BOLOGNA – Italy’s Virtus Bologna has honored Serbian basketball star Predrag Danilovic by retiring his No. 5 jersey. The ceremony took place on Sunday evening after a game between Virtus and Roma (85-89) in Bologna. About 10,000 Virtus fans came to salute Danilovic, former Yugoslav player and current chair of the Belgrade-based basketball club Partizan. A … Read more
BELGRADE – Serbian actor Bora Todorovic died this morning in the Clinical Center of Serbia, after spending several days in critical condition. A few days ago Todorovic had a stroke and fell into a coma, “Kurir” reported. “The actor recently had an appendectomy, but during recovery, his condition became worse, he was diagnosed with a … Read more
The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has awarded President of the Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik and director Emir Kusturica with the Order of the St King Milutin. Patriarch Irinej said that the Order was awarded to Dodik and Kusturica at the proposal of Bishop of Zahumlje-Herzegovina and Coast, Grigorije. According to him, … Read more
In the family tomb at Novo Groblje (New Cemetery) in Belgrade, a writer, academic and politician, Dobrica Cosic, was buried. Dobrica Cosic died in his home in Belgrade on May 18, at age of 93. Funeral service was served by Irinej, Bishop of Backa. The service was attended by more than 1,000 citizens. The funeral … Read more
BELGRADE – Serbian tennis player Janko Tipsarevic said on Thursday his operation had been successful and that he could not wait to get back on the court. It was a complicated operation, but everything went well, he posted on Instagram, adding that he was happy that he had gone through with it and could not … Read more