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SPORT

The domestic football season getsunderway after the winter break.Once again it is certain to be a two-horse race.

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Gerila bar: overcome the cheesyrevolutionary themes and sink a fewpints in this cosy central haunt.

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GOING OUT

Burlesque: two hours of uncompli-cated fun from two singing divas

says our correspondent.

ARTS

This International Womens Day whynot take the women in your life for anicy day out on the Drina!

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OUT & ABOUT

The departure of Minister of theEconomy, Mladjan Dinkic came asa shock to many political analysts.How will the business communityreact?

BUSINESS

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Issue No. 85, Friday, February 25, 2011 - Thursday, March 10, 2011

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DINING OUT

If your horse has come in, or if you areordinarily as rich as Croesus, and shis your thing, then you could do worsethan Gusti Mora, says Trencherman.

Source: www.accuweather.com

Ivica Dacic, Itio Miist, gtig som of th tus fom o of th ights fom Tipoi o Wdsday.

Serbians homefrom Libya Chaos

Hundreds of Serbians have been evacu-ated from Tripoli, but many remain, someisolated in camps in the oilfields spreadacross the Libyan Desert.

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By Godaa Adic

About 400 Serbians whomanaged to get throughthe chaos at Tripoli air-port have arrived safely

back in Serbia.The situation in Tripoli was not

so tense and we had no problems onour way to the airport, but at the air-port about 10,000 people are waitingto get out of the country, said one ofthe evacuees.

There were an estimated 1,000-1,500 Serbians living and workingin Libya and if everything goes ac-

cording to plan, about 500 peoplefrom Benghazi and Ras Lanuf will be

evacuated in the next couple of days.One of the ships due to evacuateforeigners from the Libyan towns ofSirt and Ras Lanuf left the harbourin Bar in Montenegro on Wednesdayevening.

In normal circumstances, shipstake 30 or 35 hours to get to Libya,however because of the bad weatherthe journey will take 50 hours. Weexpect that the ship will reach Libyaon Saturday morning, a spokesper-son for the ministry of foreign af-fairs told Belgrade Insight.

In Sirt 152 Russian, Turkish andSerbian citizens employed by Rus-

sian Railways should get on board,while in Ras Lanuf the ship willevacuate 842 people, among whomare 330 Serbs.

The third largest group of about80 Serbian citizens is in Benghazi.We have reached agreement that theywill be evacuated by Turkish shipsthat come to Benghazis harbour

regularly. Well keep working on theevacuation of smaller groups, whichis more complicated, but, as ministerIvica Dacic said, well continue un-til we evacuate the last person thatwants to come back to Serbia, saidMirko Stefanovic, secretary at theministry of foreign affairs.

Dozens of Serbs are employedin camps at oil installations acrossthe Libyan Desert and many havelittle realistic prospect of leaving inthe short term. Fifteen doctors, em-ployed by Libyan oil company Sirtare trapped in Marsa Brega, a town700 kilometres away from Tripoli.

They have been told that theroads out of the camp are not safeand that they shouldnt leave campunder any circumstances. Howev-er, the stores at the camp are closedand food and water reserves arerunning out.

I talked to my father this morn-ing, so far they are OK, but there

is no ofcial information whether,when or how they will be evacu-ated, says Vladimir Corbic, the sonof one of the doctors at Marsa Brega.

In the meantime the governmentis working on evacuation plans forall those scattered across the desert.We are working on their evacuationand trying to get them to bigger cen-tres from where they can be evacu-ated, said the ministry of foreignaffairs spokesperson.

He appealed to the relatives ofthose who are still in Libya to tellthem not to try to leave Libya ontheir own, but to wait for help.


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erbia Serbia

Belgrade Insight, Friday, February 25, 2011 - Thursday, March 10, 2011 Belgrade Insight, Friday, February 25, 2011 - Thursday, March 10, 2011

The enfant terrible of Serbianpolitics decided to shake upthe sleepy Serbian governmentwhen he said openly on local

TV 5 that key decisions were not takenwithin the government building.

We should stop fooling ourselves -Prime Minister Cvetkovic does not havethe power to do anything. The decisionsmakers are not in government minis-tries said Dinkic in a statement thatcaused turmoil in Serbian politics.

Prime Minister Cvetkovic reactedsurprisingly quickly, announcing at apress conference that he had decidedto relieve Mr Dinkic of the positions ofdeputy prime minister and minister forthe economy.

The government can not workanymore with people like Dinkic saidMr Cvetkovic.

Equally surprisingly, Dinkic acceptedthat decision and said that he wouldresign together with Verica Kalanovic,minister of national investment plan, whois also a member of Dinkics G17+ party.

If people think that new investmentin the Serbian economy and new jobs forthe people are not enough, then OK, Iwill go, but we will continue to supportgovernment in order to strengthen theprocess of EU accession said Dinkic.

From 2001, when he became gover-nor of the National bank of Serbia, Din-kic has been an important gure in allgovernments. He formed the G17+ partyin 2003 and when he was removed as

National Bank Governor, he succeededin bringing down the government. Hedid the same thing in 2007 when he leftthe position of minister of nance.

His reaction this time may reect a

weakening of his power base. Analystssay that he doesnt have support for hisideas among the opposition and that thisexplains why he continues to supportthe current administration. His party tooseems to be oundering and would be un -able, according to public opinion surveys,to garner enough support to make it intoparliament if elections were held today.

Irrespective of his continued supportfor the government, his attack on Mr Tad-ics associates will not be easily forgotten.

But whilst he waits for his enemiesto make their next move he can perhapsseek consolation in his music. TheSerbian association of composers an-nounced that Mr Dinkics songs, writtenfor a range of different singers, wereamong the ten most broadcast in Serbiain 2010, earning him around 3,000 inroyalty payments.

I can not believe it, Im surprisedMr Dinkic said when told of the news.

By Soboda Gogijv

Playing the B Side

MladjanDinkic

ProfileoftheWeek

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Putin due in March

Serbs in keyKosovo roles Serbian politicians

risk being unfriended

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic con-rmed that Prime Minister Putin willvisit Belgrade on a working visit, ex-plaining that his agenda will include

discussion on economic issues, particularlythose related to energy and infrastructure.

This is the Putins rst visit to Serbia since2001. Relations between the two countrieshave continued to improve since then, andit is expected that he will use his time in thecountry to sign new deals between Moscowand Belgrade.

According to Jeremic, President BorisTadic is expected to travel to the Russian capi-tal by the end of June, when an agreement onstrategic co-operation between the two coun-tries will be signed.

This is not the rst time that a Russianleader has landed in Serbia for an ofcial visiton a symbolic date. Russian President DmitryMedvedev visited Belgrade on October 20,2009, the day when the Soviet Red Armyliberated Belgrade in 1944, and Putins visitcomes one day before the 12 th anniversary ofthe NATO bombing of Serbia, a particularlypoignant day for many Serbians.

The timing of Putins visit has led some tospeculate that the aim of his visit is to seekSerbias agreement not to join NATO. Serbiais currently neutral, and the countrys poten-tial membership of NATO is a sensitive issuedue to the 1999 bombing, during the conictin Kosovo.

Former diplomat Radoslav Stojanovic seesPutins visit as very advantageous for Serbia.

We get a chance to show the west thatanother great power is interested in us, andto make a decision which will show the EUthat the interests of Serbia guide our policyand that there is nothing anti-western or anti-eastern, Stojanovic told Belgrade daily Blic.

Facebook has become one of themost visited places on the inter-net and it is hard to nd anyoneunder the age of forty these dayswho does not have a page onthe social network. More than

two million Serbians now regularly like andcomment and post.

Politicians too are getting in on the actand President Obamas facebook campaign iswidely credited with playing no small part in

helping him win the last US election. Obamaspage has been liked by more than 18 millionpeople. Even the normally staid British RoyalFamily have a page and more than 300,000people have subscribed to receive regularnews updates.

Belgrades politicians seem to be a lit-tle less active. Serbian president Boris Tadicis one of the most popular politicians in thecountry, at least by the number of his face-book fans, but nevertheless only 44,000 peo-ple have decided they like him. Tadics pagetells us, unsurprisingly, that he in turn likesthe Democratic Party and Zoran Djindjicand that his favourite books are Antoine deSaint-Exuperys Little Prince, Salingers TheCatcher in the Rye, Mesa Selimovics Deathand the Dervish and Yugoslav Nobel prizewinner, Ivo Andrics The Bridge on the Drina.

Tadic likes to listen to Frank Sinatra, ArsenDedic and Djordje Balasevic and watch Ber-nardo Bertolucci movies. His favourite quoteis It would be dangerous to say that every-thing is as it was. Serbia after October 5 th isdifferent, but just not different enough.

There are many pages and proles purport-ing to be that of Serbian Progressives leader,

Tomislav Nikolic but none of them seem to begenuine, although from them we learn that helikes to pick mushrooms and make rakia.

Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic, andDefence minister, Dragan Sutanovac seem tobe amongst the most active political facebook-ers, regularly posting articles and pictures andoccasionally responding to comments.

Sutanovic of course likes Boris Tadic, al-though Mr Djelic remains silent on the issue.

Spare a thought however, for the PrimeMinister, Mirko Cvetkovic, who has just 11likes.

The most popular politician however hasnot been active in Parliament for some 31years - Josip Broz Tito. From his page welearn that he is (was) gender neutral and thathis political views are liberal. Almost 50,000people have clicked like.

Dragana Djermanovic, director of the PR-pepper Agency, says that most of Serbiaspoliticians dont understand social networks.

