New Year’s Day – State Holiday
New Year’s Day was declared a state holiday by the Law on State Holidays in 1955. In the early years of socialism, Santa Claus (Deda Mraz) was unwelcome and condemned...
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Skiing in Kranjska Gora
Skiing in Kranjska Gora has a long tradition. The first ski lift, “Preseka,” started operating in November 1948. It was 960 meters long, with a vertical drop of 265 meters...
Mimosa Festival – in honor of the flower
It is held in honor of the mimosa flower in Herceg Novi. This holiday was founded in 1969 by the Tourist Association of Boka Kotorska and the Herceg Novi Municipal...
YU Rock Mission – For a Million Years of Yugoslavia
YU Rock Mission was a collaboration of musicians from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) who recorded the song “Za milion godina” (For a Million Years) as a show...
Nikita Khrushchev in Yugoslavia – A Historical “Sorry”
On May 26, 1955, something previously unimaginable in diplomatic circles and beyond happened – the new President of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, visited Yugoslavia and met with President Tito....
Queen in Yugoslavia – Spectacle of the Decade
The concert of the world famous band “Queen” took place on February 6, 1979, in Zagreb, and the following day in Ljubljana. Those two concerts are considered the two greatest...
At Laza’s Sugar – the First Discotheque in Yugoslavia
What the famous “Studio 54” was to New York, “Kod Laze Šećera” was for the capital of Yugoslavia, even a whole decade before. Situated in the basement of the 19th-century...
Kolibri – The Most Famous Children’s Choir in Yugoslavia
Kolibri – The Most Famous Children’s Choir in YugoslaviaThe children’s choir Kolibri was founded at Radio-Television Belgrade in 1963. The founder and conductor was Milica Manojlović, who led the choir...
Belgrade Book Fair – a Cultural Institution
The International Book Fair in Belgrade was first opened in 1957 in Hall 3 of the newly opened modern fairground. It was part of the larger cultural manifestation “Book Month”,...
The Brčko-Banovići Railway
The Brčko-Banovići railway, a railway in northern Bosnia, was created as a result of the first youth labor action in Yugoslavia. 62,268 young people from all over Yugoslavia and more...
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