Serbia is the first former Yugoslav country to have opened a Vice.com department. Located above the headquarters of the commercial Prva TV, which mainly airs reality series, Vice wants to change the Serbian media landscape with stories about taboos and the unknown. Tomas Heijden
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Young changers: from socialist to social Serbia
It’s a busy evening in Belgrade’s Impact Hub, a spot in the city centre where young people can meet and work. Pavle Krivokuca (22), a social entrepreneur, is talking to around 80 motivated young people about not letting good ideas slip, thinking the execution will fail or is too hard. Tomas Heijden
Read MoreThe uncertain future of Belgrade’s creative district
Savamala, a flourishing creative hub popular among young people, might have to leave for the Belgrade Waterfront project: a multibillion dollar state agreement with a foreign investor to develop a big part of the waterfront, the area parallel of the Sava River, into a Dubai-like business hub and modern living area. By Jiri Haanen and Tomas van der Heijden Belgrade, Serbia – On the right bank of the river lies the Savamala district, once the…
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