The main actor managed to portray all the torment of the ruler who, ironically, came to power in a parliamentary democracy and is forced to fight with the ungrateful representatives of the plebs and answer their stupid questions, while at the same time making them aware of his supremacy.
The essence of the message that the President of Serbia sent last night from Andrić's wreath can be summed up in one sentence: the end of the politics of swearing has come, Serbia under his leadership has moved from the maxim and Kosovo and the European Union to the crossroads where one road leads to Brussels and the other to Kosovo Mitrovica. Or, in the vocabulary of the time in which Aleksandar Vučić became a good radical, he, and that means Serbian women and Serbs, can choose between earthly and heavenly Serbia
There was a Serb, an American, a German, a Frenchman, an Italian and a Slovak. It sounds like the beginning of a joke in which the Serb will make fun of everyone else. Except it's not a joke. And besides the Serbs, there is also that Albanian in Pristina who spoils the whole story
Precisely because of everything that separates them, they have a great chance to gather together a sufficient number of votes to change the government in Belgrade, because in the Belgrade elections they stand for the same thing: to stop the deterioration of the city and to fix what can be fixed.
Instead of starting the race for the president of Serbia against Aleksandar Vučić a long time ago, the opposition parties are racing against each other. What will happen with the joint candidate for mayor of Belgrade, in which the opposition has a real chance to win
Rio Tinto found itself in the middle of a campaign for elections that have not even been called yet. The government is trying to cushion the onslaught of environmental rebels, and environmental movements and organizations are pushing Vučić and his people more and more against the wall. Verbal acrobatics no longer help here
After the court process, which Djokovic resolved in his favor thanks to his persistence and willingness to expose himself to great inconvenience, he now faces a fight on two fronts: sports and reputation. Despite the positive legal outcome, his image is seriously tarnished
The New Year's celebration organized by the City of Belgrade is a reflection of radical populism seasoned with nascent cynicism. While mass printing and spitting could be seen live on almost all televisions on New Year's Eve, Deputy Mayor Goran Vesić assured viewers that everything was in accordance with epidemiological measures. The result is expected
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić is still either knowingly lying that director Goran Marković said that someone should be shot, or she didn't have time to read what he really said and read what others write to her. In any case, now from the position of the head of the government, she is spreading falsehoods about "Time" as well.
Analena Burbock, Joe Biden, inflation, price increases, rising interest rates, the collapse of TENT, environmental rebellion, profiling of the opposition - the circumstances have changed a little before the elections on April 3. And then there's the smoldering, unpredictable pandemic
The appointment of Christopher Hill as ambassador in Belgrade is a sign that this administration believes that the time has come for Serbia to fulfill what Joe Biden expects: the abolition of Dodik in Bosnia, recognition of Kosovo's independence, distancing from Russia and China. In the future, America will do what America already does, when it cares about something, and someone stands in its way.
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, was defeated by "the street". At least in one isolated case. It has been shown that in a progressive democracy, the recipe is for citizens to fight for their vital interests, to gather in sufficient numbers on the streets, to be persistent enough, not to be afraid of arrest, not to back down in front of beatings, to come up with sufficiently radical demonstrations and to they organize well
The "destinies of mercenaries" who "harassed millions of decent citizens" forced President Vučić to say on Saturday that he would order to amend the Law on Expropriation. A man whose power is based on intransigence has at least verbally announced that he will relent. Which leads to the absurdity of his statement "that the street will not determine politics in Serbia" and other things
In his address to the nation, Vučić tried to disgust the "decent people" with the opposition and environmental activists, said that Serbia would become a "European miracle" if domestic lithium batteries and electric cars were produced there, and announced that the police on Saturday, December 4, would not prevent road blockages. A tone of quiet menace permeated the entire presentation
The question now is how far environmental activists are willing to go and, if they do not back down, whether they will have more mass support from citizens. Because if they abandon the announced blockade next Saturday, they will lose credibility. And if they repeat the action, they would have to have much more massive support from citizens dissatisfied with this government, since it cannot be ruled out that the government will use state or parastate force for the sake of "establishing order and peace." There are more options on the table
Central Belgrade streets have become quiet after the introduction of covid passes, without which you cannot stay in catering facilities after 22 pm. Why this pandemic half-measure was introduced is not clear to anyone. At least for restaurateurs whose business is suffering, and it has absolutely no effect on curbing the spread of the corona virus and reducing the number of newly infected and deceased
Without a digital green revaccination certificate in Austria, you can't even get a drink in a pub garden. At least in theory. Pandemic incidents and accidents these days have been relegated to the background by the resignation of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who is accused of corruption. It is said that his friend in the Ministry of Finance paid some media outlets with taxpayers' money to glorify him and make up opinion polls that portray him as the nation's favorite. Of course, with the caveat that the presumption of innocence applies
Already after a short walk in the center of Belgrade, it becomes clear that no one alive is following the anti-pandemic measures and that the state authorities are not doing anything about it. At the same time, representatives of the authorities declare that they are "very concerned" about what is to come due to non-compliance with the measures and low interest in vaccination.
"I would define Serbia's foreign policy today as an attempt to somehow survive. There is no consistency in it. One day you have one brother, the next day you have another brother. The country must have a consistent basic foreign policy."
On this day 120 years ago, writer, art critic, communist Otto Bihalji, one of the legendary figures of Paris and Berlin in the 1930s, was born. He was a witness to the hell and ideals that marked the XNUMXth century. century
