Portrait of a contemporary - Christopher Hill, the new US ambassador to Serbia

20.October 2021 Zora Drcelic

A more robust staff at Dedinje

Will Hill, when he comes to Serbia, bring some change or just evoke (sub)memories

Portrait of a contemporary - Nebojša Bakarec

18.August 2021 Radmilo Marković

The endless fall of angels and poets

Although he often managed to surprise the public with his statements and moves, when the line is drawn, Nebojša Bakarec can still be called a typical representative of Serbian politicians in the last twenty years. Despite the often displayed eccentricity, an analysis of his statements in those twenty years shows that, as with most domestic politicians, they are characterized by exceptional inconsistency, depending on what the situation dictates.

Portrait of a contemporary - Saša Radulović, leader of the Dosta je bilo movement

11.August 2021 Nedim Sejdinovic

In conflict with himself

From a pro-Western, liberal economist, Saša Radulović turned into a sovereignist and conspiracy theorist. Such a person fits well in the projection of the opposition members that Aleksandar Vučić needs. On the public stage, the thawing of their relations is noticeable, regardless of who drank and who refused to drink wine in the villa "Mir"

Portrait of a contemporary - Darko Glišić

07.July 2021 Ivana Milanović Hrašovec

The man of black jeeps and confident voices

The path to truly free and secret voting in Serbia is nowhere to be seen, and in the meantime, the first operative of SNS, Darko Glišić, remains the master of the electoral field. Still no one is even close to imagining how he, as a declared lover of foreign rock music, hums sadly and lonely at the end of a very special election day: This is the end, my only friend, the end

Portrait of a contemporary - Bratislav Bata Gašić

14.April 2021. Nedim Sejdinovic

A man who knows how to keep secrets

The Crik Research Center announced that in one of the conversations that the police eavesdropped on, a member of the criminal group Zoran Jotić Jotka from Kruševla stated that Jotić had no reason to be afraid because "Gašić is at his place", which is a slang term for someone who is on someone's payroll. The head of the BIA refused to answer the journalist's question about whether and what kind of relationship he has with this Kruševac mobster. However, this is not the first time that Gašić's name is next to Jotka's. Allegedly, in the nineties, Jotka's team tried to extort Gašić. Whether he didn't want to pay the racket or didn't pay enough, a fire was just started under his jeep. Gašić was questioned before the Special Court for Organized Crime regarding the incident, but then he stated that he did not know about the existence of the "famous" Jotka criminal group. He did not even recognize the person accused of setting the car on fire

Portrait of a contemporary - Miloš Vučević, mayor of Novi Sad and vice president of SNS

10.march 2021 Nedim Sejdinovic

A man without attributes

Despite the fact that he is the longest-serving mayor of Balasevic's city, that he does not leave the local screens and newspaper columns, that he soared high in the political life of the country, Vucevic still gives the impression of a man who found himself in that place quite by accident. It's as if someone did a disastrously bad casting and chose the completely wrong actor for the lead role

Zlatan Ibrahimović - Ibracadabra and bedtime stories

10.march 2021 Uroš Đurić

I'm glad for my old man

"I want to tell all children to think, especially children who feel that they are different and different from others, who don't always fit in or are rejected in some way. It's okay not to be like others. Keep believing in yourself. Me it paid off, despite everything" – Zlatan Ibrahimović

Portrait of a contemporary - Igor Žeželj

03.march 2021 Radmilo Marković

A multi-millionaire before fifty

From a rebellious student and assistant director of the Parking Service, through Crvena Zvezda, to the ownership of 41 media outlets and an official net profit in 2019 of 127,6 million dinars. The strange, million-dollar deals with the state-owned Telekom contributed in many ways to Igor Žeželj's meteoric rise in business.

Portrait of a contemporary - Milomir Marić

17.February 2021. Nedim Sejdinovic

The face of television cynicism

Although he adheres to political incorrectness, which rises to the level of a street simpleton - which might have charm in a well-ordered country, not in Serbia, where decency is more often a nuisance than a rule - the target of Marić's criticism will never be the regime of Aleksandar Vučić. In his broadcasts, he establishes and reproduces the local mainstream story about how Serbia is actually an innocent country that did not cope after the fall of the Berlin Wall, relativizing its politics during the nineties. Sometimes he welcomes those who think differently in this sense, but mostly with the intention of making fun of them

Portrait of a contemporary - Nebojša Stefanović, Minister of Defense

10.February 2021. Nedim Sejdinovic

The miraculous fate of "Nebojša from Belgrade"

From a symbol of condescension, in recent years Stefanović has been transformed in part of the public into a man who allegedly offers "intelligent resistance" to the all-powerful president.

