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From student
revolt to
world
festival

Nineties team returns to


Serbia under PM Dai

The Socialists and


Progressives, who
shared power in
the 1990s, when
the Progressives
members were
Radicals, are back
in office but have
they changed heart
since then?

Former Miloevi friends and allies to form new Serbian government.

life, work for social equality and fight


crime and corruption.
Regarding these common goals,
I accept the responsibility to lead a
new government. There will be no
return to the nineties; Im not interested in a Greater Serbia, but rather in the present and future of the
country, Dai said on June 28th,
adding that he will also talk to some
other parties about perhaps joining
the coalition.

Dai, Interior Minister and deputy


PM in the last Democrat-led coalition,
emerged as kingmaker after the May
general elections, following a stronger
than expected showing in the results
that also saw the Democrats weakened.
He is expected to be Prime Minister in a government composed of
Progressives, Socialists and the United
Regions of Serbia. He may also keep
the Interior Ministry.
A source in the Democrats told

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police in Novi Grad municipality


in 1992.
If I shoot the child, I kill the mother too because the murder of her child
is her death as well, he added.
Many others made similar chilling boasts, saying they killed mothers, children and elderly people

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during the siege of the Bosnian


capital.
But now, 17 years after the war,
such voices have gone silent and
few want to talk about what they
did in those years, though some
talk discretely to doctors of their
guilty consciences.

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Others, however, psychologically


speaking, remain completely untroubled by their deeds.
Not one former sniper has been
convicted in a court for what they
have done.

he dilemma between
austerity and stimulus
dividing world leaders has become a hot
topic in Serbia, as postelection talks between political parties
gain momentum.
Some leading domestic economists
are warning the next government that
if it doesnt cut the deficit and stop the
growth in public debt, Serbia will face
a serious debt crisis of its own.
By the end of March, public debt
reached 14.6 billion or 51.1 per
cent of GDP. The rise is being driven
mostly by the high fiscal deficit and
increased costs of guarantees issued
for state-owned enterprises.
In contrast, just four years ago total
public debt stood at 8.8 billion almost half the present figure.
Increasing indebtedness is reflected
in the state budget, too. The proportion of public money dedicated to servicing interest on loans rose by more
than 70 per cent over last three years,
from 35 billion dinar [306 million] to
60 billion [524 million].
The principals, on the other hand, are
financed mostly through new borrowing.
In the second half of this year the
government will need to borrow
around 221 billion dinar [1.9 billion] to finance the budget deficit and

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BIRN that once it became obvious


that Dai was switching preference
towards the Progressives as partners,
Boris Tadi, the party president, proposed that the Democrats should go
into opposition.
The decision emerged at a meeting
of Democratic Party seniors on June
26th. Everyone agreed with his proposal, the source said.
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problems in proving snipers responsibility for peoples deaths mean that not one has been
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fter 50 days of closeddoors negotiations between all key players,
the party once led by
Slobodan Miloevi has
formed a new government with the
Serbian Progressive Party as its main
partner, while the former governing
Democrats head into opposition.
President Tomislav Nikoli, himself
a Progressive, gave the mandate to the
leader of the Socialists, Ivica Dai, to
form a government on June 28th. It
now remains to be seen who will take
which ministry, though some names
have already resurfaced.
The manifest tasks of the new government will be to defend Serbian interests, maintain the EU integration
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Nineties team returns to Serbia under PM Dai

Stalwart politician Mlaan Dinki will once again nd himself in power, this time under the parties he helped to oust on October 5th 2000.

Tadi also asked Dragan ilas,


Democrat Mayor of Belgrade, to
withdraw from his municipal coalition with the Socialists that had already been formalised.
Tadi wanted Democrats to go into
opposition at all levels of government
except in the province of Vojvodina.
The same source said ilas refused
the request. Democrats remain strong
in the capital, having won 50 of the
110 seats in the Belgrade assembly.
On June 27th, before the deal between the Progressives and the Socialists became official, senior Socialist
member edomir Anti said the City

of Belgrade coalition would not be


changed regardless of which parties
the Socialists formed a national government with.
Democratic Party president Tadi
said on June 28th that his party is yet
to decide what will happen with coalition agreements in local governments.
The post of Belgrade mayor is seen
as one of the most important and
most powerful posts in the country
after that of prime minister.
A potential change of arrangements
in Belgrade could, thus, also affect the
new future ministerial line-up, as the
parties would then have to decide who

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to post to government and who to


the City of Belgrade.

Old team has second


innings
The composition of the new government will be a case of distinct dj
vu for some. This is because the Socialists and Progressives, when they
were still part of the Radical Party,
ruled Serbia together under Slobodan Miloevi back in the 1990s.
Opinion is divided over how much
these parties have changed since then
and on whether such a government
can last.
The May elections saw the Progressives win 73 of the 250 seats in parliament, while the Democrats came
second with 67 and the Socialists
third with 44. The Liberals secured
19 seats and United Regions 16.
Although a coalition deal between the Democrats and Socialists
was put in place after the elections,
which was to have included edomir
Jovanovis Liberals, talks between
them faltered after Tadi lost to
Nikoli in the May 20th presidential
run-off.
Tadi said on June 28th that the
problem with the agreement was the
fact that Dai requested the position of prime minister, which the

i accept the
responsibility
to lead a new
government.
There will be
no return to
the nineties;
im not
interested
in a greater
Serbia, but
rather in the
present and
future of the
country.
Ivica Dai

Democrats refused. However, on the


same day Dai stated that he never
asked to be prime minister and that
it was not a condition for forming a
coalition with the Democrats.
Another major problem with the
Democrat-led government concerned
the third partner that the Socialists
and Democrats required in order to
gain a parliamentary majority.
Dai would not agree to a government with the Liberals alone and insisted on a fourth party, the United Regions of Serbia, URS, joining as well.
But Mlaan Dinkis URS became
an insoluble problem for the Democrats, as personal relations between
Tadi and Dinki had long been damaged beyond repair.
The Progressives decision to offer the
Socialists the PMs post was an astute
move, as Dai felt he could not refuse.
Both the Progressives and Socialists
have moved on in the last decade. After
Socialists leader Miloevi died while
on trial for war crimes in 2006, Dai
began modernising the party and putting its nationalist past behind it.
The party distanced itself from
the politics of the Miloevi era and
backed Serbias EU integration efforts.
The Progressives, meanwhile, were
formed in October 2008 after a split
in the ranks of the ultra-nationalist
Serbian Radical Party.
Nikoli broke with the Radical
leader Vojislav eelj [on trial in The
Hague] over Nikolis call for the Radicals to moderate their nationalist image a little and embrace the EU.
Over time the party has become
more EU-orientated and, thus, closer
to the Democrats in terms of its policy
profile.
An EU delegation to Belgrade told
BIRN that for Brussels it is most important that a government is formed
as soon as possible, so that it can start
dealing with the difficult economic
situation and continue working on
reforms and EU integration.
We have no doubts of the pro-European orientation of the new government. We had good cooperation with
Dai while he was Interior Minister
and we hope to continue it, a member of the delegation told BIRN.
However, some Serbs remember
Nikoli past statements, such as that
he felt no sorrow for some of the victims of the regime of Miloevi. Some
also recall that Dai, as a spokesperson of the Socialists in the Nineties,
was once one of the public faces of the
Miloevi regime.
Sonja Biserko, of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of Serbia,
says Serbia cannot be confident of what
to expect from the new-old team.
Nikolis win in the presidential
elections surprised us, but that is our
reality and this government is a natural product of that reality, she said.

These are the same people who


ruled Serbia during the Nineties and
they are back now, she added.
I expect the Socialists to dominate
that government, as the Progressives
dont have people capable of leading
the country. But we cant know what
to expect from them. We know what
they did in the past, but we dont know
what they want now, Biserko said.

Major changes
unlikely
Miljenko Dereta, head of NGO
Civic Initiatives, believes the new government wont last long, but that it
may retard Serbias reform process and
EU integration.
This will be a short-lived government that will not deal with any important issues, Dereta predicted. I
think its main goal is just to further
weaken the Democratic Party.
Bosko Jaki, foreign policy expert,
said the new government will do what
its members promised during the election campaign work on the EU integration and lift the on-off talks with
breakaway Kosovo to a higher level.
Dejan Vuk Stankovi, a political
analyst, doubts any dramatic changes
will follow the formation of the new
government.
Recent years showed that there are
no major ideological differences between the parties in Serbia, he said.
This government will stay on the
same course as the previous one. Serbia may shift bit more towards Russia
in international relations, but it wont
be a radical twist, he added.
When it comes to relations with
the region, we cannot expect the
Progressives or the Socialists to make
symbolic gestures, as Tadi did, when
he visited Vukovar and Srebrenica,

but they will not provoke Serbias


neighbours, Stankovi continued.
For Stankovi, the coalition between the Socialists and Progressives
came as no surprise.
It might have surprised some, but
only because the media created a perception that Tadi will be the next

These are
the same
people who
ruled Serbia
during the
nineties and
they are back
now.
Sonja Biserko, Helsinki
Committee for Human
Rights of Serbia
prime minister. But this option was as
realistic as any other, he said.
The elections clearly showed the
Democrats had lost support and Tadi
then lost his authority over the Socialists.
Neven Cvetianin, from Belgrades
Institute of Social Sciences, says economic policy will not change under
the new team either.
The key issue for Serbia is the
economy and Mlaan Dinki will
have the final say about it, as he has in
almost all previous governments since
2000, he said.
The man who led the countrys
economy so far will keep doing it I
dont see how anything could change,
he added.

