“If we look at history, the best period was these last fifty years of socialist Yugoslavia. We haven’t had a better period. It was a time when all children went to school, when we all had jobs and social security…...
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He was a Yugoslav film and theater actor. He gained television fame through the lead role in the TV series “Bolji život” (“A Better Life”), as well as the role...
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...
Viewers adored her. They loved listening to her, but also watching her. Her words reached far, just like her beauty. Danka Novović was born in Prokuplje in 1943. She worked...
Although he recorded two timeless hits, “Zagrljeni” and “Volim te, budalo mala,” he never presented himself as a singer. He was born in Rijeka, but has lived in Dubrovnik since...
Šaban Bajramović, a jazz singer and the “King of Romani Music,” was born on April 16, 1936, in Niš. Although the term “Gypsy” sometimes carries a pejorative meaning, Bajramović often...
Monica Seles, former world No. 1 tennis player, won 9 Grand Slam tournaments during her career and became the youngest player to win the French Open in 1990. She started...
“To be born a hundred more times, I would still be a boxer a hundred times.” He experienced defeat once, while countless times he emerged victorious: the greatest boxer of...
The construction of New Belgrade began in 1947 when a youth work action was organized. Its task was to prepare the ground for the start of construction and to establish...
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