dejan Šoškić, former Governor of franc loans into loans in Hungarian for- Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky its cover-up. raise questions about how that connects The comic strip celebrates Captain Dra- “Before I was worried about how peo- the Central Bank to come up with solu- the National Bank of Serbia from 2010 ints at a more favourable exchange rate, and some prominent Serbian “Exhumations are carried out, the bod- with the current political and ideological gan, a notorious Serb paramilitary com- ple will interpret the things that I do, but tion to help their clients. to 2012, who banned Swiss franc loans with the Hungarian central bank bear- authors, including Miloš ies of the dead are brought back to their context in Serbia. mander, and his Knindže unit, who were now I care less,” he says. He noted that people had voluntarily during his tenure because of the obvi- ing the cost of the measure. Crnjanski. opted for these types of loan, so there ous dangers, says clients should switch Gligorov said Serbia could apply was only so much that could be done. their loans to dinar loans. The rule some of the measures taken by other “It is like buying expensive shoes should always be to borrow money in countries, but warned that many of or a television. People should inform the currency that you earn in. them are not particularly good. themselves better in future about the “It would be most appropriate to “These measures come with with huge risks involved,” Vujović said on Janu- switch Swiss franc loans to dinar loans. financial problems,” he said. In Serbia, he f you are using these mild winter days to wander around Belgrade, make sure to visit the Manjež Park, located in the heart ary 20th. The interest rate [on dinar loans] is noted, there is less urgency than in Croa- of the city. If you look carefully, you will come across a mirror with the face of the French writer and feminist Simone de Serbia’s Central Bank, NBS, which has higher than for the euro - but there is tia or Hungary - where the number of Beauvoir printed on it. At the base of the mirror, it reads: “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman”, which is one of de found itself under scrutiny for not ban- no currency risk,” Šoškić told daily borrowers with loans in francs is higher. Beauvoir’s quotes. The mirror is part of the project called “#IPAKogledalo” (a mirror, nevertheless), which aims to present ning loans in Swiss currency earlier, Dnevnik on January, 21st. A solution could be found in simply Iwomen who fought for women’s rights and contributed to change, of which Simone de Beauvoir was certainly one. announced that it was working on col- He added that today’s problems extending the deadlines for repaying lecting information and analyzing the would be less severe had his predeces- these loans, with the additional option reactions of regulatory bodies in other sor, Radovan Jelašić, who warned peo- of refinancing them in euros, Gligorov

Hidden Belgrade countries. ple about the dangers of these credits, concluded. 8 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 9 REGION OUT AND ABOUT Albanian school doors stay closed to disabled children

Albanian law may guarantee children with disabilities the right to an education but in practice parents face an uphill battle getting access.

Elisa GJERANI

ike any other child of his age, eight-year-old Ergi is a care- free kid, often giving a hard time to his mother, Bruna, as they stroll round the block Lnear their apartment in Tirana, or walk in the park near Tirana’s artificial lake. However, unlike other children his age, Ergi suffers from autism and does ‘Love locks’ at the Charles Bridge in the Golden City. Photo by Roman Boed/Flickr Venice Carnival coincides with the Valentine’s Day. Photo by Stefano Montagner/Flickr not go to school. “He is not living out Skopje activists protest against the removal of WW2 memorials. his childhood because instead of going to school to integrate, he stays at home with us,” Bruna says. “I talk to him and we play games to- gether, but it’s not enough,” she adds. Although the local regional school board gave Ergi a green light to enroll, Perfect Valentine’s the school would not register him, ar- guing that it lacked the capacity to deal with children with disabilities. Right groups say Ergi’s case is not unusual. Although Albania in 2012 ap- getaways proved a law on inclusive education, guaranteeing the right of disa- Despite the law on inclusive education, disabled children in Albania still encounter problems when signing up for schools. Photo by Beta bled children to at- tend school, they Once Ergi was deemed ready Flori, a paraplegic boy, attends third The law not only guarantees the right Asterius. A legend further on says that Established back in 12th century, the Although Istanbul is not the capital of folk-dancers will entertain you. Use this often encounter Although the for pre-school, Bruna went to reg- grade at Bajram Gashi Primary School of children with disabilities to an edu- As the favourite before his execution he wrote her a letter, Carnival of Venice fell into disuse and Turkey, the old capital of the Ottoman opportunity and dance with them! difficulties when ister him. However, even after he in Fllak, a village near the port city of cation but provides for special needs signed “Your Valentine” as a farewell. was only revived quite recently, in 1979. Empire is still the most important city it comes to regis- law guarantees received the approval of the local Durres. teachers for classes containing children day of love-struck By the High Middle Ages, as the tradi- Since then, it has proved hugely popular by far in Turkey, home to around 20 uni- GOLDEN PRAGUE tering. school board, the school would not He should be in fifth grade by now, but with disabilities. tion of courtly love spread in Europe, Feb- and now draws around 3 million visitors versities, as well as libraries, schools and Activists say take him. for two years the school head refused However, although the law has been couples looms, ruary 14th had already become associated a year. countless shopping malls. It is a world- The capital of the Czech Republic is that is not only these children’s The head teacher told her that to enroll him, arguing that the school in force for more than two years, many with romance rather than sainthood. Still, Venice offers a lot more than the class touristic and financial hub. another fine choice for a Valentine’s Day schools that deny they already had one autistic child lacked a ramp for a wheelchair. schools lack special education teachers, Belgrade Insight Now, centuries on, Valentine’s Day famed Carnival for a Valentine’s Day There is much to see in the