Issue No. 189 Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 ORDER DELIVERY TO Serbian Serbia's tourist Music YOUR DOOR +381 11 4030 303 musician Mecca keeps keeps teen [email protected] - ISSN 1820-8339 1 takes peace dark side refugee in BELGRADE INSIGHT IS PUBLISHED BY 0 1 message to hidden high spirits Srebrenica Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 9 7 7 1 8 2 0 8 3 3 0 0 0 Bosnia’s Even when the Democrats longas continue to likely is This also are negotiations Drawn-out Surely the situation is urgent Many of us who have experi - We feel in-the-know because bia has shown us that (a.) no single no (a.) that us shown has bia party or coalition will ever gain the governa - form to required majority negotiations political (b.) and ment, will never be quickly concluded. achieved their surprising result at last month’s general election, quickly it became clear that the - re sult was actually more-or-less the result election other every as same in Serbia, i.e. inconclusive. as Serbia’s politicians form new political parties every time disagree with they their current party - reg 342 currently are (there leader political parties in Serbia). istered the norm. One Ambassador Belgrade-based recently told me he was also alarmed by the distinct lack of urgency among politicians. Serbian “The country is standstill at and a I don’t understand their logic. If they are so eager to progress towards the EU and en - theycome how investors, courage go home at 5pm sharp and don’t work weekends?” overtime. little a warrant to enough corrupt EDITOR’S WORD Predictability Political By Mark R. Pullen elections Serbian numerous enced rate ourselves as pundits when it comes to predicting election - re sults and post-election moves. our experience of elections in Ser

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underNEWS PM’s attack spotlight “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: Football supporters 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. in the Sandžak re- From the old tradition of giving

gion say the authori- page 10 ties are rushing to flowers to nurses blame them for the to the payment of hefty bribes to attack on the Prime hile the football world watch - es events unfold at the Euro - However, a strong current also However, Mihajlo Markovic, a founder of Markovic, a prominent supporter Some younger Socialist officials

doctors, corruption 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. Minister in Srebreni- W ca - when they were is rampant among June 13, 2008 Issue No. 1 / Friday, not even there. the medical profession in page 5 Zoran MAKSIMOVIĆ Bosnia. olitical parties, NGOs and football fan groups say claims that Sandžak fans were in- Katarina PANIĆ conomists are warning that pro - over Serbia’s uncertainty longed “This year has been lost, from the volved in the attack on Prime 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 Minister Aleksandar Vučić olice in Republika Srp- E in Potočari, while he was ska, the Serb-dominated attendingP the commemoration of the Sre- entity in Bosnia, arrested brenica massacre, are unfounded, and they the head nurse in Ban- are being turned into scapegoats. jaluka’s main hospital Friday • June 13 2008 Vučić was attacked as he passed early this month on sus- through the crowd of mourners who Ppicion of corruption. threw stones and water bottles at him be- She later pleaded guilty to taking a fore he was hustled away by security offic- bribe of €2,500 in exchange for getting ers. He then fled the commemoration. The THIS ISSUE OF

someone a job in her hospital. Belgrade Insight

Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dačić, later BY: IS SUPPORTED Although only a small incident, it ech- on a new gov - ense negotiations ernment have divided the ranks called it “attempted murder”. “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 oed loudly in the media and among the 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 public, fuelling a growing concern that Continued on page 3 The attack on Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić during the commemoration in Srebrenica. Photo by Beta/AP the healthcare sector in Bosnia is one of the most corrupt systems in the country. “Recent research in the east of the country showed that people see health- Austerity chokes care as the most corrupt sector in the country,” Anica Ramić, of Account, a network of anti-corruption NGOs in Serbia’s chances of recovery Bosnia, said. She said the same research showed Without more investment and a better business MIXED VIEWS OF lion instead of planned revenue of €191 that after healthcare, people see the FISCAL RESULTS million. courts and judiciary as the second climate, austerity measures will not turn around But this was largely down to factors most corrupt sector. Serbia’s total public debt has grown that will not be repeated until the end of Many local and international experts Serbia’s economy, experts say. continuously from 2008, from 36 to 75 the year, according to the Fiscal Council believe that the two are interlinked: a per cent of GDP in 2015. report. corrupt judiciary prevents action from Saša DRAGOJLO But while experts admit that auster- The latest report by the country’s Fis- In the first three months of 2015, being taken against corruption in other ity measures - which the government cal Council says the first quarter of 2015 almost the entire planned annual sectors, like in healthcare. leksandar Vučić, started putting into effect in 2014 - have ended with better financial results than amount of dividends from public enter- Ramić said that corruption assumes the Serbian Prime improved the fiscal situation, they say originally planned but the causes are prises was paid into the budget, worth a variety of forms in Bosnia’s health- Minister, recently they have not stimulated the economy not seen as entirely positive. over €66 million. Non-regular inflow of care system. The most obvious one is boasted that Ser- or boosted living standards. It is true that the estimated budget licenses for 4G technology brought in the tradition of bringing so-called gifts, bia had carried out For the economy to make progress deficit is two-and-a-half times lower another €21 million. in the form of chocolate, alcohol, coffee, “the most success- Serbia needs more investment in in- than was projected, at €175 million in- The budget will not be topped up by or cash, to doctors and nurses either be- Aful fiscal consolidation measures, frastructure and the country needs to stead of €458 million. those funds in the remaining three quar- fore or after treatments. which the whole of Europe recog- work hard to improve the investment The cause of this was an increased ters of the fiscal year. nises”. climate, they add. inflow of cash to the budget – €350 mil- Continued on page 7 Continued on page 8

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Continued from page 1 Serbia, Bosnia pledge friendship after PRESS REVIEW more easily at that time,” Kladničanin continued. Srebrenica unrest rd BLIC, July 23 Bosniak Serbian Deputy Prime Minister After Serbian premier Alek- Balkan AXED STAFF IN LINE FOR Rasim Ljajić, leader of the Sandžak sandar Vučić was attacked in €200 PER YEAR OF WORK Democratic Party SDP, has said eve- Srebrenica, leaders from both rything should be done to establish countries met in Belgrade on whether fans from Novi Pazar took part th All public-sector workers who

