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19 unusual facts about Serbia


Dragan Jovanović

Dragan Jovanović is the most common name combination in Serbia.

Georgi Dimitrov

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

Goran Hadžić

In 2005, Serbian media reported he might be hiding in a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Irig or in Bijela, Montenegro.

Gradinje

Gradinje, Serbia, a settlement in the Municipality of Dimitrovgrad

History of modern Serbia

History of modern Serbia or Modern history of Serbia covers the history of Serbia since national awakening in the early 19th century from the Ottoman Empire, then Yugoslavia, to the present day Republic of Serbia.

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.

Irig

Irig, Serbia, a town and municipality in the Srem District of Vojvodina, Serbia

Isakovo

Isakovo, Serbia, a village in the municipality of Ćuprija, Serbia

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).

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.

Marko Baša

Marko Baša was born in Trstenik, in central Serbia (at the time part of SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia).

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.

Pavlovci

Pavlovci, Serbia, a settlement in the Srem District in Vojvodina, Serbia

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.

Srđan Mijailović

Srđan Mijailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан Мијаиловић; born on 10th November 1993 in Požega) is a Serbian football player who played for Süper Lig club Kayserispor.

Vladimir Jugović

Born in Milutovac, a village near Trstenik, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Jugović played throughout his career for numerous top European teams, winning the Champions League twice (with Red Star Belgrade and Juventus).


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.

4th Land Force Brigade

It is covering the territory of southern Serbia, from the border with the Republic of Macedonia in the south to the border with Bulgaria in the east and the administrative border with Kosovo in the west to the area around the city of Leskovac in the north.

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).

Andrijaš Mrnjavčević

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

AP Vojvodina

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

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 Liège

After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, the Austrian Empire went to war with 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.

Carabus hungaricus

The majority of its populations inhabit calcareous sandy grasslands from the Deliblat (Serbia: Deliblatska Peščara) throughout the Banat (Serbia, Romania) and sandy areas in Hungary along the Danube River all the way to Vienna (Austria) and South Moravia (Czech Republic).

Duško Tošić

Born in Zrenjanin, Tošić began his career in his native Serbia playing for OFK Beograd before moving to French club Sochaux for the 2006–07 season but only spent one season with the club as other European clubs from Italy, Germany and Spain were expressing an interest.

Elisaveta

Jelena or Helena of Bulgaria, 14th-century Empress consort of Serbia, monastic name Elisaveta

FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group B

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

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

As a "Big 4" member (the four biggest financial contributors of the contest), Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Gornje Livade

Gornje Livade, Banat, a small geographical area in south-eastern Banat, 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.

Ivana Knežević

After winning Miss Crna Gora 2006, Knežević was the first official international representation of Montenegro as an independent state, after the country competed united with Serbia in previous international events such as Miss Universe 2006, the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIBA World Championship that were held after the nation's independence.

Ivica Jovanović

Born in Zajecar, Serbia, he begin playing with FK Timok Zaječar in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro in the 2003–04 season, and he later spent some seasons in Belgium playing with KSC Lokeren.

İzmir Clock Tower

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers still exist and are called Sahat Kula (derived from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

İzmit Clock Tower

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers are still named Sahat Kula (deriving from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?

In 2007, the Serbian and former Yugoslav New Wave band VIS Idoli released a career spanning box set featuring the image as a basis for the box set cover.

Justin Popović

During the early part of World War I, in autumn of 1914, Blagoje served as a student nurse primarily in South Serbia - Shkodër, Niš, Kosovo, etc.

Karlovci

Sremski Karlovci, a town and municipality in Srem, Vojvodina, 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.

Körös-ér

West of the village of Kelebia, the Körös-ér becomes a border river between Hungary and Serbia.

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.

League of Prizren

The Albanians' fear that the lands they inhabited would be partitioned among Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece fueled the rise of resistance.

Milan Gutović

Milan "Lane" Gutović (born August 11, 1946 in Umka, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor, cabaret performer, and television personality.

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.

Museum in Loznica

Museum in Loznica or Jadar Museum is an institution that is located in the city of Loznica, western Serbia .

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.

Ottoman Albania

After Ottoman forces under Skanderbeg's command suffered defeat in a battle near Niš in present-day Serbia in 1443, Skanderbeg rushed to Krujë and tricked a Turkish pasha into surrendering the Albanian fortress.

Pestis

Pestiš, a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia

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.

Serbia Film Commission

In the past three years, Serbia has served as a location for a number of productions, most recently The Raven directed by James McTeigue, EuropaCorp's Lock Out with Guy Pierce and Maggie Grace, and Ralph Fiennes’ adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus.

Serbian Figure Skating Championships

The Serbian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro prior to 2006 and Yugoslavia prior to 2002).

Silent Gunpowder

Based on a novel by Branko Ćopić and set during World War II, the film tells the story of a Serbian village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines, represented by the Chetniks and the Partisans.

Stefan Milosavljević

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

Stubline transmitter

Zvečka transmitter is a broadcasting facility for mediumwave and shortwave near Zvečka, Serbia.

Taco Bell Arena

It is the site of the 2013 second-round tie of the tennis Davis Cup between the United States and Serbia.

Tomáš Poláček

He left Serbia in summer 2011 and returned to the Czech Republic where he joined FK Chmel Blšany.

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.

Tsaratsovo

Large part of the production is exported to other EU members, Russia, Serbia and Monte Negro.

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.

ZaMirNET

Amidst the "worst crimes committed in Europe this century" the first major experiment in email was launched in June 1992 in Zagreb and Belgrade, almost exactly a year after Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia, triggering a brutal response from Serbia.

Zvezde Granda 2010-2011

Zvezde Granda (Grand Stars, Serbian Cyrillic: Звезде Гранда) is a televised singing contest in Serbia organized by the Grand Production record label.