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Fashion in the Sky
For the first time ever, two fashion shows were organized in the air aboard the Jat Airways' Belgrade-Rome-Belgrade regularly scheduled flight in late October. Marking its fiftieth anniversary of flying to the Eternal City, Jat Airways became part of the Aqua Viva Fashion Selection event in a unique manner. (...)
Inspiration Cannot Be Taught
Charles Simic, one of the foremost contemporary American poets and winner of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, recently visited Belgrade as a guest of the Serbian PEN Center, the Belgrade Cultural Centre and the US embassy. (...)
Folk for the Messiah
Theatre director Jagoš Marković, one the most popular and distinguished modern drama producers in Serbia, opened his new play Blues for the Messiah at the end of October in the Belgrade Drama Theatre. Soon he begins rehearsals for Stuck-up Woman in the Belgrade National Theatre and next year he will direct Queen Kristina in Dramaten at the Swedish Royal Theatre. (...)
Royal Vineyards
When King Peter I Karađorđević planted vineyards on his Oplenac estate at the beginning of last century, his intention was to set a model for Serbian grape growers for the newest varieties of grape. (...)
The Capital of Three Empires
Istanbul. The centre of three empires; Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman. It is the bridge between Europe and Asia, a city of lavish beauty that has for centuries radiated the mystery and romance of the Orient, a place of lush palaces, magnificent churches, gilded gates, harems, and mosques whose impressive minarets rise high above the Bosphorus, one of the most important straits in the world. (...)
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