9) The Banovina, by Donka Stančić and Miško Lazović ( Read more... )

Time to renew the green card for the car; these two clauses of the policy caught my eye.

La couverture d'assurance fournie par les cartes vertes délivreés pour Chypre est limitée aux parties géographiques de Chypre qui sont sous le contrôle du gouvernement de la République de Chypre.

Regrettable, but clear enough.

La couverture d'assurance ( Read more... )

My favourite line from this interview ( Read more... )

From Saturday's Guardian: Q: I am in my early 20s and considering spending £4,000 on cosmetic dentistry. I have healthy teeth, but they are crooked and that affects my confidence. Is it worth the money and the pain to have perfect teeth, or should I put the cash towards a deposit on a flat ( Read more... )

FOREIGN MINISTER OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO SUPPORTS CHINA'S ANTI-SEPARATIST LAW. The Foreign Ministry of Serbia and Montenegro announced on 14 March that Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic fully supports China's new law against separatism, Tanjug reported. The statement came after Chinas' ambassador to Belgrade, Li Guobang, informed the ministry about ( Read more... )

The original plan was to spend all day today in our Belgrade office working on a draft report. But I have some kind of immobilising tummy bug and have spent the day so far in my Hotel Moskva bed reading science fiction books. (More of that anon.) Meanwhile an old friend is going to buy me a cup of tea at around 4 o'clock to help the healing process ( Read more... )

Heavy heavy morning of Serious Political Discussions. Followed by afternoon of eating, email, and an interview with a passing Montenegrin film crew.

The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee finally published its report on the Balkans (pdf). It quotes me, oh, once or twice...

Off to Geneva now. Back tomorrow. Then Belgrade on Thursday. Oof.

7) Judgement Day: The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic, by Chris Stephen ( Read more... )

11) The Politics of Serbia in the 1990s, by Robert Thomas ( Read more... )