They just dont get how social networkswork. Its a give and take relationship. Peo-

ple on the web do not want to interact withsomeone whose prole has been written by aPR agency and they know how to recogniseauthenticity, she says.

Miroljub Radojkovic, professor of com-munications at Belgrade University says thatSerbian parties are not ready for internet com-munication. Just look at their websites, theyare dead... Even those who have posted theirplatforms or views have written them over 4or 5 pages. They do not realise that the aver-age internet reader does not read paragraphsfor longer then 5 seconds and that they stay ona website for about 30 seconds.

Radojkovic says that one of the reasons

why political parties do not invest in webcommunications is the fact that as many ashalf of all voters do not use the internet. Theelectorate is split. The average age is 41 andmost people older than 45, who are economi-cally active and believe that its their duty tovote, do not use computers.

Communities on social networks thrive ontwo way communication and without it, usersdrift away. During the last election campaignBoris Tadic promoted a website where hewould be available to the public and answertheir questions.

Soon after it was launched, the websitewas practically dead and commenting on theYouTube videos was blocked. It is absurd, be-cause the point of the web is communication,dialogue and exchange, says Djermanovic.

It would take more time than any politi-cian has (to answer every question) but theycould engage a young team to moderate theirproles and select questions that they shouldanswer, but for that to happen t heir mentalityhas to change and they have to view policyas a public matter, in the public interest andremember that they are elected by the public,says Radojkovic.

Among the 2,605 who submitted re-ports on changes in their assets are

the Prime Minister and his deputyBozidar Djelic, the former minis-for the economy Mladjan Dinkic and theder of the Serbian Radical Party, SRS.Although the details are not due to be pub-ed on the Anti-corruption Agency websitel March, some politicians have already re-led their declarations to the press.n the main, everything makes pretty mun-e reading: Radicals leader Dragan Todor-c, has leased a new vehicle: another truckh a trailer, worth about 100,000 for hissport company, he told Vecernje Novosti.

mocratic Party MP, Aleksandar Vlahoviclained that his salary as a director of thenomic Institute had increased but that hegiving his parliamentary salary to a chil-

ns home. Deputy Prime Minister, Bozidarlic sold a 66m2 apartment in Zvezdara,

The new deputy prime minister forKosovo and minister for local self-government is ethnic Serb SlobodanPetrovic, leader of the Independent

Liberal Party, SLS. The party also heads theministries of returns and communities andlabour and social protection.

Asked whether working with KosovosPrime Minister Hashim Thaci would angerKosovo Serbs, following the Marty reportwhich accused Thaci of trafcking in theorgans of abducted Serbs, Petrovic said hispartys only aim was to improve the everydaylives of Kosovo Serbs.

This is why we got most of votes fromKosovo Serbs, and we cant disappoint them,Petrovic said, adding that investigations intothe charges against Thaci were the responsibil-ity of both the Kosovo and Serbian govern-

ments.However, Rada Trajkovic, also a Kosovo

MP and a leader of another Serb party, UnitedSerbian List, voted against the new govern-ment for, as she explained, moral reasons.Trajkoviceva said that Thaci should not beprime minister following the allegations raisedby Swiss senator Dick Marty.

The Serbian minister for Kosovo andMetohija, Goran Bogdanovic said that people

would see no benets from Serbs taking part inthe Kosovo parliament.

These are the same ministers who failedto prevent the abolition of mobile telephonyand who did nothing to stop the obstruction ofthe return of the Serbian community or ensurefreedom of movement or all people, saidBogdanovic.

while Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, whoowned 10 per cent of his wifes bookstore,

gave his shares to his spouse.Aleksandra Kostic, the agencys spokes-person, explained that changes less than3,500 should be declared only if they includechanges in the ownership of certain real es-tate, changes in tenure, salary, jobs or cars.

Ofcials who have missed the deadlinefor submitting their declarations face nesof between 10,000 and 50,000 dinars (100- 500).

Meanwhile, the agency has yet to verify allthe data from last year. About 16,000 ofcialssubmitted their reports by the end of January2010.

There is no deadline, its not that wefailed to do our job. We are verifying data ac-cording to our schedule. In 2010, we decidedto start with assets of government ofcials,MPs and mayors - about 300 people. This

year well include ofcials of public compa-nies, explained the agencys director, Zorana

Markovic.Ofcials who le incorrect information, byfailing to report their property, who give falseinformation or who conceal information, riskbeing sent to jail for between six months andve years. To date there have been no suchconvictions.

The agency has yet to compile a full list ofthe ofcials that are supposed to declare theirassets, so they are unable to establish if anyofcial failed to declare their assets last year.

We believe that there are about 18,000 of-cials, but there is no mechanism to help usestablish this number, the agencys spokes-person Aleksandra Kostic said.

The agency, originally trumpeted as one ofthe main tools in the ght against corruption,has less then ten people monitoring and veri-fying the data.

Vladimir Putin isscheduled to arrivein Belgrade on March23rd, the day beforeSerbia marks the 12thanniversary of theNATO bombing.

MPs just dont get new media say analysts.

ome 16,000 offi-als were obliged declare changes

n their assets inxcess of the equiv-ent of 3,500 by

anuary 31st.Unlike his last departure from pow-er, this time Mr. Dinkics exit hasnot left the government in tatters,but his political future now dependsnot on his skills but on PresidentTadics readiness to forgive.

By Godaa Adic They just dont gethow social networkswork. Its a give andtake relaonship.People on the web donot want to interactwith someone whoseprofle has been writ-ten by a PR agency

Asset declarations: slow progress

Zoaa Makovic has ss tha t staff to moito a th data.


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Trucker murdered at the roadside

Predrag Ostojic, a 31 year old lorry driver died in

hospital in Valjevo, aer he was stabbed in the chest.Ostojic was murdered in a eld close to the road af-

ter his assailants tried to rob him. Police say that hewas stabbed as he tried to defend himself. Ostojicmanaged to call a friend who took him to hospital,

where he died of his injuries. Police have arrestedthree men and a woman.

Mother and son found dead

Bozica Nesic, 83 year old and her 61 year old son

Momcilo were found dead in their family house in

Pancevo. Police believe that mother and son werepoisoned. The bodies of the two bore no tracesof violence and there were no obvious signs of a

robbery. The bodies of were found by a Romaniancouple who were caring for the couple.

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HIDDen BelGrADe

Few Belgraders are aware of the signicance of what appears to

be little more than a pile of rocks in Pionirski Park on the cornerof Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra and Kneza Milosa Street. However,it is the remains of a watchtower brought to Belgrade from aWorld War I battleeld in Kajmakcalan, Macedonia.

Twelve thousand Serbian soldiers lost their lives in the 1916 bat-tle and the remains of the watchtower were brought to Belgradein 1928.

During the eighties metal plaques bearing the faces of the Serbi-an and French generals who commanded the Thessalonika front

were xed to the remains.

Police seize skunk

Belgrade police arrested six men on suspicion

of drug dealing and seized 83.5kg of skunk and10,000. Five of the men are Montenegrin cizens

and police allege that they are linked to a criminalgroup that is the main distributor of skunk in EastEurope.

Drunk shoots cousin

A drunken night out led to the death of 23 year oldGoran Belic who was shot by his cousin,19 year

old Aleksandar Perovic. The gun was thrown into anearby river. Under quesoning, Perovic told police

that he had lile memory of what happened butthat the two arrived at Perovics house and startedplaying with a gun, chasing each other round the

house. Perovic said that he accidentally red at hiscousin. Perovic is in detenon awaing charges.

Porky Intruder In Pork The

Goran Z was arrested aer a bizarre the aempt

from the Zitopromet farm. The 38 year old allegedlybroke into the farm, killed two pigs with a 60kg

metal bar and slaughtered them. Startled farm dogsraised the alarm and security guards gave chase. Af-

ter ten minutes, unt Goran Z stopped running and

told the chasing guards he had heart problems. Aerhospital treatment he was taken into custody.

Post ofce robbers arrested

Two hours aer a robbery at a post oce, police ar-

rested Ivan Vujosevic and Veljko Puzovic and seized

money allegedly stolen in the raid. According to thewitnesses, two masked and armed robbers enteredthe post oce in the Belgrade suburb of Mirijevo,

disarmed the security guard and took about 9 mil-

lion dinars.

By Chis Fam

Wouldnt it be nice if adversing weretruthful?

Today I had the opportunity, driving aroundthe city and being bombarded by billboards,to y to Europe for ninety-nine euros! To askabout a personal loan at zero percent inter-est! To buy a new car for no money down!Of course, since I was driving, I did not availmyself of these unbelievable opportunies.Moreover, as I was driving, I failed to see thesignicance of the insidious asterisk behindeach oer.

Generally speaking, the asterisk can meanonly one thing: BEWARE: We are lying toyou.

But somehow we do not see the lileasterisk aer 99* or zero percent interest*or no money down*. To us they are meretypographic anomalies interfering with thetremendous savings we are being oered.

Usually these asterisks are there to apply afew important condions in order to get thegood deal. For example, for my plane cket,the advert reads: Fly to Europe for EUR 99*and when we skip down to the asterisk, wesee how:

*Fare applicable from the Port of Belgrade,Serbia, which is already a geographical partof Europe, so we will charge 99 just forstanding next to our counter in the airportand allow you to buy a cket to Athens for975.50 plus tax.

Asking about a personal loan at zero percentinterest*

*Asking is free and unless we give you anymoney - for which you need to have at leasttwice the amount requested in your accountand twice as much again in guarantees - wewill not charge you any interest on the mespent inquiring about our loans (unless youtake too long).

