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25 Jan 13

Best of Germany travels to Belgrade

A number of German movies are being shown in Belgrade as a part of the ‘Travelling Cinema Programme’ of the Goethe Institute.

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25 Jan 13

Shedding Light on Creatures of the Dark

An exhibition of nocturnal creatures at the Natural History Museum explains how and why some birds, animals and insects opted for life in the dark.

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25 Jan 13

Exhibition Highlights Glories of Medieval Bosnia

Two major exhibitions are planned at the History Museum in Sarajevo - despite the decayed state of the building - one of which casts fresh light light on the medieval kingdom of Bosnia.

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24 Jan 13

Berlin Festival Showcases Heroic Bosnian War Story

After its world premiere at the Sundance Festival, Krugovi, a new movie based on a true story about a Bosnian Serb who saved a Muslim in the Bosnian war, will have its European premiere at the Berlinale. 

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22 Jan 13

Serbs Prepare Play in Honour of Constantine

Theatres from Nis and Belgrade have started preparing a play about the Roman emperor Constantine, which will be performed as a part of the celebrations dedicated to the Edict of Milan.

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17 Jan 13

Bulgaria Music Grant Hits Discordant Note

Sofia is in hot water over plans to give a large regional development grant to a broadcaster best known for its use of raunchy images to promote pop music. 

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17 Jan 13

Oscar Winner Tanovic to Premiere in Berlin

Bosnian director Denis Tanovic will compete for a prize at the Berlin International Film Festival with his new movie ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’.

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16 Jan 13

Japanese Violin Star to Shine in Skopje

Akiko Suwanai, a virtuoso violinst from Japan, will open the Macedonian Philharmonic's 2013 season.

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16 Jan 13

Montenegrin TV Lays Claim to Depardieu

It is known that Montenegro would like film star Gerard Depardieu to take out Montenegrin citizenship - but has he done so already? One TV news reader recently seemed to think so.

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15 Jan 13

WW1 Epic Wins Serbia's NIN Book Prize

Important literary prize goes to Aleksandar Gatalica for his epic novel, which the jury said cast a new perspective on the First World War.


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15 Jan 13

Sound of Serbian Choir Rings Out at the UN

Vuk Jeremic, the Serbian President of the UN General Assembly, treated a large audience to a concert by the Serbian choir Viva Vox, marking the first day of Orthodox New Year.

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14 Jan 13

Belgrade Asylum for Artistic Freedom

Young art couple from Belgrade decided to draw attention to problems in art world and harmful state cultural policy by locking themselves in one of the prominent galleries on the main Knez Mihajlova Street.

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14 Jan 13

Christian Jubilee Year Kicks Off in Nis

A year-long celebration marking 1,700 years since the Roman Empire granted Christians religious freedom will start on January 17 in the Serbian city of Nis, where Roman emperor Constantine the Great was born.

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14 Jan 13

Kustendorf Brings Stars to Mokra Gora

The sixth Kustendorf film and music festival offers a feast of foreign movies, as well as programmes presenting some of the triumphs of world cinematography from the past year.

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09 Jan 13

New Thriller Will Bring Kevin Costner to Serbia

Filming of a new thriller directed by Joseph McGinty and produced by EuropaCorp, which is owned by Luc Besson, will bring a gaggle of stars including Costner to Serbia in the spring.

Culture Policy Focus

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21 May 13

Troubled Albanian Museum Sunk by Hoxha Row

Donors spent hundreds of thousands of euro building a new museum in Gjirokastra - but the results were questionable and it ultimately closed over an ideological dispute.

18 Mar 13

Diagnosing Kosovo

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21 May 13

Esma: The Demise of a Legend

Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin…