Yesterday it was 1st May and that means a public holiday in Serbia so we decided to finally go to Kovačica, a village approximately 47…
Traffic safety in Serbia
I have almost been living for 4 years in Serbia and I love it here (and I have no intention to move away with my…
“Sorry we did not know it was invisible”
When NATO started to bomb Yugoslavia on 24/03/1999, it was the 1st war of NATO without an UN mandate and disrespecting the Geneva conventions. In…
Holocaust memorial day
The 27th January it is #HolocaustMemorial day so that we never forget the Holocaust. Unfortunately, it seems that anno 2018 we seem to forget a…
Serbian Christmas Eve (Badnje veče)
In Serbia Orthodox Christmas is celebrated according to the Julian calander, 13 days after the Catholic Christmas, which is the 7th January. In Serbian Christmas…
The last train from/to Belgrade….
On a memorial plate in the main railway station of Belgrade you can read: “This building was opened 23rd August 1884 when Belgrade had 35480…
02/11/2017: Presentation at the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
On the 2nd November 2017 we were honored to present the results of our research to H.E. Mr. Dačić, the Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister…
The Serbian WWI soldiers from the Gornji Milanovac who died in the Netherlands
“This morning, during a solemn ceremony, 4 Serbian Prisoners of War (PoW) were buried with a military escort. Three of them died in the quarantine…
Ovčar-Kablar : “The Serbian mount Athos”
Yesterday I hiked in the Ovčar-Kalblar gorge with the “Belgrade Foreigners club”. This gorge is located just south of Čačak, a town in Central-Serbia. We…
Ten things you probably did not know about Serbia
1. Hospitality You will not know until you enjoyed it: the first thing you did not know about Serbia is the hospitality of the Serbian…