Buying a brand new car for no money down*

*Yeah, OK. Listen up, friend. If you REALLYthink that you are geng a new car for nomoney then I seriously wonder how you gotyour driving licence to begin with. But if youtruly insist on believing this, then I have asmall property on the moon which you mightalso be interested in buying from me.

Sadly, truth in adversing is just anotheramusing oxymoron (from the Greek, you-are-a-moron) with which we must contendin our daily lives. The asterisk is so useful toadversers. I am only sorry we cannot use itin everyday speech.

Nice to see you!*

The cheque is in the mail.*

Of course you do not look fat in that dress.*

Christen Bradley Farmer, founder and presi-dent of MACH IV Consulng and co-founderof Farmer & Spaic, Business and MediaConsulng, has been involved in numerouswring and publicaon projects since arrivingin Serbia. Farmer regularly shares his obser-vaons on life Belgrade in Polika and in hisB92 English blog.

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*CertainConditionsApply

Grandpa, as everyone atschool calls AleksandarPetrovic, has been a teacherat Pancevos Mechanical En-gineering High school since1966. Despite retiring in the

he comes daily to the schools workshopere he has spent his working life.This job is what keeps grandpa moving.sure that he would die if someone told himhe couldnt come to school any more,

s Aleksandar Nikolovski, a colleague andrmer student of Aleksandar Petrovic.Always well groomed, in a suit and tie,ndpa comes to work by bike and he is usu-

the rst to arrive. I have never come tokshop not wearing a suit and a tie. Thats

w I dress. I wanted to be a good example tostudents and to show them how they should,ust dress, but behave, says Petrovic.

His co-workers say they have never seenksandar in the bad mood, and just oncee they seen him unshaven. When he hadeart attack, about a decade ago, doctorsught him back to life three times. I wentee him in a hospital and asked how he felt,nswered good, good, just my chest stingssome reason. That was the only time I everhim unshaven, says Nikolovski.

Petrovic lives alone and has never beenried, though in his time, according to someis elderly lady colleagues he was quite thermer. Alekandars co-workers and friendsthat he has perfect manners.

He is one of a kind, you rarely meet suchpeople. Irrespective of his age, his mind issharp and he is always positive, always politeto everyone, says Jovan Prazic, the work-shop manager.

Aleksandar himself admits that he cant re-member when he had a dispute with anyone.Since the liberation (at t he end of World WarII) no one has said a bad word to me, nor did Ihave an argument with anyone.

As he is retired, Aleksandar doesnt workdirectly with the children but spends his daysxing machines, cleaning them and sharpen-ing tools. And he is always there when his

younger colleagues need advice.Technique has developed since grandpas

times, but the basics are the same and when-

ever we need help, he has the perfect answer.We have all learned so much from him and weare still learning. Not just about the job, saysprofessor Sorin Blagojev.

Although he contributes in every way hecan, the school cant pay him for his work ashe is no longer an ofcial employee. This,however, is not a problem for grandpa - hework just for pleasure.

This is his second home, he spent his lifehere. You know, although he has not one obli-gation to us - he always calls to say if he is notcoming the next day. Especially, since he hadhis heart attack. That day when he didnt show

up, we were so concerned because we knewthat something had happened. Now he alwayscalls, so that we dont worry, say

In the last 30 years about 20 millionpeople have visited the House ofFlowers at the Museum of YugoslavHistory, the last resting place of Yu-goslav leader Josip Broz Tito. Thismuseum is by some margin, the most

visited museum in the country.At the moment most exhibitions are cen-

tred around the man himself but for the forlast two years museum ofcials have beenplanning the museums refurbishment in or-der to make it a place that presents a fullerhistory of Yugoslavia.

At a meeting earlier this month in Bel-grade, Bosnian and Croatian experts and his-torians joined local ofcials to help with theprojects preparation and put together the nalplan for the future look of the museum dedi-cated to the country that fell apart in a bloodycivil war.

The exhibitions will be organised themati-cally and they will present development of theYugoslav idea, creation of the country and its fall.

The disintegration of the country willprobably be placed at the exit and the spacefor that period is small. This has nothing to dowith politics, but with the fact that we wantto present whole and complex history on thecountry and there is just not enough space,says historian Predrag Markovic.

The museum will present the history of thecountry from 1918 to the nineties with specialexhibitions dedicated to the nations that madeYugoslavia and people who had a crucial in-uence on the country - not just Tito, but theKaradjordjevic royal family as well.

We can think what ever we want about

Yugoslavia, but that state marked the lives of

generations, in a good and in a bad way. Yu-goslavia wasnt just the idyllic picture frompropaganda movies where young people weresmiling or hugging Tito, nor just the dun-geon of this or that nation or the country ofpersecution and repression, Croatian histo-rian, Hrvoje Klasic told daily Jutarnji list.

The current museum was established in1996 and has 200,000 exhibits displayed in a16,000m2 space, set in 9 hectares of parkland.

Most pieces in the collection are related toTito, including such diverse objects as a rockfrom the Moon, a gift from US astronauts, and

Titos dentures.

The Museum holds a collection of 22,000

batons made from different materials many

with messages inside which were presented

to Tito each year on his birthday by runners

arriving from across the country, 145 medals

from 67 countries that Tito received during

his presidency, along with a huge collection

of photos, movies, negatives, books and let-

ters sent to the President for Life.

The House of owers is the rst in line for

renovation and, if everything goes to plan, the

new exhibition in a restored, contemporary

space will open in May.

eaching, many say,more of a vocation

han a job and forleksandar Petrovic

his is surely the case.fter retiring some4 years ago, Petro-c, 83, still comes toork every day.

New exhibition to offerbalanced take on YugoslaviaSerbian, Croatianand Bosnian histo-rians are workingtogether on therenovation planfor the Museum ofYugoslav History.

FESTto showthe best

By Godaa Adic

The 39th International Film Festivalopens on February 25th with RalphFiennes Coriolanus, some of whichwas shot in Belgrade last year. By

the time the event comes to a close on March6th FEST will have given about 70 moviestheir rst Belgrade showing. The event aimsto bring to the audience the best in recentcinema along with one or two prize winnersfrom festivals around the region.

Along with Ralph Fiennes directorialdebut Coriolanus , FEST will showcase Oscarnominees such as Tom Hoopers The Kings

Speech, the Coen brothers remake of TrueGrit, Danny Boyles 127 hours, Darren Aro-nofskys Black Swan and Charles Fergusonsdocumentary, Inside Job.

The Programme includes Venice winner,Soa Coppolas Somewhere and CannesGrand Prix winner, Xavier Beauvoiss OfGods and Men, a French drama based on atrue story.

Alongside the main programme, the WorldFilm Panorama offers 16 titles from outsidethe mainstream. This year, the programmeoffers Takeshi Kitanos Outrage, PabloTraperos Carancho, and Ebrahim SaeedisMandoo.

The festival covers the genres fromtragedy to comedy. The organisers say thatthe festival is striving hard to win back thepre-eminence that the festival had in the daysof the Former Yugoslavia and selector, IvanKarl promises that Fest will be a trip aroundthe world in 10 days.

Along with the usual venues of the SavaCentar, the Belgrade Cultural Centre andthe Museum of the Yugoslav Film ArchiveKinoteka, this year there will be screeningsin the newly refurbished Dom Omladine. Allwill be screening movies from 11 a.m. to 10p.m.

Ticket sales are already well underwayat the venue box ofces and for the lmsscreened in Sava Centar, at Bilet Centar.Ticket prices range from 150 to 500 dinarsdepending on the show.

The rst FEST, opened on January 9th1971 with Robert Altmans Mash and theevent soon became among the most impor-tant festivals on the continent and a pillar ofBelgrades cultural life. Since then FEST hasscreened about 3,900 international lms and

hosted numerous famous artists, among themHarvey Keitel, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robertde Niro, Johnny Depp and Wim Wenders.

Pancevosmost loyalworker

Th musum at th Hous of Fows wi uvi th w hibitio i May.Aksada Ptovic pictud i th schoo wokshop.

By Godaa Adic


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anian video scandales Hollywood twist

na_A former minister who vide-ed his colleague allegedly discuss-corrupt deals now nds himself atcentre of an allegedly incriminat-lm. Former economy ministeran Prit released a video to localia earlier this year which allegedly

ws former deputy minister Ilir Metaussing corrupt deals, but now pros-ors have announced that IT expertse found another video on Priftisputer. The new video purports to

w Prifti dividing up 70,000 withuty minister of economy Leonardiraj. The general prosecutor has

uested that parliament strip botha and Prit of their immunity fromecution.

brenica familiessue Del Ponte

ajevo_Two Bosnian NGOs, Women

rebrenica and Mothers of Srebreni-are planning to le a lawsuit againstmer Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor

a Del Ponte over the destruction ofence at the court. The two groupsask the court to determine Del Pon-responsibility for the destruction of

ms found in mass graves which wered as evidence by the Hague Tribunal.families claim that personal effects

nd with the bodies should have beenrned to them.

atian veteransy for indicted soldiers

reb_About a thousand war veteransm across Croatia gathered in Gru-o Polje on Sunday to express their

port for two wartime military leadersare in custody abroad on suspicion

war crimes. The protesters addressedr demands to the government,iament and Croatian President Ivopovic during their demonstrationupport of Veljko Maric, who is inody in Serbia, and Tihomir Purda,is in custody in Bosnia, awaiting

adition to Serbia. Both men are ac-d of war crimes committed during1991-1995 conict.