Cabinet Line-up

reliminary talks between


Socialists and Progressives
have led to speculation on
who might take the ministerial posts.
However, BIRN sources say this is
just a preliminary line-up and changes
may happen in the following days.
So far, Dai may be Prime Minister and Interior Minister.
Aleksandar Vui, vice president
of the Progressives, could be Deputy
Prime Minister in charge of EU integration.
This would be Vuis second term
in government. In 1998 he was Minister of Information in a government
of the Radicals and the Socialist Party,
then led by Slobodan Miloevi.
Jorgovanka Tabakovi of the Progressives is mentioned as a potential
Finance Minister. She served in government in 1998 as a Privatisation
Minister.
Mlaan Dinki of United Regions
would get Economy, the same ministry his party has controlled for the
past four years.
After the fall of the Miloevi regime in 2000, Dinki headed the
Yugoslav National Bank, its youngest
governor in history. Dinki has been
part of every government since then as
Economy or Finance Minister.
Slavica uki Dejanovi, of the Socialists, speaker of the parliament since
2008, may get Health, while Velimir Ili
could get Agriculture and Planning.
Ili was Minister of Capital Investments from 2004 to 2007 and In-

frastructure Minister from 2007 to


2008. He is well known for his controversial antics. In 2003 he kicked a
journalist in an interview. After the riots in Belgrade that followed Kosovos
declaration of independence in 2008,
Ili appeared to endorse the attacks
on foreign embassies, saying that,
Breaking windows is also [part of ]
democracy.
Milutin Mrkonji of the Socialists
will remain Infrastructure Minister
and arko Obradovi of the Socialists
will remain in Education.
Suzana Grubjei, vice-president of
the URS, might be Foreign Minister.
Grubjei had been a party whip in
parliament since 2007 and heads Serbias delegation to the Parliamentary
Assembly of the OSCE.
Vladimir Cvijan of the Progressives
is mentioned as a new Justice Minister. He was in President Tadis cabinet from 2005 to 2010 as legal affairs
adviser.
In his resignation letter, Cvijan
wrote that he was leaving cabinet because of badly conducted justice reforms and corruption in the election
of judges and prosecutors.
A potential Defence Minister is
Borislav Pelevi of the Progressives.
During the wars of the Nineties Pelevi was a commander of the
paramilitary formation known as the
Tigers. The Hague Tribunal, ICTY,
charged the Tigers chief, eljko
Ranatovi Arkan, with war crimes
in Croatia and Bosnia. Arkan was
murdered in 2000 in Belgrade.

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Belgrade

Chris Farmer

hen the hot sun is beating


down on you, what could be
better than steaming hot cevapi? This
is from the same people that brought
us No Ice, Please, Well Be Sick.
Although this is hardly a place to
go on about what we should be eating in hot weather (I will leave that
to the health columnists, wherever
they are hiding these days), there is
something odd I find in seeing all
of the heavy, hot, indigestible foods
being advertised when the sun
comes up.
Hot food, hot soup, heavy beans,
heavy on the grease.
I know that the vast majority of
people are NOT actually choosing
these items from Belgrade menus in
these hot, sweltering days, but I just
find it a situational irony to see them
being touted and promoted and
pushed from nearly every restaurant
I pass. It is like being offered a tall,
cool, refreshing glass of mayonnaise
This is a predominantly carnivorous culture, most will agree. We like
our meat. We like it grilled, roasted,
boiled or however it comes. We
like it more than we like vegetables
(excluding cabbage apparently). We
like it so much that when the summer comes rolling (roiling?) around,
we find ourselves at sixes and sevens
about what to choose for lunch.
Salad? Salad never seems to
count at a restaurant as a full meal.
Moreover, men ordering a salad
only are often met with inquisitively
raised eyebrows or (in select places)
derogatory tirades and questions as
to ones parentage.
Cold soups have not really caught
on here either. Only last week I was
served a piping hot bowl of gazpacho. When I noted that this was
meant by its Spanish inventors to be
a cold tomato soup, I got a chuckle
in return.
They have no stoves in Spain? WE
have a good one. True story.
The baffling glass of warm water is
another strange one that I have not
got my head around yet, although I
have been circling it for a decade already. Ice water, or even just regular
COLD water, seems to be as frightening to many here as the dreaded
cross-breeze. The mere thought of a
draught running through the room
is enough to send the most stalwart
running for the warm water.
The restriction on drinking cold
water always seems to focus on the
sore throat. We are afraid that putting something cold in our throats
when it is hot outside will create
a thermal imbalance in our necks.
Better hot tea or tepid sodas and
juices to achieve the proper internal/
external balance. I cannot believe I
wrote that last sentence. Somebody
shoot me.
And yet (pause for dramatic effect)
we DO eat a lot of ice-cream in the
summer. Go figure.
The answer then to the Whats for
Lunch inquiry in the summertime is,
therefore, winter food. I am not sure
it is the RIGHT answer, but to a great
extent the alternative would be no
food at all.
Christen Bradley Farmer is founder and
president of MACH IV Consulting. Farmer
also regularly shares his observations on
life Serbia in Politika daily, LivingIn Belgrade.com, and in his B92.net VIP blog.

Concert & film bring


old fortress back to life

Friendly advice
for Serbia

New security
measures introduced
on Ada Lake

elgrade authorities increased


the number of police officers
and lifeguards on Ada Lake on
June 25th. All cafes and restaurants
received strict warnings not to
serve alcohol to minors or persons
already intoxicated. Pedal boats
are banned from the lake until the
city conducts controls over their
safety. The new security measures
were introduced after a 13-yearold boy drowned in the lake in
mid-June.

New Belgrade
recycles e-scrap

B
Friend of Serbia calls for mutual trust among political critics.

them before I came here, I knew their


struggles, their political dissent, their
commitment to a better future for all.
Yet, my ties with a few of those very
old and valuable friends here, from the
region, have not outlasted my time
in Belgrade. To be more precise: they
have not outlasted my position here,
because to them I suddenly became a
representative of their counter-world.
One of those friends told me two years
ago that I have now become an official
and that I had to understand this and
learn to behave accordingly. And if I
did not want to understand it, I am
simply an idiot. Even if he was angry,
he meant well with me.
Everyone who has observed from a
relatively short distance what I have
done or attempted to do over the last
three years will know that I never wanted to be an official. And, despite that, I
cannot escape the question of whether
this friend, who was always much
smarter than me, could also have been

elgraders who have old


refrigerators, TVs, computer
or any other electronic waste can
bring it to the front of the New
Belgrade municipality building
[Bulevar Mihaila Pupina 167] on
June 30th and July 1st from 10am
till 6pm. The municipality will
organise recycling.

right in his diagnosis of my idiocy.


At the beginning of my time in Serbia I thought that a country which
already has so many officials does not
need an additional one from Germany.
At the end, I wonder whether a society
in which officials are being rejected so
categorically and fundamentally, often
even despised, could particularly use
the experience of good officials.
At the beginning of my time in Serbia I would often ask critical people
from civic society why they are not part
of politics, sitting in the offices whose
holders they so vehemently criticise.
Of course, such a question seems completely naive once one understands
how, and under which conditions, and
at what price, one usually attains office
in Serbia. But at the end of my time
here, a few representatives of the civic
society actually did run for political office. The majority of those with whom
I have discussed this have interpreted it
in a way that those persons now want

to play along, that they want a piece of


the cake or in a similar way.
This scared me, since it shows that
criticism of the ruling policy threatens
to become, or has already become, a
rejection of politics generally. Because
those who run for political office do not
have the slightest chance of proving that
they will perform well. The fact alone
that they are running renders this person one of those; one of the others.
In a state system which by all means
is worthy of criticism it may sound absurd to affirm that the political per se is
imperfect. I am saying this only to if
you would allow me justify a farewell
plea: a plea for those in Serbia who
criticise politics from our common
perspective to have a little bit more
trust in each other and a little bit more
patience with each other.
Wolfgang Klotz, Director of the Heinrich Bll Foundation- Regional Office
for SOE in Belgrade, 2009-2012

Belgrade launches
levy fees for
dangerous dogs

ince only 79 Belgraders that


own dangerous dog have paid
the tax, the city will start a levy in
July. The annual fee for keeping
dangerous dogs is 30,000 dinars
[260] and 3,150 of the 3,270
Belgraders who own dangerous
dogs are obliged to pay it.

New bus lines to Ada


Lake

BELEFs team of organisers present the festivals programme to press. 