Person of the year – Pavle Petrović

13.January 2021 Radmilo Marković

It is not me who is important, but the Fiscal Council

"These days, from various quarters, they are telling me that I should resign. It wouldn't be difficult for me, I could easily hide under the canopy of the Academy and do my research in peace. But it's not about me, but about the institution and the created human capital that would collapse"

Portrait of a contemporary woman - Gordana Čomić

04.November 2020 Radmilo Marković

Salto mortale party soldiers

The unanswered question is what were Gordana Čomić's reasons for joining the people whose behavior she expressed contempt for, calling them kitsch-fascists, precisely dissecting their constant violence, exclusivity and aggression

Portrait of a contemporary - Igor Brnabić

07.October 2020 Slobodan Georgijev

The Prime Minister's invisible brother

The renewed story about the possible conflict of interest of the Prime Minister of Serbia only helped her to become even stronger in the eyes of Aleksandar Vučić and easily win another mandate. Her brother remained an ordinary citizen of Belgrade who did well in business when her sister was in politics

Portrait of a contemporary - Marko Đurić

23.September 2020 Vukašin Obradović

From the Resistance to the ambassador

In the period ahead, especially if Donald Trump wins the presidential elections again, Serbia is likely to have a very delicate period of relations with the USA, especially when it comes to Kosovo. This implies, among other things, a series of deals and agreements about which the public in Serbia will know little or nothing. And who is a better candidate for the "keeper of secrets" from the Oval Office than Đurić

Portrait of a contemporary - Goran Vesić

05.August 2020 Nikola Tomic

The man who will bring down Vučić

Maybe the deputy mayor of Belgrade will really go down in history, but not because of a lot of bad things, and some good things, which he did in his obsessive attempts to leave a permanent mark on the face of the capital, but as someone who crucially contributed to the downfall of Vučić

Portrait of a contemporary - Zoran Đorđević, minister in the Government of Serbia

12.February 2020. Jovana Gligorijevic

Minister for gaffes and omissions

His department deals with work, and he is not interested in the workers, neither the living nor the dead. Then there is employment, and he turns a blind eye to the exploitation of Indian workers in Serbia. The name of the ministry also states that it is in charge of social and veterans' issues. Mothers in labor receive a few hundred dinars, and veterans protest under tents in Pionirski Park in Belgrade

Portrait of a contemporary - Boško Obradović

29.January 2020 Jovana Georgievski

Rise of the "political hooligan"

The question is whether Obradović's outbursts are part of his temperament or part of his tactics to attract as many opposition-minded voters as possible. It seems that for now he has only fought for the position of one of the leaders of the opposition through his public appearances, but also that his actions and words have led to the fact that many who support the opposition are asking whether the fact that Obradović is against Vučić is enough to be with him. marched in the same column

Person of the year

24.December 2019  

Ivanka Popović

Rector of the University of Belgrade, Ivanka Popović, was chosen as Person of the Year by the majority of votes of the editorial board of the weekly "Vreme". The criterion for recognition is, as in previous years, a contribution to the improvement of institutions in the public interest

Portrait of a contemporary - Miša Vacić

13.November 2019 Jovana Georgievski

An outpouring of hatred in the brain

The president of the "Serbian Right" party, the leader of the extreme right-wing SNP Naši 1389 movement, with a suspended prison sentence behind him, the son of a guest worker whose patriotism did not allow him to stay under the sun of the German sky, a man who promised in Twitter fights that he would personally mobilize Serbian children to are at war in Kosovo and the owner of a black Rottweiler, Miša Vacić, is the opposite of Marko Kraljević, as he would like us to experience him

Portrait of a contemporary - Boris Johnson

10.July 2019 Uroš Mitrović

Mr. Teflon

There is a deep-rooted opinion that the former British foreign minister and former mayor of London Boris Johnson is a politician without strong convictions. Relying unfailingly on the "pulse of the people", he is the favorite in the race to become the new Tory leader and future UK Prime Minister

Portrait of a contemporary - Mladen Šarčević, Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development

26.June 2019 Radmilo Marković

A good minister of his bosses

After the public leak of the tests for the junior high school graduation, businessman and minister Mladen Šarčević does not feel responsible for anything and emphasizes that he submits accounts only to his bosses. Not to citizens, not to professors, not to students

Portrait of a contemporary - Ivica Dačić, Minister of Foreign Affairs

19.June 2019 Radmilo Marković

Minister for singing and singing

Some kind of political biography of Ivica Dačić, a man who has been in Serbian politics for 30 years, would probably require some kind of small book. That is why we will only talk about the outlines of the activities of the president of the SPS as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia

Portrait of a contemporary - Miroslav Ćiro Blažević

22.May 2019. Slobodan Georgijev

Nationalist against nationalism

One statement by a famous football coach could do more for the reconciliation of Serbs and Croats than hundreds of initiatives and conferences. Only if he keeps his head on his shoulders and someone follows his example

Portrait of a contemporary - John Bolton

08.May 2019. Uroš Mitrović

The hawk of American unilateralism

The US president's national security adviser is a hardened conservative Republican convinced of America's primacy in the world. He is known for his threats to global rivals, critical views of international organizations and multilateral agreements, and is considered the architect of the latest US strategy in Venezuela. John Bolton has a decisive influence on the US guidelines regarding Kosovo

Portrait of a contemporary - Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu

24.April 2019. Peđa Anđelković

A man with an outstretched hand

While Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan and his candidates dealt with enemies during the campaign for local elections, Republican People's Party candidate Ekrem Imamoglu preached harmony and tolerance. In multinational and multi-confessional Istanbul, it brought him victory

Portrait of a contemporary - Miroslav Lazanski

17.April 2019. Slobodan Georgijev

Our man in Moscow

Vučić never showed that he was a special admirer of Miroslav Lazanski's journalism. He seemed to see something else in him; it seems that he assessed that Lazanski represents that wing of society that has the support of Russia and that as such it is better to have him around. They seemed to understand each other easily