A New Prague?
Posted by popkitchen | Filed under everyday life
Before I illuminate you on what the title means, if you haven’t already guessed, I need to go over the news of the day. Serbian President Boris Tadic was in an official visit to Italy, where he was joined by the half of the Government, but that’s whole different matter. What I want to tell you is this – it is better to be George Clooney then sun tanned. On a press conference, Berlusoni first said that Italy and Serbia have many similarities, but that he
does not like Serbian language, as it is not melodic enough. Furthermore, he is intrigued over how opera sounds in Serbian. Most likely an opera he would hear in Serbian would be familiar to him, in the only language he speaks. But then introducing Tadic, Berlusconi said “Now I introduce President Clooney”, alluding to the salt and pepper hairstyle of our President. Tadic smiled and said that Serbia and Italy agree on everything, except the independence of Kosovo, il Cavaliere interrupted saying the relations could get worse if Dejan Stankovic, football player from Inter scores a goal against Berlusconi’s own A.C. Milan.
Caro Silvio, sei un buffone. Ma penso che Serbi ti piaccono.
Watch the whole deal at Corriere della Sera website.
Why Prague? Alternative tourist guide giant Lonely Planet declared Belgrade as the first among Top 10 cities to party the night away, which was reported by Reuters. Wow, if that is really true, why do I always end up in the same bar on Friday night? Seriously, Belgrade can not compete with the cultural/musical offer of some top European destinations, but its night life is lively, probably it is more spontaneous than in much larger capitals. For example, you can listen to Eros Ramazzoti that Silvio B. would always applaud to, as well as Scottish punky pipers, while drinking whiskey.
But Belgrade, as well the whole of Serbia is getting old. In an article for The Economist, Tim Judah wrote about demography of former Yugoslav countries, entitling the piece Balkan Storks.
Tags: balkan storks, belgrade, berlusconi blunders, nightlife, tim judah
