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13 unusual facts about Serbia


Geographical regions in Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro are now separate independent countries following the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

Georgi Dimitrov

There are five cities named after Georgi Dimitrov in the world in Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and Armenia.

Gradinje

Gradinje, Serbia, a settlement in the Municipality of Dimitrovgrad

Hungary in World War II

Approximately half of the six thousand Jewish forced laborers working in the copper mines in Bor, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) were executed by the Germans during the death march from Bor to Győr on August - October 1944, including the 35 year old poet Miklós Radnóti, shot at the Hungarian village of Abda being too weak to continue after a savage beating.

Kalotina

Kalotina is known for the Kalotina-Gradinje border checkpoint, one of Bulgaria's busiest and best-known due to the proximity to Sofia.

Mama Rock

In 2007 Mama Rock performed on the Peace Festival, headlined by Glenn Hughes, in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia.

Miklós Radnóti

The battalion assigned to the Ukrainian front, and then in May 1944 the Hungarian Army retreated and his battalion was transferred to the copper mines in Bor, Serbia.

Operation Uzice

After the offensive commenced on 20 September 1941, the Partisans initially received assistance from local Chetnik formations in opposing the Germans, but after weeks of disagreement and low-level conflict between the two insurgent factions about how the resistance should proceed, the Chetniks launched an attack on the Partisans in the towns of Užice and Požega on November 1 which resulted in the Chetniks being repulsed.

Pesme od bola

Pesme od bola is the second studio album of Serbian singer Aca Lukas, which was released in 1997.

Post-communism

Some populations are still poorer today than they were in 1989 (e.g., Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia).

Sava Mutkurov

In the conflict, a Bulgarian victory that defended the revolution, Mutkurov headed the troops fighting at Tsaribrod on 13 November and was also in charge of the central and right wing forces during the Pirot Offensive on 14 and 15 November.

Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial Academy

The largest ethnic groups represented in the school include Somalis, Indians, Afghans, Serbians, and many others.

Voja Mirić

Voja Mirić (also known variously as Vojislav Mirić, VojoMirić, Voja Mirik and Voja Mirikj) was born on 7 April 1933 in Trstenik, central Serbia.


1983 Kopaonik earthquake

1983 Kopaonik earthquake was a 5.3 Richter earthquake in Serbia, at Kopaonik.

2008 Kosovo declaration of independence

On 23 February, 44 protesters were arrested after burning the Serbian flag, in the main square of Zagreb (Croatia), following Serb protesters attacking the Croatian embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.

2008 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

Germany, Italy, Greece and Canada qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, joining Australia, China, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, and the United States.

A Band Called Quinn

A Band Called Quinn played The Refract Festival in Serbia in 2005 after their song The World Is Upside Down was played on Serbian radio station B92 by Slobodan Konjovic and went to number eight in the Serbian Diskomer Chart.

Aćif Hadžiahmetović

This event was attended by Sulejman Ugljanin (Minister Without Portfolio of Serbia), Esad Džudžević (president of the Bosniak National Council) and Ahmedin Škrijelj (deputy mayor of Novi Pazar).

Anastasia Razvalyaeva

She played solo and chamber music concerts at various festivals such as the Kodály Festival in Kecskemét, Hungary (2010), International Harp Festival in Belgrade, Serbia (2010), International Harp Festival in Gödöllő, Hungary (2010 – 2011), Budapest Spring Festival, Hungary (2011), International Chamber Music Festival, in Kaposvár, Hungary (2011).

Andrijaš Mrnjavčević

Andrijaš Vukašinović Mrnjavčević or Andrija Kraljević (?) was a 14th-century Serbian noble who governed the region of Prilep 1371–1395.

Anne-Caroline Graffe

She cruised through the early rounds to reach the final, where she met Serbia's Milica Mandić.

AP Vojvodina

Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, SFR Yugoslavia (1990-1992), FR Yugoslavia (1992-2003), Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006), independent Serbia (since 2006)

Arilje

The municipality of Arilje is located in western Serbia in the river basins of the clear mountain rivers of the Rzav and Moravica.

