05.03.2021

A minister whom no one knows anymore

How is Nebojsa Stefanović feeling these days? Scared or wistful? Furious or resigned? A little bit of everything? Judging by the writings of the tabloids, it is not easy for him: although he is not mentioned by name yet, it is only a matter of days when his photo will appear on the front pages under the headline "scan...

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04.03.2021

Everything is so simple

On March 1st, the process called "Inter-Party Dialogue" officially began. Representatives of the European Parliament mediate between parties in power and parties in opposition. The forced dialogue under EU arbitration came about because a part of the opposition boycotted the previous parliamentary elections, d...

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04.03.2021

Horror in the announcement

"Horror! The state has gathered new evidence about the atrocities of the mafia! Serbia will watch beheadings!" With this title, the obscure tabloid "Alo" elaborated on the announcement of the President of the country, Aleksandar Vučić, that what will be seen about the crimes of Veljko Belivuk's group "will not shock Serbia, but Europe and the...

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04.03.2021

Is it time for the truth?

Some Dari from Jasenovac complain that the film has a thesis, that the characters are either exclusively victims or exclusively villains, that the ending is unrealistic - it is unbelievable that Dara was not even grazed by at least one of all the bullets fired, that it is impossible that not a single camp inmate does not fear for his life, that his wounds do not hurt and...

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04.03.2021

What will Bakarec do if they close the cafes

The idea of ​​a new closure, a curfew and a complete ban on the operation of catering establishments, causes me mixed feelings and I can't decide whether at this moment it is the worst or the best possible, considering the epidemiological situation. I would say that it will be very difficult for one person if...

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27.02.2021

The virus and shades of nonsense

Once upon a time, man did not even know that these tiny animals, viruses and bacteria existed, and that they actually kill him when he is killed by what he calls plague, cholera or some other plague. He didn't know them because he couldn't see them, since simple eye sight wasn't enough for them: it had to be somehow...

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25.02.2021

Discreet heroes

The news of the day in Serbia was reported by Fonet. The former president of the municipality of Grocka, Dragoljub Simonović, was sentenced, in the first-instance proceedings, to four years and three months in prison for instigating the burning of the house of Žig info portal journalist Milan Jovanović. The house where Jovanović lives with his wife was set on fire...

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25.02.2021

Waxers vs. antivaxxers

In Germany, mass vaccination has not even started, but a public debate has already flared up around the question: Should people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 be given back all the civil liberties they enjoyed in the pre-pandemic era? That is: Should people who refuse to be vaccinated be...

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25.02.2021

The film is not a referendum

Last night, the world television premiere of the film Dara from Jasenovac was held. It was shown simultaneously in Serbia, Montenegro and Republika Srpska. It will arrive in local cinemas only in April. Why not the other way around as is common for a theatrical film? Director Predrag Antonijević and producer Maksa Ć...

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25.02.2021

How you breathe

"We will need masks even after the vaccine", is the mantra we have been hearing since December when the first doses of the vaccine appeared. I was walking down the street yesterday and I saw people taking off their masks outside, "in the air". I have the urge to shout at them: put on the mask, put on the mask, please! No, no, it's not because of corona. Here at my place, n...

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19.02.2021

Aleksandar Vučić and the Holy Spirit

The election of the new patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church overshadowed all other events in the country. After various speculations and spins in the media and behind the scenes, the Holy Spirit - as the reader knows - decided on Bishop Porfiri. Some will say that based on the offer that the bishops put before him, he didn't have...

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18.02.2021

Comparative heartlessness

The Autonomous Women's Center submitted a report to the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media against Happy TV, and regarding the morning program broadcast on January 30, 2021. in which the guests are astrologers, numerologists and graphologists, in the context of the report for rape filed by actress Milena Radulović against...

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18.02.2021

When you are a professor

A few days ago, the high school "Svetozar Marković" in Niš announced the results of the competition for a professor of Serbian language and literature, permanent employment. Milan Petrović, one of the two candidates, Serbian teacher at that gymnasium for the last four years but on a substitute basis, laureate of the "Best Educators...

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13.02.2021

Slavery, our joy

There are two types of labor: wage labor and slave labor. In the first case, a person saves, "cashes in" his knowledge, skills, strength and time and thus feeds himself and his neighbors. The range of "rewards" is, of course, huge and often unfair, but the basic fact is not in dispute: paid work is one of the prerequisites for...