city that get away. There are many things to do in a children with disabilities the right to an right to an and the teachers could not handle Questioned by BIRN, the former head making enrollment for children with is celebrated throughout the world in getaway. You could also take a trip on one Serbs once called “Carigrad”, the emper- city of spires, bridges and domes that is as education. Fearing the stigma associ- another. of the school, Gazmend Bulica, denied disabilities an uphill battle. names three of various ways – be it with a lovely greet- of the dozens of gondolas – a favourite or’s, or tsar’s city, even in mid-February. romantic as it gets. ated with disabilities, parents often do education, the “We can’t solve your problem any intention to discriminate against “In Albania… when a law is approved, ing card, a flower, or a figure of the winged among couples in love. For nightlife, the Galata district is possi- For a start, you can pick one out of the little to enroll them. here, take your kid somewhere else,” Flori on the grounds of paraplegia. its financial costs are not considered,” the most romantic Cupid. More creative men make their bet- There is no shortage of romantic-look- bly the best place to head to. This includes many restaurants for a romantic lunch or A study on inclusive education pub- doors of local Bruna recalled the head telling her. “I wanted to save the parents the ex- Kulla observed. ter half happy with the offer of a romantic ing restaurants in which to dine. Be sure many well-known places, such as Taksim dinner, and be sure that the prices will not lished by the charity Save the Children She turned again to “Let’s Stay To- haustion of sending him back and forth Enetela Luadhi, from MEDPAK, an trip, which we think of as the best option. to visit what is possibly the most beauti- Square and the Istiklal Street, which are be higher just because it is Valentine’s Day. in November 2012 says Albania has schools remain gether”; however, despite mediation because the school did not have the in- advocacy group for children with dis- cities in which to ful church in the city, Santa Maria della home many bars, clubs and other venues You can dine romantically by the river, 17,786 children with disabilities, 4,776 by the centre, the school still refused frastructure,” he said. abilities, agrees that the lack of trained SERENE VENICE Salute, as well as the Piazza San Marco where you can have fun. which runs through the heart of the city, or of whom are under six, while 8,845 are shut for them.” to register Ergi. Flori’s parents contest the former teachers to educate these children is a spend it. and Palace of the Doges. While in Istanbul, you can also try try a hillside restaurant overlooking Prague. aged six to 15 and 4,165 are in the 15-to-18 Janela Faniko, a psychologist head’s claim, arguing that they were problem. Spending the “Day of Love“ in Venice is Another must in Venice is a trip to something that has traditionally be- During your stay in the Golden City, age group. at “Let’s Stay Together”, says they ready to do anything to offer him an However, Luadhi said many parents’ a great choice for two reasons – it is well the opera or to a classical music perfor- longed to Turkey, a nargile or Turkish as Prague has been called, keep in mind It is estimated that 2,289 children have encountered several cases of education. own prejudice, as well as their fear of Ivana NIKOLIĆ known as one of the most romantic plac- mance. Others are sampling the fresh water pipe. Long ago, this ritual used to be that this city has evening entertainment with disabilities should be attending Janela Faniko, children like Ergi, who were able to They even hired a private tutor to encountering prejudice, is also to blame. es in the world and the Venice Carnival hand-made pasta and pastries, and some- an important part of social and political to suit everyone – starting from medieval- pre-school, another 5,477 should be part a psychologist attend school but were denied en- home school him for the two years that “Some parents have a hard time ac- hat is known as will still be on! thing the Italians are especially proud of – life. It is still considered one of life’s great themed shows, to folk nights, opera mu- of the nine-year education system and rollment. he was denied enrollment, and say he is cepting the disability of their own chil- Valentine’s Day The carnival is famous for the revellers’ gelato, or ice cream. In Venice, every cor- pleasures and you can sample this Turk- sic, river cruises, pub tours and a famed 1,356 should be attending upper sec- “Although the law guarantees now an excellent student. dren,” Luadhi said. began as a liturgi- elaborate masks – a must if you wish to at- ner contains a piece of history, a tale, or a ish specialty around the Grand Bazaar. ghost walk. ondary school. After Ergi was diagnosed, his father these children’s right to an education, “It was a huge punishment for my son “Fearing prejudice from society, cal celebration of tend any of the main events. Indeed, one tradition and is worth exploring. Possibly the best place to be on Febru- For less love-sick couples, the ghost However, the number of children with abandoned his wife and child, adding to the doors of local schools remain shut to be left out of school,” Flori’s mother, these parents come to the conclusion a Christian saint of the most important events is the mask ary 14th in Istanbul is on a boat or barge. walk is one way to discover the darker disabilities enrolled in all three school the family’s difficulties. for them,” Faniko said. Fabiola, said. that school won’t do their children any named Valenti- competition, “la maschera più bella”, or CITY ON TWO CONTINENTS Many sailing companies, which are easy side of Prague. This three-hour tour cen- levels school was only 1,058 in 2011. For almost a year, Bruna knocked on The same Save the Children study “If Albanian society continues to live good, because they will never amount Wnus. A popular hagiographical account “the most beautiful mask”. It takes place to find in Istanbul, offer romantic nights tres on the Old Town and Prague Castle Ergi’s struggle in life started when he many doors in search of treatment, final- referred to earlier says 60 per cent of with the prejudice that no children with to much in life,” she concluded. of St Valentine of Rome states that he was during the last weekend of the Carnival Istanbul is the only city in the world on the Bosphorus with food, drink and a and is a mixture of historical facts tinged was diagnosed with autism at the age of ly finding help from a non-profit centre children with disabilities in Albania live disabilities should be in class, it punish- This article