Belgrade, July 06, (Serbia Today) – The capital of Serbia still does not have a shelter for homeless and abandoned dogs and cats in spite the fact that there are more than 15,000 homeless animals wondering streets and parks of Belgrade.
A large number of citizens of Belgrades’ several boroughs are reporting each day to the emergency rooms due to the injuries from the attacks of the stray dogs. The attacks are happening in all parts of the city, but mostly in the big parks and on the city outskirts, where stray dogs usually wonder in packs.
The problem of the stray dogs exist in Belgrade since the time of Milosevic’s rule, when economic embargo, industrial collapse, Balkan wars, civil unrest and bombing of the city, caused many impoverished dog-owners to simply abandon their pets, as they were unable to provide food and care for them.
“Belgrade will get its first dog shelter by mid-July” – Vladimir Terzin, Assistant Secretary for the public Affairs of the City Government told for Serbia Today, “it will be open in the Borough of Rakovica and its capacity will be 500 dogs, he added.
There are plans in work for the building of the animal shelters in other parts of the city. The idea is to catch stray dogs, give them proper medical care, neuter them, and offer them for adoption, Terzin said.
Serbian Parliament recently passed a new Law on animal welfare that prohibits cruelty against dogs and other house pets, and execute penalties of 100,000 RSD ( about $1500) for pet owners, who deliberately abandon their animals .
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Serbian households spend most of their income on food
By Rina Mihajlovic
Novi Sad, July 9 (Serbia Today) - The most common characteristic of poor societies is a central share of personal consumption in their GDP. In Serbia personal consumption absorbs a considerable portion of total income, which is either irregular or devaluated.
Households in Serbia have average monthly budget of approximately 45.853 dinars (500euro) in Vojvodina , and 46.326 dinars in Belgrade. Average monthly expenses are 37.668 (410euro). Most of that money goes to food and beverages, the total of 40 percent.
In 1990s personal consumption accounted for 60 percent of GDP and drastically jumped to 77 percent in the last few years. Salaries decreased as well leaving people with nothing to put aside and save on. Many of them worked only for food and utilities. Involuntary leaves mostly unpaid, created a mess in Serbian economy creating larger gap between poor and rich.
The biggest share for the “lucky” ones who got paid, goes to food which is extremely expensive according to economic specialists considering that in other countries people give 15-20 percent of their salaries for food. Another problem is that the prices constantly go up and families are left with the same amount of money but with fewer groceries. For example we buy much less food than we did last summer for the same amount of money.
The average salary last year was 420euro and this year it decreased to 340euros. If we add to it the constant fall of dinar it is obvious that consumers buying power is melting down daily.
The biggest problem is that most people can only dream about monthly budget of 500euro because many of them don’t even have a minimum wage which is approximately 165euro. How they manage to survive and buy everything they need from food to clothes is a million dollar question. These people can’t even afford to pay monthly expenses and not to mention put food on their table.
Wages, as well as prices, vary from town to town. People are forced to go to another town just to buy more for the money they have. For example, you pay the same price in Novi Sad for pork meat as you pay for veal in Novi Pazar and we know well the difference in quality. In Kraljevo you can buy cheese for 100dinars while that same cheese costs four times more in Zrenjanin.
In this case, a multiple jobs holding becomes a phenomenon because there is no other solution for this situation; but with the economy being at stake it is hard to find not only a second job but a primary one as well.
Novi Sad, July 9 (Serbia Today) - The most common characteristic of poor societies is a central share of personal consumption in their GDP. In Serbia personal consumption absorbs a considerable portion of total income, which is either irregular or devaluated.
Households in Serbia have average monthly budget of approximately 45.853 dinars (500euro) in Vojvodina , and 46.326 dinars in Belgrade. Average monthly expenses are 37.668 (410euro). Most of that money goes to food and beverages, the total of 40 percent.
In 1990s personal consumption accounted for 60 percent of GDP and drastically jumped to 77 percent in the last few years. Salaries decreased as well leaving people with nothing to put aside and save on. Many of them worked only for food and utilities. Involuntary leaves mostly unpaid, created a mess in Serbian economy creating larger gap between poor and rich.
