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Movement Of Free Citizens (Serbia)
The Movement of Free Citizens ( sr-cyrl, Покрет слободних грађана, Pokret slobodnih građana, PSG) is a liberal political organization in Serbia. History Saša Janković was in the position of state ombudsman, and as such, he often criticized practices of the government, led by SNS and Vučić. This positioned him among voters as opposition spokesperson and led to him enjoying relatively high ratings in relation to actual opposition leaders and politicians. As his term was about to end, he decided to resign and run in the presidential elections, scheduled for April 2017. His most notable endorsement came from the Democratic Party, which decided to support Janković, rather than to have a candidate of its own. This helped him create a relatively united front against Vučić in the upcoming elections. In the aftermath of the elections, Janković, who finished second with 16.3% of the vote, decided to form his own political movement, rather than joining th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavle Grbović
Pavle Grbović (; born 19 November 1993) is a Serbian politician. He has been the president of the Movement of Free Citizens (Serbia), Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) since 2020 and a member of the National Assembly (Serbia), National Assembly of Serbia since 2022. Early life and education He was born in 1993 in Belgrade which at the time was a part of the Serbia and Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He finished middle and high school in Belgrade. In 2012, he enrolled at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. He graduated in 2016 as one of the best students in the generation. After that, he received a master's degree at the same faculty. He received multiple awards for excellent success in all years of study and awards in several competitions in writing thematic papers in the legal profession. Political career He made a decision to join the Movement of Free Citizens in August 2017 after the 2017 Serbian presidential elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Vučić
Aleksandar Vučić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Вучић, ; born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician serving as the president of Serbia since 2017, and as the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2012. Vučić served as the Prime Minister of Serbia in two terms, from 2014 to 2016 and from 2016 until 2017, as well as the deputy prime minister from 2012 until 2014. Furthermore, he served as a member of the Serbian parliament, Minister of Information from 1998 to 2000, and later as Minister of Defence from 2012 to 2013. In April 2017, he was elected president with over 55% of the vote in the first round, thus avoiding a runoff. He formally assumed office on 31 May 2017, succeeding Tomislav Nikolić. His ceremonial inauguration ceremony was held on 23 June 2017. As Minister of Information under the Slobodan Milošević administration, Vučić introduced restrictive measures against journalists, especially during the Kosovo War. In the period after the Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Belgrade Faculty Of Political Sciences
The Faculty of Political Sciences ( sr, Факултет политичких наука Универзитета у Београду, Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu, abbreviated FPN) is a constituent institution of the University of Belgrade which focuses on education and research in the fields of political science, international relations, journalism and communication studies, and social policy and social work. It was established in 1968, as a first faculty of this type in former Yugoslavia. The building, built in the Brutalist style, is located in the urban neighborhood of Voždovac, close to the Faculty of Organizational Sciences. The Faculty of Political Sciences offers BA, MA and PhD programmes, as well as advanced professional development programmes. History The Faculty of Political Sciences was established in 1968, after the National Assembly of Serbia brought an establishment act. It was the first institution of its kind in former Yugoslavia. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RFE/RL
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed". RFE/RL is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent government agency overseeing all U.S. federal government international broadcasting services. Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor-in-chief of RFE. RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 languages to 23 countries. The organization has been headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, since 1995, and has 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff and 1,300 stringers and freelancers in countries throughout their broadcast region. In addition, it has 700 employees at its headquarters and corporate office in Washington, D.C. Radio Free Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Protests (2018–present)
Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to 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 Bas ..., a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (other) * Serbians * Serbia (other) * Names of the Serbs and Serbia {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Democratic Forum
