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Latest stories about Serbian

20 July 2011

Serbia: First Reactions to Acquittal of Sandor Kepiro

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe

On Monday July 18, 2011, a court in Budapest acquitted 97-year-old Sandor Kepiro, a Second World War Hungarian police captain who served in occupied Serbia and, until recently, was “the...

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18 July 2011

Serbia: Disgruntled Community Vs. Disgruntled Politician on Twitter

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremić, has instigated a social media situation that may seriously damage relations that local citizen media and some politicians have been building. The reaction from netizens has been one of outrage.

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6 July 2011

Macedonia: Views from Abroad on Protests Against Police Violence

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Filip Stojanovski writes about how the ongoing protests against police brutality in Macedonia are viewed from abroad.

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5 July 2011

Serbia: Demanding Apology From Comedian Chelsea Handler

Written by Sasa Milosevic · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Nearly 44,000 Serbs have joined the Facebook group 'Boycott of Chelsea Handler until she apologizes to the Serbian people,' demanding an apology from the popular American female comedian for the offensive remarks she made about the Serbian nation during a television show.

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3 July 2011

Serbia: Serbs Seek Refuge from Politics and Tabloid News in Citizen Journalism

Written by Danica Radisic · Eastern & Central Europe

More often than ever, blog posts on the state of the media and journalism seem to be popping up in the Serbian blogosphere. Danica Radisic highlights a few of them.

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29 April 2011

Serbia: Bloggers Discuss Plans to Erect Monument to Late Azeri President

Written by Viktor Markovic · Eastern & Central Europe, Central Asia & Caucasus

One of Belgrade's nicest parks has recently got renovated - thanks, partially, to a donation of 2 million euros by the Azerbaijani government. The news that has been stirring controversy these past few weeks among Serbian bloggers is the condition for this gift: in return for the donation, a monument to Heydar Aliyev, the former president of Azerbaijan, will have to be erected in the park.

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30 March 2011

Serbia: Gaddafi's Cyber Army Oppose Rebels and NATO

Written by Sasa Milosevic · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

A Facebook page entitled "Support for Muammar al-Gaddafi from the people of Serbia" has become a show of support for the controversial Libyan leader, with over 62,500 members. Libyan opposition activists have also reported cyber attacks on opposition websites coming from Serbia. Sasa Milosevic reports on the online support for Muammar al-Gaddafi in Serbia.

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23 March 2011

Serbia: Returning Gratitude for the Japanese Donations

Written by Sasa Milosevic · East Asia, Eastern & Central Europe

Sasa Milosevic reports on Serbian initiatives to help Japanese victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster, in a grateful return of the aid donated by Japan to Serbia.

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3 March 2011

Serbia: Reactions to Gaddafi's Interview on Pink TV

Written by Sasa Milosevic · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

Libyan president Muammar Al Gaddafi gave an 8-minute phone interview to Serbian TV Pink on February 28, 2011, describing Libya as “an absolutely peaceful” country. Serbian reactions online and in national media included many of total acceptance and support for Gaddafi's story.

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24 February 2011

Serbia: Reactions to the Story of Serbian Mercenaries in Libya

Written by Sasa Milosevic · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

According to some sources, Serbian military pilots took part in the bombings of the Libyan protesters. Sasa Milosevic translates a few Serbian netizens' reactions to this allegation.

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Updates about Serbian

10 October 2010

Serbia

Reports from the Belgrade Gay Pride - at #bgpride (SRP, ENG). Despite extremely tough security measures, some rioting did occur. “Lot of vandalised cars around the #bgpride route,” @Belgrade reports.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Serbia

The Belgrade Gay Pride Parade is to take place in just a few hours, on Sunday, Oct. 10; the official Twitter hashtag is #bgpride. Belgraded (@Belgrade) gives “the lowdown on how things are going so far regarding the Serbian society’s reactions in the media and everyday life”: “Most of the Serbian people still believe that ‘gay parade' translates as ‘anal intercourse in the middle of the street'.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

16 August 2010

Macedonia

L'Acqua Al Deserto discovered [MKD] that Romanian singer Irena had recently released “a copy” of Milioner, a 2007 single by Macedonian singer/songwriter Elena Ristevska with music by Darko Dimitrov, also available in Serbian, and in English (with lyrics by Leroy Chambers). Irena's website claims [RUM] that the author of ‘her' version is Gabi Jianu.

• Filip Stojanovski

3 November 2009

Serbia

A Yankee-in-Belgrade writes about playing Scrabble in the Serbian language.

• Veronica Khokhlova

18 January 2009

Serbia

Belgraded links to MightyNora's “Backwards Visual Travelogue” at B92 blog (SRP): “Belgrade pictures in mirror surfaces all over the city.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

6 November 2008

31 October 2008

Serbia

Belgraded contributes an article on what it's like to be a mother in Serbia to the Women's International Perspective, becoming “one of the rare men blogging there.” Showcased in the article is a Serbian blog called Majka Hrabrost (”Mother Courage”), whose author, Krugolina, blogs (SRP) about childbirth issues and has recently been “invited to have a chat with the Serbian Health Minister”: “It is a case of a simple citizen action that could actually help change the current poor state in Serbian maternity wards.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

11 December 2007

Serbia

Belgrade 2.0 posts a wonderful selection of the wonderful video stories by Dusan Saponja and Dusan Cavic: “For short episodes such as these you just saw, it’s not really necessary to understand Serbian. However, most of the real masterpieces, award-winning shows, are subtitled. You see, besides humorous short clips, Dushan and Dushan are really the best when it comes to exploring not-so-popular subjects of the sometimes not-so-cheerful Serbian reality […].”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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