The biggest share for the “lucky” ones who got paid, goes to food which is extremely expensive according to economic specialists considering that in other countries people give 15-20 percent of their salaries for food. Another problem is that the prices constantly go up and families are left with the same amount of money but with fewer groceries. For example we buy much less food than we did last summer for the same amount of money.
The average salary last year was 420euro and this year it decreased to 340euros. If we add to it the constant fall of dinar it is obvious that consumers buying power is melting down daily.
The biggest problem is that most people can only dream about monthly budget of 500euro because many of them don’t even have a minimum wage which is approximately 165euro. How they manage to survive and buy everything they need from food to clothes is a million dollar question. These people can’t even afford to pay monthly expenses and not to mention put food on their table.
Wages, as well as prices, vary from town to town. People are forced to go to another town just to buy more for the money they have. For example, you pay the same price in Novi Sad for pork meat as you pay for veal in Novi Pazar and we know well the difference in quality. In Kraljevo you can buy cheese for 100dinars while that same cheese costs four times more in Zrenjanin.
In this case, a multiple jobs holding becomes a phenomenon because there is no other solution for this situation; but with the economy being at stake it is hard to find not only a second job but a primary one as well.
Is Serbia Ready for a Gay Parade?
By Ljilja Cvekic
BELGRADE, July 06, (Serbia Today) – To be gay in the Balkans is not exactly something one would wish for –one’s options are mainly to be quiet and invisible or be stigmatized by society and sometimes even beaten up by nationalist extremists and soccer thugs.
This summer, however, Serbia’s gay men and women hope to take to the streets of their capital in the Pride Parade for the first time officially supported by the authorities and well-protected by the police. The first and last attempt to organise a gay parade, in 2001, ended up in participants getting beaten up by nationalist gangs led by an Orthodox priest while police looked on.
“We have the legal right to organize the Pride March and the state has the legal obligation to secure it,” said Boban Stojanovic of the Queeria gay rights group.
“The risk always exists, not only here. We cannot postpone it from one year to another, living in fear of a handful of extremists,” he told Serbia Today in an interview on Thursday. “There are just 80 to 100 of those in Belgrade, who come to each public event to make a trouble.”
Serbia’s authorities, which in previous years were not eager to get involved in the issue, are now making encouraging noises suggesting a shift in the political and social climate.
“Belgrade and Serbia are ready for the Pride Parade,” Serbia’s Human and Minority Rights Minister Svetozar Ciplic said last month. “In essence, that is one of the moments that will identify Serbia as a country ready to respect and tolerate differences.”
The government will not take part in organisation or promotion of the gay parade, but will offer a political and moral support, he said.
Unofficial studies suggest an estimated 600,000 homosexuals live in Serbia, making them one of the country’s largest minorities, albeit the most silent. In comparison, some 300,000 ethnic Hungarians and 135,000 Bosniaks have their own parties and MPs representing them in parliament.
Thomas Hammarberg, the human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe, said in a report last year that gay men and women are one of three most discriminated groups in Serbia’s society, along with Roma and people with disabilities.
“The notion of rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons is in its infancy in Serbia, and safe, open discussion on the issues remains taboo,” Hammarberg wrote. "They remain victims of discrimination, prejudice and intolerance.”
Seventy percent of Serbs consider homosexuality as a disease and only 38 percent see gay individuals as “the same human beings as we are”, showed a survey conducted in 2008 by the key gay advocacy group Gay-Straight Alliance and the independent monitoring and polling organization Center for Free Elections and Democracy.
Lagging 18 years behind the World Health Organization, the Serbian Medical Society declared homosexuality was not an illness only last year.
“Serbia is a homophobic society with systematic violence and discrimination against LGBT individuals”, reads a report on the survey, according to which 67 percent of Serbs has a negative stand towards gay people. One in two Serbs believes that homosexuality is very dangerous for society and feels the state should work on its suppression.
Psychologist Zarko Trebjesanin says there are many factors influencing homophobia, including the closed society of the 1990s, as well as family, school, media and books and movies that offer stereotypes. Aggression against homosexuals, he said, might even increase as the economic crisis takes hold, since dissatisfaction in people will rise and they will look for “a victim” they can direct their anger to.
With some polls showing that still one fourth of the population is in favour of violence against gay people, and following threats by nationalist gangs, organizers of the Belgrade Pride decided to get first a liability study with detailed security recommendations that will be worked out together with police to avoid any incidents.
Although justified by the facts on the ground, this level of care seems odd to those who remember the freer gay scene in Belgrade in the 1990s. As the capital of the former Yugoslavia, Belgrade was more liberal and tolerant, a center of free thought and an oasis for those who were different and felt stifled in their towns and villages. Many gay people from Skopje, Sarajevo and Podgorica moved to Belgrade, seeking less restricted lives in the relative anonymity of the capital.
“I felt free at that time. Although meeting places were not official, everybody knew about them, and there was no fear that someone would kill you. Belgrade was Mecca for gays from all over the ex-Yugoslavia,” Cedomir, 47, told Serbia Today. “Today, the aggressiveness of those kids is such that you have almost no wish to leave home.”
But as Yugoslavia broke up, wars stoked a new obsession with national identity. Combined with the revival of religion and patriarchy after 50 years of socialism, the influx of ethnic Serb refugees from less developed parts of ex-Yugoslavia shifted Serbian society towards a rigid nationalism and conservatism.
“Today, to be a Serb means to be Orthodox and heterosexual,” Stojanovic says. “The macho warrior culture of 1990’s is the root of Serbia’s homophobia today.”
The country’s first legal document explicitly banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was passed this year, part of a set of anti-discrimination laws needed to move forward on the path towards the much-coveted European Union membership.
“Harming those who do not harm anyone else has no excuse either in law or in ethics,” said human rights ombudsman Sasa Jankovic. “The protection of the right to express differences, including sexual ones, is the business of all of us.”
BELGRADE, July 06, (Serbia Today) – To be gay in the Balkans is not exactly something one would wish for –one’s options are mainly to be quiet and invisible or be stigmatized by society and sometimes even beaten up by nationalist extremists and soccer thugs.
This summer, however, Serbia’s gay men and women hope to take to the streets of their capital in the Pride Parade for the first time officially supported by the authorities and well-protected by the police. The first and last attempt to organise a gay parade, in 2001, ended up in participants getting beaten up by nationalist gangs led by an Orthodox priest while police looked on.
“We have the legal right to organize the Pride March and the state has the legal obligation to secure it,” said Boban Stojanovic of the Queeria gay rights group.
“The risk always exists, not only here. We cannot postpone it from one year to another, living in fear of a handful of extremists,” he told Serbia Today in an interview on Thursday. “There are just 80 to 100 of those in Belgrade, who come to each public event to make a trouble.”
Serbia’s authorities, which in previous years were not eager to get involved in the issue, are now making encouraging noises suggesting a shift in the political and social climate.
“Belgrade and Serbia are ready for the Pride Parade,” Serbia’s Human and Minority Rights Minister Svetozar Ciplic said last month. “In essence, that is one of the moments that will identify Serbia as a country ready to respect and tolerate differences.”
The government will not take part in organisation or promotion of the gay parade, but will offer a political and moral support, he said.
Unofficial studies suggest an estimated 600,000 homosexuals live in Serbia, making them one of the country’s largest minorities, albeit the most silent. In comparison, some 300,000 ethnic Hungarians and 135,000 Bosniaks have their own parties and MPs representing them in parliament.
Thomas Hammarberg, the human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe, said in a report last year that gay men and women are one of three most discriminated groups in Serbia’s society, along with Roma and people with disabilities.
“The notion of rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons is in its infancy in Serbia, and safe, open discussion on the issues remains taboo,” Hammarberg wrote. "They remain victims of discrimination, prejudice and intolerance.”
Seventy percent of Serbs consider homosexuality as a disease and only 38 percent see gay individuals as “the same human beings as we are”, showed a survey conducted in 2008 by the key gay advocacy group Gay-Straight Alliance and the independent monitoring and polling organization Center for Free Elections and Democracy.
Lagging 18 years behind the World Health Organization, the Serbian Medical Society declared homosexuality was not an illness only last year.
“Serbia is a homophobic society with systematic violence and discrimination against LGBT individuals”, reads a report on the survey, according to which 67 percent of Serbs has a negative stand towards gay people. One in two Serbs believes that homosexuality is very dangerous for society and feels the state should work on its suppression.
Psychologist Zarko Trebjesanin says there are many factors influencing homophobia, including the closed society of the 1990s, as well as family, school, media and books and movies that offer stereotypes. Aggression against homosexuals, he said, might even increase as the economic crisis takes hold, since dissatisfaction in people will rise and they will look for “a victim” they can direct their anger to.
With some polls showing that still one fourth of the population is in favour of violence against gay people, and following threats by nationalist gangs, organizers of the Belgrade Pride decided to get first a liability study with detailed security recommendations that will be worked out together with police to avoid any incidents.
Although justified by the facts on the ground, this level of care seems odd to those who remember the freer gay scene in Belgrade in the 1990s. As the capital of the former Yugoslavia, Belgrade was more liberal and tolerant, a center of free thought and an oasis for those who were different and felt stifled in their towns and villages. Many gay people from Skopje, Sarajevo and Podgorica moved to Belgrade, seeking less restricted lives in the relative anonymity of the capital.
“I felt free at that time. Although meeting places were not official, everybody knew about them, and there was no fear that someone would kill you. Belgrade was Mecca for gays from all over the ex-Yugoslavia,” Cedomir, 47, told Serbia Today. “Today, the aggressiveness of those kids is such that you have almost no wish to leave home.”
But as Yugoslavia broke up, wars stoked a new obsession with national identity. Combined with the revival of religion and patriarchy after 50 years of socialism, the influx of ethnic Serb refugees from less developed parts of ex-Yugoslavia shifted Serbian society towards a rigid nationalism and conservatism.
“Today, to be a Serb means to be Orthodox and heterosexual,” Stojanovic says. “The macho warrior culture of 1990’s is the root of Serbia’s homophobia today.”
The country’s first legal document explicitly banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was passed this year, part of a set of anti-discrimination laws needed to move forward on the path towards the much-coveted European Union membership.
“Harming those who do not harm anyone else has no excuse either in law or in ethics,” said human rights ombudsman Sasa Jankovic. “The protection of the right to express differences, including sexual ones, is the business of all of us.”
FC Buducnost Winner of the Palisade Trophy
By Bojana Jankovic
Uzice, July 02 (SerbiaToday) - FC Buducnost is the winner of the First International Football Tournament “Palisad Trophy 2009”.
The Palisad Trophy has been born out of desire of young people of Zlatibor Region to have a regular annual football tournament that will perpetuate and propagate the tradition of the football success in the region.
It has been organized by the Palisad Hotel and with the support of Chajetina Tourist Organization. The tournament lasted from June 25- 28 and the games were played at the playing-field of the hotels Shvajcarija and Palisad next to the lake, and when the weather was bad, at the closed playing-field in the village Kremna.
All teams were divided in two groups: group Palisad and group Zlatibor. In the first group were the following teams: FK Buducnost from Podgorica (Montenegro), FK Jagodina from Jagodina (Serbia) and FK Modrica Maxima from Modrica (Bosnia and Herzegovina). In the second group were: FK Sutjeska from Niksic (Montenegro), FK Sevojno from Uzice (Serbia) and FK Macedonia Đorche Petrov from Skopje (Macedonia).
The winners of the groups and the finalists of the Tournament were FC Buducnost and FC Sutjeska. Although the score was 1:1, total points difference decided the winner.
After end of the final match and the announcement of the winner, three more prizes were awarded. For the best players of the tournament, the expert jury declared Bulatovic Darko from FC Sutjeska from Niksic (Montenegro). The award for the best scorer went to a player from the same team, Adrovic Damir (two scores). The award for the youngest player of the Tournament went to Siljanovski Goran, from the team FC Macedonia Djorche Petrov from Skopje (Macedonia),
Although the weather was bad, the teams presented a good game, showed tolerance and endurance. The Tournament organizers were pleased with the game performances, and expressed their willingness to meet again on a Second International Soccer Tournament “Palisad Trophy 2010 “ Zlatibor, to be held next year at the same time and place.
Uzice, July 02 (SerbiaToday) - FC Buducnost is the winner of the First International Football Tournament “Palisad Trophy 2009”.
The Palisad Trophy has been born out of desire of young people of Zlatibor Region to have a regular annual football tournament that will perpetuate and propagate the tradition of the football success in the region.
