Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, the Serbian linguist and philologist, was no stranger to controversy. For including swear words in his dictionary, he received an anathema from the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church. But it’s a collection of erotic folk poems that are his most controversial contribution to Serbian literature.
MEMOIRS OF A FAMOUS ACTRESS
GORICA POPOVIĆ BARES HER SOUL: Sometimes I regret not being a mother, but my heart isn t heavy over that.
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She has great film, theatre, and television roles under her belt, from an urban girl in
National Class Category Up to 785 ccm to an enamoured piano teacher in the TV series
Muddy Tires (
Kaljave Gume). Between them is a broad array of characters full of life, lighting up every frame and stage, and none more than the stage of
Atelje 212, her home away from home. She has many talents, from acting, through music and painting, to cooking and so many other things.
This causes daily gridlock in the city, especially in the afternoons as commuters from New Belgrade, now filled with corporate headquarters and offices, make their way home to other municipalities. A journey of only a few kilometres – that would normally take 10 minutes – can regularly become a 40 minute ordeal during the rush hour.
There’s a very simple solution to this an underground metro mass transit system that could connect the extreme poles of the city and drastically shorten travel times.
Continuous failure
Yet the story of the Belgrade metro is a history of continuous failure. Many a city government has tried to get it off (or rather under) the ground, yet none have so far succeeded.