Every second youngster in Serbia is unemployed and in a country rife with corruption and a stagnant economy, they can hardly be blamed. There is one thing that might just be keeping them from protesting on the streets of Belgrade though – the black market. Jack Cairns
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Vice Serbia ready to change the mindset of the young
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
Read More“It is possible to make it anywhere if you have the quality”
Multi-instrumentalist David Maxim Micić (24) couldn’t make sufficient money with his music in the local scene in Belgrade. Turbofolk – a popular Serbian genre – and cover bands dominate the musical landscape in the capital. In the United States and other countries in Europe his art is more appreciated, but even then it’s sometimes hard to get visa’s for gigs. Micić played himself out of isolation through the internet and is able to live off his music…
Read MoreSavamala: Home is where the heart is for Belgrade’s creatives
Shoreditch in London, Nørrebro in Copenhagen and Kreuzberg in Berlin: all of Europe’s great capitals have their own creative hotspots. Now it’s Belgrade’s turn. Jack Cairns
Read MoreBelgrade’s youth struggle for their spot
Esben Pejstrup-Pedersen
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An incomplete Team Serbia made it to Belgrade on the 25th of March, and slowly, but steadily started their work in the former Yugoslav Country. The team’s trip to Serbia, the only non-EU country on the Euroviews website, was hard on two of the three Dutch speaking members. While Coen Van De Ven spent two hours in Frankfurt Airport getting to his passport (trapped in his suitcase in the hold of an Airbus A320), Jiri…
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