MetaFilter posts tagged with Belgrade

фантомски дискови!

concreteforest — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:23:18 -0800

1979 .Belgrade. A white Porsche 911. A natural born driver. A brutal secret police force. The same city square every night for 2 weeks. The Belgrade Phantom - one hell of a story. For two weeks in 1979, a mysterious thief drove a stolen Porsche 911 through the heart of Tito's Belgrade. Every night, he would circle a certain square at least once. The police force couldn't catch him - soon they had orders to shoot to kill. He phoned into radio shows to let them know he was still coming. People began to gather to cheer him on. Why? Some thought it was a turbocharged high speed protest of Tito's regime, some thought he had been beaten by the police and wanted revenge. Some even thought he brought a certain girl back a rose from the square every night. No matter why he did it, the people loved him. When the police finally slowed him down, they held them back long enough for him to slip away. What happened next? Well...not everything has a happy ending (scroll down).

War (and Peace) Photographer

netbros — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:49:59 -0800

Andrija Ilic is a photographer from Belgrade, Serbia. He uses photography to document social change to his environment and events in his homeland. He has covered some of the most important events in the region: war in Kosovo in 1998, NATO maneuvers in Italy in 1998 and intervention in 1999, numerous anti-regime protests 1996-2000, events surrounding the fall of government in Belgrade in October 2000, the crisis in southern Serbia. More recently, he has published new photos from the conflict in Israel and Palestine, every day life in Gaza, and reportage from the Faroe Islands. [some images NSFW - war violence and gore] As an American, the events in the Balkans the past dozen years always seemed disturbing to me, but distant. Andrija has used his lens to help me understand the history and spirit that predates the conflict. Architecture is medieval, people farm and ranch, it snows ... all captured with the soft, filtered colorings of the Ilic style. Then there is war. You can see the pain in the faces of those that Andrija froze for eternity on film. The numb refugees, the stoic fighters, relatives searching for lost loved ones, the crying babies and weary mothers. You see it in the crumbled brick and block, the slaughtered livestock, the orange fire and billowing smoke, the stark consequences. Andrija was in the middle of it all. He was there too as his countrymen began their awakening with protests that led to the eventual fall of Miroslav Milosevic. Andrija Ilic was in the midst of the special police forces the night they arrested the tyrant. Those faces that once bore strain and pain now reflect joy and celebration. Lately Andrija aims his camera for art. He photographs illusion and theater, desire and sport, fashion and beauty. In other words, these days Andrija Ilic is photographing peace. I wish the photos on his site were larger. Most are only a few hundred pixels in width. Some of his images, however, can be seen in larger format at Report Digital.

Fragments of stealth

Abiezer — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:42:24 -0800

The F117A Swan Song, the Fall of the Belgrade Embassy...and China Rising China Matters blog offers a fascinating take on "the role that the Belgrade bombing seems to play as the creation myth of the birth of the 21st Chinese strategic military doctrine, founded on the assumption that the U.S. will unscrupulously use its military, diplomatic, and propaganda advantages not only to contain China but even to attack it when need, desire, and circumstances permit."

Serbs appear unhappy about independent Kosovo

Emperor SnooKloze — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:27:33 -0800

This past Monday, the US recognized Kosovo as an independent state. Today, Serbs appear a little upset. What this means for the UN, the US, Russia, or Serbia is unclear. Predictably, reportage varies, from the staid international press to the "stormed by mobs" diction of US news networks. The picture is confused, but it might be pointing to some significant anti-Western sentiment. In the fog of civil unrest, how do we tell?

History repeating...

tomcosgrave — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 06:18:56 -0800

Serbian premier assasinated
He was shot in front of government offices at around 1300 local time, (1200 GMT). I know some people are going to cry Newsfilter, but I believe this is worth posting.

TNLNYC — Thu, 05 Oct 2000 13:22:55 -0800

Wow! Got to give it to the people in Yougoslavia... This is damn impressive and it looks like the end of Milosevic. Europe is almost completely democratic now!

holgate — Thu, 05 Oct 2000 09:37:37 -0800

Not with a whimper, but a bang... The Belgrade parliament is in flames. The State television building is broadcasting for Free Serbia. If you can get a stream, FreeB92 is the place to be listening. The revolution may not be televised, but this it has its own weblog

aaron — Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:38:29 -0800

Bill Clinton sentenced to 20 years in prison! By a district court in ... um ... Belgrade. Along with Madeleine Albright, Tony Blair, and a whole bunch of other leaders. For war crimes. Warrants have been issued for their arrest. ::snicker:: Good thing that International Tribunal never got set up, eh?