norities quit Macedoniannsus commission

pje_A walk-out by ethnic AlbanianTurkish members of the cencusmission has added to the list of

daches facing the crisis-hit headnt, due to take place in April. Thecentres on the number of ethnicority members appointed to the0-strong force tasked with collect-the data. The six Albanians and twoks on the commission said they wereappy with the way the Macedo-majority on the commission was

cting census-takers. The head of thesus commission, Vesna Janevska,ined to comment on the boycott.

mer Bulgariansident ned for slap

a_The Soa City Court has foundmer Bulgarian president Petaryanov guilty for slapping a journalistned him 250. The magistratesthey issued a light sentence becausetoyanovs otherwise clean record.

case was led by a journalist fromnationalist SKAT TV, Petar Zhekov,

said the then president Stoyanovped him in September 2009, while

was lming a report about a cer-ny commemorating the victims of

mmunism.

public of Macedonia - which comprises theold Serbian portion of Macedonia - in the

1990s but Soa still is reluctant to rec -ognise the existence of a Macedonianlanguage and a Macedonian minor-

ity in Bulgaria.While Soa and Skopje have

had good relations in recentyears, unresolved issues concern-

ing Macedonian nationality still lin-ger between the two neighbours and

sometimes cause tension.For more than 20 years,

since the fall of communism,the Bulgarian state has re-fused to register OMO Ilin-

den Pirin, an ethnic Macedonian

party, insisting that its existence was unconsti-tutional.

Although it has somehow remained active, itis often the target of attacks by nationalists claim-ing it is a separatist group and a threat to nationalsecurity.

The case reached the European Court on Hu-man Rights, in Strasbourg, which in 2005 ruledthat the ban on the party was unjustied.

But six years on, OMO Ilinden Pirins legalstatus remains uncertain as the government hasyet to register the organisation.

Anti-Macedonian rhetoric is still common inthe Bulgarian media, and has its echo in the presson the other side of the border.

Many ordinary Bulgarians are hostile to-wards the idea of Macedonia as a distinct na-tion, saying Macedonian is no more than a dia-lect of Bulgarian.

Ofcially, around 5,000 ethnic Macedonianslive in Bulgaria today, 3,000 of whom live in theBlagoevgrad region, according to the last nation-al census held ten years ago.

But local observers say that if there was lessofcial hostility, the declared number of localMacedonians would be several times higher.

Raina Stamenova, a declared Macedonianfrom Krupnik, a village near Blagoevgrad, re-calls her unpleasant experience with the police afew years ago when she signed a petition backingOMO Ilinden Pirins right to register.

Along with some of my neighbours, the po-lice questioned us just because wed signed thepetition, she said.

Kanev says such cases show how little pro-gress Bulgaria has made on the Macedonianquestion. Discrimination towards the Macedo-nian minority has been a constant problem andjust last year the courts refused to register anotherMacedonian organisation for some ridiculousreasons, he said.

Georgi Hristov, editor of Narodna Volia,

(Peoples Will), a newspaper devoted to theMacedonian minority, says he doesnt un-derstand what the problem is. The commu-

nity doesnt cherish any separatist demands oreven ideas. We just want our rights respected

and the Macedonian minority to be recog-nised, he said.

But Kanev is pessimistic that Bulgaria is ready totake steps in this direction. I doubt the Macedonian

minority in Bulgaria will be ofcially recognisedany time soon, he said. At least not during the life-time of the current government, which depends onthe support of the [nationalist] Ataka party.

Stamenova agrees, and this is why she saysMacedonians should take more pro-active meas-ures. We should follow the example of people inGreece and block the border until they recogniseus, she told Balkan Insight.

When Emil Pahler,from the Bulgar-ian town of Bla-goevgrad, saidhe wanted to becounted as anethnic Macedo-nian, the census-

takers visiting his town said no. There arentany Macedonians in Bulgaria, one of them toldhim.

On February 11th, on the second day of thepopulation count in the Balkan country, Pahler,51, welcomed two ofcials responsible for ll-ing in the questionnaires for his neighbourhoodinto his home. Little did he know that he wouldsoon nd himself having to justify his choice ofethnic identity to them.

We were arguing for more than 15 minutesover the existence of Macedonians, and in theend Im not sure which ethnic group the ofcialput me in, he told Balkan Insight. They basi-cally dont count us as a people, h e complained,

Regional Regional

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Regioninbrief

pufng away at his cigarette, still irritated by theexperience.

Pahler shouldnt have been so surprised.Since the rise of the Bulgarian nationalist move-ment in the 1870s, Bulgarians have seen SlavicMacedonians as a part of their own ethnic family- as a people with their own regional and localcustoms, perhaps, but not as a distinct nationality.

Krasimir Kanev, chair of the Bulgarian Hel-sinki Committee, a human rights organisation,says Pahlers experience with the census-takersis far from unusual.

It is not the rst time that the authorities havetried to bully ethnic Macedonians in a popula-tion count, he adds.

There were similar cases during the previ-ous census as well, he continues. Some of-cials are advised to act like this by the authori-ties while others feel motivated by some kind ofpersonal pseudo-patriotism.

Just before the start of the census, last month,another incident caught the attention of humanrights activists.

Police raided the ofces of a printing housein Blagoevgrad and seized copies of a leaet thatcalled on people to register as Macedonians inthe coming census.

While rights activists complained of discrim-ination, far-right parties reserved their condem-

nation for the Macedonian activists, accusingthem of being anti-Bulgarian.

Kanev sees the police raid as a blatant moveto intimidate ethnic Macedonians and says it isno surprise the raid occurred just before the cen-sus began.

Its a clear sign to the Macedonian com-munity that the state disapproves of people whoofcially declare themselves as ethnic Macedo-nians, he told Balkan Insight.

Emil Evtimov, a member of the OMO IlindenPirin Party, from Blagoevgrad, says people areafraid to say out loud that they feel Macedonian.

At the dinner table, people have no troubleidentifying themselves as Macedonians but theydont state this ofcially, because they worry itwill cause trouble or even cost them their jobs,he said.

Bulgarias Macedonian question dates backto the early 1900s, when Bulgaria, Greece andSerbia all cast covetous eyes on the Ottomanprovince of Macedonia, hoping to claim it astheir own.

The Bulgarians were more successful thanthe others in spreading their national causeamong the local Slavic Christian population,and most Bulgarians thought it just amatter of time before all or most ofthe province fell into their lap.

To their dismay, however, Serbianand Greek armies seized the bulk ofthe territory in the Balkan wars of1912-13 and only a small portion ofthe Ottoman province joined Bulgaria.

Bulgaria was the rst country torecognise the independence of the Re-

Beware of witches. They are notallowed to make predictions inthis area. So reads a poster nearthe entrance of Bucharests Marie

Curie Childrens Hospital.Few take the warning seriously. Almost every

day you see Gypsy women soothsayers castingspells for the health of the children in hospital here,a hospital housekeeper says. Many people want itand pay a little money for this service. People needsomeone to tell them their little ones will be OK.

Belief in spells and superstitions is a seriousmatter in Romania and witchcraft still plays a partin the country, where so-called white magic[benign as opposed to malevolent in intention] is

widely tolerated, even by the Orthodox Church towhich more than 80 per cent of Romanians belong.

Leading politicians too believe in unseen pow-ers. Last January, Mircea Geoana, leader of themain opposition Social Democratic Party, PSD,was quoted as saying that he only lost Decemberspresidential election runoff due because he was at-tacked by negative energy channelled by support-ers of his opponent, President Traian Basescu.

Decembers elections were a close run thing.The nal results, giving Basescu enjoying a razor-thin lead over Geoana, contradicted the exit polls,all of which showed Geoana on course for victory.

Romanias centre-right government is now try-ing to use peoples fondness for superstition to helpthe recession-hit country collect more taxes.

Starting this year, the government has changedthe labour laws to ofcially recognise the centuries-old practice of fortune telling as a taxable profes-sion and, as a result, begin taxing seers and witches.

While some witches have reacted angry, threat-ening to use cat excrement and dead dogs to curseEmil Bocs government, others have a more nu-anced attitude.

As a genuine fortune teller and healer, Imagainst the many false soothsayers who claim tobe professionals - which is why Im all for pub-lic recognition of our trade, Irina Primavara toldBalkan Insight.

That doesnt mean the self-proclaimed queenwitch is keen to pay taxes on her craft, however.This recognition should come from the people wish-ing to use our services, not from the government, sheadds. They just want to get more money from us. Ifit were possible, theyd tax the very air we breathe.

Irina Primavara is a quite different from theclassic image of a witch as a scary old woman.Shes young and dresses in casual clothes with alot of gold jewellery.

On the other hand, she is surrounded by po-tions, charms, holy water and ceramic pots. Irinaspeaks directly, using simple terms. Well under-standing the power of modern communications,she has a personal website on which she marketsa range of services, from reading cards or crystalballs to divination and the casting of spells.

I deliver magical help to everyone in need,she explains. Most often, people come to me be-cause they have problems in love or business. Ifthey believe in God and come with an open heart, Ican help them, she says.

Primavara agrees that a practicing witch orfortune-teller should register for a licence with thelocal authority. But she draws the line at new regu-lations that threaten soothsayers with nes and jailterms for making inaccurate predictions.

How can I know if a client has strictly fol-lowed all my advice? she asks. If not, its his orher fault, not mine. My job is like a doctors. Haveyou ever heard of a doctor being found guilty be-cause his patient didnt take his prescription?

