Seven women to every man…yeah right

September 9, 2010

Belgrade 2.0 reports on the widespread myth that there are 7 women to every man in Banja Luka, and on plans to put to put two statues  – of supermodels? – up outside the city to welcome visitors. via Seven women per one man.

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Wizz Air: An Honest Review

August 14, 2010

Earlier this month, I decided to try out the new direct service between London and Belgrade from Wizz Air.   I had previously used Wizz Air in 2009 on their service between Timisoara in Romania, and London and it was a relativly good experience, in fact, having researched the company alot prior to that flight and [...]

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Excellent Telenor customer service

June 21, 2010

This last week my mobile phone started malfunctioning. I called Telenor who asked me to bring it in to a shop. I tool it in to the shop on Knez Mihailova. They took a look at the phone and decided it needed repair. They were about to issue me with a spare when they realised [...]

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Massive failure for SBB customer service

June 21, 2010

On Friday morning our SBB cable TV signal abruptly failed. I called the call centre and an agent told me there was a general problem in my area and it would be fixed later. On Saturday morning it was still broken, so I called again. This time I was told that it was not that [...]

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Ana from Belgium, get back in touch

May 16, 2010

Could Ana from Belgium, who was having problems registering on the forum, please contact us via the contact form again? A glitch stripped out your email address, so we could not write back!

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Serbia’s growing historical realism

May 11, 2010

Tim Judah has a good piece in the BBC on the recent discover of another mass grave in Serbia. He credits Serbia for its openness and willingness to face the past. He also draws attention to the crimes commited against Serbs, including the alleged trafficking of organs cut from Serb victims of Kosovo Albanian militia. [...]

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Ecclesiastical Phallic Symbols

May 8, 2010

Belgrade has some fantastic fertility symbols… Apparently the same artist believes that “Allah is badass”…

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That 70s Night!

May 5, 2010

THAT 70′s NIGHT Yes thats right folks – don your Afros and release the hippies – The BGFVC 70s Night is here! We will be kitting out Tijuana in full 70s Decoration and to complete the picture, it will be optional fancy dress, so its time to get constructive folks and start thinking about your [...]

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World Cup Fever hits Terazije

April 26, 2010

I’m not a big football fan, however the recent daily scenes of hundreds of adults and children exchanging world cup stickers certainly amuses me somewhat! I find it amazing that of all things – it is football that can bring hundreds of people, of all ages, colors and backgrounds together into one place, without any [...]

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BGFVC Club Party Tomorrow (23rd April from 7pm)

April 22, 2010

The Belgrade Foreign Visitors Club will be meeting up tomorrow for a random spring party – no specific reason, just because we can!. A few club members have birthdays coinciding with this meetup, so if you really need a reason to come and hang out with us, then that will do! WHEN: Friday 23rd April, [...]

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Combat 18 in Belgrade

April 19, 2010

Combat 18 in Belgrade, originally uploaded by Limbic. Looks like neo-Nazi hooligans in Belgrade have connected with their brethren in the UK. There has been an up-tick in Hooligan related violence in Belgrade recently, with shootings and even a train steaming incident.

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Join the BGFVC for the Belgrade Marathon 5km Fun Run

April 15, 2010

One of our Forum members organizing a meetup this weekend for the Belgrade Marathon 5km Fun Run which is takin place on Sunday 18th April at 10am! Members of the Belgrade Foreign visitor club are welcome to join us in this short run.  We will be meeting at 9:30 am on sunday in front of [...]

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Must See: GRADs first birthday

April 13, 2010

The European Centre for Culture and Debate has a great, free first birthday concert this Friday 16th April. The best act will be Rpoint, with Roma hip/hop rap and urban beats. This part runs for 40 minutes from 6 pm. The dance troupes are from all round the country and they also sing. Mary Black [...]

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New Widget & Karaoke Photos

April 11, 2010

We’ve added a new widget to the right hand side of the website.   If you scroll down under “Follow Us” and under “Latest Forum Posts” you will see the “Whats On” widget. This will always show upcoming concerts and events in Belgrade, the closest 10, and it should update all by itself as new ones [...]

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Karaoke Kraze! Event Tomorrow!

April 8, 2010

For those of you who do not know already, the Belgrade Foreign Visitors Club is holding a Karaoke Event tomorrow night (Friday 9th) from 8pm! Karaoke Kraze! You are all invited to attend the BGFVC Karaoke Kraze! Event on Friday 9th April 2010 at Tijuana! We don’t care if you can sing or not, Karaoke [...]

