From B92:

One in two Serbian citizens is overweight while a fifth of the population is clinically obese.

An international conference on obesity has begun at the Serbian Science Academy, with the goal of looking at all the ways of countering weight problems in Serbia, an increasing phenomenon.”

This is hard to believe looking at Belgrade’s women, but the response from one of my colleagues was “You have not spent much time in the countryside have you?”.

From the BrisbaneTimes:

“PLOCNIK, Serbia – If the figurines found in an ancient European settlement are any guide, women have been dressing to impress for at least 7,500 years.

Recent excavations at the site – part of the Vinca culture which was Europe’s biggest prehistoric civilisation – point to a metropolis with a great degree of sophistication and a taste for art and fashion, archaeologists say.

In the Neolithic settlement in a valley nestled between rivers, mountains and forests in what is now southern Serbia, men rushed around a smoking furnace melting metal for tools. An ox pulled a load of ore, passing by an art workshop and a group of young women in short skirts.

‘According to the figurines we found, young women were beautifully dressed, like today’s girls in short tops and mini skirts, and wore bracelets around their arms,’ said archaeologist Julka “

So some thing really do never change!

The Boston Globe:

“A unilateral lunge for independence by Kosovo could spur Serbs in Bosnia and Herzogovina – half that country’s population – to follow suit. And Kremlin warnings against the imposition of any Kosovo formula not acceptable to Serbia raises the specter of Russian backing for independence movements in Georgia, Moldova, and even Ukraine. This would be a prescription for armed conflict around the periphery of Europe.

…Some European diplomats also worry about the United Nations carving new countries out of older countries’ provinces. They recognize that separatist reflexes persist in regions such as Catalonia and the Basque country. Even the Flemish and Walloon populations of tiny Belgium may want a nationalist divorce.”

I recently came across Rezime Group Concierge service Belgrade.

Looks quite interesting and is going after a market I have long tipped as present and needy in Belgrade – the increasing numbers of comparatively wealthy foreign businessmen spending time in Belgrade.