It has been organized by the Palisad Hotel and with the support of Chajetina Tourist Organization. The tournament lasted from June 25- 28 and the games were played at the playing-field of the hotels Shvajcarija and Palisad next to the lake, and when the weather was bad, at the closed playing-field in the village Kremna.
All teams were divided in two groups: group Palisad and group Zlatibor. In the first group were the following teams: FK Buducnost from Podgorica (Montenegro), FK Jagodina from Jagodina (Serbia) and FK Modrica Maxima from Modrica (Bosnia and Herzegovina). In the second group were: FK Sutjeska from Niksic (Montenegro), FK Sevojno from Uzice (Serbia) and FK Macedonia Đorche Petrov from Skopje (Macedonia).
The winners of the groups and the finalists of the Tournament were FC Buducnost and FC Sutjeska. Although the score was 1:1, total points difference decided the winner.
After end of the final match and the announcement of the winner, three more prizes were awarded. For the best players of the tournament, the expert jury declared Bulatovic Darko from FC Sutjeska from Niksic (Montenegro). The award for the best scorer went to a player from the same team, Adrovic Damir (two scores). The award for the youngest player of the Tournament went to Siljanovski Goran, from the team FC Macedonia Djorche Petrov from Skopje (Macedonia),
Although the weather was bad, the teams presented a good game, showed tolerance and endurance. The Tournament organizers were pleased with the game performances, and expressed their willingness to meet again on a Second International Soccer Tournament “Palisad Trophy 2010 “ Zlatibor, to be held next year at the same time and place.
Summertime in Uzice
By Bojana Jankovic
Uzice, July 02 ( Serbia Today) - Situated in the western part of Serbia, under the mountain of Zlatibor, is a city that has plenty of warmth and joy. Uzice, a city that has a big heart, tries to offer to its citizens something that no one else can.
Especially when Summer arrives and says that it is time for new combinations in clothing, new words, and songs ... a time for brighter views of the world, and brighter smiles. Especially young people, who do not want to lose time listening to the stories from the past, or of the global economic crisis, which now occupies the first place on the top list of all radio and TV stations, or about what will be in the future.
Young people in Uzice have dreams, as well as young people all over Serbia, as well as young people all over the world. They are all guided by the same dreams, but they all take a different road ...
However, the youth doesn’t allow them to merge with the everyday life. They are struggling to slow down the rhythm of light, all those beautiful moments that only Summer can provide. During the summer time, they go to the city beach, enjoy all the beauties of the river Djetinja, using solar rays to color their skin so in the evening they would look divine in white, or some other light colored dress combinations. They want to look worldly fashionable. Those who don’t find themselves in river’s pleasures, have the opportunity to enter the waters of an open Olympic pool in Sevojno, 6 km away from Uzice.
Young people from Uzice, with adventurous spirit, go to the lake Vrutci (near Uzice, on the road to the village of Kremna, known by the prophets Tarabic) or on the lake Perućac, that people like to call, “ the paradise on earth”. This lake was created in the construction of a hydroelectric power plant, and spreads all the way to Visegrad.
Many people from this city, especially those who belong to the younger generations, go to Zlatibor to breathe fresh mountain air, to touch the sun rays, which, it seems, are different here from anywhere else. And beyond everything is- water – hotel’s swimming pools provide a feeling of peace and purity, happiness and relaxation, and socializing with young people from other cities of Serbia, and the world.
The thrills and adventures seekers can fulfill their needs at the Zlatibor’s lake. In recent times, only 2 kilometers from the main road Zlatibor - Uzice, on the way to Mokra Gora, in Braneshci, youth enjoy in the natural beauties of the ”Jokino vrelo”, which includes beaches, sport fishing, local domestic restaurant, and for those who want to spend several days, few bungalows.
If the weather doesn’t permit all this magic, if rain deluge all the desires for sunny days, the young population of Uzice spend their beautiful moments in the city cafes. In the center of the city, at the Square Partizan, the cafes Zicer, Absolute and the Millennium are full of young people, as well as Quattro, located just 5 minutes walk from the Square.
For those who prefer a more peaceful version of entertainment, who want to separate from inquisitive looks, or just yearn to go back in times past- to the time when love was priority in life, at the time when the train connected people- they can have their place on the shore of the river Djetinja. They can have their own railway wagon “Vagone Ristorante”, which in addition to the current refreshing drinks offers excellent Italian food.
