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2012 In Serbia
Events from the year 2012 in Serbia: Incumbents * President: ** until 5 April: Boris Tadić ** 5 April–31 May: Slavica Đukić Dejanović ** starting 31 May: Tomislav Nikolić * Prime Minister: Mirko Cvetković (until 27 July), Ivica Dačić (starting 27 July) Architecture *1 January: Ada Bridge, one of the tallest bridges in Europe, is completed and open to the public in Belgrade, Serbia. Events January * Romanian Consulate General was founded in Zaječar April * 4 April: Serbian pro-Western President Boris Tadić resigned, paving the way for early presidential election where he will face strong challenge from a nationalist candidate. May * Elections on all levels were held. Sports * Serbia participated in 2012 Summer Olympics in London. * 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga * 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga Deaths January * 13 January – Miljan Miljanić, 81, Serbian footballer, coach and administrator. * 29 January – Predrag Dragić, 66, Serbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga
The 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen pivo, Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment. The season began on 26 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga, 2011–12 season and two promoted from the 2011–12 Serbian First League. FK Partizan, Partizan successfully defended their title. Last two teams, FK BSK Borča, BSK Borča and FK Smederevo, Smederevo were relegated, while 14th team played play-off with 3rd placed team from 2012–13 Serbian First League. Teams FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac, Metalac and FK Borac Čačak, Borac Čačak were relegated to the 2012–13 Serbian First League after the last season for finishing in 16th and 15th place, respectively. Metalac completed a three-year tenure in the league, while Borac was relegated after competing in top-tier football for nine seasons. The relegat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vojin Dimitrijević
Vojin Dimitrijević ( sr, Војин Димитријевић; 9 July 1932 – 5 October 2012) was a law professor, public intellectual, and a prominent Serbian human rights activist and international law expert. Biography Vojin Dimitrijević was born on 9 July 1932 in Rijeka (then in Italy, today in Croatia). In 1956 he graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, where he also obtained his doctorate in 1965 and continued to work as a professor from 1960 until 1998. He was ordered to retire prematurely in 1998, while in the rank of full professor, due to his opposition to the newly passed and repressive Universities Act. Dimitrijević was the director of the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, a Serbian non-governmental organisation opposed to the regime of Slobodan Milošević. He held the position from its inception in 1995. Since 2005, he was a professor at the Faculty of Law of the Union University in Belgrade. Dimitrijević was also a visiting professor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Brzaković
Predrag "Peca" Brzaković (; 27 September 1964 – 14 September 2012) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career After starting out at Radnički Beograd, Brzaković played for OFK Beograd in the Yugoslav Second League over the course of five seasons, before switching to Yugoslav First League side Vojvodina in the 1991 winter transfer window. He spent two years in Novi Sad before rejoining his parent club Radnički Beograd during the winter break of the 1992–93 season. Between 1995 and 1998, Brzaković made 99 appearances for Čukarički in the First League of FR Yugoslavia. He also played professionally in Cyprus and China. International career In April 1996, Brzaković was an unused substitute in FR Yugoslavia's 3–1 home victory over the Faroe Islands. Futsal career After retiring from football, Brzaković played futsal for Serbia's Marbo and Ekonomac, but also for Montenegro's Municipium. He represented Serbia at the 2007 UEFA Futsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Vukelić
Milan Vukelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Вукелић; 2 January 1936 – 4 September 2012) was a Serbian footballer. Honours ;Partizan * Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65 References External links Milan Vukelićat reprezentacija.rs 1936 births 2012 deaths Footballers from Novi Sad Yugoslav footballers Serbian footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Association football midfielders Yugoslav First League players FK Vojvodina players FK Partizan players FK Partizan non-playing staff {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923
Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, to force Germany to make reparation payments. * January 17 (or 9) – First flight of the first rotorcraft, Juan de la Cierva's Cierva C.4 autogyro, in Spain. (It is first demonstrated to the military on January 31.) * February 5 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class cricket score for the first time in his third match at this level, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, giving the Victoria cricket team an innings total of 1,059. * February 9 – Billy Hughes, having resigned as Prime Minister of Australia, after the Country Party refuses to govern in coalition with him as the leader of the Nationalist Party, is succeeded by Stanley Bruce. A Liberal–National Coalition will pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetozar Gligorić
Svetozar Gligorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Глигорић, 2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958, he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia. In the 1950s and 1960s, Gligorić was one of the top players in the world. He was also among the world's most popular players, owing to his globe-trotting tournament schedule and a particularly engaging personality, reflected in the title of his autobiography, ''I Play Against Pieces'' (i.e., without hostility toward the opponent, and not differently against different players for "psychological" reasons; playing "the board and not the man"). Life Gligorić was born in Belgrade to a poor family. According to his recollections, his first exposure to chess was as a small child watching patrons play in a neighborhood bar. He began to play at the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Blagojević
Miloš Blagojević ( sr, Милош Благојевић; 17 October 1930 – 27 June 2012) was a Serbian historian and member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ... (SANU). After he completed high school in Vršac he graduated on military academy in Split in 1951. Because of political reasons he was unable to continue with military career so he graduated Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy in 1960. Main works * References External links Biography on the website of SANU 1930 births 2012 deaths People from Plandište 20th-century Serbian historians Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Yugoslav historians {{Serbia-academic-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevan Bena
Stevan Bena (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Бена; 23 August 1935 – 5 May 2012) was a Serbian footballer. He played for TSV 1860 Munich, playing in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup at the Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ... in London in 1965, which was won by West Ham United (2–0). References External links * Obituary 1935 births 2012 deaths Sportspeople from Pančevo Serbian footballers Yugoslav footballers Yugoslav expatriate footballers Yugoslavia international footballers Association football midfielders FK Vojvodina players OFK Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Bundesliga players TSV 1860 Munich players Hannover 96 players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Oakland Clippers players Dallas Torna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan N
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miomir Vukobratović
Miomir Vukobratović ( sr-cyr, Миомир Вукобратовић) (December 24, 1931 – March 11, 2012) was a Serbian mechanical engineer and pioneer in humanoid robots. His major interest were in the development of efficient modeling and control of robot dynamics. He was born in Botoš, near Zrenjanin, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Education Vukobratović received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Belgrade in 1957 and 1964, respectively, and the D.Sc. degree from the Institute Mashinovedeniya, Soviet (now Russian) Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1972. From 1968 he was head of the Biodynamics Department, director of the Laboratory for Robotics and Flexible Automation and director of Robotics Laboratory at the Mihailo Pupin Institute in Belgrade. Research Most of Vukobratović’s research work was related with robot dynamics. He contributed to manipulators’ dynamics in adaptive and non-adaptive control for contact and non-contact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blagoje Adžić
Blagoje Adžić ( sr-Cyrl, Благоје Аџић, (); 2 September 1932 – 1 March 2012) was a Serbian colonel general who served as an acting Minister of Defence of the Yugoslavia government. Biography Adžić was born into a Serb family in the village of Pridvorica (near Gacko), Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia in what is now Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a child, he witnessed the slaughter of his family by Muslim members of the Croatian fascist Ustaše movement rampaging through his village while he was hiding in a tree. Forty-two members of the Adžić family, including Blagoje's parents, sister and two brothers, were killed by his neighbors. After his third year in industrial school, he graduated from officer training school in 1953. After he had graduated, he also received a diploma in foreign languages from the JNA military school. He traveled to the Soviet Union and graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1969, and then graduated from JNA War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
