Petar Luković (born 21 January 1951 in Kraljevo), nicknamed ''"Pero s onog sveta"'' ''()'', is a journalist, newspaper editor and former rock critic. He attended the Sixth Belgrade Gymnasium, graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...

. He started his career in 1976 as a journalist for ''Duga''

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. As a

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and

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, he wrote for many Yugoslav

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s and magazines, such as

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, ''

Džuboks ''Džuboks'' ( sr-cyr, italic=yes, Џубокс, trans. ''Jukebox'') was a Yugoslav music magazine. Launched in 1966, it was the very first magazine in SFR Yugoslavia dedicated predominantly to rock music and the first rock music magazine to be p ...

'', ''Mladost'', ''Polet, a Thursday supplement of Slovenian newspaper,

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, Nedelja'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Oslobođenje ''Oslobođenje'' (; 'Liberation') is a daily newspaper in Bosnia and Herzegovina based in the capital city Sarajevo. Founded on 30 August 1943, in the midst of World War II, on a patch of territory liberated by Partisans, in what was otherwise a ...

'', ''

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'', '' Rock 82'', and others. He was the

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of the magazine ''Tajne'', which deals with paranormal phenomena, and the magazine ''Sex Club'', the first porn magazine in

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. He was the editor-in-chief of the portal ''

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'' from its establishment until March 1, 2016, when the portal ceased to operate. In the period from 1991 to 1996, he worked for the

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weekly ''

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'', where he was also deputy editor-in-chief for a time. From 1996 to 1998, he wrote for '' Naša Borba''. He has been writing for ''

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,'' satirical weekly addition of the

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, '' Nedjeljna Dalmacija/Slobodna Dalmacija'' since its foundation in 1984, with a column titled ''"Pero sa onog sveta"'' ''()'', which gained him a long-lasting

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ous

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. He cooperates with the magazines ''Reporter'' from Belgrade, ''Dani'' from

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and ''

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'' from

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. In the period from January 1996 until the beginning of the bombing of

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in March 1999, he was the editor-in-chief of the magazine ''X Zabava''. After 2000, he worked for the owner of ''

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'',

Željko Mitrović Željko Mitrović (born on 31 May 1967) is a Serbian media magnate, entrepreneur, investor, CEO and founder of the Pink Media Group. Career In 1988, Mitrović had founded one of the first music recording studios in Serbia. He opened a radio sta ...

. He also published three books: ''A Better Past'' (1989), ''Ćorava Kutija'' (1993) and ''Godine Raspada — Chronicle of Serbian Decline'' (2000). He received the ''

Dragiša Kašiković Dragiša Kašiković ( sr-cyr, Драгиша Кашиковић; 9 August 1932 – 19 June 1977) was a Bosnian writer who came to international renown after he and his nine-year-old stepdaughter were murdered by the State Security Administrati ...

Award'' in 1994 as one of the first three laureates, and the ''Staša Marinković Award'' of the daily newspaper '' Danas'' was received in 2001. Petar Luković was on the electoral list of LDP, GSS, SDU, LSV for the parliamentary elections in Serbia held on January 21, 2007, but he failed to become a deputy due to the insufficient number of votes received by this coalition. Currently, as of 2022, Luković is editor-in-chief and columnist at the online magazine ''XXZ Regional Portal'', based in Belgrade.

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Збирка Луковићевих изјава за „Пешчаник”

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