Gordana Andri

Letter to the editor

Taxi cheat
spoils trip

Kalemegdan
becomes a hot
spot for music and
film lovers this
July as the citys
summer festival
puts on a range of
attractions.

e returned to England on
June 5th after five days in
Serbia, our first visit. After spending time seeing the interesting and historic sights of Belgrade,
we visited Zemun - a beautiful little
town with its Millenium Tower - and
decided to see more of the country in
our limited time, by visiting Topola
and Manasija. The majority of people
we met were friendly and helpful. The
country held the prospect of a longer
visit in the future. However, our visit
was spoilt by a taxi cheat. Sadly we
will remember this event, longer than
anything else.
On June 3rd we visited Fridas restaurant by the river. Having walked
downhill, we decided that to return to
our hotel, the excellent Beograd Art
Hotel, on foot, would be too much
for my husband, who is 83 years old.
We paid our restaurant bill at 20:32
hours (the time is clearly printed on
our receipt) and looked at the view
over the river for a while, before getting into a taxi where the line of restaurants ends. The vehicle was clearly
marked Taxi on the roof.
During the journey to Republic
Square I was alarmed to see the meter
spinning violently and randomly during the journey and pointed out to the
driver that this was wrong. However,
when we stopped at Republic Square,
the driver demanded 3,008 dinars.We
said this must be wrong, especially as

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or the life of a foreigner in Serbia is indeed a strange form of


existence and inevitably always
has something voyeurism in it: after
all, a voyeur is someone who adopts a
truly erotic desire for what he sees, but
who must also learn that he can only
see and only observe and will not be
a part of the game that he observes.
Or vice versa: actually, a voyeur first
originates from this experience of only
being allowed to watch. However, like
in an Aesop fable, in the frustration of
his exclusion he tries to convince himself that just watching is better than
truly being part of something anyway.
This attempt at self-deception is what
makes him a voyeur.
Once I was driving to Zagreb and
at the toll station past Dobanovci a
young man in a wheelchair was looking for a ride to the border. He was 33,
came from Valjevo and had returned
from Kosovo in 1999 as a soldier with
paraplegia. Since then, he told me, half
of Serbia is trying to tell him that he is
a hero, while the other half of Serbia
sends him a 33 disability pension per
month. Every four weeks a car arrives
at the border from Switzerland and
brings him a care package from friends
over there. Every four weeks he hitchhikes in his wheelchair from Valjevo
to id to claim the package, but he
has nothing better to do anyway. And
when it rains, a friendly customs officer
at the border keeps the package for him
until he comes.
The voyeur is always close to the obscene. It is obscene to sit next to this
man in the car, to listen to his story
while thinking about my last salary
statement from the German capital.
For a while I thought that I could
rather easily comprehend the situation of all admirable actors of Serbian
civic society. I knew quite a number of

Wild taxis remain an issue in the Serbian capital.

there was obviously a faulty meter and


we had been told the fare should be
about 500-600 dinars, as the journey
was less than fifteen minutes. The driver was quite threatening and the whole
episode was most unpleasant. We do
not speak Serbian and the driver could
not - or would not - listen to our argument. He saw the contents of my husbands wallet and he continued to demand the money. This took all of our
remaining cash. We asked for a receipt,
which was provided but the driver then
sped off too quickly for us to write
down the car registration number.

Walking from Republic Square to


the hotel took about ten minutes and
on arrival at the hotel, at approximately 21:05 hours, the receptionist
appreciated the state of distress my
husband was in and attempted to
contact the company named on the
receipt, but without success. We have
since learned that there is currently a
six-month delay in bringing charges
to court in these cases, which seems
to indicate that this is a severe problem. We have also been told that to
bring charges against the driver, my
husband would have to return to Ser-

he trench behind the


Military Museum in
Belgrades Kalemegdan
fortress will host a range
of concerts and movie screenings as
part of BELEF, the Belgrade Summer Festival, from July 6th to 22nd.
We want to offer Belgraders and
their guests one more reason to visit
Kalemegdan Fortress.
Our aim is to revive Kalemegdan
as a place of gatherings and promote
the cultural treasures of the fortress,
said Neda Kurjaki, spokesperson
of Belgrade Culture Network, the
body organising the events.
Belgrade residents and visitors
will have the chance to hear Dejan
Cuki in concert on July 6th, the
band Negativ on July 7th, and popular Serbian actor Sergej Trifunovi

Photo by ZZ77/Flickr

bia and appear in court.


As a country with an interesting
history, stylish buildings and monuments, beautiful scenery and - for the
most part - charming people, Serbia
has much to offer the tourist looking
for new destinations. Sadly, I doubt if
my husband and I will return as this
episode has cast a shadow over our
short stay there. I would also hesitate
to recommend a visit to Serbia to our
friends, without first warning about
taxi cheats.
Yours faithfully,
Marilyn Barnfield

Hidden Belgrade

hotos of Belgraders taken in the first half of


the 20th century were placed on buildings on
Kralja Petra Street in 2009 as a part of the Belgrade
Summer Festival, BELEF. In the early 20th century,
Belgrade had several photo studios, primarily located
in the city centre. The most popular photographer
of the time was Milan Jovanovi, whose photos are
displayed on Kralja Petra Street and depict regular
Belgraders in their everyday lives.

Photo by Beta

on July 13th.
The following day the fortress will
host bands SevdahBaby and Falmingosi. Rock band Neverne bebe will
perform on July 20th, while several
singers that took part in the Serbian
talent shows I Got Talent and Operation Triumph will perform on
July 21st.
The open-air cinema will screen
six films from July 9th to 11th that
were part of the Belgrade festival of
documentary films, The Magnificent Seven.
Zoran Popovi, director of The
Magnificent Seven, said they had
opted to screen the most developed
genre of documentary film, musical
documentaries.
The summer repertoire at Kalemegdan will include Joshua Atesh
Litles Furious Force of Rhymes,
which was filmed on four continents

and six countries and explores hip


hop as trans-national protest music
in 2010.
Another movie that Belgraders will have a chance to see at the
fortress is Cesar Paes 2000 film
Saudade do Futuro, which is about
migrants from northeast Brazil and
their dreams about the city of Sao
Paulo.
The programme also includes Sonia Herman Dolzs Lagrimas negras,
Jiska Rickels El sonido del bandoneon, Ramon Gielings About Canto
and Ulrich Kochs Regilaul.
Along with documentary films on
music, Belef will also screen four
films on design on July 15th and
16th. Belgraders will have the chance
to watch 43 Columns on Scene in
Bilbao, the animated movies Chico
& Rita, Objectified and the film
Helvetica.

he citys public transport


company, GSP, introduced five
new lines to Ada Lake on June
23rd. New bus lines will go to Ada
Lake from Trg Republike, Zemun,
Konjarnik, Mirijevo and Bezanijska
kosa. The lines will operate from
9am to 9pm.

Belgrade awaits risk


assessment of antimosquito chemicals

he test results of chemicals


that the citys authorities use
to kill mosquitos are expected to
be completed in 2013, while the
complete analysis will be finalised
in 2014. Some of the chemicals
used in Serbia are banned from
use in EU countries.

Gazela Bridge closes


due to control

azela Bridge will be closed for


traffic from 10pm on Saturday,
June 30th until 10am on Sunday,
July 1st, due to control load tests
on the bridges construction.
During those 12 hours, Belgraders
are advised to use Brankov Bridge
or the new Ada Bridge.

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regional

Business

Continued from page 1

Legion of faceless snipers


escape their crimes
On the other hand, a former
sniper shooter of the Special Police
of the Bosnian Interior Ministry,
MUP BiH, said he had the opportunity to shoot at civilians on a
daily basis, but never did so.
We did not shoot at civilians.
We had orders to act as snipers only
when we had to pull out our dead
and wounded civilians and soldiers, he told BIRN, not wishing
to reveal his identity because of his
current employment.
If any snipers shot at will, this
former sniper shooter said he would
have had to write a report, explaining where and why he shot.

Experts say one problem is that


it is almost impossible to prove in
court that a certain sniper killed
someone, even if they were arrested
and gave statements about what
they did.
It was almost impossible to
determine whether someone was
killed by a stray bullet or by a sniper, recalled Dragan Miokovi, former leader of a team of investigators of the Security Services Centre,
CSB, in Sarajevo.
We always tried to determine
the direction of arrival of a bullet,
but we could not determine the exact point from which it was fired,
because of the conditions in which
we were working and the circumstances that then existed in Sarajevo, he added.
According to the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity
and International Law, 53 children
in Sarajevo were killed by sniper
fire during the siege.
The siege of Sarajevo lasted 1,425
days. According to the CSB, more
than 11,000 were killed, of whom
around 1,500 were children aged
under 15.
But the death toll from sniping is
just an estimate, because there were
many cases in which people werewounded by a bullet and, according to records, later died from the
wounds sustained.
Meanwhile, the exact number of
Bosnian Serb snipers who killed civilians during the siege, as well as
the number of snipers on the opposite side, is not known.

Haunted by
victims ghost

Shoot anything
that moves
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in
The Hague, ICTY, sentenced Stanislav Gali in November 2006 to
life imprisonment and three years
later sentenced Dragomir Miloevi
to 29 years in prison for crimes
committed in Sarajevo.
The verdicts confirmed that
Gali and Miloevi waged a campaign of sniping and shelling in Sarajevo, conducted with the primary
purpose of spreading terror among
the civilian population.
Momilo Perii, former Yugoslav
Army Chief of Staff, was sentenced
last year to 27 years by a first-instance verdict, among other things,
for the execution of the campaign
of artillery and mortar shelling and
sniping in Sarajevo.
Radovan Karadi, former President of Republika Srpska, and Ratko Mladi, former Chief of Staff
of the Army of Republika Srpska,
VRS, have been indicted for sniping and spreading terror among the
people of Sarajevo.
Karadi and Mladi, who are indicted for genocide, crimes against
humanity and violations of the
rules and customs of war, are currently on trial before the ICTY.

A brave face in Sarajevo, but snipers made normal life on the citys streets impossible for almost four years.