Romanias upper house of parliament, the sen-ate, adopted the legislation early this month, butthe law change must still gain the approval of acommittee and the lower house of parliament, theChamber of Deputies.

The law will be hard to enforce, as witches arepaid in cash. A standard payment for a witchs ser-vices is around 10 to 15, often with some othergoods, such as food, drinks or packs of cigarettes,thrown in as extras.

For their part, legislators say the new law will

regulate witchcraft as a profession and protect peo-ples rights at the same time.

All people earning money should be taxed.That applies to witches as much as anyone else,says Ciprian Nica, an MP who supports the bill.

The bill will mandate witches to keep work per-mits, provide receipts for their services and it alsoobliges them to stay away from schools and churches.

Nica admits that it could be difcult to provewhether they have performed their services or pre-dicted things accurately.

There must be signed a contract between thewitches and a client asking for their services. If anyof the soothsayers fail to provide the service theypromised, they will face nes or even jail for offer-ing inappropriate services, Nica says.

Most ordinary people however, pour scorn onthe new legislation.

Certainly, no witches will declare their real in-come, says Valentin Stan, a 63-year-old pensionerwho maintains that he has never gone to witchesfor rituals or spells.

If the law is really going to be equally applied,why not extend it to nancial advisors and politicalanalysts as well, he jokes.

They also offer advice and make predictions!

By Boyaa Dzhambazova

By Maia Chiiac

Macedonianremains adirty word inBulgaria

Future looks dark for Romanias white witches

People in southwest Bulgaria are having ahard time declaring themselves as ethnicMacedonians in the ongoing census proof

that this ethnic minority is far from winningacceptance in the country.

Keen to raise money, Romanias government plans to taxthe countrys many white witches, healers and seers -and even fine them for making inaccurate predictions.

Bugaias thic Macdoiacommuity cbatig i Mikby th statu of Macdoiavoutioay, Ja Sadaski(pictud bow).

May romaias tu towitchs i tims of cisis.

Photo by Sbastia Makovici

We were argu-ing for more than15 minutes overthe existence ofMacedonians, andin the end Im notsure which ethnicgroup the ocialput me in.



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$200 million potentialexports to Turkey

Exports to Turkey arecurrently running at $50million (37 million), buthave the potential to reach$200 million (147 mil-lion) according to TurkishAmbassador to Serbia AliRiza Colak. At the openingof the second Serbia-Tukey business forum, herevealed that Serbian PrimeMinister Mirko Cvetkovicis to visit Turkey on March10th to discuss economicco-operation between thetwo countries. A tradeagreement between Serbiaand Turkey, put in place inSeptember last year openedup new business opportuni-

ties and reduced customstariffs planned for 2015 willadd impetus.

Alpha rejectsNBG takeover

Alpha Bank, one Greecesleading operators hasrejected a merger with itsbiggest competitor, theNational Bank of Greece,NBG. The NBG offer ofeight shares of the newentity for every 11 shares inAlpha Bank was describedas inadequate. Previousmerger plans collapsedin late 2001. Both bankshave been present in Serbiasince 2002. Alpha acquiredYubanka AD Beograd in2005, while NBG tookover Vojvodjanska Bank in2006.

Airport prots y

Nikola Tesla Airport turnedin prot of 2.24 billiondinars in 2010, its best everperformance. A total of 2.7million passengers wereserved, 13.2 per cent morethan in 2009, a statementfrom the company said.

Some 300 million of theprots will be used forthe development of theKonstantin Veliki Airport inNis and the renovation andadaptation of the militaryairport in Ladjevci for pas-senger transport.

Komercijalna Bankato open in Germany

The Managing Board ofKomercijalna Banka hasdrawn up plans to opena subsidiary operation inGermany. The plans willbe presented to an extraor-dinary general meeting ofshareholders scheduledfor March 7th. Shares inKomercijalna Banka havegained 15.2 per cent inrecent trading.

Business Out & About

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Businessinbrief


Le Molire and guitar duo Yovan & Serge invite you to

join us for an evening of French songs every Friday night

Yovan & Serge have put together an unforgettable and

romantic set of classic Parisien songs and all you need to

do is come along, sing, dance and simply enjoy yourselves.

If you didnt grow up in a formercommunist country, you might needa reminder that on March 8th muchof Eastern Europe celebrates Inter-national Womens Day. And whatbetter way to tell the women in yourlife that you love them that to takethem on a trip in an inatable dingy

on the icy waters of the Drina. In the spirit ofemancipation envisaged by the originators ofthe celebration, you might even suggest thatthey do the rowing.

In general however Regattas usually havevery little to do with womens rights, so perhapsits best not to try to understand why the localsfrom Ljubovija choose March 8th to organise their

Regatta and just go with the ow.Cast all thoughts of the Americas Cup or the

Isle of Wight Regatta from your mind. This re-

Prime Minister MirkoCvetkovic said on Febru-ary 14th that he was seek-ing to replace Dinkicover policy and person-nel disputes and follow-

Dinkics recent statements to localia that the current coalition gov-

ment is disjointed and laden withblems.Dinkic, the outgoing deputy gover, offered to resign the followingadding that conditions would be

hanged for foreign investors whoive up to 10,000 for each job cre-.

Its the best policy this govern-t has put in place, Bloombergted Dinkic as telling news broad-erB92 in a live broadcast lastk, crediting the incentives as aon for Serbias 24 per cent in-se in exports in 2010. He said histical party, G17 Plus, would con-e supporting the ruling coalition to

vent instability or the risk of earlytions.

The subsidies programme, ac-ding to Miroslav Zdravkovic fromgrade-based think-tank ekonomija.will remain on track as planned in

2011 budget.The (ring of Dinkic) will note any major effect in terms of Ser-

attracting investors. Our (foreignct) investments are already at anime low. This is more or less thee case scenario worldwide and itnothing to do with political chang-Zdravkovic said.

Serbia expects to attract about 3.0billion in foreign direct investment,FDI, this year, the head of the coun-trys investment and export promotionagency SIEPA, Bozidar Laganin, saidearlier. The nation attracted 1.37 bil-lion in FDI last year.

According to Goran Nikolic fromthe governments Institute for Eu-ropean Studies investors will not beintimidated by the changes as long asDinkics successor is an equally ag-

gressive type and just as dedicated toluring in companies.

What the government needs is to

nd someone who is just as agile asDinkic - someone who will chase peo-ple, because that is what Dinkic did,

he literally chased investors to comehere.

[His successor] should be some-one who will continue with Dinkicspolicy of giving subsidies and allkinds of tidbits to investors. It is obvi-ously not a good sign when a ministerof this type who has a certain reputa-

tion is red.A small country such as Serbia,

which has really nothing to offer, andwhich does not have its legal frame-

work in order, has to offer something.Investors that will come here alreadyhave established retail chains and es-tablished distribution and they willleave something here where peopleare on the brink of survival.

But investment consultant MilanKovacevic says Dinkics successorshould be someone who will gradu-ally do away with the subsidies pro-gramme and focus on reforms that cutred tape and promote exports.

It is certain that the governmentwill continue to subsidise investorsbut I hope that it will start to do it ina more rational way. Rumour has itthat the subsidies were given based onarbitrary decisions and that there wasa lot of bargaining involved, who willget how much money etc. Kovacevicexplained.

What the government must do isstep up reforms of red tape. Dinkic an-nounced the now infamous OperationGuillotine years ago, which we knowyielded no results, he said. In a bidto lure investors, Serbias government

launched Operation Guillotine in thesummer of 2008, aiming to chop ob-solete and redundant regulations thathinder and stall investment, but only10 per cent of the recommendationshave been adopted so far, DjordjeVukovic form the task force in chargeof the initiative said in June.

Sasa Djogovic, an economist withBelgrade-based think-tank IZIT, saidDinkics dismissal could lead to morechanges within the government,

which wont sit easily with foreigncapital holders.

Any way you look at it, the gov-ernment is on its last legs. We havenow entered a period of transitionuntil elections are called, he toldSeeNews last week.

...Existing as well as any poten-tial investors may postpone their de-cision-making during this transitionperiod, which shouldnt last long,Djogovic said.

Cvetkovic said that a replacementfor Dinkic will be announced twoweeks after February 14 th.

The Pro-western democratic par-ty, DS, and the party of Serbias for-mer strongman Slobodan Milosevic,SPS, alongside G17 Plus and severalsmaller parties, make up the rulinggovernment coalition. Serbia is dueto hold general elections in the springof 2012.

Vera Ovanin covers Serbian econ-omy and business for corporatewire SeeNews.

gatta is not so much about competing in a classor size of boat, but a more family thing. Its aboutfamilies and friends, packed in boats that couldbe generously called modest, just spending sometime together.

The event starts at 11 a.m. in the small vil-lage of Gornja Tresnjica and lasts for about threehours, until the boats reach Vrhopolje. Betweenthe two villages the winding Drina River is atits most beautiful and wild. The Drinas erraticcourse here is remembered in the local saying,Who can straighten the crooked Drina? used torefer to any task considered futile.

The Ljubovija region is about 150 kilome-tres away from Belgrade, near the border withBosnia. Three hours drive will get you to thisuntouristed destination. Although there is nota commercial tourist industry, there are manyholiday homes for rent or private houses of-fering rooms at very affordable prices and itis likely that your host will welcome you ina traditional Serbian manner - with slatko (athick fruit syrup), a glass of water and somehome made rakija.

There are also a number of ethno villages inthe area. These take many forms but will usuallyfeature cottages or apartments built in a tradition-al and rustic manner with restaurants serving tra-ditional cuisine. One of the most popular of theseethno villages is actually located at the regattasdestination - Vrhopolje.