Civic Democratic Forum ( sr, Грађански демократски форум, Građanski Demokratski forum, GDF) is a liberal political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2019 by former members of the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG). It has positioned itself as a party that opposes the rule of Aleksandar Vučić, although it has also criticized other opposition parties. History When Saša Janković resigned as president of Movement of Free Citizens, candidates for his successor were actor Sergej Trifunović and Aleksandar Olenik. The interim president was Rade Veljanovski. When Trifunović won with 60% of the vote, Veljanovski, Olenik, and several other members left the movement. On 2 March 2019, they formed Civic Democratic Forum. In April 2019, they signed an cooperation agreement with Party of Modern Serbia. Together they issued a statement in which they present a solution for Kosovo. Their stance is that Serbia should exchange territories with Kosovo and recognize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Olenik
Aleksandar Olenik (, born 1973) is a Serbian politician and a lawyer. A member of the National Assembly, he heads the European Regions parliamentary group. He is a former president of the Civic Democratic Forum. He also works in the legal team of the ''Gay Straight Alliance'', an organization that fights for the LGBT rights in Serbia. Biography He was born in 1973 in Kikinda. He has worked as a lawyer in several domestic and international organizations, such as the Norwegian Refugee Council, the Danish Refugee Council, Mercy Corps and the Humanitarian Law Center, where he has represented national and religious minorities, Internally displaced persons, refugees and victims of war crimes. He is currently working on similar cases at the Belgrade Center for Minority Rights and the European Roma Rights Center in Budapest. During 2010, he worked at the United Nations Development Programme in Belgrade as a national consultant in charge of analyzing the application of the criminal cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlado Georgiev
Vladimir "Vlado" Georgiev ( sr-cyr, Владо Георгиев, ; born 6 June 1976) is a Serbian singer-songwriter and producer. Georgiev remains one of the most prominent musicians in the Balkans. Georgiev served as a judge on television series ''Prvi glas Srbije'' in 2011 and 2012, and '' Tvoje lice zvuči poznato'' in 2016. Biography Family and personal life Georgiev was born in Dubrovnik to Dragoljub, (a Bulgarian from Dimitrovgrad, Serbia) and Borka (a Serb from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Vlado Georgiev odbio pasoš Crne Gore! , ''Kurir'', 21 September 2010,) He has an older brother, Saša. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to |
Borka Pavićević
Borka Pavićević (5 June 1947 – 30 June 2019) was a Yugoslav-Serbian dramaturge, newspaper columnist, and cultural activist. She was also described as a "dramatist, Belgrade liberal and pacifist intellectual". She founded the Centre for Cultural Decontamination in 1994, and was a co-founder of the Belgrade Circle. Biography Born in Kotor, Pavićević was a 1971 graduate from Belgrade's Academy of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television. Her theatre career spanned decades. For ten years, Pavicevic was a dramaturge at Atelje 212. She founded the "New Sensibility" Theater in a Belgrade brewery in 1981. From 1984 to 1991, she participated in the artistic movement "KPGT" (Kazaliste Pozoriste Gledalisce Teatar). She was a playwright and the artistic director of the Belgrade Drama Theatre, until she was let go in 1993 due to her political views. She also served as a jurist for the Belgrade International Theatre Festival, working for the organization for 20 years. A co-founder of the Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srbijanka Turajlić
Srbijanka Turajlić ( sr-cyr, Србијанка Турајлић; 25 April 1946 – 25 September 2022) was a Serbian academic and political activist. She was a professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Turajlić was Assistant Minister of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education and Sports of Serbia from 2001 to 2004 during the Cabinets of Zoran Đinđić and Zoran Živković. In 2017, Turajlić was a founding member of the Movement of Free Citizens led by Saša Janković. Biography Turajlić finished elementary and high school in Belgrade. As a high school senior, she was a member of the Yugoslav national team at the 6th International Mathematical Olympiad in 1964 in Moscow. She graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade in 1969, received her master's degree in 1973, and received her doctorate in 1979. During her studies, she received student awards several times. She received a scholarship from the French go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergej Trifunović
Sergej Trifunović ( sr-cyr, Сергеј Трифуновић, ; born 2 September 1972) is a Serbian actor, comedian, singer, politician and citizen activist.Sergej Trifunović profile imdb.com; accessed 28 October 2016. In 2014, he founded a charity foundation ''Podrži život'' (''Support Life''), that helps underprivileged children with serious medical condition to get adequate treatment. He was the president of Movement of Free Citizens from 2019 to 2020. Early life and education Sergej was born in , |
Nikola Đuričko
Nikola Ðuričko ( sr-cyr, Никола Ђуричко; born 9 July 1974) is a Serbian actor. Active in film, television, and in theater, his first notable role was in 1989, in the film ''Poslednji krug u Monci''. In 1991, he played Djura in the play ''Dawn in East'' by Gordan Mihić. He has received the Zoran Radmilović Award (2011), Miloš Žutić Award (2015), and the award for Best Actor at the FEST International Film Festival (2021). Personal life Ðuričko was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg , p2 ..., SFR Yugoslavia and graduated from the Belgrade University of Arts School of Dramatic Arts. His first notable role was in 1989, in the film ''Poslednji krug u Monci''. On 7 June 2004 Ðuričko married a woman he had met earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