was produced as part imprisoned for performing weddings for and is judged by a panel of international that is built on the two continents. spectacular dance show. During the ride, with mystery and popular legend. three, following a trip to the doctor for in the Tirana suburb of Kombinat, “Let’s in rural areas. es these children,” she added. of the initiative “Strengthening Co- soldiers who were forbidden to marry costume and fashion designers. Straddling Europe and Asia, it lies on you will have spectacular views of the Ot- By far the most romantic thing to do on a vaccine shot. “He hadn’t shown any Stay Together.” Overcoming the widespread stigma Florian Kulla, an education expert operation Between Civil Society and and for helping the Christians, who were Apart from the contest, the Festival the Bosphorus strait. On the crossroad toman riverside palaces, mansions and the “Day of Love” is to sail down the river. signs of autism until then,” Bruna re- At the centre, Ergi received treatment against disabilities and securing a right with Save the Children, says cases like Investigative Journalists,” supported persecuted under the Roman Empire. itself offers many other attractions – par- between Europe and Asia, Istanbul is a modern villas. A river cruise through the heart of this called. “I did not want to believe it,” she for his disability on a daily basis, prepar- to an education is even more difficult in Ergi’s and Flori’s violate the 2012 law on by the Open Society Foundation in According to legend, during his imprison- ties, balls, shows, parades, concerts, gala mixture of these two sometimes con- After dinner, where traditional Turkish deservedly famous city is a good way to added. ing him for entry into the school system. the countryside. inclusive education. Albania. ment he healed the daughter of his jailer, dinners and many other gatherings. flicting spirits. dishes will be served, belly-dancers and melt the heart of the one you love. 10 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 11 ARTS DINING OUT

Young Bosnia revolutionaries in pictures Crowne “Ex Ponto” is an outdoor pho- Best moves in Plaza Crowne Plaza tography exhibition investigat-

ing the connection between the Arts in brief Arts in brief pre-World War I Young Bosnia Opera, Ballet Corner Wine revolutionary movement and and Classical It always begins Belgrade. Set up on a walkway movies go on with a simple brunch slips from at the Kalemegdan Fortress FRIDAY JANUARY 23rd overlooking the Sava River, the question: ‘Can you name of the exhibition comes Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra bring me the wine from a collection of poems by with Christian Mandeal - Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić, display conductor, Ilija M. Kolarac list’? Everything Endowment, Studentski Trg 5, 8pm memory who was part of the movement else that follows is whose most notorious member th was Sarajevo assassin Gavrilo SATURDAY JANUARY 24 a complex matter, Sunday brunch Princip. The exhibition is on Opera: La Traviata, The National and cannot be until March 30th. in this legendary Theatre, Francuska 1, 7:30pm measured only by Pool paintings MONDAY JANUARY 26th how much is left haunt is amazing explore human condition Milica Jončić – flute and Marija in the bottle after in terms of the Sabljić – piano, Belgrade Cultural dinner. ‘Rooms of Water’ is an Centre, Trg Republike 5, 8pm amount of dishes exhibition of images of people WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28th swimming in pools by the Pavle GOLICIN on offer - but artist Ivana Živić. The oil on Opera: Tosca, The National Theatre, quantity is no canvas paintings aim to explore Francuska 1, 7:30pm he New Year breaks how human lives are mostly are slowly coming confined to closed spaces. It is THURSDAY JANUARY 29th to an end… It was guarantee of open until January 27th at the yet again a heavy- quality. ULUS Gallery. Ballet: Who’s That Singing Over Tweight experience There? The National Theatre, with piles of food and lakes of Greek rebetiko star Francuska 1, 7:30pm wine with family and friends. Duda&Vlada plays guitar festival But, we are eager for more! FRIDAY JANUARY 30th Eliminating the need to get up early on Sunday, this January rowne Plaza Belgrade is One of the star attractions at Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra not just any old link in a this year’s Belgrade Guitar Art we opted for a brunch. with Fabrice Bollon – conductor I was especially excited to luxury hotel chain. This Festival will be the veteran and Nemanja Stanković – cello, Ilija visit the Crowne Plaza Hotel, hotel has a special place Greek singer George Dalaras, M. Kolarac Endowment, Studentski which recently opened in the in Belgrade history. In- one of the most famous con- Trg 5, 8pm temporary interpreters of Greek premises of what used to be deed, its story is linked folk music styles like rebetiko SATURDAY JANUARY 31st Hotel Intercontinental, a place withC the rise and fall of socialist Yugosla- and laiko. The concert will take to see and be seen in ex-Yugo- via. Built alongside the neighboring Sava place at Sava Center on March Opera: Nabucco, The National slavia when I was a kid. congress centre and linked to it by an 10th but tickets are already on Theatre, Francuska 1, 7:30pm The wine list in Crowne underground passage, the hotel opened Plaza is carefully thought- its doors as the Beograd InterContinen- sale. nd MONDAY FEBRUARY 2 out and matches the highest tal just in time for the start of the 1979 This was our first visit to the hotel since was, the three of us had to cut corners, chocolate mousses and panacottas. The standards. It contains close to IMF and IBRD conventions. One of the it reopened as Crowne Plaza, and for the and many dishes were left unsampled. baklava was below average. Cakes were Australian movies on Belgrade Baroque Ensemble, 100 labels, with both domestic first Western franchises in the country, first time we were not in the company of Having said that, we did not find a single good - chocolate, fruits, winter-style with show at film archive Students Cultural Centre, Kralja – or “Serbia and region” as it is it hosted the international elites time our parents at Sunday brunch. memorable dish among all that abun- oranges, grapefruits and pomegranate… Milana 50, 8pm called in the list – and foreign and again, showcasing the then new and The barren interior of the entrance dance. Everything was more or less ac- A corner of the restaurant is reserved The Australian Film Festival is wines adequately represented. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5th open stance of Yugoslavia towards the area is reminiscent of an airport terminal, ceptable, edible and well cooked, but, for the children’s play area. There are en- being held at the Yugoslav Film A dozen different labels are Western world. but the ghosts from the past are still there apart from a huge pile of pine nuts, noth- tertainers designated to keep your kids Archive until January 25th. It available by the glass, including Ballet: The Nutcracker, The National As soon as “the suits” were gone, the - in the form of an immense bas-relief ing there urged us to come back again. busy and away from your plate, should mostly features more recent the whole range from sparkling Theatre, Francuska 1, 7:30pm cinematic successes from the to dessert wines. urban elite of the time swarmed the ho- of the topography of Belgrade, done in Some of the things we noticed: cheeses you bring the next generation along. At country, but also includes older As the word “brunch” sug- tel, giving it a sweetheart name, the “In- copper. The model is an Interkonti trade- and hams (including different varieties times, the play area becomes the focus critically-acclaimed movies like gests, I started with a breakfast terkonti”. It became the place to see and mark, one of my earliest childhood mem- of prosciutto) are mid-market or lower. of the entire event, as it did at the end of 2007’s “Romulus, My Father”, sip of sparkling wine, Prosecco be seen, hosting numerous events and ories, and still has its position behind the Soups are basic but nice. The sushi was our visit. The excitement, the noise and and 2000’s ‘The Dish’. as always, to kick off the day parties, the Sunday brunch, etc… In 1991, reception desk. poor and uninviting, and the prawn tails the kolo (Serbian collective folk dance) cheerfully and promote human the gala wedding of Brena and Boba in Sunday brunch is served from mid- were all alike. The smoked salmon was eventually drove us towards the lobby Art from the happiness. For lunch, on the the hotel rounded up the golden era of day to 5pm in the Plaza’s all-day “Dining great as usual, with rocket garnish doing it bar, called “The living room”, to have cof- other hand, I opted for a beer in the hotel, the city and the entire country. Room”. The restaurant interior is bright justice. The mini-burgers were mediocre fee in a more relaxed ambience. walls of Africa The documentary “First Position” follows six young dancers as they prepare for a big New York competition. order to create a little bit of ex- Disintegration was imminent, and the but is too plain and simple in terms of at best and the potato fries were just bad The brunch at the Crowne Plaza has a Belgrade’s Museum of African Exibitions citement. This time, it was pale urban middle class was soon replaced detail. As early birds, we were able to - pale and cold. The salads were numer- great overall concept with the food that Art has opened a new exhibi- performance explores both the tangible and Events ale by the local microbrewery by criminals, war profiteers and nou- snatch one of the best tables, the ones be- ous but all too typical and consisting of is not as great. It is well visited and has a tion showcasing the centu- Two important Belgrade cultural and intangible nature of music and the Kabinet, nice to accompany a veaux riches. This trend in the InterCon- low the sloping glass wall. This is another feeble January veggies. The grilled meat proper Sunday dinner feel to it - relaxed ries-old tradition of African reflections that we see when looking in a FRIDAY JANUARY 23rd variety of self-service dishes. tinental (no longer called “Interkonti”) hallmark of the building, extending the - pljeskavica, ćevapčići, etc - was good but well dressed, informal yet elaborate. murals. The exhibition includes institutions, the Yugoslav Film mirror. Despite the effort of the staff peaked when the convicted criminal dining area well into the hotel courtyard, but not great, and that is below par in the The price is well balanced - the sheer num- photographs of painted murals, Another interesting film in a similar Exhibition: My Home, Singidunum in Crowne Plaza to do their best and paramilitary commander, Željko which was covered in deep snow at the pljeskavica-kingdom of Serbia. Other ber of visitors proves it beyond doubt. reliefs and architectural Archive and the Belgrade Dance vein, which will be shown on Friday, is Gallery, Knez Mihajlova 53, 6pm to accommodate guests, there Ražnatović “Arkan”, was killed there in time of our visit. meat dishes, ranging from different roasts Drinks are quite expensive, as expected. mosaics from all corners of the “Care Men”, created by choreographer is definitely room for improve- 2000, in public. As other guests arrived in parties, the to fillets in fruit sauces, were more than The offer on the buffet is very broad, if not MONDAY JANUARY 26th African continent. Pieces are on Festival, are teaming up to bring Jiří Kylián and director Boris Paval Conen ment. The glassware is below Folk singer Lepa Brena (born Fahreta place gradually filled up. In total, the oc- acceptable but less than memorable. The entirely at the same level as the hotel it- display from Nigeria, Burkina and performed by the Dutch Dance Thea- standard, especially for what Jahić in what is today Brčko District of casion was well visited, the crowds that it simplest thing turned out to be the best - self. We would love to see some novelties Exhibition: Miloš Janjanin, Grad you might expect at this kind Faso, Ghana and many other fans of both genres an exciting mini- tre. It is a modern interpretation of the Cultural Centre, Braće Krsmanović Bosnia and Herzegovina) and tennis attracted were diverse, and a DJ was play- breaded chicken to the rescue! and true specialties on offer next time. of hotel. The wine service is at countries. The exhibition will be classic opera Carmen. 4, 8pm player Slobodan Živojinović were, argu- ing soothing music. Overall, the atmos- The desserts were even more diverse an average level, and – I have open until July 10th. festival this month. As well as lesser-known documenta- ably, THE stars of the former Yugoslavia. phere was pleasant and relaxed. There and of a higher standard in general. Small CROWNE PLAZA BELGRADE to repeat this over and over ries and films, some blockbusters have WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28th The wedding of the celebrity couple was were not one but two different birthday bites enabled us to try different things: Address: Vladimira Popovića 10 again in my reviews – the wine Kusturica hosts David GALIĆ Dance film festival will open on Wednes- been lined up for people who never tire of on par with similar events in the Western parties going on at the same time, but this the mini-tart with chocolate was really Phone: +381 11 2204115 Exquisite Corpse Cinema, was not poured into the glass in day, January 28th with the documentary good-old classics. world, along with unprecedented me- only added colour to the experience. nice and so was one with vanilla pud- Price Guide: 1800 dinars [around €15] Küstendorf movie Studentski Grad Cultural Centre, front of us. festival he Belgrade Dance Festi- “First Position.” The festival will show the classic 1972 Bulevar Zorana Đinđića 179, 8pm Having in mind that the dia coverage, wild speculation into the The food is served in an open buffet, ding and fruit bits. We enjoyed miniature per person without drinks val has a 12-year history of This American movie follows six film “Cabaret”, for example, starring Liza mark-up in the Crowne couple’s privacy, and numerous other with everything from starters to desserts The eight annual Küstendorf organizing shows all year young dancers as they prepare for a big Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. Hold- SUNDAY JANUARY 30th Plaza is higher than average celebrities taking part in the proceedings. available at all times. The buffet tables are International Film and Music round. Its famous spring- event, the Youth America Grand Prix. ing the record for most Academy Award for Belgrade, you can certainly Boris Becker, ATP number 1 at the time, fa- plentiful and colourful, constantly replen- th Festival, hosted by Emir Kustu- time festival features This is a competition in which the best wins in a single year, it won a total of eight The Magnificent Seven – the 11 get much more value in many mously sent an expensive Mercedes as a ished from a neighbouring kitchen. We ONCE KOVAČ, ALWAYS KOVAČ th Festival of Feature Documentary, rica, runs until January 26 in some of the top names dancers between nine and 19 compete in awards that year, although the Best Picture restaurants in town for that wedding gift. did not try to memorize, or even count, all ONCE ”KAFANA”, ALWAYS ”KAFANA” opening – The New Riijskmuseum, Drvengrad, the village built by in modern choreography and the best New York City. Naturally, the training that award went to “The Godfather”. Just like our city’s streets (and the the available dishes. They come in doz- T Sava Centre, Milentija Popovića 9, money. RESTURANT KOVAČ the director in Serbia’s Mokra dance troupes from Serbia and abroad. these children go through is grueling as And if you are looking to kick back 8pm country, come to think of it), the famous ens, literally, and dozens more. A helping modern ethno restaurant Gora region. As in previous The Yugoslav Film Archive, meanwhile, they gear up for an event that may give and enjoy some good old-fashioned fun, Basic~ ~ ~ Info Rating hotel has changed names a few times of each type is out of the question, as you years, the festival is promot- has been an important cultural institution them a chance to become professional there’s always the iconic 1980s smash hit, MONDAY FEBRUARY 2nd along the way. Hotel Beograd InterCon- would end up carrying no less than ten ing new trends in cinema and in Belgrade ever since it opened in 1949, dancers. “Flashdance”, which ends the festival on Overall Good tinental (1979-2006) lost the franchise plates to your table: soups, starters, pastas emerging film-makers as well and currently houses almost 100,000 On Thursday, the movie “Mirror and Sunday. Exhibition: Ivan Grlić, Progres and became Hotel International CG and risottos, meat and poultry dishes, fish as classic movies by renowned Wine selection Excellent film prints from all over the world. Music” will be screened. This is more of All of the movies will be shown at the Gallery, Zmaj Jovina 8, 8pm (2006-2007), and then Continental Hotel and vegetarian dishes, endless salads, directors. Guests at the festival These two heabyweights have now a performance than a movie, but a very Film Archives theatre in Uzun Mirkova Wine service Average Belgrade (2007-2012). InterContinental cheeses and delicacies, fruit, pastry and will be Russian directors Nikita THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5th joined forces to bring fans of both film powerful one. Choreographed by the leg- Street. Movies start at 8pm every night. If Hotels Group pulled out in 2006, but after small sweets, full-size cakes… Mikhalkov and Andrei Konch- Wine pricing €22 - €265 alovsky, as well as Mexico’s and dance a special extravaganza – five endary Japanese dancer Saburo Teshiga- you miss one, you can see it the next day Exhibition: Body As A Regime, major refurbishment work done by Delta For a systematic review, we should nights of legendary movies that all have wara, it was performed and filmed at the at 6pm and stay for the next new movie group exhibition, Belgrade Cultural Holding in 2012, the hotel was re-branded have brought a company of ten (athletes Bulevar Oslobodjenja 221, Tel: 011 2462 343 Alfonso Cuarón and France’s Wine and food pairing Good Centre, Trg Republike 5, 7pm www.restorankovac.com Bertrand Tavernier. dancing as their main theme. The Days of Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. The at 8pm. as the Crowne Plaza. in their early twenties, if possible). As it 12 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 13 WHAT’S ON ON THE SPOT

Stars parade in fur CLUBBING fashion show AND LIVE MUSIC ome of Serbia’s best known actresses, ballerinas, writers and TV hosts be- FRIDAY, JANUARY 23rd SUNDAY, JANUARY 25th THURSDAY, JANUARY 29th MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4rd came fashion models on the evening th • Ana Popović, Mikser House, • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Under The Ground, KPTM, Žorža • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Nineties Night, Mr Stefan Braun, Sof January 10 at the National Thea- Karađorđeva 46, 9pm Skadarska 32, 9pm Klemansoa 22, 11pm Skadarska 32, 9pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm tre Museum, where they walked down the • Nikola Vranjković, KKN, Darkwood • Severina, Sava Centre, Milentija • Jumbus Thursday Night, Plastic, • Miša Laguna i Prijatelji, Santo • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, improvised aisle wearing the latest fur coats Dub, Božidarac, Radoslava Grujića 3, Popovića 9, 8:30pm Takovska 36, 11pm Domingo Bar, Vojvode Šupljikca 31, Skadarska 32, 9pm designed by David Stevanović. Among the 9pm • RnB Night, Klub Cinema, Gračanička • RnB and Hip Hop, Mr Stefan Braun, 10pm • Žile Hram, Kafana Ko To Tamo Peva, improvised models were the actress Tanja • Elektrana Neon Nacht, Sveta, 18, 11pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Milan Mitrović i Ivana Kostić, Klub Cetinjska, 10pm Bošković, the TV host Irena Jovanović, bal- Svetogorska 21, 11pm • Rakijada, Kafana Jazbina, Bulevar • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, Teatro Bar, Sarajevska 26, 10pm • Vanila Bend, Kafana Sevdah, Sremskih lerina Drina Pešić, and many others. • Banda Panda’s Black Hole, Kralja Aleksandra 89, 10pm Skadarska 32, 9pm • Celebrities’ Humanitarian Night, Mr Odreda, 10pm Drugstore, Bulevar Despota Stefana • Full House Bend and DJ Marko, Mr • DJ Petar Della Pietra, Industrija Bar, Stefan Braun, 11pm • Libertas Bend, Kafana Tajna, 112, 11pm Stefan Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Karađorđeva 23, 11pm • Destiny Night, Witch Bar, Kumanovska Ruzveltova 13, 10pm • Red Soulcase, Grad Cultural Centre, • RnB Night – DJ Ktordo, Witch Bar, • JUMBUS Thursday Plastic, Klub 14-16, 11pm • Friends’ Night, Witch bar, Braće Krsmanović 4, 11pm Kumanovska 14-16, 11pm Plastic, Takovska 34, 10pm Kumanovska 14-16, 11pm Magic city • Superplastic, Plastic, Takovska 36, • Desperado bend, Kafana Još Ovu • Beso de Loco bend, Kafana Druga TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3nd • Cocktails’ Night, Kontra Bar, Strahinji’a 11pm Noć, Vojislava Ilića 89, 10pm Kuća Gaučosi, Dunavska 17a, 10pm Bana 59, 11pm • Couple Up Groove, KPTM, Žorža • Akustični Tamburaši, Kafana • Pozitiv Bend, Kafana Moja Bivša, • Richard Galliano, Didier Lockwood, • Karaoke Night, Kafana Još Ovu Noć, closes up with Klemansoa 22, 11pm Foliranti, Kapetan Mišina 16, 9pm Resavska 24, 10pm Sylvain Luc, Ilija M. Kolarac Vojislava Ilića 86, 10pm • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, • Rade Kosmajac i Jelena Gerbec, • Vanila Bend, Kafana Sevdah, Endowment, Studentski trg 5, 8pm a song Nemanjina 4, 11pm Fensi Kafana, Bulevar Zorana Đinđića Sremskih Odreda, 10pm • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th • Can’t Stop the Rock, KST, Bulevar 141, 10pm • Akustični Tamburaši, Kafana Skadarska 32, 9pm Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm • Milan Anikić i Ivana Bojanović, Foliranti, Kapetan Mišina 16, 9pm • Peđa Medenica, Klub Teatro Bar, • Fink, Dom Omladine, Makedonska šće Magic City” • Marina Visković, Klub Teatro Bar, Klub Teatro Bar, Sarajevska 26, 10pm • Drunk Thursday – DJ Gosha, Witch Sarajevska 26, 10pm 22, 9pm hosted a range of Sarajevska 26, 10pm Bar, Kumanovska 14-16, 11pm • Vanila Bend, Kafana Sevdah, Sremskih • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, events, including , Klub Cinema, MONDAY th Odreda, 10pm Skadarska 32, 9pm • Bend Camera Darling , JANUARY 26 concerts and various Gračanička 18, 10pm FRIDAY, JANUARY 30th • Libertas Bend, Kafana Tajna, • DJ Petar Della Pietra, Industrija Bar, “U • House Night Party, Industrija Bar, • Hashima, Studentski Grad Cultural Ruzveltova 13, 10pm Karađorđeva 23, 11pm humanitarian actions for more than Karađorđeva 23, 11pm Centre, Bulevar Zorana Đinđića 179, • Friday Swag, KPTM, Žorža • Nemanja Nikolić, Kafana Perper • JUMBUS Thursday Plastic, Klub a month before closing on January • TD Band, Kagana Pukni Zoro, 8pm Klemansoa 22, 11pm Merak, Omladinskih Brigada 18, 10pm Plastic, Takovska 34, 10pm 15th. Singer Saša Kovačević closed Masarikov Trg 10, 10pm • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, • All That Bass & Mystic Stylez, Grad • Friends’ Night, Witch bar, • Beso de Loco bend, Kafana Druga the fair together with a showman • Beso de Loco bend, Kafana Druga Skadarska 32, 9pm Cultural Centre, Braće Krsmanović Kumanovska 14-16, 11pm Kuća Gaučosi, Dunavska 17a, 10pm Inspektor Blaža and a Santa Claus Kuća Gaučosi, Dunavska 17a, 10pm • Miša Laguna i Prijatelji, Santo 4, 11pm • Cocktails’ Night, Kontra Bar, Strahinji’a • Pozitiv Bend, Kafana Moja Bivša, in front of a large audience – mostly , Kafana Sevdah, Domingo Bar, Vojvode Šupljikca 31, 10pm , Mr Stefan Braun, Bana 59, 11pm Resavska 24, 10pm • Vertigo Bend • House Party children. Sremskih Odreda, 10pm • Milan Mitrović i Ivana Kostić, Klub Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Vanila Bend, Kafana Sevdah, Sremskih • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, Teatro Bar, Sarajevska 26, 10pm • Let’s Be Weird Together, Drugstore Odreda, 10pm Skadarska 32, 9pm • Celebrities’ Humanitarian Night, Mr Play, boat on Sava river, 11pm • Akustični Tamburaši, Kafana Stefan Braun, 11pm • Superplastic, Plastic, Takovska 36, Foliranti, Kapetan Mišina 16, 9pm SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th • DJ Marchez, Kafana Ona Moja, 11pm • Drunk Thursday – DJ Gosha, Witch Acting Vojvode Šupljikca 31, 10pm • Heller, Prisoner, The Endlessfall, Bar, Kumanovska 14-16, 11pm • LP Duo, Mikser House, Karađorđeva • Libertas Bend, Kafana Tajna, Božidarac, Radoslava Grujića 3, 9pm stars attend 46, 9pm Ruzveltova 13, 10pm • Bend Camera Darling, Klub Cinema, • Obojeni Program, Drugstore, Bulevar • Destiny Night, Witch Bar, Kumanovska Gračanička 18, 10pm Despota Stefana 115, 10pm 14-16, 11pm • House Night Party, Industrija Bar, comedy • Indie-Go!, Grad Cultural Centre, Braće Karađorđeva 23, 11pm Krsmanović 4, 11pm TUESDAY, JANUARY 27th • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, preview • Female:pressure, Svemirska Kafana, Skadarska 32, 9pm boat on Sava river, 11pm • Nineties Night, Mr Stefan Braun, eremy Garelick’s comedy, “The Wed- • Toni Juranović, Wats, Lomina 5, 11pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm SATURDAY, JANUARY 31st • Space Odyssey, KPTM, Žorža • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, ding Ringer” was presented on January Klemansoa 22, 11pm Skadarska 32, 9pm • Alexander Kowalski, Secret Location, KOLARAC 10th at the Cineplexx cinema. Among • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, • Buzzing Bad Brothers, Klub Plastic, 11pm others, a number of well-known ac- Nemanjina 4, 11pm Takovska 34, 11pm • DLR, KPTM, Zorza Klemansoa 22, J tresses attended the preview, including Jelena • Feel and Dance, Plastic, Takovska 36, • Peđa Medenica, Klub Teatro Bar, 11pm PROGRAMME Gavrilović, Danijela Vrameš and Tamara 11pm Sarajevska 26, 10pm , Sioux, • Poseidon Bday Party Krcunović. • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Vanila Bend, Kafana Sevdah, Sremskih Skadarska 40, 10pm Skadarska 32, 9pm Odreda, 10pm • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Inspiracija bend, Klub Cinema, • Libertas Bend, Kafana Tajna, Skadarska 32, 9pm FRIDAY, January 23rd Conductor: Fabris Bollon Gračanička 18, 10pm Ruzveltova 13, 10pm • Inspiracija bend, Klub Cinema, Concert Hall, 8pm Soloist: Nemanja Stanković, Trilogy unites • DJ Tom Collins, Indutrija Bar, • Nemanja Nikolić, Kafana Perper Gračanička 18, 10pm Karađorđeva 23, 11pm Merak, Omladinskih Brigada 18, 10pm • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra violoncello • All Inclusive Party, Klub Vanila, • Friends’ Night, Witch bar, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Classical Cycle