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Serbia: Pop Culture Appearances

Monday, July 3rd, 2006 @ 02:51 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Serbia, Montenegro
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Film, Literature, Music, Travel, International Relations

Rachel of Pustolovina: Adventure in Serbian lists a couple of Serbia's pop culture appearances.

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