“Don't you insult my tango!”, were the words I heard from an arguing couple as I approached the entrance to one of the spots where tango in Belgrade takes place. To hear the argument, I pretended to be waiting for someone, trying to look as though standing there was an unpleasant must.

I know… just some six hours of travel - and we were already bored with it!

I count the years from the end of one holiday to the beginning of a new one. And, it was as if I knew the year would be a very difficult one, I started planning the 2010 holiday well in advance.

Ever since I think that artists do have a role to play in society – to provoke. Provoke emotions, provoke thought, provoke dispute. As the maximal impersonisation of the individual will to create, the artist puts him or herself in a dialogue with the collective, often in conflict. As a member of the civil society, the artist can offer a corrective to developments within the collective.

They that feel these statues, and proposed changes to the facades of buildings in Skopje’s downtown, are kitschy and follow the same unfortunate logic as the House of Mother Theresa, the eclectic spaceship-like architectural ensemble built recently in Skopje.

The first time I heard abut the given festival I thought it was an interesting thing and a sign that our society – no matter how conservative or closed it seems – was actually tolerant, unlike the picture it often portrays about itself.

Few weeks ago, together with many friends of mine, we gathered in the centre of Pristina to sign a petition in support to what today is known the “Union” building”. The action came as a response to media reports that Pristina Municipality is considering to destroy or maybe even move this building, which is the only old remaining building in the city centre.