The last days I was here in Kraljevo, Serbia and it was like if I was in a movie from Emir Kusturica. People who know me well know that I like Emir Kusturica's movies. Mostly his movies play on the Balkans (although he has also a movie in the USA with Jonny Depp) and they are with their humor and ...

I am a big fan of national anthems and flags. My fondness for national anthems transcends my personal political bias. Israel, Germany and Taiwan all have nice anthems. Although I find Israel's to be too secular, I like the music. One of my all time favourite anthems is that of Serbia. It was the anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and ...

A few weeks back, we wrote about how Delta City shopping mall and Usce shopping center in Belgrade, brought a striking array of international retail names to the Serbian market. We noted that slowly, but surely, it looks like some international fashion brands are starting to figure it out: Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, is a very interesting city with ...

About two weeks ago I went to Belgrade by myself, and I went to the Kalemegdan castle. I took the streetcar and the bus. I didn’t wait too much, about two minutes. Children who live in Belgrade, play basket ball, tennis etc… in Kalemegdan. There’s a war museum near to the castle. There’s an amazing view from the Kalemegdan! You can see everything, ...

Last year, the Belgrade Statistical office carried out a survey of foreigners in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia – there were around 7000. One of them is Bill Kralovec, a 41-years-old man who is the Secondary Principal of the International School of Belgrade (ISB). Founded in downtown Belgrade in 1948 by the wife of the British Ambassador, Lady Peak, the International ...

Just last week we were talking about Serbs moving back to Serbia. In fact, as we noted, Serbs are everywhere, living in about hundred different countries worldwide. There are 170-180,000 Serbs in the United States according to various estimates, 45,000 of them in New York, with the largest concentrations in Ridgewood and Astoria. The most famous Serbian New Yorker is ...

The Serbs population outside Serbia outnumbers the total number of Americans living abroad. Despite the fact that no accurate estimate exists of the total number of Serbs and American citizens living abroad, it could be taken with reliability that about 3.5 million Americans and 4 million Serbs live outside their homeland. It is worth noting that Rosemary Bailey Brown, an ...

Just a few weeks ago, we pointed out the statements made by Liz Kuebler, an American studying in Belgrade, claiming that "living on one of the most beautiful streets in Belgrade, I feel at home. Skadarlija reminds me of quiet tree-lined streets in Washington." It seems that foreigners feel at home in Belgrade. The latest example is a recent blog ...

Almost exactly two years ago, Mark Daniels, a British biker owning one of the best Serbian translation company, Odista, wrote a well-worth reading blog post over at MTB serbia.com about biking around Vojvodina region of Serbia. First, he noted "Sounds funny just saying it: Novi Sad and mountain biking!". He then went on to explain that, despite its unfortunate flatlands ...

When most North Americans think of phyllo, Greek food usually comes to mind; spanakopita, bougatsa, baklava, and various other turnovers and pies that are eaten all over the Greek Isles. But phyllo pastry is popular throughout the Balkans, in Slavic cuisines, as well as in the Middle East. From Armenia to Turkey, phyllo stuffed pastries can be found alongside breakfast, lunch, or dinner, ...