July 22 and pledged to work Serbia in brief fans feel countries see are due to be fired over 2015, in in the attack on Vučić. together to put past disputes sackings that the government Asked if he agreed with Interior Minis- behind them. “We as Serbia ter Nebojša Stefanović’s view, that the inci- want the best relations with announced earlier this year, will dent was organized, had a political dimen- Bosnia and Herzegovina and get €200 severance pay for every ‘scapegoated’ sion to it and that supporters from Novi this is our long-term policy and police as corrupt, year of service. However, only Pazar were involved, Ljajić warned against we will not give up on that,” their years spent working for their Vučić told a joint press confer- stigmatizing fans without evidence. ence. current company will be counted, over PM’s “It needs to be proven exactly who The visit by Bosnian presiden- Blic writes. The number of people did what. It should be investigated and cy members Bakir Izetbegović, report says to be sacked has not been made established who was responsible. They Mladen Ivanić and Dragan public, as the government still has may have taken part in it but were cer- Čović came after relations to come up with the final number. attack tainly not the organizers,” Ljajić said, of deteriorated when Vučić was The Interior Ministry has said it will the fan groups. pelted with stones and water hen Vučić re- “We immediately denied this and get rid of 770 staff, but Minister Sulejman Ugljanin’s Party of Demo- bottles and had to flee the turned to Bel- said we were not going to Srebrenica at cratic Action of Sandžak, SDA, has mean- Nebojša Stefanović has said this Srebrenica commemoration. grade he said all,” the leader of the supporters group, while accused the security services of “Eleven days after the events will not affect the safety of people that a group of Mirza Kimi Ličina, told BIRN. “carrying out organized intimidation, in Srebrenica, we are taking in the country. football fans He added that he felt sorry about threatening and detaining Bosniaks”. about completely different from Serbia itself what had happened in Potočari and The SDA advised Bosniaks who at- topics, such as the economy,” VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, Wwas partly responsible for the attack. hoped the investigative bodies would tended the July 11th commemoration said Dragan Čović, the Croat rd member of the tripartite presi- July 23 His statement followed numerous uncover the identities of those behind in Potočari not to respond to calls for dency. ILLEGAL BUSINESSES TO reports in the pro-government media the attack. police questioning unless they are BE SHUT DOWN predicting that fans groups from the The head of the Novi Pazar non- handed a written summons issued by Serbian Parliament mainly Bosniak Sandžak region were governmental organization Urban In, the security services. adopts 'Tijana’s Law' As of July 30th, market inspectors preparing an attack on the PM in Sre- Sead Biberović, said the Prime Minister The party said Bosniaks from brenica. was wrong to make such an incomplete will start investigating more than Football supporters in Novi Pazar. Photo by Irfan Ličina Sandžak were being called in for ques- Days before the 20th anniversary statement. tioning, interrogated in their homes Serbian MPs overwhelmingly 110 places across Serbia that are backed the adoption on July commemoration in Srebrenica, several “They [the government representa- In a statement in which they denied intolerance,” a Novi Pazar local, Saida and being intimidated for no reason. 16th of 'Tijana’s Law' - so allegedly unregistered and employ media outlets published reports that tives] should have said loudly and being present in Potočari, Torcida de- Bukvić, said. The SDA said the action was a violation named after a murdered teen illegal workers. All owners of supporters of the Novi Pazar football clearly what groups they were referring fended their rivals Ekstremi. “Our supporters are not flawless, of fundamental human rights. - which orders the police to illegal shops will be told to register club, Torcida, who were expected to be to,” he said. Torcida said the Ekstremi fans were many of them are always hankering for “We know of three people who were start searching for missing their businesses. If they fail to do at the Potočari Memorial Centre, posed “Many people got the impres- turned back at the border and did not unrest and we are all aware of this,” he questioned at the police building in youngsters as soon as their so, they will have to pay a fee of a threat to the Prime Minister. sion that it had to do with people attend the commemoration. Members added. Novi Pazar and about several more disappearance is reported. 50,000 to 2 million dinars [€456 The daily newspaper Novosti said from Novi Pazar because Torcida of the Ekstremi fan club corroborated “But all this is quite strange since the questioned in Prijepolje but they are Serbia's parliament on Thurs- - €16,638]. Apart from owners, the Serbian security services had infor- Sandžak’s trip to Srebrenica was the claims. leaders of the supporter groups have not willing to talk,” party spokesperson day amended the Police Act to mation that football supporters from announced in the media for days,” “Our supporters left for Srebrenica been denying the information for days ensure that the police search illegal workers will also have to Edin Gudžević said. Novi Pazar posed a threat to Vučić’s Biberović added. for a missing child begins right pay a fine. Unregistered shops but were turned back at the border, now and insist they were never in Sre- Police in Novi Pazar maintain that safety. Biberović says the articles on Torci- so we don’t recognize ourselves in brenica,” Bukvić continued. after parents notify the disap- make up the main part of the grey nobody has yet been detained over “As we have learned, a group of about da’s alleged departure and threats were that story,” the fan group’s leader, Fahrudin Kladničanin, coordinator the Srebrenica incident while the intel- pearance, rather than waiting economy in Serbia. The Ministry 1,000 members of the Torcida support- not a coincidence. Tarik Hamidović, said, adding that of Forum 10, a local NGO, says the Prime ligence agency, the BIA, and the Interior for 48 hours, as was the law of State Administration and Local until now. The law change has ers group are planning an organized “Such behaviour by the media and some people jump at every oppor- Minister acted hastily when he issued a Ministry have not responded to BIRN’s been named "Tijana’s Law" Government said illegal businesses trip to Potočari and their main goal is the release of that information was tunity to drag the fan groups through public statement on the responsibility queries about alleged detentions. in homage to Tijana Jurić, a operate in the fields of medicine, to incite violence at the very moment done just in case, to have someone the mud. of the supporters without considering Meanwhile, Bosnia’s State Investi- teenager whose disappearance food delivery, hairdressing, butcher when the Prime Minister arrives in the to blame if something happened,” Over the past few days, the events in the likely repercussions. gative and Protection Agency held last July and murder stunned shops and others. “There are illegal Memorial Centre,” Novosti wrote. Biberović added. Srebrenica events have been the talk of If Sandžak fans wanted to target four suspects for questioning for sev- the country. factories in Kragujevac, Niš and Members of the Torcida fan group Novi Pazar has two rival football fan the town in Novi Pazar. Vučić they could have done so when eral hours on Tuesday before releasing many other towns. They operate in say they cannot understand who came groups, Torcida and Ekstremi, which re- “I don’t feel indifferent when I hear he visited Novi Pazar and was declared them. All four were identified from pho- Scorching up with the idea that they intended to flect the sharp political divisions in the accusations made against my fellow an honorary citizen in April, he added. tographs taken at the Srebrenica event temperatures bake houses and have illegal workers,” said Milorad Vasiljević, from the attack the Prime Minister in eastern Sandžak region. On this issue, however, citizens, especially in connection with “If they’d wanted to provoke or attack and from tip-offs, according to police Serbia Bosnia. they appear united. such events, ones with a dose of ethnic him those fans could have done that Chamber of Commerce. and government officials. At around 38 degrees on average, Serbia is among the KURIR, July 23rd countries with the highest 200,000 CITIZENS HAVE temperatures in the region. The vast majority of people in the Western Balkans think the police are corrupt. Photo by Beta PRIVATE PENSIONS According to the national me- teorological service, extremely suggests. A huge 81 per cent of citizens In the first three months of 2015, hot weather is expected to last Only around 5 per cent of people in believe the police work in the interest th private pension funds in Serbia until July 30 with tempera- of the ruling political parties. tures ranging from 34 to 38 the Western Balkans see the police as collected around 700 million dinars degrees Celsius. On Monday Bojan Elek, a researcher at the Bel- grade Center for Security Policy, said it [around €6,396,803], while the and Tuesday some refresh- individual account balance per ment with rain, showers with an uncorrupt force, research by five was “necessary to curb the influence of thunderstorms and wind is politics in the police department. person is around 155,000 dinars expected. Meanwhile, local civil society organizations shows. "Better human resources manage- [around €1,416], data from the authorities in several towns ment and police education is neces- National Bank of Serbia show. That and cities have advised people The research shows people in Ko- sary...NGOs and governments should means that around 2.62 per cent to use less water than usual, Filip AVRAMOVIĆ sovo are the most inclined in the region battle corruption together,” Elek added. people in Serbia use the services of as the high temperatures to see the police as corrupt, although The report shows that most people private pension funds, the data say. may create a shortage. Some towns have imposed water re- ew research carried people from Kosovo paradoxically also in Serbia, some 78 per cent of those sur- strictions at night while many out by POINTPLUS, a perceive policemen as friendly and veyed, view corruption as normal. VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, others have installed cisterns civil organization net- professional. Saša Đorđević, a researcher from the July 23rd with drinking water. work, shows that more People in the region mostly perceive Centre for Security Policy, said that re- HEAT AND DROUGHT than 90 per cent of the police as arrogant, unprofessional sult was “worrying. HITTING CROPS Serbia to Probe Red people in the Western and presumptuous, and some also fear “This information indicates that cor- Star Match Fixing NBalkan believe their police are corrupt. the police. ruption is becoming a kind of a com- Experts and farmworkers claim days Claim The POINTPLUS network unites In Serbia, on a survey of 1,205 adult mon law in Serbia, that being corrupt is of unbearable heat and droughts are BIRN Serbia, the Belgrade Center for citizens, the report says that 19 per cent normal, and that is a very big problem,” Serbian police and prosecutors already starting to affect agriculture. Security Policy, the Centre for Secu- of people do not trust the police at all. Đorđević said. “This series of hot days will affect are investigating claims that In Serbia, 21 per cent of people think rity Studies from Sarajevo, the Institute Younger and more educated people in all cultivated crops, sugar beet and Sunday's match between Red Alternative from Podgorica and the Serbia trust the police least and people that the Prime Minister, Aleksandar sunflowers,” said Vukosav Saković, Star and OFK Belgrade was Kosovo Centre for Security Studies in over 60 and with only basic education Vučić, is the biggest fighter against cor- head of the Association Fund for fixed. Pristina. trust the police more. ruption, while 13 per cent think that the Red Star secured a 6:2 win The research was conducted in Ser- Also, 28 per cent of people in Serbia government is battling corruption the Wheat. The situation is also poor for against OFK Belgrade after bia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro. think the senior police officials are the most. Only 6 per cent of people think fruit crops, experts say, as there are being two goals behind at half- The results for Serbia were presented most corrupt members of the force that internal police control is eradicat- not enough irrigation systems. No time. on July 22nd in Belgrade. while 20 per cent believe lower ranking ing corruption within the police. rain has fallen in Serbia for around The commissioner for the integ- four weeks and if the hot, dry rity of competition in the Football While people in the region see un- officers are the most corrupt. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, people weather continues until the middle Association of Serbia, Milivoje employment is the number one prob- Also, 47 per cent of surveyed people don’t seem to know who should be Mirkov, said bets on the match lem, corruption took second place as a in Serbia believe that the police take fighting corruption, the research sug- of August, the damage is likely to be results at bookmakers were sus- problem on the list in all the surveyed bribes from criminals, while 23 per cent gests. even bigger, they warn. piciously high. The Association’s countries. believe regular citizens bribe the police Around 50 per cent of people in Bos- President, Tomislav Karadžić, Those polled also see the police in the most. nia and Herzegovina either don’t know BIRN has not verified the said the organization is also go- the top five most corrupt institutions in Politics still plays an important role who is fighting corruption, or think that reports and cannot vouch for ing to investigate the game. the region, according to the data. in police work in Serbia, the research nobody is working on the problem. their accuracy. 4 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 5 BELGRADE

