| Q. | Serbia!!!!!!? | Related Search:
Other - Europe | | | Something about Serbia????
| | A. | Serbia is located in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula, on the most important route linking Europe and Asia, occupying an area of 88,361sq.km. Serbia is in the West European time zone (one hour ahead of Greenwich time).
capital city
Belgrade is situated in South-Eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. It lies at the point where the river Sava merges into the Danube, on the slope between two alluvial planes. The river waters surround it from three sides, and that is why since ancient times it has been the guardian of river passages. Because of its position it was properly called “the gate” of the Balkans, and “the door” to Central Europe.
Belgrade is the capital of Serbian culture, education and science. It has the highest concentration of nationally important science and art institutions. Among them are the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, established in 1886 as the Serbian Royal Academy; the National Library of Serbia, founded in 1832; the National Museum, founded in 1841 and the National Theatre, founded in 1869. The budget of the City of Belgrade provides financial resources, wholly or for the most part, for 30 cultural institutions.
Belgrade has 19 theatres, 29 cinemas, 20 cultural centers, 4 concert halls, 7 foreign cultural centers, 43 museums, 66 galleries, 11 libraries with their municipal branches, many orchestras, choirs, jazz orchestras and cultural artistic companies. The City of Belgrade is the founder, financer and organizer of many regular annual cultural events. Most of the authors from all fields of culture and art live and work in Belgrade, the center of culture and art of Serbia and Serbia and Montenegro. Belgrade has also hosted the famous world authors and performers in the fields of music, theatre, film... The only Serbian Nobel laureate, Ivo Andric, has created some of his greatest literary works right here, in Belgrade.
The most important works of architecture, monuments and other immovable cultural properties of the Serbian people are in most part located in Belgrade.
Belgrade is also the seat of the Belgrade University, founded in 1808, and of the University of Arts.
Sport in Belgrade
One can often meet European, World and Olympic champions in the streets of Belgrade. It’s nice when a small country can say that it is a superpower in sports. This region is a true exporter of top class basketball, football, volleyball, water polo and handball players...
The first basketball match in Belgrade took place in 1923. Today, if we exclude North America, the best basketball in the world is played right here in Belgrade. There is no gold medal we didn’t win even more than once. Vlade Divac, Sasa Djordjevic, Predrag Danilovic, Pedja Stojakovic and the other (usually) “golden boys” have conquered the world starting from Belgrade.
Soccer has always been a step behind basketball, and that’s probably because it’s so pampered. The first soccer match between “Crvena Zvezda” (Red Star) and “Partizan” (Partisan) was played on January 5th 1947 and this started the tradition of the “eternal derby”. The duel between the city rivals is “the” soccer event in Serbia and Montenegro and a specific trade mark in European and world soccer. Belgrade has hosted many important world, European and Balkan sport events.
Accomodation in Belgrade
Belgrade has more then enough hotels for accommodation of all visitors who would like to attend the 25th Summer Universiade. Within Belgrade there are 34 hotels categorized from 3 to 5 stars. Also, we can offer student hostels with more then 7,000 beds.
Entertainment in Belgrade (Spirit of Belgrade):
One thing is for sure - IT’S NEVER BORING in Belgrade!
Almost every day some meeting, event, festival, tournament, exhibition, concert, match, or performance take place. The local ones - for friends from the neighbourhood, as well as the great ones - of international importance.
Belgrade has character in spades. Other places might have a lead in exoticism, but for the real beguiling Balkan spirit, it has to be Belgrade. It is a city where you can dance until sunrise seven nights a week, where hospitality crackles in the air, and where looking good is a birthright and a religion in one.
In Belgrade you can taste some of the purest organically produced food and drink. Traditional cusine means that almost everything is home-grown - and it tastes that way. With a penchant for locally smoked ham, grilled meat, stuffed vegetables, specialist breads, salads, pickles and soft “kajmak” cheese, most Serbs eat enormous amounts and yet stay enviably slender.
A lot of nightclubs, bars and restaurant-boats along the riverbanks make Belgrade nightlife some of the most exuberant in Europe. Spectacularly beautiful young women who look as if they have stepped from the fashion pages of Cosmopolitan, students, young men in sports clothes, musicians and writers link arms in camaraderie as they wander the cobbled streets of the nineteenth-century Skadarlija Bohemian quarter, the pedestrians Knez Mihailova Street teeming with luxury shops or Republic Square with its dozens of pavement cafes. Most Serbs go out for the evening after 10pm and most nightspots are open until at least 2am - yet there is rarely any sign of drunkenness or offensive behavior. The atmosphere is usually of people having a benignly good time enjoying everything from Procol Harum to Electric Six, Sinatra ballads to Serbia’s home-grown brand of high-energy pop music. | | | |
| Q. | How do you think Serbia should pay for genocide it committed in Kosovo? | Related Search:
Current Events | | | In 1998 and 1999 Serbia using military, police and other resources killed about 10000 civilian Kosovars.