The Drina River has for millennia formeda boundary - between the Western and EasternRoman Empires and later the Austro HungarianEmpire and Ottoman Empire and more recentlythe river has at least in part separated Serbia fromBosnia.

In 1914, when the river formed the border be-tween Austria-Hungary and Serbia, major mili-tary operations were mounted along its length.

Mackov kamen (literally cats rock) was thesite of a major battle. In the honour of the 2,000soldiers who lost their lives there, in 1932 thestate built a memorial where their remains wereburied.

In recent years, another historical site - Soko-grad has become a famous pilgrimage and excur-sion site. The town, few kilometres away fromLjubovija, was once a Roman military fortress.

Today, among the towns ruins there is a gold-en cross and the ten chapels representing the TenCommandments, which line the towns hillside. Atone time, several armies sought to control this bor-der town, which became prosperous under Turkish

control. The Turks called it Sultans Bride.However, the regions true potential lies in its

nature. There are several places that you s houldntmiss. The little Ljubovija River has carved outa canyon near the town and it is spanned by arare Ottoman bridge that has managed to resistthe ravages of time. The Tresnjica river has alsocarved its way down through the rocks, leavingbehind small islands in its stream as it descendssome 800 metres.

Above Ljubovija rises the Bobija mountain, aperfect place for mountain climbing, hiking andmountain biking and paragliding. The mountainhosts more than a hundred cold springs of whichthe most famous is Dobra Voda (Good water).

The Dobre Vode church is one of 12 in the re-gion built in honour of the Twelve Apostles. In the

churchyard there is a small canon that is red eve-ry Christmas Eve. In days past, a local man whowanted to get married had to lift the canon abovehis head to prove he was ready for marriage.

On your way back to Belgrade, stop by thetown Osecina, about 40 kilometres away fromLjubovija - youll be passing through it anywayon your way home. Osecina and its surroundingsare famous for producing plums, raspberries andblackberries and much of the fruit grown here isused to make high quality rakijas and wines, sodont miss the opportunity to taste some - pas-sengers only, of course.

By Godaa Adic

Its a regatta Jim...

Dinkics exit leavesbusiness as usual

Although regattas elsewhere are usually reserved for thewarm summer months, Serbians are made of sterner stuff.So if you are keen on the water and nature, or just need toget out of your routine, head for the Drina regatta.

he ousting of Econ-my Minister Mladjannkic last week is

nlikely to frighten offvestors in Serbia anyore than the poorsiness environment

aded with red taped overdue reformsat he has left behind.

By Va Ovai

Dikics dismissa is uiky tofuth affct a busiss vi-omt aady bst by dtap.


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Arts

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Dining Out

Whilst it may onlybe a few hundredkilometres away,anyone who has evermade the drive to theAdriatic will tes-tify that its a lengthyjourney nevertheless.

Anyone who has had to import anything into Serbiawill conrm that this too can be difcult, costlyand time-consuming. Its not surprising perhapsthen that good sh restaurants are both few andfar between and very expensive. Gusti Mora wasrecommended to me with the rm caveat that it wasvery, very, expensive, and so it proved, but of thatmore later.

Unprepossessing from the outside, the inside hasbeen made extensively and expensively rustic, allpine and ironwork, barrels and sepia photographs.We had the restaurant almost to ourselves; two otherdiners were lingering over coffee.

The menu is, of course, both shy and Italian,and if youve come to eat the sh, largely superu -ous other than as a guide to pricing. A selection offresh sh arrived on ice at the table for us to choosefrom - mussels, clams, scallops, some big Dublin

Bay Prawns, sea bream, a large monksh tail, anda number of other sh that our waiters English andmy aquatic knowledge were unable to describe. Wepicked scallops to start, cooked as recommendedby our waiter, with goats cheese and parmesan. Asmain dishes we chose the monksh for two, withroasted vegetables, and, from the menu, spaghettiwith prawns.

The wine list is safe rather than spectacular.Everything youd expect to see is there but verylittle that pushes out the boundaries. Our choice wasa Marco Polo Posip from Croatia, which was alsosafe - rounded ripe pear and peach fruit and a dryalmond nish. A nice wine but not one to send meinto raptures.

The scallops, were well cooked, still juicy in themiddle, but were overpowered by the cheese whichsat in a toasted layer over the top. Each portion wasjust two queen scallops with a little salad garnishand so was not an overly generous plateful.

A large portion of spaghetti came in a great, wellbalanced, sweet tomato sauce with fresh herbs, anda good helping of tiny prawns.

The monksh gave up two good sized llets,which had been roasted alongside some potatoes,onion, aubergine, courgette and tomato in a little

white wine. The sh was rm, avoursome and wellcooked. Simple and delicious.

A chocolate soufe was perfect, hot sponge out-side and oozing with chocolate when the spoon cutinto it. A panna cotta was less good. Too rm, it hadthe consistency of an English blancmange and it wasalso under-avoured, relying on a sticky raspberrytopping to give it life.

In all then, a fairly successful outing, but as I hadbeen warned in advance, not an inexpensive trip.Two small scallops with a salad garnish came in at1,500 dinars and the monksh and roasted vegeta -bles, great though it was, 2,400 per portion.

If you absolutely have to have sea sh, thenGusti Mora will not disappoint, and is up there withany local alternative, but consider perhaps avoidingthe overpriced scallops and make sure that someoneelse pays the bill.

Gusti Mora

Radnicka 27

Tel: 011 3551268

Price guide: 4,000 5,000 dinars per person forthree courses with a modest wine.

By Tchma

There are times whenTrencherman grows wistfulfor his home by the sea.Armed with a well packedwallet, on just such anoccasion, he set out forGusti Mora.

Gusti Mora


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Burlesque

The story itself is no literarygem. An Idaho girl goes toCalifornia where she seesa special club, and decidesshe wants to become a spe-cial act. The naive storylinein this glitzy produc-tion bothered me not the

htest, because it gave so much more timenalyse the costumes, shiny dresses and ofrse the lack of thereof.Burlesque is not a lm about a small-townmeeting an aged star of a once legendary

b. It is also not a lm about a venue in thedle of LAs Sunset Boulevard, but a lmut Cher and Christina Aguilera who simplyted to sing in the same lm.

For this ambition to become esh, theyded an experienced crew who had previ-ly been involved with making musicals andonvince the money men that the audienceuld like it. Both were achieved but the lmch opened in the US in late November wille the nanciers with a very sour taste, hop -that DVD sales might just recoup some ofestimated $55 million spent on making it.Cher sings at the beginning of the lm, andm the outset we see that even in her 60s she

has the voice that made her famous. Herng skills that won her an Oscar for Moon-ck in 1987 seem however to be on vacationn she sings. When Cher is in her element,wonders if the strange grimace coupled

with a lack of any other facial expression are aconsequence of plastic surgery or if she is justoverplaying the role. When the music stops shebecomes more natural and if the screenplayhad just a little bit of extra weight one mightjust engage with her character.

Christina Aguilera as Ali is a differentstory. Her acting is based mostly on her girlyappearance and she is, primarily, a singerwith some talent for acting. With the slightlyarticial, plastic tone to her voice, recognis-able among many American divas that curvetheir keys beyond recognition, Aguilera glidesthrough an array of familiar melodies withdetermination, but little excitement. She isunassertive, if one can be with such a power-ful voice, and at times seems little more thana clothes horse for some fairly spectacularcostumes.

From the rst moments of the lm, youcan sense that the Director of Photography hasdone a good job. I tried hard to nd a mistake

in the work of Montenegrin cinematographerBojan Bazelli and eventually, I succeeded. Heallowed some strong whites to burn the screenduring one of Aguileras solos. A good sense ofcolour and clear sharp scenes in dark locationsare Bazellis strong points and it would be hardto imagine that this man will not soon becomeone of Hollywoods star cinematographers.

The editing is sharp and some may nd thisrhythm to be a bit too intense, but it is wellsynchronised with as many as ten songs whichthe cast members play and sing. The set andcostumes makes for a truly European feeling ofan underground 1930s Paris club.

You are unlikely to leave the cinema in astate of exhilaration, but by the same token youare also unlikely to regret spending some 200or so dinars on a ticket. With close-to-perfectvisual elements and some nice songs, this is alight feel-good movie which offers the viewerfew challenges and which is unlikely to stay inyour memory much beyond the theatre door.

FEST 2011Its that me of the year again, when youcan see the best of the previous yearslms at the 39th FEST lm fesval.This me, the fesval will be screening70 lms, with Coriolanus, shot largely inBelgrade, opening the fesval. Aside fromRalph Fiennes modern take on Shake-speares work, FEST welcomes some ofthe Oscar contenders which have yet tohit Belgrade cinemas.

The Kings Speech

What happens when a King of Englandwho has a pronounced stuer, must de-liver a key radio address to soldiers leav -ing for war? He resorts to an extravagantspeech therapist who must transform a

shy ruler into a solid king. Stars GeoreyRush and Colin Firth.

Black Swan

Director Darren Arronofsky takes us on avoyage to the dark side of a New York CityBallet star who cannot play edgy roles andintroduces to her to her alter ego. Withelements of horror and heavily relying onthe eroc and mysterious, this lm hasbeen widely praised as a masterpiece.Stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis.

Somewhere

Soa Coppola takes us to the alienatedworld of a promising Hollywood star ana -lysing his relaonship with his daughterand himself. A very inmate look into theworld of Hollywood, earned the lm aGolden Lion in Venice. Stars Stephen Doand Elle Fanning.

