The controversy caused by Georgia's Eurovision Song Contest entry seems to be over (or, depending on one's perspective, has reached its climax), now that Georgia has decided not to take part in this year's event in Moscow, following the European Broadcasting Union's demand that the l...

It took just 57 days, which by Serbian standards is pretty quick. It’s a strange beast, with Milosevic’s old Socialist party riding shotgun on a coalition of pro-Western liberals and technocrats, but it’s actually less insane than what they had before. In order to make it work, the...

On the International Day Against Homophobia, marked on May 17, a Serbian lesbian human rights organization Labris has issued a statement. Jasmina Tesanovic, a Serbian political activist and writer, re-posted the text of the statement on her B92 blog. Below is the translation from Serbian: [Serbian M...

Yesterday, Kosovo is Serbia rally was held in Belgrade. According to unofficial sources, 150,000-200,000 people attended it to protest against unilateral proclamation of independence of Kosovo. The rally went peacefully, but was followed by rioting. Buildings of the American, Croatian and Turkish em...

“Against stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in vain.” — Schiller So Serbia’s government has agreed to sell its oil and gas company, NIS, to Russia’s Gazprom. By itself there’s nothing wrong with this. What’s stupid about it is the price. NIS has a market...