Đorđe Balašević – Pannonian Sailor
The renowned musician was born on May 11, 1953, in Novi Sad, in the family of his father Jovan Balašević and Veronika Dolenec. He grew up in a house on Jovana Cvijića Street and began writing songs back in elementary school, although he dreamed of becoming a soccer player. He dropped out of high school […]
Digitron – a wonder from a small Istrian town
Many peoplefrom the former Yugoslavia may not be aware that the first European electronic pocket calculator was produced in this country. It was the calculator by the Digitron company from the Istrian town of Buje, known as the Digitron DB 800. With a visionary commitment to electronics, director Ante Tomljanović and 24 employees managed to […]
Davor Dujmovic – Perhan
Davor was born in Sarajevo on September 20, 1969. He obtained the role of Perhan, for which he remained forever recognizable, quite by chance. While he was in the second grade of a lower music school, he had a habit of stopping by his father’s workplace at the Markale market after class. Emir Kusturica and […]
Republic Day – Beloved Yugoslav Holiday
November 29th was celebrated for almost six decades as a national holiday in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). It first entered history on November 29, 1943, during the Second Session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) in Jajce, where the decision on the federal organization of Yugoslavia was […]
Beograđanka – the tallest building in Yugoslav Belgrade
Built between 1969 and 1974, according to the design of architect Branko Pešić, it was the first skyscraper in the city’s downtown area, situated between Slavija and Terazije. The building stands at 101 meters in height, with 23 floors, representing one of the most significant achievements in Belgrade’s architecture from the late 1960s. At the […]
“Balkan Spy” – “Just admit it nicely, and Đuro will forgive you for beating you up!”
“The central office may make a mistake once, but not a hundred times. Listen, pal, maybe you dialed the wrong number, but you got the one you were looking for. What, don’t you understand? Well, you’ll understand. I’ll screw your mother! Get lost, you scumbag.” “Balkan Spy” is a drama by Dušan Kovačević, directed by […]