The border between the Austro-Hungarian empire and the Serbian Kingdom run until 1918 through the Sava and Danube rivers. Bežanija and Zemun (Semlin) were part…
Arius van Tienhoven: Taken to testify / Створене да сведоче / Foto ‘s genomen als getuige
Arius van Tienhoven was a Dutch doctor who served during the Balkan wars and the First World War in several Red Cross missions. During these…
World leaders in the Friendship Park in Belgrade
When socialist Yugoslavia rose from the ashes of WWII it did not want to be part of any political bloc like the COMECON or NATO,…
20 years since the illegal NATO bombing of Yugoslavia started
It is 20 years ago that NATO started ( on the 24th March 1999) with the illegal bombardments on Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Illegal, because…
Mythical locomotives for Tito’s blue train.
Dinara, Kozara, Sutjeska and Neretva are names of famous battles which the Yugoslav partisans fought against the Germans during the Second World War in Yugoslavia.…
Belgrade, the capital of Serbia on SE-Europe’s crossroads
Belgrade, Serbia’s capital city, is on the crossroads of SE Europe. Below in the small movie which my dash cam recorded you can see why. A…
A state which does not recognise its own documents: yes it is Serbia !
Today I went to renew my working permit for Serbia and since I have now a permanent stay I have a Serbian ID for foreigners.…
The WWI ship, the Bodrog, which fired the first shots of WWI is restored!
Earlier I wrote (see here) about the famous Austro-Hungarian ship, the Bodrog. The first WWI shots were fired from this ship on the Sava river…
” Budućnost Srbije ” – ” The future of Serbia “
” Budućnost Srbije “, literally translated as “the future of Serbia” is the newest campaign of the current president of Serbia, mr. Aleksander Vučić. As…
Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express (2)
I write earlier about the Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express (link), the direct train between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia (-Greece/Turkey) . Peter, a friend, was…