True Grit

Aer No Country for Old Men, Joel andEthan Cohen go to the American prairiesagain - this me to re-discover the genreof the classical western. Je Bridges andMa Damon star in a story about a girlseeking the help of an ex US Marshall tohelp her hunt down the man who killedher family

Belgrade has fewreally good shrestaurants, but,says Trencherman,Gus Mora is oneof them. Just beprepared for the billwhen it arrives.

By Adj Kmcic

usicals tend to be un-allenging events andBurlesque, Cher and

hristina Aguilera helpu spend two relax-g hours in the cinema,cusing more on cos-mes and settings than

n the story itself.

A uchagig coupof hous with two of popsbiggst divas.

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Doyo Kim, vioa Iija M. Koaac

edowmt, Studtski Tg 5, 20:00

SATUrDAY MArCH 5

Opa: Th Maiag of Figao, Thnatioa That, Facuska 1, 19:00

THUrSDAY MArCH 10

Thid Spig Piao Fstivity, piao

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Iija M. Koaac edowmt, Studt-ski Tg 5, 19:00

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FrIDAY FeBrUArY 25

As You lik It (Shakspa), Yugo -sav Dama That, Kaja Miaa

50, 20:00

SATUrDAY FeBrUArY 26

Pmi: Poducs (Books, M -ha), Tazij That, Tazij 29,

20:00

SUnDAY FeBrUArY 27

Pay it agai, Sam (A), BgadDama That, Misvska 64,

20:00

MOnDAY FeBrUArY 28

log Days Jouy Ito night(Oni), Atj 212, Svtogoska 21,

20:00

WeDneSDAY MArCH 2

Th Mchat of Vic (Shak-spa), Yugosav Dama That,

Kaja Miaa 50, 20:00

TUeSDAY MArCH 1

exhibitio: Soja Biski Uzac- Ht-otopia, FlU Gay, Kz Mihajova53, 19:00exhibitio: Adja Pokopijvic,scuptus, UlUPUDS Gay, UzuMikova 12, 19:00

THUrSDAY MArCH 3

exhibitio: lomo Wa, Paobod,Kapta Misia 6, 20:00

FrIDAY MArCH 4

Dacig City: Mast Casss by rooTabo, Amba Succi ad nick Bass,Dom Omadi, Dcaska 22, fom12:00 to 17:00

SUnDAY MArCH 6

Dac spctac: Toy- Fi ofAatoia, Bgad Aa, Asija

Caojvica 58, 20:00

TUeSDAY MArCH 8

exhibitio: looa Vkic adMiodag roga- Fasciatos, Sigi -duum Gay, Kz Mihajova 40.19:00

THUrSDAY MArCH 10

Ggoia, Sava Ct, MitijaPopovica 9, 20:30

OPerA,BAlleT AnDClASSICAl

FrIDAY FeBrUArY 25

Bat: Impu Bood, Th atioaThat, Facuska 1, 19:30Bgad Phihamoic with MuhaiTag, coducto ad Saah Chag,vioi, Iija M. Koaac edowmt,Studtski Tg 5, 20:00


Opa: Th Bab of Svi, Thnatioa That, Facuska 1, 19:00

MOnDAY FeBrUArY 28

Music Acadmy- Chamb Music D-patmt i coct, Yugosav DamaThat, Kaja Miaa 50, 20:30

TUeSDAY MArCH 1

Bat: Do Quixot, Th natioaThat, Facuska 1, 19:30Mako Josifoski, vioi ad ZaifaAizad, piao, City Ha, DagosavaJovaovica 2, 20:00

WeDneSDAY MArCH 2

Opa: I Tovato, Th natioaThat, Facuska 1, 19:00

THUrSDAY MArCH 3

Bat: Who is sigig ov th? Thnatioa That, Facuska 1, 19:30

FrIDAY MArCH 4

Bgad Phihamoic with luizFado Mahio, coducto ad

THUrSDAY MArCH 3

Vicious Thusdays, egija, nusicva8, 23:00As, Bod DJ Ba, Gospoda Jv -mova 6, 22:00Codx, Facuska Sobaica, Fa-cuska 12, 22:00

FrIDAY MArCH 4

lucky rcods Showcas, egija,nusicva 8, 23:00rto Tac, namast, Budimska16, 22:00Cat Stop th rock, KST, BuvaKaja Aksada 76, 22:00TGIF, Facuska Sobaica, Facuska12, 22:00

SATUrDAY MArCH 5

Giy night with Gty M, namast,Budimska 16, 23:00Aa D ad Ppp, Th Tub, Sim ia

21, 23:00Mous ad Dca, KST, Buva KajaAksada 76, 22:00Ptko & Akioki, Bod DJ Ba, Gosp-oda Jvmova 6, 22:00

SUnDAY MArCH 6

Da, Bod DJ Ba, GospodaJvmova 6, 22:00

TUeSDAY MArCH 8

rb B, Facuska Sobaica, Fa-cuska 12, 22:00

WeDneSDAY MArCH 9

Positiv Wdsday, egija, nu-sicva 8, 22:00Dada Sktah, Bod DJ Ba, Gosp-oda Jvmova 6, 22:00ex Yu music, KST, Buva KajaAksada 76, 22:00

THUrSDAY MArCH 10

Vicious Thusdays, egija, nusicva8, 22:00

This famous vioiist bga as a chid cassica musicpodigy ad has mophd ito a pop sta ov th yas.

Vassa was th yougst pso v to cod bothBthov ad Tchaikovsky vioi coctos, at thag of 13. As sh gw od, sh statd to show it-st i mo mod music ad foud gat succss.H st pop abum, Th Vioi Pay, was asd i1995, ad h ca has ay tak off sic.

Ths day kow fo h good ooks ad at tims isquoutts, as much as fo h payig, Vassa has b-com a boa d pop sta a ov th wod, gossigov $64 miio ad sig ov 10 miio abumswodwid. Suday, Fbuay 27, Bgad Aa, A-sija Caojvica 58

Th bad a o of th ads of th tough nw Yok had-co sc aog with bads such as Agostic Fot ad T-

o. Thy hav mad a am fo thmsvs by stayig o thoad thoughout thi cas ad payig o vy tou thypossiby coud.

Aft gaiig fam ad otoity as a touig act, th badw sigd to o of th most pstigious mta abs i thwod, Ctuy Mdia, who bought thm to w cowds admad thm may w fas outsid of th hadco sc.

Thy hav cotiud to do what thy do bst, touig o-stop sic sigig to Ctuy Mdia i 2007, ad hav bo th oad with a of th havywights of thi g, icud-ig Hatbd ad Igit. Wdsday, Mach 9, Gu Cub,Miosa Pocca 10

Its tim oc agai fo FeST, Sbias most popua itatioa m fstiva.Th 39th fstiva wi oc agai fatu som of th most xitig ad takd-about ms fom th ast ya. Th fstiva ops o Fiday with a scig ofth movi Coioaus. Fiday, Fbuay 25, Sava C ta, Mitija Popovica 9

Dacig City is Sbias most ambitious dac-atd fstiva to datad it wi fatu mast casss with som top choogaphs fom

aoud th wod, icudig roo Tabo, Amba Succi ad nick Bass.Fiday, Mach 4, Dom Omadi, Dcaska 22

This lodo-basd DJ has b at th fofot of th hous music cicuit fo a ogtim ad has gad a putatio as o of th hadst wokig poducs i thidusty, mixig fo dozs of atists ookig fo his sigatu tch hous soud.Fiday, Fbuay 25, Pastic, Takovska 36

This wk th phihamoic wi cotiu this sasos stak of cptioa

gusts with th famous Baziia coducto luiz Fado Mahio who hascoductd th most pstigious ochstas both South Amica ad euoptoo. H wi b joid by vioa sooist Doyo Kim. Fiday, Mach 4, Iija M.

Koaac edowmt, Studtski Tg 5

Bgad lGBT goup loud & Qu is ogaisig this paty, fatuig a duo ofDJs fom Bacoa Mssy Boy ad rumbsh. Th two pay vy fu sts,mixig cassic ctoic bats with vitag jug modis ad a 80s popatmosph that ay gts th cowds movig. Satuday, Fbuay 26, DomOmadi, Dcaska 22

This taditioa piao vt wi fatu th duos of Caos lama ad SoaCabuja, aog with Jo Jado ad Kaoy Mocsai, payig a wid aay of

cassica favoits. Thusday, Mach 10, Iija M. Koaac edowmt, Stu-dtski Tg 5

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impact. Aft thi highy succssfu 2002 dbut, th duo didt asa scod abum uti 2010. Th w abum is su to b th maistay of

thi st this Fiday. Fiday, Fbuay 25, Dom Omadi, Dcaska 22

Combichist a a nowgia goup that spciaiss i a vy itsad aggssiv fom of ctoic music that stms fom hash idustiasouds ad a gothic ovto, a g thy ca aggotch. Opig wib fow nowgia, Motiis who is phaps bst kow fo dssig ika to fak a ad os xtsios icudd. Fiday, Mach 4, StudtsCutua Ct, Kaja Miaa 48

Vanessa Mae Death Before DishonorFEST- InternationalFilm Festival

Dancing City: Master Classes

Paolo Mojo Belgrade Philharmonic with guests

Rainbow Warriors Third Spring PianoFestivity: Piano Duos

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Cima Komuisto: 16:20

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Th Touist: 23:00

Busqu: 17:15, 19:30, 21:50

Cima Komuisto: 18:00

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Guivs Tavs: 15:30, 18:40,

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Yogi Ba: 15:40, 17:30, 19:20