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12.02.2021

Turn 192 for tip

It was rarely bad. It should not be a big problem that the police arrested Miloš Đukanović - suspected of being a member of the Veljko Belivuk clan - in the company of the secretary of the State Council of Prosecutors Toma Zorić and Milica Ljubičić, deputy prosecutor of the Second Basic Prosecutor's Office. Quiet...

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11.02.2021

A monologue between the government and the opposition

In TV Pink's morning program on Wednesday, journalist Gordana Uzelac, political analyst Dejan Vuk Stanković and marketing expert Nebojša Krstić discussed morality, collegial solidarity, different dimensions of "the others", the right of journalists to ask questions and the like. The tone was z...

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11.02.2021

The noise and the fury

It has long since become monotonous. As soon as awkward questions are asked, Aleksandar Vučić and his friends get angry and start talking about how he and his family are at risk. But more and more inconvenient questions multiply. For example: - How is it that in 2016, after the murder of Aleksandar Stanković aka Sale Mutavi, i.e....

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11.02.2021

You can see that we are in Serbia

Two simultaneous embarrassing events reminded me how privileged I am due to the coincidence that I lived part of my life at a time when the generally accepted opinion that Serbs are a hospitable and open people was true. Vedrana Rudan was criticized and described with all kinds of negative terms (...

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11.02.2021

Unbuttoned vest

Scandal, shock, disbelief, shame... Singer Milica Pavlović shot a music video for the song "Crna jutra", in which she wears (bare-chested) a piece of clothing inspired by the Serbian national costume. The rest of the "outfit" consists of black lacquered over-the-knee boots and gloves made of the same material. So what? Isn't it in a similar...

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06.02.2021

The thinking of a typical domestic ox, sorry, troll

Phase 1: I'm not going to get vaccinated, you're out of the question! Let that Biden be vaccinated first! What, like, did he get vaccinated? Well, it's a show for the people, they gave him a guide. And Vucic? He's going to, like, take Chinese? Trt Milojko. I don't fall for those styles. The world powers, well, first made that crown...

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05.02.2021

A mobster who was left with no leeward

The importance of reputation and political connections can never be overestimated, especially not in the world of organized crime. However, as in everything else, there are limits here. Veljko Belivuk aka Velja Nevolja crossed them and "fell". There is therefore a lot of symbolism in the fact that together with his ...

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04.02.2021

"Dragoljub Žarković" scholarship of the VREME weekly

One year has passed since the death of Dragoljub Žarković. The weekly VREME launched a scholarship program in memory of its founder and longtime editor-in-chief and his dedication to working with young journalists.

 
04.02.2021

Official Gazettes

On Friday, January 29, the news spread like wildfire through Serbia that Veljko Belivuk, aka Velja Nevolja, a fan by profession, that is, a fan leader, was arrested at the Belgrade airport. Since Belivuk is a very colorful personality, when a colleague brought this news to the editorial office, consultations began about what to do with that news...

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04.02.2021

Credibility vs. incredulity

My colleague Momir Turudić wrote on this site that when you criticize even what is good, you lose credibility. Specifically, he was referring to mass vaccination, which in the kleptocratic-autocratic-clientelistic, populist political Serbian system, for now, is functioning flawlessly. For once...

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04.02.2021

Lesson

Yesterday, on the way home, I met my neighbor Dragoljub. He is communicative, loves to talk, and is ten years old. - Do you want to get vaccinated? - he asks me. I answer that I will. - So you are Vučićeva - he says. - How did you conclude that? - Because those who are not the Vučić family will not want the Chinese...

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29.01.2021

The story about us

At the unveiling of the Monument to Stefan Nemanja, the President of Serbia said that it represents the story of us. He is absolutely right. Those 23 meters and 68 tons of bronze are really the story of us. To begin with, the appearance of the monument corresponds to the mid-nineteenth century, not the third decade of the twenty-first century. We suggest...

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28.01.2021

For whom Savski trg opens

While I am writing this text on Wednesday, January 27 in the morning, the final preparations are being made for the evening ceremonial opening of the reconstructed Sava square, with the 23-meter-high and 80-ton Monument to Stefan Nemanja, the price of which they cannot tell us. The plateau in front of the building of the former railway station, which...

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