To hide the evidence they transported corpses into Serbia. They still have not returned them to families and friends.
Most of the political parties in Serbia think Milosevic did the right thing and they would continue his mission.
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"President Vojislav Kostunica has acknowledged that Yugoslav security forces committed genocide in Kosovo and said he was ready to take responsibility for crimes committed by his predecessor Slobodan Milosevic."
| | A. | Serbia should give free happy meal coupons to McDonalds to everyone in Kosovo. | | | |
| Q. | How can I live in Serbia for longer than 3 months for vacation? | Related Search:
Other - Europe | | | Pretty much I want to live in Serbia for about a year to learn the language before I leave, but obviously I couldn't do that as going there with a passport is only good for 90 days. I don't want to work there, I have enough money I just want to enjoy my time longer than 90 days.
Also, is it possible to leave the country, go to Germany or Norway or another country and then return for a new 90 days?
| | A. | That's what the foreigners do when they wish to stay longer than 90 days.
I've had some colleagues from the US and Australia, and they went to Budapest or Vienna, spent a few days, then came back.
However, if you plan to live here for about a year, I don't think you'll be able to repeat the going out of the country and coming back three times in between 3-month periods.
You will have to register with the local Police Station, and provide some sort of evidence about your stay and plans. You'll have to do that within 24 hours of entering the country. There's a new Law on Foreigners, just implemented on 1st April, so here's a link for you to read all the details concerning your stay:
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| Q. | How do I make a collect call from Serbia to US number? | Related Search:
Other - Europe | | | I am visiting Serbia and need to make a collect call for some banking. I have been locked out of my online account, so that's not an option. I have a collect number to dial, but when I dial it, the call just ends. I have been told there are no operators here to assist with this.
If you live in Serbia, can you please advise me on how to call a USA number collect?
Thanks in advance !
| | A. | Indeed, very few operators services in Serbia, everything is digital switchboards and machine recorded messages.
But you can make a collect call to any place, including the US number. Just dial 901 - it's a number for International Calls of the Telekom Srbija.
You will be connected to the operator. They are all multilingual, and English is the most common language used.
The operator will ask you to give the number and the name of the person in the US you wish to call, then your number here and your name. They will call you back (from 901) in a couple of minutes if the other party agrees to take the charges for the call.
Hope it works fine for you:-) | | | |
| Q. | What countries does Serbia usually side with on issues? | Related Search:
Other - Politics & Government | | | I need to find out who Serbia's allies are today for school, but all I know is it's allies during WW1 and 2...is it the same?? and who does Serbia usually side with on whatever issues there may be?
| | A. | The relative allies of today of Serbia are: UN Security Council, Russia, China, Cyprus, Romania, Slovakia, the people of Greece.
I'd add Venezuela too :)
The problem with Serbia is that there is a strong inner polarization between pro NATO parties and anti NATO parties. These polarized parties struggle over selling or not selling Kosovo.
Serbia is a third world country and it sides to UN Security Council for that reason. Its enemies; the big political world sharks like Germany and USA and their poltroons which try to rip Kosovo away, relativize international law into the gray area. It is like a political push and pull. The fish usually looses. | | | |
| Q. | How do I pay someone in Serbia from the US? | Related Search:
Other - Business & Finance | | | Im in the US and I've had someone do some work for me in Serbia. Since PayPal is not an option in his country, is there any alternative other than bank/wire transfer to send him money?
| | A. | I know for Western Union, but they take a lot.
I have PayPal so i can give him as i live in Serbia! :D | | | |
| Q. | When will Serbia restabilize its province of Kosovo and expel the terrorists there? | Related Search:
Other - Politics & Government | | | The time has come for Serbia to restore law and order to its province Kosovo. This means expelling all the radical extremists, albanian terrorists, etc. Without law and order chaos exists. Time to restore this province and jail the criminals.
| | A. | Thanks to BC and his diversion by "cigar" issues, he figured to make a few phone calls to quik-fix the pesky issue--saturation bombing of Serb targets and let NATOe thru the tulips(wearing UN colors). Now there are a group of 'radical' Muslims who love US and BC in particular--too bad Monica doesn't luv him ennymore...
The EU was loath to screw the Serbs since they had been the effective bulwark against Turk-Muslim invasion of SE.Europe for over a thousand years. While the commies recently ran the show they supressed all religions. Upon USSR -Tito death, the ethnic boundaries resurfaced , re-"Balkanization" (only 50yrs surpressed), except that the prolific Muslims had spilled out of Albania and inter-mingled everywhere else post WWI, esp. Kosovo. Under this ethnic pop. pressure the Serbs slowly pulled East.
Bush has inherited this mess --never fairly resolved--and wants to preserve the status quo; at least until he leaves office. Will BO do any better? Hot aire won't solve the Albanian-Muslim vsSerb-RussianOrthodox conundrum. | | | |
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