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FrIDAY FeBrUArY 25

Paoo Mojo, Pastic, Takovska 36,23:00A Stas Bgad Paty, GrADCutua Ct, Bac Ksmaovic4, 22:00Vata-Biskotka, Foy, Gasshopp& Byp, egija, nusicva 8, 22:00TGIF, Facuska Sobaica, Facuska12, 22:00Absout Paty, Th Tub, Simia 21,23:00Cat Stop th rock, KST, BuvaKaja Aksada 76, 22:00Pow o Fu, namast, Budimska16, 22:00


raibow Waios, Dom Omadi,Dcaska 22, 22:00evidc, Kitik, Timmy, To adCodx, Facuska Sobaica, Fa-cuska 12, 22:00e Divtido, egija, nusicva 8,22:00ladis night, KST, Buva KajaAksada 76, 22:00Pooki & Dav Foyd, Th Tub,Simia 10, 23:00Touous low Tack ad Vadimi Ivko -vic, 20/44, boat o Sava, 23:00rto Pogssiv Tac, namast,Budimska 16, 22:00

SUnDAY FeBrUArY 27

Da, Bod DJ Ba, GospodaJvmova 6, 22:00

TUeSDAY MArCH 1

rb B, Facuska Sobaica, Fa -cuska 12, 22:00

WeDneSDAY MArCH 2

Positiv Wdsday, egija, nu-sicva 8, 23:00Mako Gagbag, Facuska So-baica, Facuska 12, 22:00

Hmit ad Fids, namast, Budim-ska 16, 22:00Codx, Facuska Sobaica, Fa-cuska 12, 22:00As, Bod DJ Ba, Gospoda Jv -mova 6, 22:00

lIVe MUSIC

FrIDAY FeBrUArY 25

VIP, Dom Omadi, Dcaska 22,21:00


Zoa B ad Poit Bak, Gu Cub,Miosa Pocca 10, 22:00B Squad, loobigida, lia Vga,SArS, Svdah Baby...Studts Cu-tua Ct, Kaja Miaa 48, 21:00Th Potiacs, Paic room Zica,Kajvica Maka 5, 22:00

SUnDAY FeBrUArY 27

Vassa Ma, Bgad Aa,Asija Caojvica 58, 22:00

MOnDAY FeBrUArY 28

Ossa Jazz Quatt, Studtski Gad,Buva Zoaa Djidjica 179, 21:00

TUeSDAY MArCH 1

eutpa ad gusts, Bitf At Caf,Mia Taiovic Squa 1, 22:00

FrIDAY MArCH 4

Combichist, Motiis, Studts Cu-tua Ct, Kaja Miaa 48, 21:30Tski Zuum, Povtaac, boat oSava, 22:00

MOnDAY MArCH 7

Kma Moto, Sava Ct, Mi-tija Popovica 9, 20:30

WeDneSDAY MArCH 9

Dath Bfo Dishoo, Gu Cub,Miosa Pocca 10, 22:00

SATUrDAY MArCH 5

My-Go-roud (Schitz), Atj212, Svtogoska 21, 20:00

SUnDAY MArCH 6

Spig Awakig (Wdkid),Bgad Dama That, Misvska64, 20:00

WeDneSDAY MArCH 9

10th Itatioa That FstivaSavija 2011: Th Omissio of thComa Famiy (Tokachi), SavijaThat, Svtog Sav 16, 20:00

THUrSDAY MArCH 10

noway Today (Bausima), BgadDama That, Misvska 64,20:30

exHIBITIOnSAnD eVenTS

FrIDAY FeBrUArY 25

FeST- Itatioa Fim Fstiva,opig: Coioaus, Sava Ct,Mitija Popovica 9, 19:00exhibitio: Smija Jovaovic, rako-vica Cutua Ct, Miska Kajca7, 19:00


Sam poty- Psicj, rx, Jv -jska 16, 20:00

SUnDAY FeBrUArY 27

Hatfakt- Bazaa of ats ad cafts,rx, Jvjska 16, 14:00

MOnDAY FeBrUArY 28

Itt Pfomac: Sx o taisad rights of lfthads, Magaci,Kajvica Maka 6, 19:00



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Gerila is rather tucked away but at the sametime in the centre of the city. Its previousincarnation was as Stek, which is a Ser-bian slang term for hide out or hidingplace, and it really does give off this vibe,because although its located only a fewmetres from Dom Omladine, it is hiddenaway at the end of an alley surrounded by

dential buildings and stores.The whole guerilla theme with pictures of Che Guevara,l Castro and silhouettes of armed militant groups is just about

most played out of ideas - whether its being used to decorateub or a t-shirt.The events are also lacking in imagination theres an Italianht scheduled for this week, and the only information I could

out was that the night would feature a promotion of the clubsGodfather cocktails. Beer is available for under a euro on

sday nights for those of us that have to get by on a budget,other than that, the promotions and events this bar offers arekely to draw you in if you are looking to do something newinteresting.

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Leaving aside the slightly tacky revolutionary images on thewalls, the bar ticks most of the right boxes for a rock club. Thedecor is warm and inviting, brick walls and rich wood with low

lighting. Its not that big, but its denitely less cramped than themajority of such rock bars in B elgrade.

Most people will mingle in the spacious bar area unless theyhave reserved a table somewhere in one of the corners of the club.Over to the left, there is a smaller area with a couple of tables inthe corners and a tiny stage for the band to perform. I was thereon a night that a local cover band was performing and I felt prettysorry for the guys, especially the unusually tall guitarist who hadno room to manoeuvre and was restricted to playing in an area thesize of the cardboard box that your refrigerator came in.

Further on is another small section to the right where thereare a couple of tables, but even there, about two metres from thestage, youre sitting at such a bad angle that its almost impossibleto see the band.

Overall, Id say that it is one of the best bars in Belgrade forjust chilling out and grabbing some drinks with friends. Its notcramped, its very clean and the drinks are very sensibly priced.However, if your intention was to go and check out a cover band

and maybe do some dancing, there are a bunch of places that willoffer you a better night out than Gerilla Bar.

The small stage, cut off from the rest of the bar and the soundwhich is routed into unimpressive PA speakers that are locatedaround the bar means that youre not going to get the true liveexperience, unless you are standing right in front of the band,where, realistically, there is room enough for about 20 people topsto stand comfortably. So unless you are early, lucky or have activeelbows you probably wont be getting a very good vibe from themusic being played by the band.

Other than that, its hard to complain about the Gerila Bar. Thestaff are cordial and fast, the bathrooms and the club in general arevery neat and tidy and the drink prices are just right for such a pub.

The visitors will probably depend on the age and skill-level ofthe band that is playing that night - expect a younger and rowdiercrowd if theres a Red Hot Chili Peppers or Rage Against theMachine cover band playing and more subdued 30-somethings onmost other nights.

Its nothing new or inventive, but Guerilla Bar is a ne placeto have some drinks and have an enjoyable night out for a goodprice in the dead centre of Belgrade.

ctures of Che anddel on the walls willst bring you to thealisation that theanagement at Gerilaay be lacking a little

magination, but it isevertheless a goodace to grab a couplepints in a warm and

easant atmosphere.

Gerila Bar

David Gaic

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Inbrief TENNIS Serbia start their Davis

Cup title defence with a rst-round

tie at home to India in Novi Sad, on

March 4th. Coach Bogdan Obradovichas named the quartet which beat

France 3-2 in a memorable 2010nal in December to face India in the

SPENS Arena, with the 6,500-seaterstadium likely to draw a capac-

ity crowd for the tie. While ViktorTroicki, Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad

Zimonjic are assured of playing for

Serbia in what should be a fairly easymatch for the defending champions,

world number three Novak Djokovicis likely to join them only if fatigue

doesnt force him to take a rest afterthe ongoing Dubai Open, where he is

defending his title. Should Serbia gothrough, they will meet the winner of

the Sweden v Russia tie in the quarter-

nals.

ICE HOCKEY Slovenias Olimpija

Ljubljana beat Partizan Belgrade 3-2in the rst game of their best-of-veseries in the regional league nal. Par-

tizan, playing in their second succes-sive nal after they nished runners-up

last season, fell two goals behind in

the opening period but stormed back toforce overtime through Patrick Ouel-

let and Marko Kovacevic. Olimpijanosed ahead in the series when Ken

Ograjensek scored in overtime to sendthe capacity home crowd into raptures.

The victory was sweet revenge for

Olimpija after they were handed an8-2 drubbing by Partizan at the same

venue in the nal game of the regularseason. Game 2 of the nals is sched-

uled for Belgrades Pionir Ice Arenaon Friday, February 25th, at 7.30 p.m.

BASKETBALL Serbian contenders

Hemofarm Vrsac have lost any hopesof reaching the Eurocup quarter-

nals with a 73-71 defeat at CedevitaZagreb. Hemofarm led throughout

the opening half but the Croatianside swung the match their way after

the interval, leading 63-54 at the endof the third quarter after a barrage

of three-pointers. Hemofarm rallied

in the closing stages and missed achance to win the game at the buzzer,

when American guard Mustafa AbdulHamids long-range shot came off the

rim. Corsley Edwards led the win-ners with 17 points, Dontaye Draper

had 15 and Vedran Princ added 14,shooting 4 of 6 from three-point range.

Mladen Jeremic was Hemofarms topscorer with 15 points, Miljan Pavkovicscored 14 and Milos Borisov added 10.

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