Battle of Dubravnica

The Battle of Dubravnica (Битка на Дубравници) was fought in the summer of 1380 or December 1381, on the Dubravnica River near Paraćin in today's central Serbia, between the Serbian forces of Prince Lazar of Serbia led by commanders Vitomir and Crep

Battle of Kumanovo

Third Army, under Božidar Janković, composed of four infantry divisions and one infantry brigade (76,000 men), deployed in two groups, the first one at Toplica and the second one at Medveđa, was assigned to the westernmost attack, with the task to take Kosovo and then move south to attack the left flank of the enemy.

Battle of Naissus

The Battle of Naissus (268 or 269 AD) was the defeat of a Gothic coalition by the Roman Empire under Emperor Gallienus (or Claudius II) near Naissus (Niš in present-day Serbia).

Beograd, uživo '97 – 1

Beograd, uživo '97 – 1 (trans. Belgrade, Live '97 - 1) is the first disc of the fourth live album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba, released in 1997.

Bjelasica

It has the advantage of being easily accessible, as town of Kolašin is situated on both main road from Podgorica to Serbia and on Belgrade–Bar railway.

Boban Marković

Boban Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобан Марковић) is a Serbian Romani trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from Vladičin Han, frequently recognized as the greatest trumpet player to emerge from the Balkans.

Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius

The province was formed in 1900, and has monasteries throughout northern Croatia, as well as in Subotica, Bač, Novi Sad and Zemun, Serbia.

Eva Ras

She performed in theatres throughout the former Yugoslavia and Serbia, on television in series written by Siniša Pavić and Dragoslav Lazić, and in films directed by Dušan Makavejev, Aleksandar Petrović, Živko Nikolić, Emir Kusturica, and Ferenc Kardos among others.

FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group B

The group composed of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

History of legal education in Serbia

During the 20th century, all the law schools that later emerged in Serbia (Subotica, Novi Sad, Priština, Niš, Kragujevac), Montenegro (Podgorica), and in other parts of the former Yugoslavia (Sarajevo, Skoplje) were formed from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law as a core.

Iazyges

In early 92, the Iazyges, in alliance with the Sarmatians proper and the Germanic Quadi, crossed the Danube into the Roman province of Pannonia (mod. Croatia, northern Serbia, and western Hungary).

Irinej Bulović

Irinej Bulović, born as Mirko Bulović on 11 February 1947, in Stanišić (by Sombor in Serbia is the Priest, Monch of Order of Saint Basil the Great and Bishop of the Eparchy of Bačka, bishop of Novi Sad, dean and Professor of Holy Bible on the Faculty of Theology of Belgrade.

Ivan Aničin

Ivan Aničin, (born 25 March 1944 in Bor, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is Yugoslav and Serbian nuclear physicist, particle physicist, astrophysicist, and cosmologist, university Full Professor and Distinguished (teaching/research) Professor of scientific institutes in Belgrade (Serbia), Bristol (United Kingdom), Grenoble (France), and Munich (Germany).

Josip Runjanin

The Runjanin family originated from the village of Runjani in Jadar, in the Drina valley (western Serbia).

KK Sloboda Užice

In his debut season in the highest men's basketball competition in Serbia, the BC Sloboda has been ranked 9th, with 12 wins and 14 defeats.

Kosovo je Srbija

In March 2008, American-born Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić won the European championship in the 50m butterfly, setting the new European record, a result briefly quashed when the European Swimming Federation (LEN) disqualified the swimmer for wearing a T-shirt at the medals ceremony that read “Kosovo is Serbia” in Cyrillic.

László Rátgéber

László Rátgéber (born 11 October 1969 in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (today in Serbia)) is the Hungarian head coach of the men's Hungary national basketball team.

László Toroczkai

In 2004, Toroczkai was banned from Serbia for one year because of fight in Palić.

Milan Radonjić

Consequently and especially after Serbian law prohibited TV card readings, he started working at five television stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including nationwide OBN television based in Sarajevo, and a number of television stations in Croatia, including nationwide Nova TV based in Zagreb.

Miroslav Vulićević

Vulićević made his international debut for Serbia in a friendly match, on 14 December 2008, against Poland in Antalya.