Housing and property law reforms

The Belgrade authorities submitted on July 17th Serbian musician amendments to the legislation that will grant local government Serbia's tourist Mecca broader powers in areas such as property repairs and taxation. takes peace message to Belgrade’s mayor, Siniša Mali, hopes the changes will be adopted in brief Belgrade by the end of the summer. "We want to take a large number keeps dark side hidden of powers relating to housing Srebrenica because there are a lot of problems with facades falling [off buildings in the capital] and in the whole of the Balkans... If we talk ers but I have to use the skills that I pos- elevators that do not work. We Serbian star about attitudes, children’s are the result Dragan Marković sess. There is no choice,” he added. want to have the authority to of the current political atmosphere.” “I need to help the family. My daugh- issue orders for elevators to be Marčelo says Marčelo has been known for his – the 'Palm Tree' ter is out of work, and the grandchildren repaired and for facades to be socially-conscious lyrics since his are already grown-ups but do not work, redecorated," he said. He added that music first album ‘De Facto’ in 2003. Al- - has turned either,” he continued. “There are no jobs. that Belgrade municipalities will though his music is often referred to It’s hard finding a job these days.” have more powers once the law can’t heal the as hip-hop, he prefers to describe it as Jagodina into a Around 70,000 people live in Jagodi- is amended, but the number of a fusion of a variety of contemporary na and the town’s unemployment rate is councillors in the City Assembly divisions of genres. 36 per cent, according to official statistics. will be reduced from 110 to 65. real attraction – war but it can As well as writing two novels about The town is full of bureaux de chang- Police issue river popular culture and the problems of but not all locals es. I was wondering why there were so swimming safety promote ethnic everyday life in Serbia, he has taken many. “I do not know that!” a worker in warning part in various initiatives aimed at feel they are one exchange office snapped. But anoth- reconciliation fostering tolerance among people in er was more willing to chat. The city’s police service is former Yugoslav countries, including benefitting. “We have a different exchange rate,” warning Belgraders not to swim projects organised by the Centre for he confided. “To avoid having to change in unmarked areas in Belgrade’s - as he wants Nonviolent Action and War Trauma money in the banks, people come to rivers during the summer. The Centre. the exchange offices. That’s how we can police announced that eight to do at his This year he also appeared in a TV make a buck,” he said. people have already drowned series produced by Radio Free Europe Andrijana, aged 19, works at the town in Belgrade this year, while concert with called ‘Perspektiva’, which aimed to Saša DRAGOJLO market selling Chinese clothes. She another six were rescued from address issues facing young people in wants to go to study in Belgrade and later Belgrade’s Sava and Danube Bosnian the Balkans including ethnic hatred, nyone wanting to to migrate to America because she sees Rivers. The Serbian capital has stereotyping and the problems of coex- know what goes on no future in Jagodina. just one marked river beach rappers in istence. in Jagodina, a small “There are no jobs here, or only miser- area – called the Lido – that is Many of Marčelo’s songs deal with town in central Serbia, able jobs,” she said. “People work for €120 safe for swimmers. All other areas Srebrenica this the region’s wartime past, like ‘Suze’ should know some- a month in the kiosks, or from €180 to can be extremely treacherous, (‘Tears’), which sums up his impres- thing about its long- €200 in the big stores,” she added. even for experienced swimmers, week. sions from his first visit to the Bosnian timeA mayor, Dragan Marković, better It is not cheap to rent a flat in Jagodina. says Vladiir Grujić, head of the known by his nickname, “Palma”, or town of Tuzla, with lyrics about how Jagodina’s poor periphery. Photo by Saša Dragojlo A one-bedroom apartment in the town Lifeguard Association. “There are people “died because of false patriot- “The Palm Tree”. centre costs about €200 a month, or no lifeguards or medics around Ivana NIKOLIĆ ism”. Marković - who some see as a cross around €100 on the outskirts. those areas, nor notification Later on, the song was turned into a between Silvio Berlusconi's manners After the state companies were sold panels,” Grujić told Belgrade- one of us and Donald Trump's ego - is the man based daily Blic on July 21th. duet with a Bosnian rapper Edin Osmić, off, only a few private Italian companies thinks that he better known as Edo Maajka. Another most responsible for the current layout remain in town. Andrijana’s own mother will save the reason for writing it was the fact that and conditions in Jagodina. works in one of them. Studio B privatisation Balkans with date revised not many of his Serbian peers had vis- His biography is practically a meta- “They pay about €200 for working all a song, a well- ited most other former Yugoslav coun- phor for Serbian politics generally in day. They get a bonus from the munici- written novel, tries, which he said is “an excellent ba- last two decades. pality for each person they employ but The Serbian Privatisation Agency a strong theatre play or with any kind of th “N The concert in Srebrenica sends a strong message, Marčelo says. Photo by Ana Danilović sis for developing prejudices”. In the 1990s, he was a member of the the workers don’t see anything of that. has set a new date of August 5 for creativity,” Marčelo - whose real name the sale of Belgrade’s Studio B – a Songs about the absurdity of the Party of Serbian Unity whose president If you want to lose your health, you can TV station seen as one of the key is Marko Šelić - told BIRN in an inter- Yugoslav wars can trigger strong reac- was the notorious Serbian paramili- work there,” Andrijana said, bitterly. icons of the Serbian capital. The view ahead of his concert in Srebrenica alias Frankie, who fled his hometown shed light on how the younger genera- tions, he said: “Some like it, some call tary boss Željko Ražnatović Arkan and Although she is only 19, she has al- th agency had originally set the date on July 24 . Bijeljina after it was stormed by Serb tion in Serbia thinks about the massa- you a traitor, and that was always in- who was accused of war crimes in The ready changed jobs several times. But for the sale on July 29th. Studio B But the fact that art and culture can’t paramilitaries when he was a child dur- cres. teresting to me: if the traitors fight for Hague and was shot dead in January most young people in Jagodina are un- is estimated to be worth €528,626, resolve the conflicts in the Balkans ing the war, and now uses his music to Marčelo compares Yugoslavia to a peace, what for are ‘true patriots’ fight- 2000. employed and without any obvious plan which will also be the opening doesn’t mean that “we should sit and fight hatred and nationalism. broken vase, arguing it is difficult for ing for?” Like most of the tycoons in Serbia, for the future. price at the privatisation auction. do nothing”, he added. Music can play “The fact we are all doing this togeth- youngsters even to imagine what it But whether he and his musical col- there is also a mystery about how he “Young people here generally do not The Belgrade Assembly has already a role in the long process of reconcilia- er already sends a strong message, I looked like, let alone miss it. leagues manage to change people’s atti- obtained his “first million”. do a thing. They sleep until noon. There decided that the TV station will tion, he believes. suppose,” Marčelo said. Their lives, he said, are “on the other tudes or not, he believes that he has no His biography says his business ca- is no work for them, or they just do not th be sold for 51 per cent of the The concert on July 24 will be the Their previous concerts have been side of the timeline and the only reality choice but to try. reer began with “helping his father to want to work for miserable pay,” Andri- asking price if it is not privatised third time that he has joined a group of greeted warmly, but he warns that Sre- they know is a post-war one, which to a “If we see that we have contributed bake bricks” while a little bit later he jana explained. by November 1. However, Studio rappers from the region to perform in brenica is still a very sensitive place. great extent is poisoned by hatred and to something good, we will certainly started to “rent tents for weddings”. None of that seems to affect Marković. B is not the only state-owned Srebrenica, which was overrun by Bos- “I don’t think that Srebrenica’s citi- twisted with a weird understanding of be very glad. But if, when I’m an old Soon he was buying a truck and deal- media outlet that is up for sale. On Burnishing the town’s image as a tourist nian Serb forces in July 1995. In the days zens enjoy being visited all the time as national dignity”. man, I still see the Balkans remaining ing with the transport of coal. In the cus- oasis in central Serbia is the most impor- July 1st, the agency announced it Vax Museum. Photo by Saša Dragojlo Jagodina’s Zoo. Photo by Saša Dragojlo that followed, more than 7,000 Bosniak if they were a kind of a project and not But he argued that young people are turbulent, I certainly won’t think that tomarily murky circumstances of the tant goal. Shopping centres are springing will sell 47 out of 73 state-owned men and boys were massacred. people,” he said. not to blame because no one actually 1990s in Serbia, Marković eventually media outlets. All the sales are we wasted our lives doing something produces flour and bread products. Orthodox cross with a painted Jesus LIFE OUTSIDE THE CAMERA up like mushrooms. Taking to the stage with Marčelo will The recent commemoration of the told them their attitudes were wrong: which was not worth fighting for,” he obtained a virtual monopoly in the coal Žitomlin is the high point on the town’s on it rises from the back entrance of the The authorities also work hard on expected to be completed by the be Bosniak rapper Adnan Hamidović, th end of October this year. 20 anniversary of Srebrenica has also “That is the case not just in Serbia, but concluded. business, even supplying the Yugoslav periphery, rising up from the streets like main Orthodox church. The rest of Jagodina is dotted with maintaining Jagodina’s image as town army. a mountain. However, the town’s main attractions houses with crumbling facades and where Serbian traditional values are In 2004, he formed his own party, At the foot of this mountain-factory are, of course, the Aqua Park and the small workshops: car mechanics, hair- kept up and where “there are no homo- United Serbia, and in that year he also stand dozens of market stalls. These are Zoo whose splendour are a vanity fair dressers, small manufacturers of glass sexuals”. Marković’s rule is barely ques- ORDER DELIVERY TO became mayor of Jagodina. separated from the main market in Ja- for the eyes of the tourists. Everybody and others. tioned. YOUR DOOR Since then, he has subjected Jago- godina. 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At Preševo railway station, on the long road from Syria to Germany via Serbia, Teyma is a typical youngster in an extraordinary situation.