Anyway, whatever kind of weather is in Uzice, its youth prefer the evening hours. Those are the outings that one should not miss and that last from 11 PM to 02 AM, and from time to time could be extended for one more hour. In a dance club “Face”, ten minutes away from the town center, every Friday the youth can spend time listening to the summer hits of student parties, while on Wednesdays and Fridays, they have the opportunity to sing along with this year's Stars of Grand Production (the Serbian recording studio). And then, next to the public parking lot, there is a night club “The Club”, which offers something a little different; it offers challenges that young people can not refuse - cocktails every Friday, and on Saturday theme parties with the commercial house music of DJ Krchmar.
For those who don’t like crowds, who are fans of true and quality live music, they can spend every Friday and Saturday, in the Vagone Ristorante, where an excellent musician and singer Sheky is rising the atmosphere to the highest level.
Only ten steps away, there is a dance club Skala, for those who like ''turbo and gale''. Every Friday are held school parties, on Saturdays the youth can enjoy in the full glory of excellent music selections of the DJ Honey and DJ Arsa. At the cocktail parties every Tuesday, there is only a little older generation, as well as on Thursdays, when visiting bands from Uzice, Belgrade, Novi Sad and other Serbian cities are present.
If we pass over the bridge, we come to the biggest dance club in the city, the Club 208, the club for all ages and tastes ... On Fridays gather there all those who love to hear the live music of the pop stars, and on Saturdays gather the fans of true DJ parties. This is not end of youth partying time ... if we skip few years ... we will jump at that border between youth and mature age ... and right into the cafe Quattro ... where every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, there is a live rock music. Of course, in Uzice there are a lot of bars where the youth gather, but they are generally selected groups, which sometimes like to see something new and try to bring some change in their ordinary night life.
And the end, go a few steps back ... Do the hits on the radio and TV stations have their place in Uzice, especially among young people, who want much more from life? It doesn’t seem so. It seems that the summer took away all the concerns that worried people during the winter days.
But, it is not the case with the young population. Still, how can they live, how can they have fun in the middle of the world economic crisis, which is the saddest hit of year? One thing is sure. Whenever we asked them that question, they denied us an answer. They manage. They manage it somehow. They transform one dinar into two. They live by this theory, because different ones are at their hand range, and so little is needed to be completely happy. Serbia is a wonderland, and Uzice ... even more interesting.
Despite all the maneuvering, the youth always wins. Uzice rewards persistence, a brave heart, a happy soul and optimism. The First award is Life- a quality life.
Uzice, July 02 ( Serbia Today) - Situated in the western part of Serbia, under the mountain of Zlatibor, is a city that has plenty of warmth and joy. Uzice, a city that has a big heart, tries to offer to its citizens something that no one else can.
Especially when Summer arrives and says that it is time for new combinations in clothing, new words, and songs ... a time for brighter views of the world, and brighter smiles. Especially young people, who do not want to lose time listening to the stories from the past, or of the global economic crisis, which now occupies the first place on the top list of all radio and TV stations, or about what will be in the future.
Young people in Uzice have dreams, as well as young people all over Serbia, as well as young people all over the world. They are all guided by the same dreams, but they all take a different road ...
However, the youth doesn’t allow them to merge with the everyday life. They are struggling to slow down the rhythm of light, all those beautiful moments that only Summer can provide. During the summer time, they go to the city beach, enjoy all the beauties of the river Djetinja, using solar rays to color their skin so in the evening they would look divine in white, or some other light colored dress combinations. They want to look worldly fashionable. Those who don’t find themselves in river’s pleasures, have the opportunity to enter the waters of an open Olympic pool in Sevojno, 6 km away from Uzice.
Young people from Uzice, with adventurous spirit, go to the lake Vrutci (near Uzice, on the road to the village of Kremna, known by the prophets Tarabic) or on the lake Perućac, that people like to call, “ the paradise on earth”. This lake was created in the construction of a hydroelectric power plant, and spreads all the way to Visegrad.
Many people from this city, especially those who belong to the younger generations, go to Zlatibor to breathe fresh mountain air, to touch the sun rays, which, it seems, are different here from anywhere else. And beyond everything is- water – hotel’s swimming pools provide a feeling of peace and purity, happiness and relaxation, and socializing with young people from other cities of Serbia, and the world.
