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Depart by spiritual leader
As ‘Blic’ learns the Patriarch has left a testament and it is to be opened by the Holly Synod. He has also written where he wanted to be buried.
‘Where death comes for me, there is my grave’, Patriarch Pavle used say. According to the Protocol he is to be buried at the Patriarchy in Pec (Kosovo and Metohija) but according to his will he shall be laid to rest at the Monastery of the St. Archangel Gavrilo in Belgrade.
Until then the body of the Serbian Patriarch shall be displayed in the Cathedral Church in Belgrade and the church bells shall ring every 15 minutes before the full hour. Read the rest of this entry »
International media comment on Pride Parade cancellation
BBC and Reuters stated that organizers of the parade found the recommendation to relocate the event to the outskirts of Belgrade unacceptable, and demanded that it be held in the center of the capital.
Italian news agency ANSA stated that various ultra-nationalist and extreme right wing groups announced that they would take all measures to stop the parade from happening.
ANSA states that the Serbian Orthodox Church openly spoke against the Pride Parade and homosexuals, calling it an “immoral gathering,” “Shame Parade,” and “Sodom and Gomorrah.”
The Italian agency added that Belgrade has recently been covered in anti-gay graffiti. BBC added that the ultra-nationalist Movement 1389 called the cancellation of the parade a “great victory for normal Serbia.”
We shall lose 20 percent of population until 2050
The latest data of the American Bureau for data on population show that Serbia occupies the 4th place in Europe regarding the demographic drop. The worst is that the number is permanently dropping.
Goran Penev of the Center for demographic research of the Institute of social sciences says that such perspective of the possible demographic movement is more or less realistic.
According to the newest data of the Republican institute for statistics last year the number of born children increased and the number of deaths dropped for the first time after several years, but the situation is still worrying.
Half of military jets grounded
What caused the crash of the ‘MIG29’ shall be known after a month time. It is believed that the investigation by a commission that shall include engineers of the ‘Tumanski’ company that overhauled the jets shall take 30 days at least.
The jet in which Colonel Randjelovic lost his life was over 20 years old and is one of those that ‘survived’ the bombing in 1999.
‘It is estimated that Serbia needs 20 new combat jets what requires large sum of money’, Aleksandar Radic, military analyst says. He adds that readiness of combat aviation reflects sovereignty of a country.
The concert of “Depeche Mode“ in Belgrade cancelled
“Depeche Mode” have been forced to cancel four concerts on their “Sounds of the Universe” tour because Dave Gahan’s medical condition has deteriorated (he is suffering from gastroenteritis). Dave has been hospitalized and he is currently undergoing medical check-ups. “Depeche Mode” and the concert organizers apologize to all the fans for all inconveniences and wish Dave quick recovery. More detailed information and news in the following days will be regularly published,” it has been said in the report of “State Of Exit”, which is in charge of organization of the concert at Usce, together with “Carlsberg” and “Live Nation”.
To remind the readers, “Depeche Mode” were first forced to cancel the concert in Athens, although over 20,000 people gathered at the stadium.
“Before they were supposed to appear on the stage in Athens, Dave had a severe bout of gastroenteritis and was immediately hospitalized. At this very moment Dave’s main aim is to get well and continue the tour as soon as possible,” it has been stated in an official report.
Fans all around Europe are advised to keep the tickets until they find out whether the concerts are just postponed for some other date of definitely cancelled. According to unofficial information, management of the band plans to continue the tour and find new dates for the concerts that have been cancelled.
After he got ill before the performance in the Greek capital, Dave Gahan was sent to the hospital in Athens where he spent one day, but he was transferred to America for more thorough check-ups. More information about his health condition will be released in the following days.
Dokic arrested because of death threats to Ambassador
The police searched Dokic’s house and found seven peaces of fire arms that have been confiscated in spite of the fact that they were legally possessed as he claimed. The arrest was made after Ms Birgin had reported to the police the death threats made to her by Dokic. The day before yesterday Damir Dokic called the Embassy of Australia in Belgrade and threatened that he would kill the Ambassador should she fail to react to articles in Australian media reporting that his daughter said that he was maltreating her physically. Serbia Home Ministry has intensified security of the Australian Ambassador Clare Birgin. Several hours before the arrest Dokic told ‘Blic’ ‘to have given up assassination of the Ambassador’ and announced filing lawsuits.
Belgrade presses for boycott of Kosovo elections
The Serbs should fully boycott those elections, and the worst thing that could happen to us is if some people went to the polls and some did not,” State Secretary in the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija Dušan Prorokovi? (DSS) said.
“In that case, we would again have a confusion in the field, we would again not know who legitimate representatives of the Serbs are and in which municipality, and that would be rather favorable for both UNMIK and the Albanians for various kinds of manipulations,” he told Radio Free Europe.
Prorokovi? said he “does not understand the Serb parties and groups of citizens which are running in the Kosovo elections.”
“If the Kosovo premier keeps saying on television every evening that Kosovo will proclaim independence, I cannot understand what Serbs would do in such institutions, unless they do it for personal gain,” he said.
“You cannot have two employers, as you may not have two states. You are either for Kosovo within Serbia or for a state of Kosovo.”
“Those who want Kosovo within Serbia may enjoy assistance from the state and receive their wages from the budget of the Republic of Serbia. Those who want a state of Kosovo should go and receive their wages from the budget of Kosovo,” said Prorokovi?.
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