Eve JUDAH station master passes them some salt. In the first quarter of 2015, Germany eyma is a devout Be- granted 13,775 Syrians refugee status lieber. Almost 20 of her by Germany, far higher per capita than last Facebook cover any other country. photos are collages and But Teyma’s family still have to get close-ups of the Cana- through Hungary and Austria to get dian pop idol Justin there. Rumours that Hungary plans to TBieber. Lil’ Wayne, Rihanna, Nicki Mi- erect a border fence are causing panic naj and One Direction are also staples. amongst some migrants. Teyma ap- As her Instagram proudly pronounces: pears confident, however, as many of “HIP HOP IS LIFE.” her friends have made it. But she is de- Music, carried on an electric pink iP- cidedly annoyed that many other refu- hone, has been a constant on her jour- gees are claiming to be Syrians. “I don’t ney from the Syr- ian like this,” she says. capital, Damas- cus, across “I like Syria. I want seven coun- Teyma has a long-term plan to study and become an architect. Photo by Tim Judah Education unions were among the first to start protesting against the austerity measures. Photo by Beta tries, “by sea, to go back. In the by boat, by Turks, Afghans, Ghanaians, Kurds, Syrians pass through there every day. have the money to live there. In Syria, train, by bus, past month, and Nigerians “all want a place in Germany, The town is fit to bursting, the unlikely there’s no life, no smiles. If we stay in Darko Vesić, an economist, said reduc- Serbia’s Business Register Agency below €111 and living in “extremely mate- Pensions are a key source of income in by taxi and Denmark and Norway. ‘I’m Syrian, I’m migrant crossroads of the entire region. Syria: Daesh!” tions in salaries, pensions, and other ben- noted that 3,503 new companies were es- rially deprived circumstances”. Serbia, making up a third of the average on foot,” to the past year, Syrian,’ they say,” she adds. The little room is bare and sweaty but Her uncle and I jump. This is the IMF AGREEMENT efits almost always leads to a fall in over- tablished and 811 were deleted from the The government's team for social in- household’s income. The Association of the train station in Preševo, in southern She has a long-term plan to study and no one is complaining; they have it to Arabic word for ISIS, which persecutes all demand eventually, which cements a beginning of January to the end of May. clusion and poverty reduction notes also Trade Unions of pensioners estimates Serbia, near the Macedonia and Ko- I’ve been saying become an architect, “maybe an interi- themselves. Her uncle chuckles con- Syrian Christians like her. Christians in After negotiations with the general economic slowdown. In May 2015, around 5.8 per cent more that the percentage of people who spend that 60 per cent of pensioners use their sovo borders. It is just one more stop on or designer! And I want to go to London. spiratorially and she peals with laugh- areas seized by the militant group have IMF in 2013, the government “From the perspective of firms, reduc- enterprises were founded than this only 1.5 to 2 US dollars a day has risen from pensions to support their families. the way to Western Europe. ‘I don’t want to I love London, and New York, and Los ter. He is cracking a string of outrageous been forced to pay a religious levy, con- began austerity measures, ing salaries can reduce costs but from the month last year, but the number of de- 6.1 per cent in 2008 to 8.6 per cent by 2013. “Maybe Germany, maybe Norway,” Angeles”. jokes, and although he says he doesn’t vert or be killed. cutting wages and pensions standpoint of the economy as a whole, leted entrepreneurs was also 60 per cent Dragan Vulević, from the Ministry of TO CONTINUE she says. “I don’t speak German, but if I go to Germany Teyma’s older brother has set the bar speak English, he speaks enough to “Now in Syria, the war is very difficult, over €200 and increasing demand falls for existing and new goods higher. Labour and Social affairs, says about AUSTERITY…OR NOT end up there that’s where I want to go to high. He is about to start his master’s poke fun at our conversation. Teyma’s very dangerous. More dangerous than property tax. Last month, and services, which means further de- Miša Brkić, an economist, said that de- 390,000 children in Serbia - about 23 per university.” or any other in architecture in the UK. He has been judgement? “He’s an idiot!” before. If we’d stayed in Syria, we’d have the price of electricity rose cline in profitability and job destruction,” spite the new labour law and laws on con- cent of all children - live in families that The question now is whether to con- Teyma has been travelling with her studying in Damascus. He’s got com- “I play guitar. I draw. I sing. I read Ara- died,” she says. by 12 per cent. Vesić added. struction and privatization, Serbia is still receive child allowance as social support. tinue the austerity measures, especially uncle and her father for more than a country’. But I’ve petition from his sister, though. Her Fa- bic books: Nizar Qabbani and Khalil Gi- Still, she has mixed feelings about not seen as a good place to invest. Child allowance is granted to families considering the plight of neighbouring month. They are among the 9 million cebook profile says she has completed bran especially. My favorite movies are leaving. In February, the IMF granted MORE CAPITAL “The proof of this is the small number where the average monthly income per Greece and an emerging debate on the people estimated to have fled their been told I must two University of Oxford study courses. ‘The Grudge’, ‘House of Wax’ and ‘Lord “I like Syria. I want to go back. In the a three-year stand-by pre- PROJECTS NEEDED of new investors. There are no large inves- member is under €64 or €75 for single merits of austerity among economists cautionary arrangement of homes in Syria since the civil war be- Her eldest brother, meanwhile, is com- of the Rings.’” past month, and the past year, I’ve been tors and… the small ones are not enough,” parents, foster parents, guardians and around the world. go, to live a safe around €1.2 billion to Serbia. gan in 2011 - some 40 per cent of the pleting a master’s in civil engineering, She is even very enthusiastic about saying ‘I don’t want to go to Germany or Experts say austerity measures are he said. parents of children with disabilities. The IMF’s Board of Directors has population. life, to complete following in their father’s footsteps. He what she eats: “Snickers! Twix! Coca- any other country’. But I’ve been told I stifling economic growth and that for the He stressed the importance of the ju- Mahmud Bušatlija, an economist, says changed its projections relating to Serbia Across the whitewashed walls of hopes to join them in Germany when Cola, oh, and Ultra energy drinks. Ap- must go, to live a safe life, to complete economy to expand, Serbia needs more dicial system, the speed of adjudication Serbia should have negotiated differently for 2015. It expects Serbia to end the year Preševo station, maybe a dozen other my studies.” he finishes. “He loves Germany. He’s ples and bananas, sometimes.” my studies.” infrastructure projects and a better in- of disputes and also respect for contracts with the IMF on cuts to pensions and sala- with zero growth in GDP, instead of the Syrian migrants have scribbled down wanted to go there since he was a child.” When our conversation turns to Syr- “Syria is very beautiful. Up until four vestment climate. These are all areas in and private property. ries. “Salaries and pensions should be the previously forecast decline in economic their names. On the bench outside are Her mother used to sell jewellery. ia, and the war she escaped, her enthu- years ago, it was a big beautiful life. The HIGHER PRICES which Serbia scores poorly. “Nobody wants to invest in Serbia last line of defence. Pension… reduction is activity of 0.5 per cent. a group of grumpy Afghans, and sitting Teyma, She and her uncle have been sitting siasm quickly disappears, however. memory of my friends and family make MEAN HIGHER SPENDING The latest World Bank “doing business” when there is no security concerning also unconstitutional,” he said. What worries the IMF, however, is that on the floor further along is a Palestin- on the inside bench at Preševo station “Syria now is very dangerous. Mus- me miss it even more. I hope to see my ranking put Serbia in 91st place out of 189 your investment... The economic envi- The Constitutional Court is still exam- it expects Serbia’s public debt to reach 77 ian from Syria, eating a vast picnic. The a Syrian refugee for hours. According to estimates, 600 lims, they don’t like Syrians. We don’t home again- my bedroom,” she says. Austerity measures typically cause a countries which is a fall from 14 places ronment is not only economic laws, it’s ining the constitutionality of the decision per cent of GDP, instead of the previously decline in consumption. However, this than last year when Serbia on 77th place. also the judicial system and bureaucratic to reduce pensions. projected figure of 76.4 per cent, while in did not happen in Serbia in the first quar- The result puts Serbia in last place in procedures,” Brkić added. the next year the public debt will increase ter of 2015, when the average household the entire region. Macedonia leads in 30th to 78.8 per cent. spent €502 a month, well up on the €460 place, Montenegro is in 36th position, Bul- LIVING STANDARDS However, Pavle Petrović, chairman of spent in the same period in 2014. garia 38th, Romania 48th, Slovenia 51st and UNDER PRESSURE the Fiscal Council, says the government Experts attribute the rise in spending Croatia in 65th place. must not abandon the austerity meas- to price increases, not to higher income, Aleksandar Vlahović, president of the Reducing wages and pensions may SALARY ures in the next three years if it wants to however. Council of Economists of Serbia, wants help the state repay its debts but clearly AND PENSION reduce the public debt of €24 billion. Matija Jovanović, a sociologist, said the government to increase capital invest- do not not help the majority of citizens in CUTS “We have to persist with deficit reduc- that Serbs are simply paying more for the ment to compensate for the loss in de- their struggle for survival. tion,” he said. same goods. mand that austerity measures will cause. Some experts point out that even GDP Since November 2014, On the other hand, Darko Vesić, the “Prices have risen. The cost of food and “State infrastructure investments in growth does not necessarily mean ta bet- wages over €200 in the economist, says that while the govern- beverages in the average consumer bas- this and the last year were at the lowest ter standard of living. public sector, including ment is trying to fill budget holes, the re- ket in April 2014 was about 65,000 dinars historic level - only 2.3 per cent of GDP - Darko Vesić, the economist, says GDP is public and state enter- sult is to deny the state any opportunity to [around €540] while this year it is 67,000 and realization of planned capital invest- an important economic indicator, but by prises, have been reduced intervene more actively in the economy. [around €557],” Jovanović said. ment this year has been very slow,” he itself does not say much. by 10 per cent. Pensions “The dominance of the neo-liberal ap- He explained that reducing salaries said. A key factor is how the benefits of GDP are being reduced progres- proach creates competition between and pensions does not mean an immedi- The latest Fiscal Council report says growth are then redistributed. sively (22 per cent over the countries and regions in attracting invest- 2015 ate fall in spending patterns because peo- poor execution of public investment is “In the situation which we find our- amount of €200 and 25 ment,” he said. ple at first extract “cash from their stash” another chronic problem. In the first four selves in, it is difficult to expect GDP per cent over the amount “Once state-owned enterprises are sold LEARN INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS FROM TOP REPORTERS or take out loans. months of this year, expected public in- growth to result in a rise in real wages of €330). off, the only competitive advantage that “It would be interesting to have statis- vestment fell short by around €83 million. and living standards, as nobody can force remains is a cheap and docile workforce,” tical information about people’s bank Statistics confirm also that production employers to direct increased profits to- The official average salary Vesić added. accounts and see how much they are is not strengthening. There are also no wards salaries,” Vesić said. in Serbia is around €340. “Such an atmosphere in a situation of indebted now, compared to a few years more companies this year than last year, Some 43.2 per cent of people in Serbia low profitability results in a continuous 23 – 29 AUGUST - DURRES, ALBANIA before the austerity measures were intro- which suggests that the business climate are in poverty or at risk of social exclu- fall in living conditions for the majority of For more information and applications visit: www.balkaninsight.com/bss duced,” Jovanović added. remains unsettled. sion – defined having a monthly income the population,” he concluded. 8 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 9 REGION SUMMERTIME IN SERBIA