Presenting its introductory statement at the beginning of Mladis


trial on May 16th, the ICTY Prosecution announced their intention
to interrogate an ex-sniper who will
describe how he received orders to
shoot at anything that moved.
Sniper shooters would target the
weakest member of the family or, in
a group of girls, they would shoot
at the most beautiful one, like it
was something personal in the attacks, said ICTY Prosecutor Dermont Groom, citing an American
fire-fighter who came to Sarajevo
to help his Bosniak colleagues.
They would do whatever would
cause most pain to the survivors,
he added.
Zmaja od Bosne Street, which
stretches alongside the Miljacka in

One night,
I saw the girl
that I killed.
She asked me:
Why did you
do it?. Since
that day, the
ghost of that
innocent girl
visited me
everywhere...
Predrag O.,
former sniper

Photo by Christian Marechal

central Sarajevo, received the nickname Sniper Alley on account of


the number of shootings there.
Sniper fire was also returned
from the area of Sarajevo under
control of the Army of Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
One 19-year-old Bosniak boasted that he used to snipe from the
building of the then Bosnian government towards the neighbourhood of Grbavica, which was under
the control of the Bosnian Serbs.
I would shoot at an old woman,
so that [the Serbian] soldiers would
approach to help her. While they
were pulling out the old woman, I
would liquidate those soldiers, he
said in a statement given midway
through the war to the State Security Service, SDB.

Predrag O., another former


sniper, killed himself in Belgrade
in 2000. First he wrote a farewell
letter, published by the media, in
which he admitted having killed a
nine-year-old girl in August 1992.
I saw civilians. Mainly the elderly and women, who were peeping
cautiously from their houses. It was
calm and they went to the fountain
on the bank of the Miljacka to fill
their water supplies
I caught the face of the girl and
realised that she was smiling, just as
if no madness whatsoever was happening around her ... And then, the
madness suddenly caught me.
You will not do this to me, a
voice from Hell told me, and at
that moment I realised that my finger, as if I couldnt control it, had
come to the trigger and begun to
grip it, Predrag wrote.
Predrag O. tried to return to normal life after the war, but, as he
wrote in a letter, after the murder
of the nine-year-old girl, he never
felt the same.
One night, I saw the girl that
I killed. She asked me: Why did
you do it?. Since that day the
ghost of that innocent girl visited
me everywhere and in every place,
he wrote.
Psychiatrist Senadin Ljubovi
says that he has come across serious psychological problems among
some ex-snipers who have approached him as a result of what
they did in the war.
Over time these pictures begin
to haunt them and they experience significant psychological
disturbances. It is undisputed that
they feel certain guilt because of
what they did, Ljubovi said, adding that former snipers usually do
not talk too much about themselves.
Ljubovi highlights that some
people with horrible minds remain completely free of trauma,
however.
The criminal mind is difficult to
reach. Persons with such minds do
not cooperate enough to be able to
be understood, Ljubovi said.

Continued from page 1

Debt Mountain overshadows


Serbias incoming team

refinance the principal on previously


borrowed loans and issued securities.
According to the 2012 Law on the
Budget, Serbia is entitled to sell up to
1.1 billion in euro-bonds on the international financial market.
According to experts, with no GDP
growth expected for Serbia in 2012,
rising uncertainty in international financial markets and no credible programme for deficit reduction, Serbia
will find it more difficult and more
expensive to repay loans.
The Fiscal Council, an independent
state body for assessing fiscal policy,
has stated that a potential debt crisis
could be avoided if the government
cuts the deficit by 1 billion [from
6.2 to 3 per cent of GDP] in 2013
through a combination of VAT rises,
a pension freeze and cuts to state salaries, subsidies and other expenditures.
It is also crucial that Serbia negotiates a new, binding arrangement with
the IMF to gain more confidence from
the markets, despite the unpopular
measures that the IMF will certainly
demand in return for any more money.

No reason to worry, yet


As yet, concern over the size of the
public debt has not impacted on the
markets, Branko Dreli, director of
Public Debt Administration in the
Ministry of Finance, says.
Up until June, interest in government securities was beyond our expectations, but in June it was more limited - not just because of dinar-euro
volatility, but also because of political
uncertainty, Dreli notes.
Serbias public debt is extremely
vulnerable to exchange rate fluctuations, as more than 80 per cent is denominated in foreign currencies.
Nikola Altiparmakov, member of
the Fiscal Council, explains that for every 10 per cent that the dinar depreciates in relation to the euro, public debt,
[now equivalent to around 50 per cent
of GDP], increases by 4 per cent.
As most new debt is created on the
local market, the Ministry of Finance
and the National Bank of Serbia have
agreed a Dinarisation Strategy.
This involves the issue of government securities denominated in the
national currency, while the Public
Debt Management Strategy defines
prolonging the maturity of dinar-denominated securities as an objective.
Dreli insists there is no reason to
worry about debt crisis at this point,
while acknowledging the risks that
could influence the overall level and
price of debt.
With the exchange rate now stabilising, the most important thing is to form
a government that will re-establish an
arrangement with the IMF and adopt a
programme of fiscal consolidation that
will help reduce the fiscal deficit, he says.
If the political uncertainty continues, of course, that will reflect on the
price of new loans, Dreli adds.

Dont blame the IMF


Increasing uncertainty regarding
the outcome of the eurozone crisis, meanwhile, is not helping Serbia, as experts expect investors will
become more cautious in lending,

making new loans more expensive.


However, the biggest concern remains the widening gap between average interest rates, which exceed 7 per
cent, and Serbias growth rate, which
should be around zero in 2012.
ore uki, professor at the Economic Faculty in Belgrade, says the
greater the difference between the
interest rate for servicing public debt
and GDP growth, the more likely it is
that the country could go bankrupt.
Selling euro-bonds at yearly interest rates of 7.25 per cent was presented as a huge success, but with a

With the
exchange
rate now
stabilising,
the most
important
thing is
to form a
government
that will
re-establish an
arrangement
with the IMF
and adopt a
programme
of fiscal
consolidation
that will help
reduce the
fiscal deficit.
Branko Dreli,
director of Public Debt
Administration
growth rate of 1.6 per cent in 2011,
this interpretation is highly dubious,
uki says.
For the same reason, Nikola Altiparmakov, a member of the Fiscal Council, says that its not sustainable for
Serbia to continue borrowing money
at current interest rates, especially as
new loans gain more relevance in the
total debt structure.
Loans with low interest rates, such
as credits from international institutions and old foreign currency savings, are reducing [as a proportion of
total debt], while the share of new,
more expensive borrowing, is increasing, he notes.
With the gap between growth rate
and interest rates widening, uki
finds it difficult to understand how
those in government can carry on
overlooking this basic economic rule.
Once we lose control over our
public debt, well have no alternative
but to turn to the IMF, he says.
Whichever parties form the next
government will have to conclude a
binding arrangement with the IMF,
he adds.

Branko Dreli, director of Public Debt Administration: public debt concern yet to trouble markets.

uki then expects the Fund to


enforce its usual recipe, seen in many
other countries, including cuts in
public spending and rapid privatisation of the public sector.

The IMF is not the one to blame;


its role is to protect the creditors - and
it never comes to a country uninvited, he continues.
We should be more concerned

about the common practice of using


it [the IMF] as an alibi for the failure and incompetence of those who
are responsible for economic policy,
uki concludes.

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Map of Novi Sad

Most foreigners nowadays only know Novi Sad


as the nearest city to the world famous Exit
music festival, but the Serbian Athens has its
own discrete charms.

nemanja ABri

s tourists and music fans


await another season of
one of the best music festivals in Europe, EXIT,
the name of Novi Sad is
becoming increasingly familiar on the
world music map.
Those who have attended an EXIT
festival usually come away impressed not
only with the choice of bands, but with
the great time they spent at the Petrovaradin fortress and in the city itself.
There is indeed more to Novi Sad
than Petrovaradin and EXIT. The
charm of the capital of Serbias northern Vojvodina province comes also from
its colourful architecture, squares and
passages. It also has some fine riverside
beaches on the Danube.

Teodora Pavlovica 28
Tel: +381 21 467 710; 467 690
Fax: + 381 21 474 07 04
oce@gymnas.rs
www.gymnas.rs

TRINITI LODGINGS
Tel: +381 21 6611625
www.prenocistetriniti.co.rs
prenociste.triniti@gmail.com

CRVeNi tAxi
Dimitrija Tucovia 3

(severna tribina stadiona Vojvodine)

Tel: +381 21 450594


Fax: +381 21 6624333
Mob: +381 62 504253
www.ognjiste.co.rs

VOJVODINAN RESTAURANT
Sutjeska 2, Novi Sad
reservation: +381 21 66 13 675
+381 21 488 24 20
www.plavafrajla.rs

out and aBout

Charms
of Serbias
Athens

Map of
Sremski
Karlovci

AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLES
Tel: +381 21 44 55 77
+381 69 44 55 777
+381 66 44 55 77
+381 60 44 55 77

Pionirska 1, 21000 Novi Sad


Tel: +381 21 66 16 189
info@pasharestoran.com
www.pasharestoran.com

BEER & TRADITIONAL FOOD

COFFEE, BOOKS & FINE CUISINE

Zmaj Jovina 4, Novi Sad


Tel: +381 21 425 570
oce@pivnicagusan.com
www.facebook.com/pivnicagusan

Trg Slobode 4, Novi Sad


Tel: +381 21 66 23 603
novosadskaknjizara@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/KnjzaraGradska

ReD tAxi
AIR-CONDITIONED VEHICLES
Tel: +381 21 52 54 50
+381 69 52 54 500
+381 64 52 54 500
+381 66 52 54 50
+381 60 52 54 50

PIZZERIA & SALAD BAR


Laze Telekog 4, 21000 Novi Sad
Tel: +381 21 422 728

Belilo 71, Sremski Karlovci


(na putu za Strailovo)
Tel: +381 21 883 325
+381 63 882 0119
www.vilaprezident.com

Besides the familiar sight of the Petrovaradin Fortress, which dominates the
city and boasts scenic views, there is
also the historic neighbourhood of Stari
Grad, the Old Town, with many monuments, museums, restaurants, cafes and
shops.