The thrills and adventures seekers can fulfill their needs at the Zlatibor’s lake. In recent times, only 2 kilometers from the main road Zlatibor - Uzice, on the way to Mokra Gora, in Braneshci, youth enjoy in the natural beauties of the ”Jokino vrelo”, which includes beaches, sport fishing, local domestic restaurant, and for those who want to spend several days, few bungalows.
If the weather doesn’t permit all this magic, if rain deluge all the desires for sunny days, the young population of Uzice spend their beautiful moments in the city cafes. In the center of the city, at the Square Partizan, the cafes Zicer, Absolute and the Millennium are full of young people, as well as Quattro, located just 5 minutes walk from the Square.
For those who prefer a more peaceful version of entertainment, who want to separate from inquisitive looks, or just yearn to go back in times past- to the time when love was priority in life, at the time when the train connected people- they can have their place on the shore of the river Djetinja. They can have their own railway wagon “Vagone Ristorante”, which in addition to the current refreshing drinks offers excellent Italian food.
Anyway, whatever kind of weather is in Uzice, its youth prefer the evening hours. Those are the outings that one should not miss and that last from 11 PM to 02 AM, and from time to time could be extended for one more hour. In a dance club “Face”, ten minutes away from the town center, every Friday the youth can spend time listening to the summer hits of student parties, while on Wednesdays and Fridays, they have the opportunity to sing along with this year's Stars of Grand Production (the Serbian recording studio). And then, next to the public parking lot, there is a night club “The Club”, which offers something a little different; it offers challenges that young people can not refuse - cocktails every Friday, and on Saturday theme parties with the commercial house music of DJ Krchmar.
For those who don’t like crowds, who are fans of true and quality live music, they can spend every Friday and Saturday, in the Vagone Ristorante, where an excellent musician and singer Sheky is rising the atmosphere to the highest level.
Only ten steps away, there is a dance club Skala, for those who like ''turbo and gale''. Every Friday are held school parties, on Saturdays the youth can enjoy in the full glory of excellent music selections of the DJ Honey and DJ Arsa. At the cocktail parties every Tuesday, there is only a little older generation, as well as on Thursdays, when visiting bands from Uzice, Belgrade, Novi Sad and other Serbian cities are present.
If we pass over the bridge, we come to the biggest dance club in the city, the Club 208, the club for all ages and tastes ... On Fridays gather there all those who love to hear the live music of the pop stars, and on Saturdays gather the fans of true DJ parties. This is not end of youth partying time ... if we skip few years ... we will jump at that border between youth and mature age ... and right into the cafe Quattro ... where every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, there is a live rock music. Of course, in Uzice there are a lot of bars where the youth gather, but they are generally selected groups, which sometimes like to see something new and try to bring some change in their ordinary night life.
And the end, go a few steps back ... Do the hits on the radio and TV stations have their place in Uzice, especially among young people, who want much more from life? It doesn’t seem so. It seems that the summer took away all the concerns that worried people during the winter days.
But, it is not the case with the young population. Still, how can they live, how can they have fun in the middle of the world economic crisis, which is the saddest hit of year? One thing is sure. Whenever we asked them that question, they denied us an answer. They manage. They manage it somehow. They transform one dinar into two. They live by this theory, because different ones are at their hand range, and so little is needed to be completely happy. Serbia is a wonderland, and Uzice ... even more interesting.
Despite all the maneuvering, the youth always wins. Uzice rewards persistence, a brave heart, a happy soul and optimism. The First award is Life- a quality life.
Summer's Hot Spot - Apatin
Apatin, July 06, (Serbia Today) - Apatin Fisherman Nights is the annual Festival held for the 46th time this year, from July 1 -July 5. Officially opened by Apatin’s Mayor, the festival was organized as a number of sport, music and cultural events for children and adults.
One of the most attractive events was electronic beach party on the banks of Danube where few DJs from Belgrade, Novi Sad and Sombor performed, as well as a band from Paris - Loulou Djine. Their music is mixture of French gypsy guitar, gypsy and classical violin, double bass originating in the Balkans and Slavic accordion.
The absolutely most visited event was a gathering of motorbikes near the river canal. This moto- bike show was included in Apatin Fisherman Nights for the fourth time. Guests came all the way from Macedonia, Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and from all parts of Serbia.