Continued from page 1 Bosnia’s corrupt healthcare comes under spotlight

ne former employee not an easy issue to understand or re- at Prijedor hospital solve. told BIRN that over It was difficult for any hospital man- her many years of agement to fight corruption in its midst, working experience, he added, because patients rarely she had witnessed make complaints about corruption endlessO cases of patients handing over and because inflexible labour laws pre- money and expensive drinks to doc- vent management from undertaking tors, and chocolates, candies, coffee tough action against allegedly corrupt and flowers to nurses. staff. “The usual excuse was that they “I had one nurse who I heard was didn’t ask for it and that the patients prone to taking bribes. I decided to gave the gifts voluntarily, which in most move her from one section to another, of the cases was the truth,” she said. and then to another. There was no sec- “It is kind of a mindset that seems tion in the hospital where she didn’t to have been transmitted from genera- work, but everywhere she behaved the tion to generation, so it seems normal, same,” he recalled. almost like a routine,” she added. “She was even taking money from “The patient feels the doctor is doing patients in the elevators. Her case end- him a favour instead of realizing that he ed before the disciplinary commission is only doing his own job,” she continued. but the law on labour still enabled her According to Ramić, corruption in to keep her job,” he added. healthcare does not stop at cash and “This law has to be changed,” Sovilj chocolates. Medical practitioners also said, noting that only one official inves- take bribes to approve sick leaves tigation into possible corruption had and early retirement, or the speciali- occurred in the eight years that he was zation requests of their managing Prijedor hospital. Photo by EXIT festival Flickr younger col- leagues. You hear all the “There are many hid- den forms time: this doctor of corrup- tion,” Ramić took money, that observed, adding that one such example occurs teacher took the SUMMERTIME when doctors establish private clinics. Instead of treating patients for free in money, you can Corruption is rampant among the medical profession in Bosnia. Photo by jb19791128/Flickr public hospitals, they reassign them to That was when the patient was ready He said doctors also did not like at- will continue to haunt Bosnian society their private business where they can feel corruption to cooperate with the case, and it con- tempts to launch awareness campaigns until people change their own attitude IN SERBIA charge what they want for their ser- cerned a low-ranking nurse, not one of in hospitals. towards it. vices. the doctors. “Some NGOs launched initiatives in “You hear all the time: this doctor Many health workers strongly dis- in the air. But the However, not all doctors are corrupt, my hospital for doctors to wear badges took money, that teacher took the pute the poor name assigned to their Sovilj maintained. “I won’t say there and for posters to put up in the ambu- money, you can feel corruption in the field. They argue that the healthcare society is too aren’t corrupt activities among doc- lances saying ‘I am not the one who air. But the society is too weak to fight Adrenaline- Guča and Beer Fest Best music system in Bosnia is no more corrupt tors, but I would say there are more puts a hand in your pocket’ and ‘I am it,” Draško Đenadija, from the Security fuelled headline August fests beyond than any other public sector. Because weak to fight it.” rumours about them than reality,” he not taking the bribe’. Forum, an NGO in Prijedor, said. of its special importance, they are observed. “My colleagues strongly opposed to Anica Ramić said people need to Belgrade festivals the city judged and perceived differently than “The fact is that the few doctors who such initiatives. They felt insulted,” So- realize it’s up to them. “People need the others, they complain. Draško Đenadija, are corrupt spoil the reputations of all vilj recalled. education to get stronger and to under- The director of Prijedor main hospi- of their other colleagues and of the in- Civil society activists say that cor- stand that they can … contribute to the Page 11 Page 13 Page 14 tal, Mirko Sovilj, told BIRN that it was NGO Security Forum stitution they work for.” ruption in healthcare and other sectors struggle against corruption,” she said.

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For those not so familiar HORSE RIDING bungee jumping, belief that only people who are really into with diving, instructors and classes can also About a unique concept of WellnessLand Center: Located in the Ada Ciganlija lake re- free climbing, extreme sports can do free climbing, only be included in the ticket. The price of diving Conceptually, WellnessLand is very close to Western clubs with exclu- If you’re into horses and riding, Bel- sort, Ada Safari offers amazing experi- a small number of people do it for com- is 1,500 dinars, or €12. You can also enrol in a sive membership. Our members appreciate their own privacy, as well as grade has a lot to offer. The city boasts ences for adults, children and nature skateboarding, petitive purposes. Most people enjoy free diving school here, but you will have to pay respecting the privacy of other people. Whether you’re here because of a hippodrome and a number of stables. lovers alike. Just as Ada Ciganlija is one climbing as an amateur recreational activ- €250, while the school for children aged 14 exercise, spa zone, pool, body treatment or some combination of the of- During the summer holidays, the hip- of the most beautiful places in Belgrade, forest adventures ity. The wall at Ada Ciganlija is 15 metres years and under costs €99. This park also fered services, alone or in company, time spent in WellnessLand will relax podrome organises tours for families, Ada Safari is perhaps the most beauti- high but don’t fret, visitors are guided by runs a variety of team building exercises. you and prepare you for your various business and private challenges. Our riding, pony riding and family horse ful part of Ada Ciganlija. and escape the staff and so get all the support they Adventure Park is open daily from 10am to permanent members come mostly by way of reccomendation, and we ob- and coach rides. They will also organise Staff members work very hard to main- need. No reservation is needed and, aside 6pm and further information is available by viously have more than a good reputation among foreign guests of our city, birthday parties for children – accom- tain the Safari micro-system that is after games. Go on, we from the 150 dinars (€1.2) for a ticket, the phone: +381648210218 because they keep coming back every time they return to Belgrade. modating around 180 guests - complete all located inside a concrete jungle such only things you need to bring are goodwill with flat screen TV, sound systems, pro- as Belgrade. The exterior is decorated dare you… and energy. Lots of energy. ADRENALINE About the excellent fessional children’s entertainers, space with figures of popular fairy tale char- ESCAPE ROOM atmosphere in SkyWellness Club: where kids can play and, of course, acters. The petting zoo is the favourite Filip AVRAMOVIĆ SKATEBOARDING In SkyWellness Club, we have a luxury of the best view in town. If you horse riding for all of the children there. among the kids and some of the smaller AND ROLLERBLADING This can be seen as an escape from Bel- have ever heard those incredible stories about a night life on Belgrade’s riv- The hippodrome is located at animals run free and are friendly towards erbia isn’t exactly famous for grade’s present day reality straight into ers, the early-morning or day exercise with a perfect view on those same Paštrovićeva 2 and reservations can be the visitors. One of the main attractions adrenaline-fuelled sports, most Ever since global skateboard superstar Serbia’s recent past. Travel back to the 20th rivers will render you speechless! SkyWellness Club is young and full of made by calling 011/35 43 839 or 060/ here is also the large aquarium contain- people prefer to play football, Tony Hawk released his series of video games century to solve one of the biggest riddles positive energy, and a favorite city spot when it comes to best quality exer- 658 09 68. ing many kinds of carp and goldfish. Sbasketball and tennis. But still, Bel- 15 years ago, skateboarding and rollerblading related to the late Yugoslav president Josip cise. Sauna, various kinds of body treatments, and services of professional Besides the hippodrome, there are a There is also a mini-museum that con- grade has adopted a surprising number of have become increasingly popular among Broz Tito or try to get out of a room by solv- trainers are also available to our guests. number of stables like Stremen, which tains some replicas from the 18th century extreme sports. the younger generation and the young-at- ing traps set inside Tesla's brilliant mind. are similar but offer services in a slight- and depicts life in Serbia’s past. After a heart alike. The wave of skate culture hasn’t This exciting real-life escape room was in- About an incredible equipment: ly different manner. long day on safari, you can take a rest in BUNGEE JUMPING missed Serbia and Belgrade has become a spired by the globally popular online game. On both locations, we offer our guests exclusively the equipment made Located in Jakovo, 20 kilometres the shade while eating the finest home- kind of a centre for these stunt-loving and ev- The task is to escape the room in 60 min- by renowned Italian manufacturer Technogym. We are aware that multi- away from Belgrade, Stremen is set in made cuisine at the ethno restaurant. Although labelled as an extreme and er-young souls. One of the biggest skate parks utes. By teaming up with 2 to 6 people, you tasking and clever utilization of every single moment are essential to mod- 5.5 hectares of land. At this stable you Further information is available by high-adrenaline sport, bungee jumping is in the Balkans is located near Brankov most have to find the clues and solve the puzzles ern living, and that’s the reason why you can, while excercising, check your will have many things at your disposal phone: 011/ 35 48 214. very popular in Serbia. The only bungee (Branko bridge) in Belgrade. It was finally built which will eventually lead you to the exit. It email, talk via Skype, leave your status on social networking services, or like a restaurant, a horse-riding school jump platform in Belgrade can be found at and opened near the shopping centre Ušće requires no special skills or knowledge. All just watch an episode of your favorite sitcom. Design, functionality and for all ages, recreational riding, pony THE TREEHOUSE Ada Ciganlija, a popular city lake-side holi- in Novi Beograd after two planning requests you need is perception, creativity and logic. high quality of Tecnogym equipment are unmatched. Technogym is our riding, a play zone for children, pleas- STORYTELLING CENTRE day resort. When you’re done swimming had been turned down. The other skate park And of course, teamwork is the key! In case first choice, because we do not compromise when it comes to the quality ant strolls by the Sava river and rides in in the cool waters of Ada Ciganlija, a jump is in the municipality of Savski Venac at Dr. you need some help during the game, the of our services. the ‘horsebus’, as the locals call it. Organisers at the Treehouse Sto- from 55 metres is one way to dry off really Milutina Ivkovića 4. Besides these two, there Game Master will always be on hand to give Stremen is trying to preserve the rytelling Centre aim to involve every fast. The highly-professional staff working are a number of smaller skate parks dotted you some hints for the next step. Also, if you Srem culture – a region in Vojvodina - it section of the community in cultural at the bungee jumping site will make your around the city that are mostly used by local need to exit before the time runs out, there adrenaline-boosting jump even more ex- kids. The biggest parks are equipped to the is a panic button which opens the door for Belgrade offers many places for horse riding. Photo by Peter Harrison/Flickr citing and, more importantly, safe. You can latest European standards and have a large you instantly, so no worries! always ask for assistance, or ask anything number of ramps and slides, so you only In Tito's Secret you have 60 minutes to activities that educate, entertain, chal- self-value and benefit from the oppor- The programme includes work- you want to know. And all visitors undergo need to worry about bringing your board, solve what is billed as a big mystery from Opening in Belgrade September 2015 lenge and inform. Their goal is the ad- tunity to creatively explore and recog- shop interaction with story characters, a quick medical check-up to determine helmet and protective pads. the life of a former communist leader and vancement of education for the public nize issues and concerns which affect which enables children to creatively whether they are eligible to jump. Bungee escape his salon before you get caught. benefit through the promotion of the our lives. explore a variety of themes covered jumping is available Tuesday to Sunday ADVENTURE PARK Tesla's Genius Mind is a super-exciting International Kindergarden arts with an emphasis on the education The Treehouse Storytelling Centre in the stories through drama, poetry, throughout the summer, even stretching game for experienced escapers and it of children and young people. aims to develop from as early age as movement, music and visual arts. The into September if weather conditions are Located at Ada Ciganlija, Adventure Park gives you the opportunity to enter his The artistic programme covers possible independence, self-confi- activities are inspired by the stories good enough. The price is 4,000 dinars, or offers fun, unusual sports and unforgettable mind and, by solving riddles inspired by drama, dance, music and visual and dence and individuality, so the creative themselves and their characters, as around €33, per jump. Hop on buses 23, 37, experiences. Adventure Park provides ob- his inventions, try to escape the room be- digital arts. The centre’s educational team of professional artists, language well as by the cultures from which the 52, 53, 58 or 88 to get to Ada Ciganlija via stacle courses, orienteering exercises, aquar- fore the time runs out. programme is based on storytelling teachers and enthusiasts are trained to stories come. public transport. iums for diving, artificial rocks for climbing The escape room is located at Simina and educational arts. Through art, work with children of all ages. In addi- You can find the Treehouse Storytell- Reservations for bungee jumping are and even camps for children. A compre- 9a in downtown Belgrade and tickets cost organisers say, children can be em- tion, the children’s theatre productions ing Centre at Bulevar Kneza Aleksan- mandatory so make sure you call ahead hensive adventure experience is something 4,000 dinars, or around €33. Book by tel- Phone: +381 65 450 6430, www.lalelu.rs www.facebook.com/LaLeLuBelgrade, @LaLeLu_Belgrade powered, develop personal and social are performed in Serbian, English and dra Karađorđevića 6. Call 011/ 26 61 140 to guarantee your adrenaline-fuelled bun- that every adrenaline junkie seeks. Obstacle ephone or email: 065 29 59 899 /adrenalin. communication skills, self-confidence, French. for further information. gee jumping experience: +381 64 19 68 414. courses within the tree-tops are something [email protected]. 12 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 13 WHAT'S ON SUMMER FESTIVALS