Neda Ukraden

When the war in Bosnia started, Neda left Sarajevo, Bosnia and moved to Belgrade, Serbia, where she resides today with her mother, daughter, son and grandchildren.

Norwich Twenty Group

It has built up strong links with Norwich's twin cities in Europe and now holds joint exhibitions with Novi Sad in Serbia, Rouen in France and Koblenz in Germany.

Novi Sad Jazz Festival

More than 100 ensembles from Serbia and abroad have performed at the Novi Sad Jazz Festival for the past seven years, and nearly 600 musicians, including Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Cobb, Al Foster, Benny Bailey, Andy Bay, Tania Maria, Trilok Gurtu, Steve Coleman, Keith Copeland, Eddie Henderson, Al Di Meola, Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Garrett, Erik Rothenstein, Sheila Jordan, and Curtis Fuller to name a few.

O tugo jesenja

O tugo jesenja (trans. Oh Autumn Sorrow) is the first studio album released in 1988 by Montenegrin-Serbian musician Rambo Amadeus.

Ognjen Petrović

Ognjen "Olja" Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Огњен Петровић) (2 January 1948 in Kruševac, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia – 21 September 2000 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian goalkeeper who played at Euro 76 for SFR Yugoslavia.

Pomoć, pomoć

"Pomoć, pomoć" ("Help, Help") is the first song which appeared on the first single by Serbian new wave band Idoli.

Port of Bar

The announced building of Belgrade–Bar motorway and proposed reconstruction of Belgrade - Bar railway would thus mark a breakthrough in attracting the Serbian, and thus the Central European market.

Risto Vidaković

Risto Vidaković Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Pиcтo Bидaкoвић; born 5 January 1969 in Šekovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), known as Vidaković, is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender; he most recently coached C.D. Motagua.

Serbian Telecommunication Agency

Serbian Telecommunication Agency (RATEL) was founded at the end of May 2005, as one of the conditions for the implementation of Serbian telecommunication regulations prescribed by the law.

So Many Words...

So Many Words... is the debut album for the Serbian Irish folk/Celtic rock band Irish Stew of Sindidun, released in 2005.

Stefan Milosavljević

Stefan Milosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Милосављевић ;born September 11, 1992 in Kruševac) is a Serbian footballer currently playing for Sloga Kraljevo.

Stevan Sekereš

Stevan Sekereš (born September 26, 1937 in Mirkovac village in Baranja, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia died 23. November 2012. in Novi Sad, Serbia) is a Serbian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Tesla's Letters

The play takes place in 1997, two years after Operation Storm and the Dayton Agreement and two years prior to the start of the Kosovo War and the US-led 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, with the scenes set at the Nikola Tesla Museum in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, on a bus at the Serbian-Croatian border, and at Tesla's birthplace in the Croatian village of Smiljan.

Transitional Bulgarian dialects

On Bulgarian territory, the Transitional dialects occupy a narrow strip of land along the Bulgarian border with Serbia, including the regions of Tran, Breznik, Godech and Belogradchik.

They also cross the border to include the dialects or subdialects of the Bulgarian minority in the Western Outlands (the regions of Tsaribrod and Bosilegrad), Bulgarian territories transferred to Serbia by the Treaty of Neuilly as punishment for Bulgarian participation in World War I on the side of the Central Powers.

Univerzitet u Prištini

Following establishing NATO control over the territory of Kosovo, the Albanian faculty gained control of the campus after the end of the Kosovo War in 1999, while the Serbian faculty relocated first to central Serbia (from 1999 to 2001 the seat was in Kruševac) and two years later to the northern Kosovo (the seat is currently in Kosovska Mitrovica).

Wan Houliang

Wan Houliang would start his career playing for his hometown club Beijing Huaya's youth team before going on a football training course in Serbia where he played for third tier side FK ČSK Pivara's youth and reserve team.

Zlatan Alomerović

Zlatan Alomerović was born in the former Yugoslavia city Priboj, located in Serbia.

Zoran G. Jančić

He is currently teaching at Faculty of Arts in the city of Niš, Serbia, and he is also head of piano department.