According to Dejanovic Sreto, the president of Moto Club “Panther” from Apatin, approximately 800 motor bikers were present. He also said that last year, during a concert of Croatian band Wild Strawberries, they had around 5000 visitors.
This years main attraction was Orthodox Celts, a well known Serbian band. With their popular sound of Irish folk music, they attracted a big number of people.
During Fisherman Nights, caravan of old-timers cars passed through Apatin. Citizens of Sombor, Backi Monostor and Subotica also had an opportunity to see these old cars, produced in a period of 1920 - 1975. Participants in this caravan were from Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Serbia.
One of the most attractive events was electronic beach party on the banks of Danube where few DJs from Belgrade, Novi Sad and Sombor performed, as well as a band from Paris - Loulou Djine. Their music is mixture of French gypsy guitar, gypsy and classical violin, double bass originating in the Balkans and Slavic accordion.
The absolutely most visited event was a gathering of motorbikes near the river canal. This moto- bike show was included in Apatin Fisherman Nights for the fourth time. Guests came all the way from Macedonia, Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and from all parts of Serbia.
According to Dejanovic Sreto, the president of Moto Club “Panther” from Apatin, approximately 800 motor bikers were present. He also said that last year, during a concert of Croatian band Wild Strawberries, they had around 5000 visitors.
This years main attraction was Orthodox Celts, a well known Serbian band. With their popular sound of Irish folk music, they attracted a big number of people.
During Fisherman Nights, caravan of old-timers cars passed through Apatin. Citizens of Sombor, Backi Monostor and Subotica also had an opportunity to see these old cars, produced in a period of 1920 - 1975. Participants in this caravan were from Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Serbia.
Fish Fest - Belgrade '09
By Una Zabunov
Belgrade, June 30 ( Serbia Today)- The smell of fish soup was extended at the mouth of two rivers Danube and Sava for three days. Fish-fest, the event that celebrates the river, fish, music, friendship and good mood, was held from 26 to 28 June near the Nebojsa’s Tower in Belgrade.
Organizers of event were: Association “The Danube at Heart”, Restaurant “Vodenica”, Belgrade Association of Chefs of Mediterranean and European Regions.
The main events of the Fest were very rich music program and competition in the cooking fish soup. The second day of the festival was most visited.
Famous Serbian ethno-singer Luis held a concert for his fans in front of the “Vodenica” restaurant. He sang his popular songs such as:” Do not scold me, do not rebuke me, mother”, “Duda”, “Gypsy dream” etc.
The visitors really enjoyed their fish meals. That night, many celebrities were part of the competition in fish soup and fish stew cooking. The taste of fish, colour of soup and appearance were rated.
Luis was competitor, too. He won the third place. Politika’s journalists made the best fish soup. Saša Orlović,Vladimir Trumić, Boško Tanasković and Saša Lale were in the team of Serbian daily newspapers “Politka”. Saša said for Serbia Today that his team participated for the first time in the competition and that they really were the best cooks that night.
Belgrade, June 30 ( Serbia Today)- The smell of fish soup was extended at the mouth of two rivers Danube and Sava for three days. Fish-fest, the event that celebrates the river, fish, music, friendship and good mood, was held from 26 to 28 June near the Nebojsa’s Tower in Belgrade.
Organizers of event were: Association “The Danube at Heart”, Restaurant “Vodenica”, Belgrade Association of Chefs of Mediterranean and European Regions.
The main events of the Fest were very rich music program and competition in the cooking fish soup. The second day of the festival was most visited.
Famous Serbian ethno-singer Luis held a concert for his fans in front of the “Vodenica” restaurant. He sang his popular songs such as:” Do not scold me, do not rebuke me, mother”, “Duda”, “Gypsy dream” etc.
The visitors really enjoyed their fish meals. That night, many celebrities were part of the competition in fish soup and fish stew cooking. The taste of fish, colour of soup and appearance were rated.
Luis was competitor, too. He won the third place. Politika’s journalists made the best fish soup. Saša Orlović,Vladimir Trumić, Boško Tanasković and Saša Lale were in the team of Serbian daily newspapers “Politka”. Saša said for Serbia Today that his team participated for the first time in the competition and that they really were the best cooks that night.
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