CLUBBING AND LIVE MUSIC Guča and Beer Fest

FRIDAY JULY 24th Neutron, Miroslav Pavlovic, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5th • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, Barutana, Kalemegdan, 11pm Karađorđeva 23, 10pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Fluid Underground, Milan • Nineties Night, Club 94, boat on • Irish Stew, Beer Garden, Ada • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on • Somebody Call the Doctor, Club headline August festivals Mladenović Plateau, 8pm Sava, 11pm Ciganlija, 9pm Sava, 11pm 94, boat on Sava, 11pm • Musicology Festival: Nichim • Sunday Beat Deep House • Techno Yes Techno, 2044 boat • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan Izazvan, Brand New Heavies, Tech House, Mr Stefan Braun, on Sava, 11pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm SUNDAY AUGUST 23rd Tennis courts, Kelemegdan, 9pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Dj Nikola and DJ Yabba, • Can’t Stop The Rock, KST, Bulevar While the Novi • 4 Elements Fest: Vatra, DJ Irie, Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm • Beer Fest: Kiki Lesendrić and Scratch, Lil Taty, Barutana, MONDAY JULY 27th • Dj Gru and DJ Playa, Mr. Stefan Piloti, Ušće, 9pm Sad-based Exit Kalemegdan, 11pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm SATURDAY AUGUST 15th • Sunday Beat Deep House • House Night, Industrija Bar, • Goran Grbić Dixie Band, Beer Tech House, Mr Stefan Braun, Karađorđeva 23, 10pm Garden, Ada Ciganlija, 9pm THURSDAY AUGUST 6th • Dax J, Mihajlo, Aleksandar Nemanjina 4, 11pm festival is all • RnB Night – Pure Cream, Club 94, • Tauten Label Night, Svemirska Ivković, Nemanja Koljanić, boat on Sava, 11pm Kafana boat on Sava, 11pm • Rebel Star, Ana Ćurčin, Miksalište, Nikola 5, Svemirska Kafana, boat MONDAY AUGUST 24th the rage in July, • Time Machine, Freestyler boat • ‘90s Night, Mr Stefan Braun, Mostarska 5, 9pm on Sava, 11pm on Sava, 11pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, • ‘90s Night, Mr Stefan Braun, August in Serbia • Friday Beeeat, Hot Mess boat on Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm Sava, 11pm TUESDAY JULY 28th • Time Machine, Freestyler boat • Somebody Call the Doctor, Club • ‘90s Night, Freestyler boat on is all about the • Dj Goran Starčević and DJ Ike, on Sava, 11pm 94, boat on Sava, 11pm Sava, 11pm Terassa, Kalemegdan Fortress, • Girls Gonna Get Wild, Mr Stefan • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, 11pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Karađorđeva 23, 11pm SUNDAY AUGUST 16th TUESDAY AUGUST 25th Guča Brass Band • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm WEDNESDAY JULY 29th Sava, 11pm • Sunday Beat Deep House • Girls Gonna Get Wild, Mr Stefan Festival and the • Can’t Stop the Rock, KST, Bulevar Tech House, Mr Stefan Braun, Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm • Cannibal Corpse, Dom FRIDAY AUGUST 7th Nemanjina 4, 11pm Belgrade Beer Omladine, Makedonska 22, 8pm WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26th SATURDAY JULY 25th • Hornsman Coyote ans Soulcraft, • Red and Blue, KKN, Beer Garden, MONDAY AUGUST 17th Fest. Beer Garden, Ada Ciganlija, 9pm Ada Ciganlija, 9pm • Techno Yes Techno, 2044 boat • Real Pjano Trio, Plejboj, The • Techno Yes Techno, 2044 boat • Time Machine, Freestyler boat • ‘90s Night, Mr Stefan Braun, on Sava, 11pm , Beer Garden, Ada on Sava, 11pm on Sava, 11pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm , Somethings • Dj Nikola and DJ Yabba David GALIĆ Ciganlija, 6pm • Club 2000, KST, Bulevar Kralja • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, • ‘90s Night, Freestyler boat on Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm • Mr. Rabbit, Milan Mladenović Aleksandra 73, 10pm Karađorđeva 23, 10pm Sava, 11pm • Dj Gru and DJ Playa, Mr. Stefan Plateau, 8pm • DJ Gru and DJ Playa, Mr Stefan • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm uča, a small, sleepy • 4 Elements Fest: Sandrino Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Sava, 11pm TUESDAY AUGUST 18th town in western Serbia The Drifter, Felver, Kristijan • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan THURSDAY AUGUST 27th some 160 km from Bel- Molnar, Inn Espace, Barutana, THURSDAY JULY 30th Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Girls Gonna Get Wild, Mr Stefan grade, transforms into Kalemegdan, 11pm • Can’t Stop The Rock, KST, Bulevar Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan the country’s biggest • Techno Drive, Ada Ciganlija, • Vlatko Stefanovski Trio, Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm partyspot for a few th Makiš, 11pm Miksalište, Mostarska 5, 9pm WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19 • Time Machine, Freestyler boat days each summer when it plays host th G • Free Your Mind Party, Sava • Ti, Ensh, Beer Garden, Ada SATURDAY AUGUST 8 on Sava, 11pm to the traditional brass band festival. Center Summer Stage, Milentija Ciganlija, 9pm , Industrija Bar, • Beer Fest: Robert Sanchez, • DJ Ike th Popovića 9, 11pm • DJ Nikola and DJ Yabba, • Northern, Milan Mladenović Riblja Čorba, Ušće, 9pm Karađorđeva 23, 11pm The 55 annual Guča Brass Band Fes- • Gistro Pop 19, Grad Cultural Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm Plateau, 8pm • Techno Yes Techno, 2044 boat • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on tival will last a full week from August 3rd Guča brings together brass band lovers from all over the region. Photo by Beta Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, 10pm • Wake Up DJs, Drugstore Play • Dax J, Mihajlo, Aleksandar Ivković, on Sava, 11pm Sava, 11pm to 9th this year and entrance is free of • DJ Mirko and DJ Meex, boat on Sava, 11pm Nemanja Koljanić, Nikola 5, • Dj Nikola and DJ Yabba, charge. Be sure, however, to book hotels Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm Svemirska Kafana, boat on Sava, 11pm Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm FRIDAY AUGUST 28th well in advance as rooms are sparse. st • DJ Prema, Industrija Bar, FRIDAY JULY 31 • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, • Dj Gru and DJ Playa, Mr. Stefan For those without lodgings, sleeping in Karađorđeva 23, 10pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Time Machine, Freestyler boat the car is the most common alternative. • Somebody Call the Doctor, Club • Kristali, Milan Mladenović • Somebody Call the Doctor, Club on Sava, 11pm While accommodation can be a bit 94, boat on Sava, 11pm Plateau, 8pm 94, boat on Sava, 11pm THURSDAY AUGUST 20th • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, • Time Machine, Freestyler boat • Ex Yu Eighties, KST, Bulevar Karađorđeva 23, 10pm of an issue, if you're looking for a true Nemanjina 4, 11pm on Sava, 11pm Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on ethno festival that can't really be com- • Nineties, KST, Bulevar Kralja • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Sava, 11pm pared to other festivals in Europe, Guča Aleksandra 73, 10pm Karađorđeva 23, 10pm SUNDAY AUGUST 9th • Time Machine, Freestyler boat • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan is the place to be. Of course, you have to • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on on Sava, 11pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm be highly tolerant to traditional Balkan SUNDAY JULY 26th Sava, 11pm • Sunday Beat Deep House • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, • Can’t Stop The Rock, KST, music being played at extreme vol- • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan Tech House, Mr Stefan Braun, Karađorđeva 23, 11pm Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 73, umes at all times of the day and night • Couple Up, Beer Garden, Ada Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on 10pm by raucous brass ensembles to truly Ciganlija, 6pm • Can’t Stop The Rock, KST, Bulevar Sava, 11pm • Suicide Silence, Dom Omladine, Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm MONDAY AUGUST 10th SATURDAY AUGUST 29th enjoy it. Makedonska 22, 8pm FRIDAY AUGUST 21st Along with the brass music, would- • Musicology Festival: Gregory Porter, SATURDAY AUGUST 1st • ‘90s Night, Mr Stefan Braun, • Dax J, Mihajlo, Aleksandar bevisitors should know that the most Tennis courts, Kalemegdan, 9pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Beer Fest: Brkovi, Rundek Cargo Ivković, Nemanja Koljanić, common drinks at Guča are beer and • 4 Elements Fest: Darren • džeZZva, Milan Mladenović • ‘90s Night, Freestyler boat on Trio, Ušće, 9pm Nikola 5, Svemirska Kafana, boat traditional Serbian brandy (rakija) Emerson, Tom Collins, Calavera Plateau, 8pm Sava, 11pm • Time Machine, Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm which are usually consumed with ridic- & Manya, John Belk, Mene, • Dax J, Mihajlo, Aleksandar on Sava, 11pm • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, ulous