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08 May 12 / 13:58:27

Montenegrin Media Most Free in Balkans, Report Says

A survey of world media freedom in 2011 carried out by US-based watchdog Freedom House put Montenegro in top place in the region. Kosovo has also moved up the rankings while Macedonia has moved down.

Latest Culture and Lifestyle News from Serbia

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18 Feb 10 / 16:51:52

Creation of 'One Language for All Slavs' Underway

Dutch translator Jan van Steenbergen has been working for five years with a group of people on creating a language which all Slavs speakers can understand.
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28 Jan 10 / 11:04:12

Promoting Bosniak Culture in Serbia

The Bosniak Cultural Community, BKZ, has been founded in the town of Novi Pazar as the first organisation in Serbia dedicated to preserving and promoting Bosniak cultural heritage.

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18 Jan 10 / 12:37:31

Serbia Pride Parade To Be Held This Year

Serbian Minister for Human and Minority Rights Svetozar Ciplic has announced that a gay pride parade will be held this year.
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18 Dec 09 / 13:54:28

Serbian Special Police in Ralph Fiennes Movie

The Serbian Ministry of Interior will rent its equipment and personnel for the filmming "Coriolanus" directed by actor Ralph Fiennes.
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04 Dec 09 / 14:40:23

Serbia's Exit Runs for Best Festival Award

Serbian music festival EXIT will compete with 21 other festivals for the award Best Major Festival in Europe.
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06 Nov 09 / 13:55:43

Serbian Film Director Cuts Short Croat Interview

Serbian film director Emir Kusturica cut short an interview with the Croatian national television HRT on Wednesday, in a spat after the TV crew allegedly questioned his relationship with former Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic.

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03 Nov 09 / 14:11:50

Balkan States Work Together on UNESCO Bid

Four countries that emerged from the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s pledged to work together on preparing a nomination that will give their medieval tombstones known as 'stecci' a place on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
28 Oct 09 / 09:43:07

Dodik Imposter Arrested in Serbia

Police in Serbia have detained a man who posed as Republika Srpska Premier Milorad Dodik to solicit funds from individuals and firms in neighbouring countries. 
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27 Oct 09 / 06:47:07

Belgrade Kicks Off 54th International Book Fair

Under the slogan, A Sea of Books, famed Serbian and Greek writers, Dragan Velikic and Tanasis Voltinos, opened the 54th edition of the International Book Fair in Belgrade on Monday.
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22 Oct 09 / 06:55:19

First Roma Museum Opens in Belgrade

Half a century since the first initiative, Belgrade opened its first museum of Roma culture on Wednesday with an exhibition entitled Álava e Romengo on the Roma written tradition.

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16 Sep 09 / 08:28:23

Bitef Festival Kicks Off

The 43rd Bitef Festival officially opened on Tuesday at Belgrade's Sava Centre with a performance by Sutra, from London's Sadler's Wells Theatre.
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25 Jun 09 / 04:15:34

World Famous Serbian Painter Dies at 78

At the age of 78, world renowned Serbian painter Painter Olja Ivanjicki, died on Wednesday in Belgrade, the Serbian Association of Painters has confirmed.

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04 Jun 09 / 07:43:11

Serbia Unearths Million-Year-Old Mammoth

Archeologists say that the skeleton of a mammoth discovered in eastern Serbia near the town of Kostolac is one million years old.
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28 May 09 / 07:53:17

Belgrade Hosts 1st Women's Film Festival

With the title a “Women’s Eye of the World”, a women’s film festival will take place in Belgrade between 29 and 31 May 29.
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12 May 09 / 04:09:36

Balkan Singers Ready for Eurovision Action

Europe’s biggest televised event starts tonight, drawing 42 countries into what cynics in Western Europe have long written off as a farce corrupted by nationalistic voting and poor music and what, here, a little further east is a matter of national honour and pride.  

Culture Policy Focus

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19 May 12 / 12:36:03

Igor Mandic: Serbs and Croats Belong Together

The unrepentant advocate of Yugoslavia and Socialism says time’s up for the independence projects of the ex-Yugoslav republics - none of whom have made a go of it.

Politics and Society

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24 May 12 / 16:36:16

Staff at Serbia's TV Avala on Strike Again

As the management of Serbian broadcaster TV Avala again refuse to pay wage arrears, the company's employees call on authorities to intervene.

Business

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21 May 12 / 00:39:08

Serbia’s New Govt Faces Deficit Challenge

Promises of hundreds of new jobs made during the election campaign will soon be forgotten as reducing the deficit becomes a certain priority for the new team.