Programme: D. Dvorak, B. Bartok directors from three Studentski Trg 15, 10pm Kumanovska 14-16, 11pm • Trust Me You Can Dance, Splav Klub Conductor: Cristian Mandeal Production: Belgrade • Arena Bend, Kafana Pukni Zoro, • Cocktails’ Night, Kontra Bar, Strahinji’a Dragstor Play, Ušće bb, 11pm Programme: F. Schubert, Philharmonic countries Masarikov Trg 10, 10pm Bana 59, 11pm • DJ Tom Collins, Indutrija Bar, P.I.Tchaikovsky, Mendelsshon • El Grande Bend, Kafana na Balkanu, Karađorđeva 23, 11pm Production: Belgrade SUNDAY, February 1st th Prizrenska 2, 10pm WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 • Boris i Tijana Filipović, Kafana Moja Philharmonic Concert Hall, 8pm he trilogy “Lamb, Chicken, Eagle” was per- • Boris i Tijana Filipović, Kafana Moja Bivša, Resavska 24, 10pm Piano duo Vasil Hadžimanov & formed at the Bitef Theater on January 14th. One Bivša, Resavska 24, 10pm • Disco House, Mr Stefan Braun, • Incognito Bend, Kafana Jazbina, SUNDAY, January 25th Bojan Zulfikarpašić of the largest regional coproductions, it was Nemanjina 4, 11pm Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 89, 10pm Concert Hall, 11am Ticket Price: 1, 000, 1, 300 dinars put on by three young theatre directors, Anica • Buzzin Bad Brothers, Plastic, • DJ Rasha, Kontra Bar, Strahinjića Bana T Takovska 36, 11pm 59, 11pm Cycle: Kolarac Podium of Tomić from Zagreb, Selma Spahić from Sarajevo and th • Tamburaši Uživo, Kafana Dva Jelena, • Choose Your Poison, Witch Bar, Chamber Music WEDNESDAY, February 4 Ana Tomović from Belgrade, each of them realizing one Skadarska 32, 9pm Kumanovska 14-16, 11pm Final Concert of participants of Concert Hall, 8pm part of the trilogy. The four-hour-play features several • Peđa Medenica, Klub Teatro Bar, Master Class Cycle: The Great Music prominent actors, including Dubravka Kovjanić, Ivana st FREE COPY Sarajevska 26, 10pm SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Đorđe Nešić, opera collaborative Performers Krizmanić, Vedran Živolić and Enes Salković. • Žile Hram, Kafana Ko To Tamo Peva, pianist The Jazz All Star Trio Cetinjska, 10pm • Bojan Zulfikarpašić and Vasil Production: Music Centre Richard Galliano, accordion, Didier • Vanila Bend, Kafana Sevdah, Sremskih , Ilija M. Kolarac Publisher: BIRN d.o.o. Hadžimanov Admission free Lockwood, violin & Sylvain Luc, guitar Odreda, 10pm Endowment, Studentski Trg 5, 8pm Production: Music Centre Kolarčeva 7/5, 11 000 Belgrade • Libertas Bend, Kafana Tajna, , Kafana Dva Jelena, • Tamburaši Uživo th Ruzveltova 13, 10pm Skadarska 32, 9pm TUESDAY, January 27 Phone/Fax: +381 11 4030 300 th • Friends’ Night, Witch bar, • RnB Night, Klub Cinema, Gračanička Music Gallery, 6pm FRIDAY, February 6 Editor in Chief: Gordana Igrić Kumanovska 14-16, 11pm 18, 11pm Art Fantasy public show Concert Hall, 8pm • Cocktails’ Night, Kontra Bar, Strahinji’a • Full House Bend and DJ Marko, Mr recording Bizarrte BIRN editorial team: Bana 59, 11pm Stefan Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Author: Marina Stefanović Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra Ana Petruševa, Marcus Tanner, • Karaoke Night, Kafana Još Ovu Noć, • Rakijada, Kafana Jazbina, Bulevar Production: Music Centre Conductor: Gabriel Feltz Vojislava Ilića 86, 10pm Kralja Aleksandra 89, 10pm Admission free Vadim Repin, violin Gordana Andrić Programme: S. 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Monsun triumphed in the tournament in Bogdan Sydney and is in excellent shape,” and it stays open until very late on all Obradović added. You won’t feel three nights. Obradović, the After a one-year ban, Troicki made The club is located on the outskirts his return to tennis in July last year. drowned in of the neighbourhood and has taken coach of Ser- He was banned for delaying a manda- up residence inside an old warehouse- tory blood test at Monte Carlo in April this Monsoon. type building. This huge warehouse bian national 2013 by a day, saying that he felt ill. has already been used for throwing Despite having a negative test a day There’s room monster rave parties in the past. How- tennis team, later, he was banned for a year. ever, Monsun only takes up a smaller After reaching a career high of 12th for everyone in portion of the building. said that No- in the world and helping Serbia win Comparing Monsun to other Bel- the Davis Cup in 2010, the 28-year- this spacious grade clubs, Drugstore comes to mind vak Đoković old Troicki was ranked in 842nd in first. However, Monsun has a far better the world in July. However, after six warehouse location. It’s also significantly smaller, will play in months and a series of Challenger so, unlike Drugstore, you’ll never enter tournaments he got back into the top conversion, which Monsun and feel like you are in a place the Davis Cup 50. that could use more people. Troicki got to the third round of looks set to score The trend in the last several years for 2015 World the Australian Open after winning a Belgrade clubs has been towards mini- match against the Argentinean Leon- big time with mal, stripped-down design and interi- Group against ardo Mayer on January 21st. He and ors, and Monsun follows that aesthetic Đoković are the only Serbian players clubbers in 2015. principle. One of the best things about Croatia’s team. who reached the third round in sin- the club is that the entrance, coat check gles matches in Australia. and bathroom area are separate from bradović told the Đoković won the 2010 Davis Cup David GALIĆ the dance floor and bar area, which is Tanjug news agency title with the Serbian national team. conducive to allowing club patrons to that the world’s num- Last season he didn’t play in the tour- ith the addition of circulate easily. ber one tennis player nament and missed the Davis Cup yet another fine The club area is minimalistic but this would play a Davis play-off against India in September club to its stable, has a purpose. It’s much longer than CupO first-round match against Croatia due to fatigue and family commit- we can confidently it is wide, with a DJ’s booth at the end from March 6th to 8th in the central Ser- ments. Photo: Facebook say that the Sava- of the club and a large bar area on the bian town of Kraljevo. Obradović predicted that Croatia Wmala area is set to remain the epicentre side. Some high tables and bar stools Obviously, it’s all about electronic This also means that you don’t really Monsun is sure to be a major draw, “The Serbian team will also in- would be a tough rival, which would of Belgrade clubbing in 2015. Monsun are scattered about the club area and music in Monsun, and another thing have to get a reservation. You can go at especially for the type of people who clude Filip Krajinović, Dušan Lajović make for an interesting contest in - Monsoon - is the latest club to open a couple booths lie to one side, but the it has in common with Drugstore is pretty much any time of the night and might want to go to Drugstore, but don’t and Viktor Troicki who has recently Kraljevo. up in this popular riverside neighbour- room is spacious enough for the seat- that the music tends to be a bit harder be sure of getting in. feel like travelling across city to the Đoković will play against the Croatian team in the 2015 Davis Cup. Photo by Beta hood and looks likely to become one of ing not to obstruct people from trying and more aggressive than you are go- Drink prices are standard for Sava- very edge of Belgrade to have some fun. the most popular destinations in Sava- to move around and mingle. The only ing to hear in most of popular clubs. mala, although Monsun might be a Monsun’s concept and location make a mala in the year ahead of us. time you’ll ever get “stuck” in this club is Because the music is slightly less little pricier than some of the bars in great case for the club becoming hugely he three-person panel reviewed all home games in an empty stadium and pay While most of the nightspots in this when trying to order a drink at the bar. commercial than in the majority of the area. The crowds are typical for popular over the next year. Euroleague Basketball “Tmaterial concerning Galatasaray’s ap- a 100,000 euro fine, while Red Star must part of downtown Belgrade take the That’s where most of the patrons con- places of this kind, you aren’t going Savamala as well, mostly 20-some- peal in mid-January and issued a rejection play their next home game behind closed form of bar/club hybrids, Monsun is a gregate. Plus, the waiting staff could be to get huge crowds. Monsun looks things who are into electronic mu- Monsun of all arguments, thus sustaining the sanc- doors and pay a 50,000 euro fine. pure-blooded nightclub. It only works a little bit quicker and responsive when full but it doesn’t get uncomfortably sic, raves, and darker types of dance Address: Travnička 3 upholds Galatasaray tions in place,” the panel said in a statement. Red Star also filed an appeal, and Eurole- on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, it comes to serving customers. crowded. music. Phone: +381 65 4755115 In December, Euroleague’s disciplinary ague’s disciplinary panel is to decide on it punishment judge sanctioned both Red Star and Gal- by the end of January. atasaray for “the incidents generated by Serbia’s state-run Tanjug news agency re- Euroleague’s disciplinary panel has their fans and the failure to adopt measures ported that before the game in Istanbul, Gal- Eros Ramazzotti Jazz with a to avoid disturbances” ahead of the match atasaray fans attacked some 400 Red Star dismissed Turkish club Galatasaray’s on November 21st. supporters who could not enter the venue tickets go on sale French flavour Marko Ivković, a 25-year-old Red Star fan, because they could not buy tickets. appeal against the penalties it was stabbed in the heart during the vio- Following the violence and the death of imposed on the club over the lence that erupted in front of the stadium in Ivković, Serbian interior minister Nebojša ulti-million-selling Italian pop singer Eros Ramazzotti has an- rench jazz group The Jazz All Star Trio will be playing a show at Istanbul. Turkish police have arrested the Stefanović said that for the sake of good rela- nounced that he will be performing at the Belgrade Arena on Sep- the Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment on February 4th. The group is has violence before a game against Red suspected murderer. tions between the two countries, it was very tember 24th. Ramazzotti began his career more than 30 years ago, an unusual instrumental line-up compared to the typical jazz trio - Euroleague, Europe’s highest-level pro- important that the perpetrator was brought to participating in a singing contest that won him a recording contract. Richard Galliano on accordion, Didier Lockwood on violin and Syl- Star Belgrade in Istanbul in November fessional club basketball competition, ruled justice as soon as possible “because it is in the As well as dozens of solo hits over the course of his career, he has vain Luc on guitar. Galliano, the leader of the trio, has established that led to the death of a Serbian fan. that Galatasaray must play their next three interest of the Serbian public and the state”. Malso been involved in several popular collaborations, including songs with Tina Turn- Fhimself one of the leading accordion players in jazz. Tickets cost €15 from the Photo by Beta er and Andrea Bocelli. Tickets are now on sale, costing between €35 and €45. Kolarac box office.

Black Label Society Serbian jazzers offer bluesy metal double up on piano Zakk Wylde, a singer and guitarist Vasil Hadžimanov, a Serbian musician known for his work with metal legend who is best known for his electric jazz Serbian blueswoman Annihilator showcase Ozzy Osbourne in the late 1980s and fusion music infused with ethno fla- Croatian pop star back from Memphis Canadian thrash metal early 1990s, is bringing his Black Label vours, will be playing piano at a special Severina visits Belgrade Blues guitarist Ana Popović, who was Annihilator, one of the most popular Society to Belgrade for the first time. event that teams him up with another Severina, who is probably the biggest born in Serbia but currently lives and and influential thrash metal bands of The band plays a heavy and groovy, pianist, Bojan Zulfikarpašić, who is also pop star in Croatia and one of the works in Memphis, Tennessee, will be the 1980s and 1990s, have announced blues-infused strain of heavy metal and better-known for electric music and most popular singers in the entire playing a special homecoming concert an autumn tour with a date in Bel- will be performing at Dom Omladine modern jazz fusion explorations. The Balkans, will be performing a concert in on January 23rd at Mikser House. grade for the first time in their storied. on July 22nd. Early bird tickets are cur- concert will take place at the Ilija M. Belgrade on February 25th. The show is Backing her up will be members of Tickets are already on sale at the Dom rently available for €18; after they sell Kolarac Endowment on February 1st. at Sava Centar, and ticket prices range Belgrade’s most prominent blues-rock Omladine box office and the Felix rock th out, entrance will cost €25. Tickets will cost €10 at the door. from €15 to €25. band Texas Flood. shop. The concert is on October 16 . 16 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, January 23 - Thursday, February 05, 2015 ADVERT Map of City Centre

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