amounts of grilled meat or boiled TUESDAY th , Industrija Bar, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Ivković, Nemanja Koljanić, AUGUST 11 • DJ Ike cabbage. As such, the festival is not re- Nikola 5, Svemirska Kafana, boat Karađorđeva 23, 10pm • Somebody Call the Doctor, Club ally highly recommended for vegans on Sava, 11pm • Zona B, Beer Garden, Ada • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on 94, boat on Sava, 11pm • House Party, Mr Stefan Braun, Ciganlija, 9pm Sava, 11pm or people who don’t enjoy consuming Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Girls Gonna Get Wild, Mr Stefan • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan SUNDAY AUGUST 30th copious amounts of alcohol and the • Somebody Call the Doctor, Club Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm kind of social norms that accompany 94, boat on Sava, 11pm • Can’t Stop The Rock, KST, Bulevar • Sunday Beat Deep House drinking. FREE COPY • Ex Yu Eighties, KST, Bulevar WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12th Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm Tech House, Mr Stefan Braun, The main musical attraction of the Kralja Aleksandra 73, 10pm Nemanjina 4, 11pm festival is always the brass band com- Sharks, Snakes SATURDAY nd • Blaža i Kljunovi, AUGUST 22 petition, in which the best ensembles Publisher: BIRN d.o.o. SUNDAY AUGUST 2nd and Planes, Beer Garden, Ada MONDAY AUGUST 31st from around the world battle it out in Kolarčeva 7/5, 11 000 Belgrade Ciganlija, 6pm • Kozeljnik, Septuagint, Zlosut, Dom • Sunday Beat Deep House • Phidion, Danguba, Ćirila i Omladine, Makedonska 22, 8pm • ‘90s Night, Mr Stefan Braun, order to earn the revered Golden Trum- DJ trio Kraak and Smaak will be playing the Beer Fest on Saturday, August 22nd. Photo by Amer Jahić Phone/Fax: +381 11 4030 300 Tech House, Mr Stefan Braun, Metodija 2, 9pm • Dax J, Mihajlo, Aleksandar Nemanjina 4, 11pm pet Award. Editor in Chief: Gordana Igrić Nemanjina 4, 11pm • Techno Yes Techno, 2044 boat Ivković, Nemanja Koljanić, • ‘90s Night, Freestyler boat on But if you want to experience more And that’s about how diverse the perform in their restaurants and bars And while the festival is usually dom- ter falling into the bear den of the Bel- on Sava, 11pm Nikola 5, Svemirska Kafana, boat Sava, 11pm than music and meat, there are excel- sounds will get as organisers have an- during the event. inated by rock bands, this year's head- grade Zoo. BIRN editorial team: MONDAY AUGUST 3rd • Dj Nikola and DJ Yabba, on Sava, 11pm lent cultural programmes and exhibi- nounced that there will be zero toler- Organisers expect more than liners will be of the electronic music Despite the circumstances, the move Ana Petruševa, Marcus Tanner, Freestyler boat on Sava, 11pm tions throughout the seven-day fest. ance for other forms of music during 600,000 people from all around the variety. DJ trio Kraak and Smaak will be has turned out to bea good one since • Rosetta, Tethyal, Grad Cultural • Dj Gru and DJ Playa, Mr. Stefan This year's fest will welcome back the event. world to visit the town during the topping the bill, playing the Beer Fest on the festival gained much room to grow [email protected] Centre, Braće Krsmanović 4, Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Guča favourite Goran Bregović, who According to the president of the course of the week. Saturday, August 22nd. and is now the single biggest and most- Sales & Marketing: Marija Petrović 9pm • Bricks and Cans, Beer Garden, THURSDAY AUGUST 13th often performs at the festival. This year festival's executive board, Milivoje Even though beer is in the name of visited beer and music festival of its Phone: +381 11 4030 302 Ada Ciganlija, 9pm he returns with his Weddings and Fu- Dolović, any bars and restaurants MUSIC TO BEER the festival, the beverage is not really kind in Southeast Europe. [email protected] • ‘90s Night, Mr Stefan Braun, • Retro House Party, Mr Stefan nerals brass band. found playing any other type of LOVERS’ EARS the focus of the festival – it's all about The festival was even recently given Nemanjina 4, 11pm Braun, Nemanjina 4, 11pm Known as the leader of famed Yugo- music than traditional brass band the music. Although the Belgrade the Best of Serbia prize, which the coun- Subscription & Distribution: TRATTORIA • ‘90s Night, Freestyler boat on • Time Machine, Freestyler boat slav rock group Bijelo Dugme, Bregović during the event will be fined up to If you don't want to leave Belgrade Beer Fest started out 13 years ago as a try’s Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Goran Knezevic Sava, 11pm on Sava, 11pm PIZZERIA is also a renowned name on the ethno €2,500. or you don't think you have the stom- place to try new beers that aren't eas- Telecommunications awards every • DJ Ike, Industrija Bar, music scene both in the Balkans and “Guča is a Serbian and international ach for trumpet-led Guča, the Beer Fest ily available on the Serbian market, it year. +381 11 4030 303 TUESDAY AUGUST 4th Karađorđeva 23, 11pm abroad. brand for brass instruments, and we is probably the right place to be. This has evolved into more of a pure music “It's fantastic recognition of the Bel- [email protected] • Pure Cream, Club 94, boat on • King Khan & The Shrines, Sava, 11pm Closing the festival this year will be a have decided that that's the only type year's Belgrade Beer Fest will last from festival. grade Beer Fest. Along with the pride we Printing: POLITIKA štamparija d.o.o. Grad Cultural Centre, Braće Nebojsina 8 band that still offers traditional music of instrument that should be heard August 19th-23rd and entrance is also Originally held at the Kalemegdan feel, this award also gives us the respon- ISSN 1820-8339 = Belgrade Insight Krsmanović 4, 9pm FRIDAY AUGUST 14th 011/3863-999 from this part of the world, but with a here during the festival,” Dolović said free of charge. Fortress, the festival was relocated sibility of living up to this recognition by • Girls Gonna Get Wild, [email protected] slightly different twist. Sanja Ilić and his in a press release, adding that establish- A completely different beast, the 13th directly across the river to Ušće Park making this year's festival the best yet,” COBISS.SR-ID: 149132556 Mr Stefan Braun, Nemanjina 4, • Time Machine, Freestyler boat www.restoranamici.rs band Balkanika will close the festival, ments will no longer be ableto invite annual Belgrade Beer Fest will feature after an unfortunate incident during said co-organiser, Dejan Grastić, of the Circulation: 4,000 11pm on Sava, 11pm playing on the main stage. popular Serbian folk/pop singers to more ‘urban’ music. which an intoxicated patron died af- Belgrade Cultural Network. 14 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 15 GOING OUT SPORT Serbia Best music fests sets sights beyond the city on 2016 Olympics ite for alternative rock fans in Belgrade, With alternative especially because the singer Sandra Nastić has family roots in this part of Besides them, many athletes in indi- rockers Therapy? Europe. They will be coming to Zaječar Although only vidual sports have also secured places, as part of a European tour to promote such as Asmir Kolašinac, Amela Terzić, and Guano their fifth studio album Offline. a small country, Ivana Španović. Therapy? has been coming to Serbia Terzić won the 1,500-metre race Apes headlining quite a lot lately, and what’s coolest of Serbia punches in the European Championship for all is that they've been playing in cities younger seniors that took place this at Gitarijada and the beyond the Serbian capital. Rounding above its weight the start of July in Tallinn, finishing the out the line-up of big names is one of race in 4 minutes and 4 seconds, break- return of Lovefest Croatia's biggest pop rock stars of today, in world sports ing the national record and meeting the Gibonni. standard for the World Championship and the Nišville While having international stars on and is eagerly and the Olympic games. the bill is great, Gitarijada is really all She has also met the norm for the jazz festival, about local rock bands. The festival has, eyeing the Rio Olympic games in the 800-metre race. essentially, been a place to discover Asked what this success meant for music-loving the best that Serbia has to offer when it games next year. her, Terzić told BIRN that the Olympics comes to young rock bands. Of course, was every athlete’s ultimate goal. Belgraders should Gitarijada does book big names, but the “This is what every athlete dreams majority of the programme is reserved Filip AVRAMOVIĆ about. Being at the Olympic Games is consider heading for young bands from the region to something every one of my colleagues perform in a ‘battle of the bands’ style year ahead of the aims for,” she said. out of town for a competition as a means of kick-starting Olympic Games in She is determined to run her best their careers. Rio, Serbia - a coun- time once again in Rio. “I’m planning day or two. And it has proven to be an effective try of only around on running my personal best time and launch pad for several groups. Bands 7 million - is among setting another national record in Rio,” now considered legendary like Galija Sun Ra Arkestra. Photo by Andy Newcombe/Flickr the leading nations she added. and Bjesovi won the Gitarijada competi- Ain terms of the number of athletes who “I don’t know whether or not I will David GALIĆ tion in the 1980s and 1990s respectively. NIŠVILLE KEEPS SOUTHERN have already qualified, the national take a medal, but I will do my best.” A few years back, times had been SERBIA JAZZED Olympic committee announced. Hard work is only the beginning for GITARIJADA MIXES GLOBAL hard for the festival as fans were less According to information, Serbia was this athlete from Novi Pazar in south- STARS WITH LOCAL TALENT willing to travel to eastern Serbia and The future of Nišville was up in the even in number one place at the end of west Serbia. Success depends on hav- funding was cut. However, Gitarijada air in 2014 after the Ministry of Culture June, with 38 athletes who have quali- ing a good trainer as well. The Gitarijada (Guitar) Festival in has made something of a comeback in withdrew its funding as a result of gov- fied for the 2016 games in Brazil. “Being talented without having a Zaječar, a town in eastern Serbia that recent years as interest in the festival ernment-imposed austerity measures. By comparison, Serbia fielded 87 ath- good trainer doesn’t mean much,” Terzić won the 1,500-metre race at the European Championship for younger seniors in July in Tallinn. Photo by Erik van Leeuwen/Wikimedia lies around 250 km from the capital, is has rekindled, helping to breathe life in But the support of jazz fans from across letes in 11 sports in Beijing in 2008 and Terzić said. the country’s longest-running rock mu- to this economically devastated part of Europe has allowed the festival to 115 athletes in 15 sports in London four “And having the best experts around work can compensate for poor condi- “I think they have already started in- She is now preparing for the World sic festival. Now entering its 49th year, the country. thrive despite the lack of state finance, years later. without talented and ambitious ath- tions. vesting in the arena in Novi Pazar. Work Championship in Beijing that will be and it has now become one of the cool- Things certainly will have changed letes won’t get you far, either. It’s all “I never trained in an arena. I trained will be finished soon and I’m looking held in August, but feels relieved of a lot est and hippest jazz festivals in this part by next August 5th, which is when the about having a complete team, a good on a dirt track in Novi Pazar. I think I forward to it,” she said. of pressure after keeping her place in of the continent. Olympics open, but Serbian athletes guide and determination,” she ex- only ran once or twice in the arena. I “Serbia needs to invest in training fa- Serbia’s Rio squad. This year's festival runs from August have every reason to feel satisfied with plained. had to adapt to the dirt track, but it was cilities, but I’m glad to see that a step in “This was just so that my competition 13th to 16th and is as diverse and ambi- their country’s performance so fair. How such a small country with only all worth it,” she said. that direction has already been made,” doesn’t forget me,” she told the media. tious as ever with the Sun Ra Arkestra Among those who have qualified are a limited budget can produce so many Although Serbia does not invest se- she told BIRN. Her coach, Goran Obradović, is more headlining and continuing to spread the women’s national basketball team elite athletes is a good question. rious money in its athletes, some pro- Ivana Španović, another top athlete than happy with the results achieved the abstract vision of the late “strange which won the European champion- Without the same training condi- gress has been made. and the winner of the Diamond League and is looking forward to both Beijing jazz” great the band's name bears. ship at the end of June, the men’s water tions for athletes as the most developed Works are ongoing on improving the meeting in Monaco this July, has also and Rio. Many other international guests will polo national squad, which was num- countries, Serbia remains competitive arena in Novi Pazar and investments in qualified for Rio. “Ivana has managed to score two of be playing at the 19th edition of the festi- ber one in this year’s World League and in world sports. training facilities have started. Serbia’s best long jumper was a cen- the longest jumps against the strongest val, including Incognito, Carmen Souza, the under-20 football team, who have Terzić encountered many hurdles With her go-getter attitude, Terzić timeter short of breaking her own record, competition in the world, so we are ex- Monty Alexander, Snow Owl, Yildiz been crowned world champions in in her training, but she says that if you looks forward to seeing Serbia honour with a jump of 6.87 meters, but it was tremely satisfied with her,” Obradović Ibrahimova, Sotavento Big Band, the New Zealand in June as well. are willing to give the utmost, hard its athletes with better facilities. enough to secure the top spot in Monaco. said. Wayne Escofery All Stars Quartet and many more. By outdoor music festival standards, Nišville is rather small with capacity for DJ Zabiela. Photo by Drew Ressler/Flickr just 4,000 visitors within the grounds Primarily an electronic music festi- of the city fortress. Yet it is this very in- LOVEFEST QUICKLY val, Lovefest will once again host some timacy that not only draws a lot of peo- BECOMING ONE OF of the biggest current and legendary ple to the festival but, more importantly, EUROPE'S BEST names from the genre, including, but not keeps them coming back. Along with limited to, the likes of Fedde Le Grand, performances by international and Launched nine years ago, Lovefest has Booka Shade, James Zabiela, Juan At- domestic stars, gigs by up-and-coming already attracted attention from across kins, Fred P and Marcellus Pittman. bands are held just outside the festival the continent and was one of the 12 fi- Besides the main stage where most grounds, which are free to the public. nalists in the European Festival Awards of the big international electronic acts Jazz fans are also treated to an abun- ‘Best European Festival’ category. will be playing, the Jack Live Stage dance of workshops and lessons for Held at the peaceful spa resort of hosts great regional bands from a just about any instrument that's part of Vrnjačka Banja, known for its beauti- wide range of genres, including Croa- the jazz music tradition and spectrum. ful forests and rolling hills that make an tian punk rockers Hladno Pivo, Slo- Guano Apes. Photo by Andre T./Flickr It's important not to forget the loca- ideal backdrop to any outdoor event, venian industrial legends Laibach, the 2015 line-up looks better than ever “Even though last year's Gitarijada tion itself; the beautiful and vibrant this year’s Lovefest runs from August and big-name Serbian performers like and also includes a number of high pro- was our most successful [yet], and the Summer Stage of Niš Fortress, which is 6th to 8th. The resort is located in central reggae rockers Eyesburn and rapper file international bands. fact that more than 250,000 people not only an amazing setting, but also Serbia, 230km from Belgrade. Marčelo. This year’s festival, which kicks off on visited the festival, I'm certain that one of the best outdoors amphitheatres While the festival is always exciting, A three-day ticket for the entire fes- July 29th and ends August 1st , is head- this year's festival will be even better,” acoustically in this part of Europe. the fact that it takes place in such a tival costs 3,600 dinars (or €27). For lined by two huge European bands Zaječar Mayor Saša Mirković told Bel- The southern Serbian city of Niš is tranquil setting allows you to party and those who want to take in the full festi- from the alternative rock scene of the grade-based daily Kurir. 280 km from Belgrade. The cheapest relax at the same time, so avoiding the val experience, there is a large, sprawl- 1990s: Irish power trio Therapy? and The entrance is free of charge. Find ticket for all concerts at Nišville costs hustle and bustle that comes with vis- ing campsite available equipped with German rockers Guano Apes. more information via www.gitarijada. 3,000 dinars (around €25). Find more iting music festivals in Belgrade, Novi toilets and showers. Find more infor- Guano Apes have long been a favour- org. information via www.nisville.com Sad, or even Niš. mation via www.lovefest.rs . 16 BELGRADE INSIGHT, Friday, July 24 - Thursday, September 10, 2015 ADVERT Map of City Centre

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