The First World War began on 28 July 1914 when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Most of the subsequent Balkan offensives occurred near Belgrade. Austro-Hungarian monitors started shelling of Belgrade on 29 July 1914. After a prolonged battle which destroyed much of the city, between 6 and 9 October 1915, Belgrade fell to German and … Read more
BELGRADE – Folk music singer Usnija Redzepova died in Belgrade at age of 70 after a long battle with lung cancer. She will be remembered by many songs with southern rhythm. Usnija Redzepova was born in Skopje on February 4th 1946. She celebrated the music of southern Serbia with her authentic style, and she received … Read more
Local elections results from Kosovo show a Kosovo Serb has been elected mayor of Mitrovica North after a prolonged electoral race that was soured by the killing of one candidate and the arrest of another. Official preliminary results from the February 23 mayoral election show Goran Rakic, a Belgrade-backed candidate, winning 52.6 percent of the … Read more
LILLE – Serbian national basketball team got an evening off after advancing to quarter finals of the Euroleague. Players Nikola Kalinic, Miroslav Raduljica and Zoran Erceg stopped a taxi to take them back to the hotel. When the taxi driver recognized them, he insisted that they come to visit him at his home. They could … Read more
KIEV – The Right Sector, Ukraine’s ultranationalist radical organization, has called an urgent gathering for its supporters in downtown Kiev following Monday’s clashes between police and protesters against amendments to the Ukrainian Constitution, TASS reports. “The blood of patriots has been spilt near the Verkhovna Rada [parliament],” the Right Sector said on its Facebook page. … Read more