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New Design Online!

April 6, 2010

As some of you may have noticed, we have added a fresh, new design to the website today! Over the coming weeks, this design will also be added to the forum and wiki so that we have a unified design used across our entire site! We hope you like our new look!

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“Are you waiting for me?”

March 29, 2010

“I am waiting”, originally uploaded by Limbic. Spotted this on Simina street.

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PMR 2A Anti-personnel mine

March 24, 2010

PMR 2A Anti-personnel mine, originally uploaded by Limbic.

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Follow the leader

March 24, 2010

Follow the leader, originally uploaded by Limbic. Spotted this on Simina Street. Liked the colours.

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Jelena Karleusa – Pop Star of the Century

March 7, 2010

Last night some friends and I were discussing the irony of Turbofolk stars being gay icons in Serbia. I decided to google the phenomenon and came across a Wikipedia classic. This is a verbatim excerpt from the wikipedia page for Jelena Karleusa (aka JK). Described by many as: “Jelena Karleusa is a most popular, most [...]

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Turbofolk in Space

February 24, 2010

Check out these two wonderful mashups featuring Turbofolk in space from Lektor on YouTube: Via the always brilliant Belgraded gblo and Beogradoholik

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BGFVC Club Meetup – This Thursday (25th Feb)

February 21, 2010

As Winter starts moving slowly into Spring, I am happy to announce that we are going to be getting back into a regular meetup schedule for all of you Belgrade Foreign Visitors – so read on for details of the next meetup! Our resident maniacal Mexican returned from his homeland this week, back to Belgrade, [...]

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Bookmarks for January 8th 2010 through February 21st 2010

February 21, 2010

These are my links for January 8th 2010 through February 21st 2010: Blic Online | Belgrade prepares offensive for rights of Serbs in Kosovo – ‘In diplomatic sense, struggle for Kosovo has three priorities. The first one is to stop further recognitions of unilaterally proclaimed independence. The second priority is to prevent that Kosovo is [...]

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Vuk Jeremic on Al Jazeera about Kosovo

February 17, 2010
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Kosovo 2 years on: Worser and worser

February 17, 2010

Ian Bancroft has a great piece in the Guardian today about Kosovo.The EU is more divided than ever, Western donors propping up the territory are fed up with bankrolling it (their economies are in freefall), and now we are seeing some serious doublespeak from The Quint – the five principle pro-Kosovo powers: The Quint – [...]

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Are Serbian sports teams “moody”

January 25, 2010

I was in Denmark for Serbia’s recent handball clash with Denmark at the European Championships. Prior to the match, Danish TV was commenting on how the Serbian team seemed a bit cavalier. They were sitting around smoking and drinking coffees in contrast to the Danes who were all eating salad bars and working out.Do not [...]

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Should Serbia join NATO?

January 18, 2010

Over at Belgraded.com, there is a discussion about a group of 200 “intellectuals” who have asked the Serbian parliament to call a referendum on the country’s possible future NATO membership. The argue that Serbia is traditionally neutral, that the Kosovo situation precludes Serbia’s NATO membership and that people are against membership and should be given [...]

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Good New York Times profile of Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic

January 17, 2010

The Saturday Profile – Vuk Jeremic, Arguing Serbia’s Case Against Kosovo Independence – Biography – NYTimes.com BELGRADE, Serbia THE public face of Serbia for years has been that of a wizened war criminal in the dock in The Hague. Now, as the once-outcast country presses for membership in the European Union, it is increasingly represented [...]

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Croatian president commutes sentenses of war criminals

January 8, 2010

Outgoing Croatian president Stjepan Mesic commuted the sentences or pardoned 14 war criminals on Thursday in a move that has angered Serbs. One of those who had his sentence commuted by a year was Sinisa Rimac, convicted of participating in the notorious murder of prominent Zagreb Serb family, including a 12 year girl. Serbian President [...]

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Bosnia’s forgotten Serb victims

January 6, 2010

Nearly twenty years after these events, neither the full truth is widely known nor has justice been served for many of the Serb victims of the Bosnian Civil War.  BRATUNAC — A memorial service in the village of Kravica, near Bratunac, in eastern Bosnia, today marked the 17th anniversary of the 1993 massacre of 49 [...]

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