Serbias very own Athens


Locals say the charm of Novi Sad
comes from its architectural and cultural mixture of influences, as well as a
specific kind of urban lifestyle.
The Old Town core is a blend of various architectural styles dominated by
palaces and churches of various confessions, built at the end of 19th and the
beginning of the 20th centuries. Beside
them are more modern buildings, bars,
coffee shops, stores and boutiques.

Novi Sads old town boasts stunning 19th-century architecture.

Although the Habsburgs founded


the city in 1694, shortly after they took
the area from the Ottomans, it became
important only in the 18th and 19th centuries, when it became a centre of trade,
manufacturing and culture.
Owing to the large number of Serbs
who migrated into Austrian territory
from the Ottoman Empire to set up cultural and religious institutions, it earned
the nickname Serbian Athens.
Almost every Serbian novelist, poet or
journalist at the end of 19th century and
the beginning of the 20th century had
lived or worked in Novi Sad at some
time in their career.
Each July these historical and cultural facts move into the background as
youngsters pour in for the EXIT festival.
During the festival, the centre of attention shifts to other locations in the

city especially the fortress, but also


beaches and bars.

Corsos forgotten
charm
Visitors to the festival, even in these
crowded days of never-ending parties,
can get glimpse of Novi Sads normal
way of life on foot.
ore Balaevi, singer and poet,
once said that the evening corso in
Novi Sad was wide enough to allow
you to avoid unwanted people, yet tight
enough to let you run into those that
you need.
Almost every city of the former Yugoslavia has a street or promenade where
citizens used to parade, socialise and
show off their finery.
Strolling in fashionable outfits,
adorned with expensive jewellery, was a
matter of prestige and social status.
Customs changed after the Communist takeover of Yugoslavia in the second
half of the 20th century, but the corso
remained a place where friendships were
made and love affairs kindled.
However, the 1990s was a turning
point for the old tradition, which finally
fell victim to changing trends.
Once a focus of urban life, the corso
was about to become only a memory in
most towns and cities.
The tradition has now all but died,
though for several years there have been
attempts to revive it, of course without
the old-fashioned manners that tradition once imposed.
The most famous new-age corso was
re-established a few years in Laza Teleki
Street, which is packed with cafs and
bars.
A small crowded alley that intersects
the main Zmaj Jovina Street, it is immensely popular with the younger
crowd.
In fact, nightlife in Novi Sad is well
known for the mysterious passages in
which all the parties seem to take place,
and where new generations look to
hang out together.

High-class beach

Hajduk Veljkova 11
Tel:+38121420266
Fax:+38121420266
www.hotelsajam.co.rs
htpsajam@eunet.rs

There are many beaches on the banks


of the Danube near Novi Sad, but, except for the famous Strand, they are not
safe for swimming and arent suitable for
visitors.
Strand Beach, one of the finest sand
river beaches in Europe, was once a favourite hangout for high society ladies
and gentlemen after it opened in 1911.
The beach had strict dress codes and
with a ticket visitors got a swimming
suit that covered almost the whole of
ones body.

Photo by F. Montino/Flickr

According to the rulebook, visitors


could enter or leave the beach only if attired properly.
According to one account from 1945,
the strict code wasnt broken even when
occupied Novi Sad was bombed by Allied forces, when people fled in panic
towards the gates.
A century after Strand officially became a beach, there is no need for tickets or full-body swimsuits.
Today there are 700 square metres of
sand beach, stretching for more than a
kilometre.
There are also 830 cabins for changing. More than 400 trees create shade
on the beach, which is intersected by
numerous paths.
It has room for about 20,000 people
- though even if this many people left
Exit at the same time to take a swim no
one at the festival would probably notice, as the fortress would still be packed.

Party fortress with


grisly history
Not many of the EXIT party people
know that the huge fortress where all
of the stages are set has been a human
settlement for centuries.
Todays fortress was built by Austrians
who turned it into one of their most
important strongholds against the Ottoman Turks.
It occupies an area of approximately
112 hectares and was designed to accommodate 10,000 soldiers.
The Ottomans, who started their
Balkan conquests in the 14th century,
took the site in 1525, but the Austrians
regained it in the late 17th century and
started building the present fortress.
More than 40,000 people were
engaged in construction work that
dragged on for almost a century, with
numerous delays.
So many foreign workers died of hunger, epidemics and exhaustion (some
mention as many as 70 deaths a day)
that the fortress was dubbed the Tomb
of foreigners.
On account of its favourable location
overlooking the Danube, which is 350
metres wide at this spot, Petrovaradin
was also called the Habsburg Gibraltar.
For Serbs, a tragic event connected
with the fortress took place in 1849,
when the garrison of the fort sided with
the Hungarian rebels against the Emperor, Franz-Jozef.
The Hungarians then bombarded the
city from the fortress and killed many
local people.
Novi Sad was virtually destroyed,
which helps to explain why so few
buildings predate the 1850s.

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exit

exit

Serbia readies for world


class four-day party
From July 12th to
15th, Exit festival
will host more
than 500 bands
performing in the
countrys second
city, Novi Sad.
Gordana ANDRI

or the 13th time, Novi


Sads Petrovaradin fortress
will once again become
the best party place in the
country, with rock, metal,
hardcore, punk, electro, reggae, indie,
hip hop and pop music playing from
20 stages over four days.
The 2012 line-up includes Duran
Duran, who open the festival, and
Guns N Roses, who will perform on
the last night.
Must-see bands include New Order, Gossip, Hercules and Love Affair, Erykah Badu, Plan B, Richie
Hawtin, Laurent Garnier L.B.S. and
The Toy Dolls.
Over the last 12 years Exit has become one of Europes biggest festivals
of its kind, with about 250,000 revellers each year.
Since the festival was launched in
2000, more than two million people
passed through its gates and 4,570
performers have hit its stages.
People from more than 60
countries visited Exit last year
alone, while, since its start, the festival has hosted 200,000 Western European visitors, most of them British.
The average age of a visitor to
Petrovaradin Fortress for the festival
is 24-25.
Since it began in 2000, the EXIT
festival has also accumulated 154
days worth of musical performances.
Organisers have calculated that the
2011 programme was 1,120 hours
long and that a person would need
47 days to listen to it all.
Festival statistics also show that
going to Exit can be quite a healthy
experience for visitors. The average
walking distance that one person
walks during the festivals four days
is almost 19 kilometres.
This year The Sun, one of the
UKs most popular dailies, included
Exit on a list of the eight best festival destinations, while CNN placed
it among the top 50 world summer
destinations.
CNN has already praised Exit in
its previous editions. In 2011, CNN
World Fiesta included Exit in its top
nine festivals, while the Novi Sad festival was on its list of best festivals in
the world in 2009.
Daily tickets for the festival cost
between 28 and 30, while a fourday ticket now sells for 61. As the
festival approaches, the price of thids
ticket will go up to 96.

Day 1, July 12

Duran Duran

The crew from Birmingham will


be the first headliners to perform on
the Exit 2012 Main Stage. This is the
bands first visit to Serbia since they
played in Belgrade in 2006. This time
they will be performing in their original line-up - John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon
- alongside guitarist Dom Brown. Exit
visitors will enjoy Duran Durans legendary, songs such as Ordinary World,
Come Undone and Hungry Like the
Wolf, along with hits from their last
album, All You Need Is Now.

Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and


Jacques Lu Cont.

Day 2, July 13

New Order

For the first time audiences in the


Balkans will have the chance to listen
to New Order performing live. The
band will open on the night of Friday
13th on the Main Stage. New Order,
formed after Joy Divisions frontman Ian Curtis committed suicide
in 1980, has become one of the most
iconic electro-pop groups. Every year
at Exit one or two performances be-

Gossip

The voice of Beth


Ditto and a performance by this indie
rock band from
Wa s h i n g t o n
promises
to
deliver one of
the best parties at this
years festival. As
Gossip
h a s

been
combining
different music
genres, such
as soul and
punk, it is expected that the
audience will include thousands of
revellers of different
musical tastes. Gossip will also perform on
Exits Main Stage.

Brodinski

Brodinski, now 24, started


in music aged 15. After his
first single, Bad Runner, was
released in 2007, Brodinski
was described as one of the
most exciting young producers on the scene. His sets
include a variety of sounds,
from hard techno to hip hop
and house. Brodinski will
perform in the Dance
Arena, after Avicii, Felix
Da Housecat, Totally

for the punk rock cover of Nellie the


Elephant that was in the top 100
in the UK charts for 12 weeks in
1984. However, most albums of this
band included cover versions of one
of the hit songs of the time, so Toy
Dolls did cover versions of Livin La
Vida Loca, Im Gonna Be and Sabre
Dance. In Novi Sad they will present
their new album, The Album After
the Last One, released this year.

organisers expect Exit revellers will


have the chance to hear exclusive
premieres during her performance.
This French electronic music DJ
released her first singles, 1982 and
Frank Sinatra, in 1998 and since
then has released two solo albums.
Many expect Miss Kitten to throw
a party worth remembering in Novi
Sad.

Armageddon

Goribors performance on Exits


Fusion Stage is bound to be crowded
with a local audience - not just Serbian, but Balkan. An alternative rock
band from one of the poorest Serbian
towns, Bor, it has regional popularity
and is increasingly expanding its fan
base in Serbia. The bands lyrics tell
stories about their personal, everyday
experiences and make them connect
well with the audience. Even if you
dont understand the words, you will
feel their energy, and it may be interesting to hear one of the most popular bands of the Serbian alternative
music scene.

Locals from Novi Sad, heavy metal


band Armageddon will be performing on the Explosive stage. Although
Armageddon was formed 15 years
ago, this will be
the first time
that the band
will perform
a full concert.
For
Miss Kitten
years
Armais set to rock
geddon has
Exit this year.
been a oneman band.
o r e
Leti,
who has
been
playing
for

years
in other
bands,
has played
with styles
combining varieties of different sounds with
heavy metal. Armageddon will perform as a full band
at Exit.

Day 3, July 14

Plan B

come
memorable
as
being mind
blowing by
both the audience and musicians, and this
time as well, New
Orders set might
just be one of those.

The Toy
Dolls

This British punk


rock band, formed in
1979, will be performing on the Fusion stage.
The band is best known

Ben Drew, aka Plan B, will take the


main stage just after Erykah Badu.
The British hip hop artist released
his first album in 2006 and four
years later hit the top spot in the UK
charts with the album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks. The
Guardian newspaper described his
latest hit track, Ill Manors, that deals
with the 2011 London riots, as the
first great mainstream protest song in
years. The song is also a soundtrack
for the movie of the same name, directed by Ben Drew.

Miss Kitten

Caroline Herv, aka Miss Kitten, will perform at Exit for the
first time after Richie Hawtin in
the Dance Arena. As Miss Kitten is
currently preparing her new album,

Goribor

Day 4, July 15

Guns N Roses

This Los Angeles band, led by the


only remaining original member, Axl
Rose, will perform on the Main Stage
on the last night of the festival. Dragan Ambrozi, music critic and Main
Stage manager, said that in 1985,
when the band was formed, Guns N
Roses brought back interest in rock
music with the widest audience when
electro and dance-pop music were
sitting on the throne. The bands
performance wont disappoint their
old fans, as Ambrozi said, all the
displeasures of those years, all the demons which haunted Axl Rose from
the beginning, can still be heard at
their concerts, which are still defined
as the essentials of a rockers freedom.

Goldie feat SP:MC

After Guns N Roses, Wolfmother


and Skream & Sgt.Pokes, Brits Clifford Joseph Price aka Goldie and
SP:MC will hit the Main Stage.
Goldie, who has released seven albums since he appeared on the Jungle and Drumnbass scene in 1995, is
also well known both for shining gold
teeth and his roles in The World is
Not Enough, Snatch and Eastenders.
His companion on stage, SP:MC is
one of the most wanted and innovative MCs in the Dnb and Dubstep
world.

D.R.I.

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, pioneers


of crossover thrash, will perform on
Exits Explosive Stage. Although the
band never became mainstream, it
has a faithful audience. Their integration of hardcore punk roots and trash
metal brought them followers in music such as Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity and S.O.D.
Altogether.

Nowadays young revellers head to Exit to party without the political protest element.

From student revolt to world festival


Gordana Andri

he festival that today


draws about 250,000 revellers has come a long way
since it was launched as a
campaign against the authoritarian regime in Serbia of Slobodan
Miloevi.
The idea that music can mobilise public opinion was always vivid in Serbia,
however.
At the beginning of the wars in Bosnia
and Croatia in the 1990s, a then popular
band, EKV, mobilised thousands of supporters behind an anti-war campaign.
After one concert attracted 20,000
people in October 1999, a group of students decided to use the same musical
tool to gather people around a common

Exit has changed and grown over the years, while maturing into
one of the worlds top music festivals losing its radical political
edge somewhere along the way.

cause - the overthrow of Miloevi.


Music also was in some senses a cover,
keeping the Miloevi police away from
the revellers whose political messages
and ambitions remained partly hidden
behind the mask of an ordinary concert.
The name Exit was also chosen so as
not to attract official attention. The organisers wanted a coded name, containing an implicit message, but didnt want
the authorities to catch on fast.
As the organisers suspected that few
police understood much English, they
also chose an English word.

The first festival was launched on June


29th 2000, lasted 100 days and attracted
a total of 200,000 people.
It ended just two days before the general election that eventually led to the
overthrow of Miloevi and at the closing party the youth of the country were
urged to vote against him.
The second Exit, in July 2001, lasted
only nine days in comparison and dovetailed as a celebration of Miloevis overthrow, which had occurred on October
5th 2000.
Along with internationally famous

bands, Exit 2001 also struck out by hosting bands from Serbias recent wartime
foe, Croatia.
In 2003 the festival was shortened to
the present four-day format.
Good years for the festival, however,
did not always mean easy times for Exits
organisers.
After being arrested in 1999 by
Miloevis police, some were back in police custody once again in 2004, accused
of falsifying financial reports.
They denied the allegations and no
charges were brought. Many fans of the

festival saw the arrests as politically motivated - part of a campaign led by conservative politicians who objected to Exits
explicit rejection of Serbias wartime ideology.
Three years later Exits co-founders
and once best friends, Duan Kovaevi
and Bojan Bokovi, ended up in court,
fighting over the rights to the festival.
The two eventually settled the dispute.
Until recently Exit continued to maintain its overtly political stance, campaigning for causes such as visa liberalisation
and gay rights.
But all that remains today of Exits social and political engagement is the presence of some stands belonging to international and Serbian non-governmental
groups in the Novi Sad fortress.

Bands humble wish lists


wont bust the budget

From providing vegan dishes to sandwiches and local wines, the


performers special requests present few challenges to concert
organisers.

n the main, this years Exit


performers dont have big or
expensive requests their wish
lists mainly concern food and
drink.
Guns N Roses, one of the biggest
names on the festivals, accordingly
had the biggest requests, namely, 252
towels, a chiropractor and masseuse,
a special room for exercise and four
medical oxygen cylinders.
Their backstage, according to their
wishes, will be decorated with black
curtains, black tablecloths and 18 red

and 18 white roses.


Erykah Badus special requests
centre on food, as this soul diva is a
vegan. She has said her favourite food
is onion, beans, spinach, soybeans and
ripe fruits and vegetables.
The guys from New Order also have
modest demands they just need to
have a nice choice of sandwiches and
homemade soup for lunch, local beer,
and best local red and white wines.
The Australians from Wolfmother
also wanted to try local stuff. However, besides local wine and beer, their
wish list includes a local celebrity with
whom they can hang out.

Gossip had a longer drinks menu


they have asked for numerous spirits,
cigarettes, beers, energy drinks and
vitamin C.
One of the most interesting lists was
the one requested by Hercules and
Love Affair. The band asked for six
limes, six lemons, fresh mint, a shaker
and a handful of tokens [currency used
at the festival], so that they can get a
drink once they join the party.
Taking care of the organisers limited budget, Hercules and Love Affair
also asked for a not too expensive
shampoo, conditioner and shower gel
and six pairs of black socks.
Gossips wish list includes energy drinks and alcohol.

12 Belgrade Insight, Friday, June 29, 2012 - Thursday, July 12, 2012

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Back to the Sound, Sound,
Brodarska bb, 11pm
Re: Motion, Republika, barclub, Pariska 1, 10pm
Dj Groovyman/Most wanted,
Central Park, Pariska 20, 10pm
Djs Kiza, Bane Paunovi & Dj
Marko, Magacin, Karaoreva
2-4, 10pm
Dj Ann D Summer LineUp,
Brankow Bar, Crnogorska 10,
10pm
Club house, Plastic Light,
Brodarska bb, 12am
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Kej osloboenja 73bb
Tamburasi, Kod Bake,
Sinelieva 31, 9pm
Marko Zujovi, Akapulko splav,
Kej Osloboenja bb, 10pm
Blah Blah Bend, Cantina De
Frida, Karaoreva 2-4, 10pm
Vesko Vukovi, Sindikat,
Brodarska bb, 11pm
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2 4, 10pm
SATURDAY JUN 30TH
Clubbing:
Igranka, Povetarac, Brodarska
bb, 11pm
Club House DJ Mirko & DJ
Meex, Freestyler, Brodarska bb,
12am
Soundilicious, Sound, Brodarska bb, 12am
Re: Load, Republika, bar-club,
Pariska 1, 10pm
Dj Ura Impossible night, Central Park, Pariska 20, 10pm
Djs Kiza, Bane Paunovicn & Dj
Marko, Magacin, Karaoreva
2-4, 10pm
Live Music:
Bojan Jevti & Silver Bend, Akapulko splav, Kej Osloboenja
bb, 11pm
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 10pm
Vesko Vukovi Bend, Cantina
De Frida, Karaoreva 2-4
10pm
Tamburi, Kod Bake Kafana,
Sinelieva 31, 10pm
Perpetuum Mobile, Bitef Summer Stage, Kalemegdan, 10pm
Salsa Y Punto, Caf Buena Vista,
Turgenjeva 5, 11pm

Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva


2-4, 9pm
Live Serbian Folk, Acapulco, Kej
Osloboenja bb, 11pm
Mia Borisavljevi & Davor
Jovanovi, Time Out, Ada
Ciganlija bb, 10pm
MONDAY JULY 2ND
Clubbing:
Sweet and Rough, BlowUp
Barka, Savski Kej, BB, 9pm
Re:Lax, Republika bar club,
Pariska 1, 10pm
Live Music:
Die Beste, Cantina de Frida,
Karaoreva 2-4, 9pm
Karaoke, Danguba, irila i Metodija 2, 10pm
eljko ai, Serbian Folk,
Acapulco, Kej Osloboenja bb,
11pm
Thats it band, Principal, Ue
bb, 9pm
Sensation Party, River, Brodarska bb, 10pm
TUESDAY JULY 3RD
Clubbing:
90s Night DJ Playa, Freestyler,
Brodarska bb, 12am
Central Park Week, Central Park,
Pariska 20, 9pm
Re:Tro, Republika bar club,
Pariska 1, 10pm
Live music:
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
Denis & Obule, pop rock,
Cantina de Frida, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
Salsa Night, Abra caf, Resavska 76, 9pm
WEDNESDAY JULY 4TH
Clubbing:
Buzzin RnB & Hip-Hop DJ Ike &
DJ Prema, Freestyler, Brodarska
bb, 12am
Dj Sale Funkin Blue, Central
Park, Pariska 20, 9pm
Re:Action, Republika, Pariska
1, 10pm
Disco Sound, Sound, Brodarska
BB, 11pm
Live Music:
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
Libertango Band, Cantina de
Frida, Karaoreva 2-4, 9pm
Marina Viskovi & eljko ai,
Time Out, Ada Ciganlija bb,
10pm
Ivana Selakov, Acapulko, Kej
Osloboenja bb, 11pm
THURSDAY JULY 5TH
Clubbing:

SUNDAY JULY 1ST


Clubbing:
Suprise Party DJ Mirko & DJ
Meex, Freestyler, Brodarska bb,
12am
Fuckin famous night, River,
Brodarska bb, 11pm
Funkd, Disco Bar Mladost,
Karaoreva 44, 10pm

1-1 Party DJ Yabba & DJ Nikola,


Freestyler, Brodarska BB, 12am
80s night, Sound, Brodarska
bb, 11.30pm
Dj Gagi Kabadaji, Central Park,
Pariska 20, 9pm
Re:Make, Republika bar club,
Pariska 1, 10pm

Live Music:
Serbian Folk, Blaywatch,
Brodarska bb, 12am
Gitarsi, Cantina de Frida,
Karaoreva 2-4, 9pm
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
FRIDAY JULY 6TH
Clubbing:
Just Friday, Freestyler, Brodarska bb, 11pm
Back to the Sound, Sound,
Brodarska bb, 11pm
Re: Motion, Republika, barclub, Pariska 1, 10pm
Dj Groovyman/Most wanted,
Central Park, Pariska 20, 10pm
Djs Kiza, Bane Paunovicn & Dj
Marko, Magacin, Karaoreva
2-4, 10pm
Dj Ann D Summer LineUp,
Brankow Bar, Crnogorska 10,
10pm
Club house, Plastic Light,
Brodarska bb, 12am
Live music:
Balkan Express, Reka restoran,
Kej osloboenja 73bb
Tamburai, Kod Bake,
Sinelieva 31, 9pm
Marko Zujovi, Akapulko splav,
Kej Osloboenja bb, 10pm
Blah Blah Bend, Cantina De
Frida, Karaoreva 2-4, 10pm
Vesko Vukovi, Sindikat,
Brodarska bb, 11pm
SATURDAY JULY 7TH
Clubbing:
Igranka, Povetarac, Brodarska
bb, 11pm
Club House DJ Mirko & DJ
Meex, Freestyler, Brodarska bb,
12am
Soundilicious, Sound, Brodarska bb, 12am
Re: Load, Republika, bar-club,
Pariska 1, 10pm
Dj Ura Impossible night, Central Park, Pariska 20, 10pm
Djs Kiza, Bane Paunovicn & Dj
Marko, Magacin, Karaoreva
2-4, 10pm
Live Music:
Bojan Jevti & Silver Bend, Akapulko splav, Kej Osloboenja
bb, 11pm
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 10pm
Vesko Vukovi Bend, Cantina
De Frida, Karaoreva 2-4,
10pm
Tamburai, Kod Bake Kafana,
Sinelieva 31, 10pm
Perpetuum Mobile, Bitef Summer Stage, Kalemegdan, 10pm
Salsa Y Punto, Caf Buena Vista,
Turgenjeva 5, 11pm
SUNDAY JULY 8TH
Clubbing:
Suprise Party DJ Mirko & DJ
Meex, Freestyler, Brodarska bb,
12am
Fuckin famous night, River,
Brodarska bb, 11pm
Funkd, Disco Bar Mladost,
Karaoreva 44, 10pm
Live music:
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
Live Serbian Folk, Acapulco, Kej
Osloboenja bb 11pm

Mia Borisavljevi & Davor


Jovanovi, Time Out, Ada
Ciganlija bb, 10pm
MONDAY JULY 9TH
Clubbing:
Sweet and Rough, BlowUp
Barka, Savski Kej, BB, 9pm
Re:Lax, Republika bar club,
Pariska 1, 10pm
Live Music:
Die Beste, Cantina de Frida,
Karaoreva 2-4, 9pm
Karaoke, Danguba, irila i Metodija 2, 10pm
eljko ai, Serbian Folk,
Acapulco, Kej Osloboenja bb,
11pm
Thats it band, Principal, Ue
bb, 9pm
Sensation Party, River, Brodarska bb, 10pm
TUESDAY JULY 10TH
Clubbing:
90s Night DJ Playa, Freestyler,
Brodarska bb, 12am
Central Park Week, Central Park,
Pariska 20, 9pm
Re:Tro, Republika bar club,
Pariska 1, 10pm
Live music:
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
Denis & Obule, pop rock,
Cantina de Frida, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
Salsa Night, Abra caf, Resavska
76, 9pm
WEDNESDAY JULY 11TH
Clubbing:
Buzzin RnB & Hip-Hop DJ Ike &
DJ Prema, Freestyler, Brodarska
bb, 12am
Dj Sale Funkin Blue, Central
Park, Pariska 20, 9pm
Re:Action, Republika, Pariska 1,
10pm
Live Music:
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
Libertango Band, Cantina de
Frida, Karaoreva 2-4, 9pm
Marina Viskovi & eljko ai,
Time Out, Ada Ciganlija bb,
10pm
Ivana Selakov, Acapulko, Kej
Osloboenja bb, 11pm
THURSDAY JULY 12TH
Clubbing:
1-1 Party DJ Yabba & DJ Nikola,
Freestyler, Brodarska BB, 12am
80s night, Sound, Brodarska
bb, 11.30pm
Dj Gagi Kabadaji, Central Park,
Pariska 20, 9pm
Re:Make, Republika bar club,
Pariska 1, 10pm
Live Music:
Serbian Folk, Blaywatch,
Brodarska bb, 12am
Gitarsi, Cantina de Frida,
Karaoreva 2-4, 9pm
Live Jazz, Iguana, Karaoreva
2-4, 9pm
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FRIDAY JUNE 29
Belgrade Calling. Faith No More, PIL,
The Darkness, The Horrors, Ugly
Kid Joe, Sisters of Mercy, Ue
Park, 5pm
Zvonko Bogdan, BitefArtCafe, Tennis
courts at Kalemegdan, 10pm
SATURDAY JUNE 30
Belgrade Calling. Block Out, Bjesovi,
KKN, Goribor, Darkwood Dub, Eva
Braun, Ue Park, 5pm
Perpetuum Mobile, BitefArtCafe, Tennis courts at Kalemegdan, 10pm
FRIDAY JULY 7
Massimo Savi, BitefArtCafe, Tennis
courts at Kalemegdan, 10pm
SATURDAY JULY 8
Esma Redepova, Bojin Forest,
Progar, 8pm
WEDNESDAY JULY 12
Amateurs Night with Mia
Mucibabi, Bojin Forest, Progar,
8.30pm

Opera,
Ballet,
Classical
SATURDAY JUNE 30
Dragan Sredojevi and Lorenzo
Mazzamuto (violin), Guarnerius,
Dorda Vaingtona 12, 8pm
MONDAY JULY 2
Dies Organorum Festival of Organ.
William Whithead, Virgin Mary
Cathedral, Hadi Milentijeva 75,
8.30pm
TUESDAY JUNE 19
Ballet. Alexander, The National Theatre, Francuska 1, 7.30pm
Premiere. Petrograd chamber opera, Dom Omladine, Makedonska
22, 8pm
WEDNESDAY JULY 4
Dies Organorum Festival of Organ.
Jan Blahuta, Virgin Mary Cathedral, Hadi Milentijeva 75, 8.30pm
THURSDAY JULY 5
Dies Organorum Festival of Organ.
Anders Johnsson, Virgin Mary
Cathedral, Hadi Milentijeva 75,
8.30pm

(cello) with Vladimir Gligori (piano) and Sandra Beli (cello) with
Carlos Rivera (piano), Belgrade
City Hall, Dragoslava Jovanovia
2, 7.30pm and 9pm
TUESDAY JULY 10
9th International Cello Fest. Christoph Urbanetz (viola da gamba),
Radmilo Petrovi (tenor) and
Maja Mijatovi (harpsichord),
Belgrade City Hall, Dragoslava
Jovanovia 2, 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY JULY 11
9th International Cello Fest. Ksenija
Jankovi (cello) with Nenad Lei
(piano), Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment, Studentski Trg 5, 8pm
THURSDAY JULY 12
Dies Organorum Festival of Organ.
Students of the Summer School
of Organ, Virgin Mary Cathedral,
Hadi Milentijeva 75, 8.30pm

Theatre
FRIDAY JUNE 29
Henry VI (Shakespeare), The National Theatre, Francuska 1, 7.30pm
SATURDAY JUNE 30
Rails (Markovi), Yugoslav Drama
Theatre, Kralja Milana 50, 8pm
SUNDAY JULY 1
Kanjo Macedonovi (Ognjanovi),
Bojin Forest, Progar, 8pm
WEDNESDAY JULY 4
Zoran ini (Frlji), Atelje 212,
Svetogorska 21, 8pm
SATURDAY JULY 7
When Father Was Away On Business
(Sidran), Bojin Forest, Progar,
8pm
MONDAY JULY 9
Hair (Rado, Ragni), Atelje 212, Svetogorska 21, 8pm

exhibitions
and events

WEDNESDAY JULY
4
Sofest Film Festival.
Parade (Ser, 2011),
Sopot Cultural
Centre, 8pm
THURSDAY JULY 5
Exhibition. Ana Miljkovac, Gallery 73,
Poeka 83, 8pm

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FRIDAY JULY 6
Sofest Film Festival. Narcissus
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SATURDAY JULY 7
Exhibition. Jelena Mileti, ULUPUDS Gallery, Uzun Mirkova
12, 7pm
TUESDAY JULY 10
Exhibition. Design section of
the Association of Fine and
Applied Arts, Singidunum
Gallery, Knez Mihajlova 40,
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Exhibition. Sava umanovi
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14 Belgrade Insight, Friday, June 29, 2012 - Thursday, July 12, 2012

Belgrade Insight, Friday, June 29, 2012 - Thursday, July 12, 2012 15

Map of Zemun

going out

City within a city

The folk of Zemun


have a deep sense
of belonging to their
hometown, which
is actually one of
Belgrades most
culturally significant
and vibrant urban
municipalities
david GALi

ost people born


and residing in
Zemun will never
miss an opportunity to tell you that
it used to be a city before the local government decided to make it a Belgrade
municipality. The feeling that it is a city
within a city is still very prevalent today, and talking to Zemuns residents
reveals a lot of local patriotism. Some
even say that they hardly ever have a
reason to head into the centre of Belgrade, claiming that everything they
need can be found in Zemun.
Unfairly stigmatised in recent decades as a haven for criminals and ruffians, thanks to the notorious criminal
enterprise known as the Zemun Clan,
it is actually one of the most culturally
significant and vibrant municipalities
in Belgrade, with more tradition, history and entertainment to offer than
just about any other part of the city.
When Zemuns residents tell you
that they hardly ever have a reason to
leave Zemun, they mean it. You can
not only find shopping centres, markets, auto mechanics, banks, and any
other of the life necessities you need
within Zemuns limits, but you can
also treat yourself to fine dining, hot
club parties, great rock clubs, hip bars,
and just about anything else you could
find in Belgrade, all without crossing
the Danube.
If you are looking for a good time
and a fun night out, Zemun is a great
place to go. Not only does it host some
of the swankiest splavs, like Amsterdam and Acapulco, most of which are
open for business year-round, but there
are a variety of options, no matter what

Japanese pop culture


fest scheduled for July

The one and only regional festival


dedicated to Japanese pop culture,
Japanizam, will be help for the fifth
time in Belgrade from July 5th-8th. The
festival serves as a haven for people
who are into things such as anime,
cosplay and other Japanese pop
culture phenomena. The theme of the
festival will be fantasy, so get your
costumes ready.

you like. Most of these upscale river


party boats are located behind Hotel
Yugoslavia, which is what most people
consider to be the point where Zemun
ends and New Belgrade begins. But
if miniskirts, folk music and BMWs
arent really your thing, you can check
out a great rock show at the legendary
Fest rock club, which has recently been
renovated and is experiencing a renaissance of its own. Another excellent
rock club to kick back at, listen to some
live music, and maybe even play some
darts, is Majina, which is located in
the Gardo neighborhood of Zemun,
know for its stunning panoramic view
of the city.
There are also a number of excellent
bars located in the centre of Zemun,
particularly Crveni Rak, which is a
very authentic looking pub with a great
selection of foreign beer that you wont
usually find in Belgrade.
If you want to find a nice meal, Zemun can help you with that too. Some
of the best places include Zlatnik, a
five-star restaurant that recently added
a five-star hotel, which is one of the
best places in the city to experience real
Serbian cuisine, especially meat dishes,
at its very best. Another fantastic spot
to eat is Balkan Express, which is a restaurant made from an old train wagon.
It is located atop the Gardo neighborhood and here you can eat a great meal
and then enjoy an incredible view of
Belgrade and the river from the top
of the hill. But what Zemun is most
known for is its fish restaurants. If you
really want to experience Zemun dining
at its finest, you should head down to
the quay and have a meal at the famous
aran or Galeb fish restaurants. Another
restaurant/caf that you shouldnt pass
up is the legendary Venecija, which is
also located on the quay.

Payment plans available


for concert tickets

In cooperation with Komercijalna


Bank, the Belgrade Arena is now
offering people the chance to buy
tickets for concerts and shows at
the Arena through a plan that allows
concertgoers to pay in three instalments. The arena will also change its
name to Kombank Arena for the next
five years.

The quay is one of Zemuns main


attractions and during the summer
season, it is bustling with cyclists, runners, rollerbladers and a huge number
of pedestrians who can enjoy a walk
and some ice cream or popcorn. Zemun makes the most of its location on
the Danube, which is an integral part
of the community. You can also head
over to Lido beach in the summer,
which is the beach Zemun residents
tend to prefer over Ada Ciganlija. It
further confirms that you can find everything you want in Zemun even a
beach. Located on the northern tip of
Great War Island, there are boats taking people from the quay to the beach
and back all day during the summer.
Zemun also boasts what is probably the best bowling alley in all of
Belgrade. The Colloseum Bowling

Indie newcomers
VVhile release EP

New Belgrade indie rock duo VVhile


has released an EP VVhile is Vanity.
It is available for free download via
the duos BandCamp site. VVhile the
duo will also be releasing a seven
inch vinyl soon. The backing band
features members of defunct math
rockers CutSelfNot and hardcore
outfits Jaibo! and Lets Grow.

HOTEL
ZLATNIK

CAFE RAFT BAR

Centre is located behind the Zemun


football stadium and offers a fantastic
bowling experience that would impress
even the staunchest critics and any expat who was a regular bowler in his or
her home country. The giant complex
also includes an air hockey table, pool
tables and a full restaurant service that
prepares great finger food.
Zemun is a bustling community
and the fact that its residents tend

Beer Fest
announces pre-show

Famed rockers from the era of the


former Yugoslav, Prljavo Kazalite
(Dirty Theatre), will be performing as
part of a warm-up show on August
14th, just a day before this years Belgrade Beer Fest kicks off. This iconic
Croatian band has not played in the
Serbian capital since 1986.

to view it as a city of its own helps


to truly turn the municipality into
a self-sufficient entity. From tradition, history and culture, to modern
nightclubs, gourmet restaurants, riverside pedestrian zones, and yes, even
a beach, you might begin to wonder if
what Zemun residents say about never
needing to leave the municipality is
actually true.

Depeche Mode coming


to Belgrade?

Rumour has it that Depeche Mode will


be coming to Belgrade this autumn.
Negotiations between the legendary English bands management and
Serbian promoters are supposedly ongoing. Depeche Mode was scheduled
to play in Belgrade in 2009, but had
to cancel because of singer David
Gahans health problems.

Trg Branka Radievia 2


Tel: +381 11 316 13 13
www.villaakacija.rs
villaakacija@ikom.rs

Kej Oslobodjenja 2
(near hotel Jugoslavija)
Tel: + 381 64 110 2004

Fruskogorska 1
Mob: + 381 62 66 14 14
Phone/fax: + 381 11 2191 778
Oce: + 381 11 2619 491
oce@vilazemun.com
www.vilazemun.com
Skype: vilazemun

Dobanovaka 95
Tel: +381 11 3167 511
+381 63 264 322
www.hotelzlatnik.com

Raft bar & nautical club MM


HOSTEL ROOMS WITH BATHROM
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Tel: + 381 373 9455
+ 381 373 9456
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Tel: +381 11 319 62 67
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KAFANA ONA
Grobljanska 9
Tel: +381 11 3076 613
+ 381 69 2020 600

EAT GREEK
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Novogradska 10,
Tel: +381 65 269 69 96
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NATIONAL CUISINE RESTAURANT


Kej osloboenja 47
Tel: +381 11 373 09 34

CRUISE PROGRAMMES FOR


BELGRADE AND THE ERDAP GORGE
Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 488a
Tel: +381 63 199 5959
+381 69 199 5959
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Ratarski put 37b, Zemun


Tel: +381 11 2616 716
www.euro-garnihotel.rs
info@euro-garnihotel.rs

Map of City Centre

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