Yugoslav football
Suffering after Milovan
With the defeat against the Russians, did our football really lose one hundred million marks, as Velibor Vasović claims, and what are the chances that something will change in the national team
Bekim Fehmiu, actor
Complex dice
In mid-April, Samizdat B92 published "Shining and Terrible", a book of memories by Bekim Fehmiu, a film and theater actor. In addition to the topic, life in Kosovo from 1936 to 1955, and the author, the book is also made attractive by the fact that for the previous fourteen years, Mr. Fehmiu was silent, protesting the spread of hatred towards the Albanian people.
When nature cleans
Vinegar and bananas
On the occasion of April 22, the day declared Earth Day, the American non-governmental organization for the protection of this environment Environmental Defense Fund (www.edf.org) invited people all over the world to "clean up" their houses. EDF warned that most people use a large amount of chemicals to clean their homes, many of which are extremely harmful to health and actually have the opposite effect - they replace dirt with toxic substances. Therefore, EDF's recommendation is to turn to natural resources that we have in the house and that were used at a time when there were no modern chemicals that make the house brightly polluted. So vinegar, salt, borax, baking soda, water, thyme and banana peel.
Anniversaries
Revenge for lost dreams
At the moment of the greatest economic development, when the perfection of democracy is reflected in the rapid change of governments, Italian society uneasily remembers the most famous Italian of the twentieth century, its biggest mistake, and his tragic end
What to do for the holidays
Jump out of the rut
The Day of the FRY, April 27, falls on Friday, and May Day on Tuesday, which together with the non-working Wednesday and liberally working out the pre-holiday Monday makes for a whole six days of holidays. What can we say about those who celebrate St. George's Day and who could comfortably combine this Friday with that Monday (11 days). Ten years ago there would have been no end to worker's happiness, while today, when few people work, these days off only cause nervousness. Spending May Day next to the "small screen", like New Year's Day or Republic Day, is completely pointless because spring simply beckons to different activities. So we did a little research for you on what can be done with what you have too much of (time) and without what you have too little of (money).
Formula 1 - San Marino Grand Prix
Schumacher won
The fact that Schumacher was the first in Imola would not be news if the now legendary surname was not preceded by the name Ralf
Football
Russian roulette
In two games against the Russians, on April 25 in Belgrade and June 2 in Moscow, the fate of our participation in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea will be decided. In the work so far, coach Milovan Đorić has convinced few people that he is on the right path, but there would hardly be any benefit from chasing him and looking for a new solution in the middle of the qualifiers.
Roma in Belgrade
Three hours of childhood
The question of the justification of opening specialized institutions for Roma children becomes superfluous when you are faced with children's enthusiasm
Belgrade dude dictionary
Tebra, verify the vuo chupri!
One of the reasons why people of different generations do not understand each other is that they do not speak the same language or, if you really want, jargon. FDU professor Petrit Imami, author of the book "Belgrade Dude Dictionary", explains some basic concepts and their transformations in the past decades. For those whose ears are not used to "street talk", a warning - some parts of the text may trip you up
Kosmaj's story: RTS in partisans (3)
The night I saw myself
Two days before the RTS building was bombed, the Kosmaj mobile unit received an order to carry out a general rehearsal for inclusion in the program. Everything was ready - they did not turn on, nor two days later. In the last continuation of the feuilletonized diary The good ones soldier Soldier, the author testifies about the night of April 23, 1999 from the point of view of a journalist who failed to complete his task
Serbia "on the grass"
Breaking it down to the wire
According to some researches, about one million people in Serbia occasionally consume soft drugs. Is it a serious social problem or unjustified criminalization of mild opiates, less harmful than alcohol?
The unification of basketball Europe
On the same field
The agreement that ended the year-long war between FIBA and ULEB is not only a compromise that both sides secretly longed for, but also an agreement on new relations that do not exist in any other international sports organization.
Car Fair in Belgrade
Real customers are looking for balloons
Until recently, the rush to import used cars did not diminish the interest of the audience in Serbia for new and expensive ones. At this year's Motor Show, luxury models were, as usual, the biggest crowd
Kosmaj's story: RTS in partisans (2)
Dense combing of the forest
In the second installment of the "Good Soldier Vojka" featurette, RTS journalist Vojka Pajkić will tell "Vreme" the story of the paranoia that reigned in Mobilna 2 on Kosmaj, and the perils they went into every night hoping that NATO would not discover them...
Kosmaj's story: RTS in partisans (1)
Good soldier Vojka
At the very beginning of the bombing, RTS formed two mobile units in Zlatibor and Kosmaj, whose function was supposed to be to take over programming activities in the event of the bombing of the television building. In the utmost secrecy, RTS journalists and technicians were taken "to the partisans", where they carried out program tasks every day, ready to get involved at any moment if necessary. They never got involved, and in the name of wages for two months of fear in the forests of Kosmaj, the individuals were rewarded with a variable of 300 dinars. Journalist Vojka Pajkić testifies in the "Vremena" column about Kosmaj's nights under bombs that fell less than 150 meters from the place where they were placed, about the locators found in the drawer, about the regular relocation of the mobile team, the futility of the entire project. The names of the actors in this story have been changed, but the events are authentic. Editorial staff of the weekly "Vreme"
Tragedies of the Italian aristocracy
The Fall of Countess Agusta
Italian high society has recently been affected by tragedies that have become the subject of interest in many world media. "Spaghetti Jet Set", like a bad caricature of Beverly Hills, is oversaturated with psychics, black magic and cocaine, and is no stranger to contract killings
Hard drugs for hard times
horse gallop
The Belgrade drug market alone is "heavy" with three and a half kilos of heroin per day, while in Serbia even more is sold. These data indicate that the drugs found recently in the State Security safe rented from Komercijalna banka did not necessarily have to be an "export item". It can easily turn out that it was intended for domestic distribution, and that it is only a strategic reserve
Miodrag Petrović Čkalja, comedian
It was nice for me
In the past Yugoslavia, it was said that there was no person who did not know Čkalja, and now it is assumed that even those born at the time when he ceased to be the most popular character on the TV screen know him - they heard about him from those first
Formula 1 - Malaysian Grand Prix
Dancing in the rain
In very difficult conditions on the track, however, there was no problem for Michael Schumacher to routinely win and win another ten points
Healthy people, healthy society
The rustling of tracksuits and money
In the sixties of this century, futurists predicted the emergence of the "encephalon generation", a man with a stunted body and a huge head. It turned out that their theories have no real basis - the coming generations are taller and heavier than their grandfathers. On the other hand, the physical activity of man has been replaced by the machine and the computer, and that is why we have become slower and weaker than our ancestors and less ready to withstand the effort
Silicon Summit in New York
It will get better, it can't get worse
The saying that the banker who jumps out of the window should be followed because there must be some profit translated into today's language in America says that the owner of the Internet company in which you invested money should also be followed - you have nothing else left anyway
Magic business
Magi and devils
It never occurred to anyone to ask, if nothing else, what goods and services various psychics advertise, how their "shops" are registered and whether the goods they sell have a certificate or origin at least, what is the quality of the goods and whether they have all been settled tax obligations, and compliance, whether the "service providers" are professionally qualified for the activity they are engaged in
