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Jadranka Barjaktarović
Jadranka Barjaktarović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Јадранка Барјактаровић; born 11 October 1981) is a Montenegrin singer. During 2020 and 2021, she had several controversial performances that were met with numerous condemnations and criticisms in Serbia, the Republika Srpska and a part of the Montenegrin public. Life and career She was born in the town of Berane where she grew up and completed primary and secondary education. In 2005 she took third place in the second season of the music competition Zvezde Granda. Two years later, she won the first prize at the festival in Cetinje with the song "Tvoja noć i moja zora" (Your night and my dawn). In 2009 her label Grand Production was released Jadranka's first album entitled "" (I am your blood). On the mentioned album, in addition to six songs, there were also the songs "Laka" (Easy) and "Neotporna" (Irresistible), but also the song "Tvoja noć i moja zora". The song "Laka" was singled out, a single from 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivangrad
Berane (Cyrillic: Беране) is a town in Montenegro in the northern region. It is former administrative centre of the Ivangrad District. The town is located on the Lim river. From 1949 to 1992, it was named Ivangrad ( cyrl, Иванград) in honour to people's hero Ivan Milutinović. According to the 2023 census, the town had a population of 9,923, whereas its municipality area had 25,162 people. During the medieval period the land of Berane was known as Budimlja (Будимља). It was of great holistic, political and economic importance in the medieval Serbian state and its rulers. Until 1455, when Turks took the city, Budimlja was part of the wider historical region of Raška, within the Medieval Serbia. Since the first Serbian Uprising until its final liberation, fights against Turks were constant. Famous battles occurred from 1825 to 1862 when the most important Rudes battle was fought on 7 April in which the Montenegrin rebels won. Berane was finally liberate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cetinje
Cetinje ( cnr-Cyrl, Цетиње, ) is a List of cities and towns in Montenegro, town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, prijestonica, приjестоница, separator=" / ") of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the Blue Palace, official residence of the president of Montenegro. According to the 2023 census, the town had a population of 12,460 while the Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Cetinje Municipality had 14,465 residents. Cetinje is the centre of Cetinje Municipality. The city rests on a small karst plain surrounded by limestone mountains, including Lovćen, Mount Lovćen, the legendary mountain in Montenegrin historiography. Cetinje was founded in the 15th century and became a cradle of the culture of Montenegro. Its status as the honorary capital of Montenegro is due to its heritage as a long-serving former capital of Montenegro. Name In Montenegrin, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, it is known as ''Cetinje'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Montenegrin Women Singers
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People From Berane
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Living People
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1981 Births
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Grand Festival
Grand Festival (Serbian Cyrillic: Гранд фестивал) is a competitive festival of pop-folk and turbo-folk music, organized by Grand Production Grand Production ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Гранд продукција, separator=" / ", Grand produkcija) is a Serbian record label and production company predominantly focused on folk performers. The label produces the weekly television show ''Grand .... Format In the first edition of the competition organized two evenings. 2008 was the first contest to have two semi-finals with 22 songs. Top 12 from each semi-final has gone to the final. For the third edition, the festival introduced a rule that 50% of the votes given the jury, and 50% of the audience. The most successful contestants receive money prizes. References Music competitions Music festivals in Serbia Music festivals established in 2006 Folk festivals in Serbia {{serbia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ante Gotovina
Ante Gotovina (born 12 October 1955) is a Croatian retired lieutenant general and former French senior corporal who served in the Croatian War for Independence. He is noted for his primary role in the 1995 Operation Storm. In 2001, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges in connection with that operation and its aftermath. After spending four years in hiding, he was captured in the Canary Islands in December 2005. On 15 April 2011, Gotovina was found guilty on 8 of the 9 counts of the indictment and sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment. On 16 November 2012, Gotovina's convictions were overturned by an appeals panel at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and he was released from custody. Early life Ante Gotovina was born in Tkon on the island of Pašman. His father Milan tried to move with his mother to Italy, but was caught by the Yugoslav border poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Perković
Marko Perković (; born 27 October 1966) is a Croatian musician who has been the lead singer of the band Thompson since 1991. Perković was born in the village of Čavoglave, SR Croatia, within SFR Yugoslavia, today a part of Croatia. He participated in the Croatian War of Independence (1991–95), during which he started his career with the Croatian nationalism, nationalist song "Bojna Čavoglave". In 2002, he started his first major tour after the release of the ''E, moj narode'' album. Since 2005, he has been organizing an unofficial celebration of the Victory Day (Croatia), Victory Day in his birthplace of Čavoglave. During his career, Perković has attracted controversy in the media over his performances and songs, some of which glorify or promote the World War II-era Croatian fascist Ustaše dictatorship. His concert at the Zagreb Hippodrome, which will be held in 5 July 2025, holds the record for the List of highest-attended concerts, highest number of concert tickets e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Škoro
Miroslav Škoro (; born 29 July 1962) is a Croatian politician, musician, TV host and former diplomat. He is the founder and the first president of the conservative Homeland Movement party, which he established in February 2020 and led until July 2021. As a musician, Škoro is best known for using the traditional Slavonian tamburica instrument in most of his compositions. In the 2007 parliamentary election he was elected member of the Croatian Parliament for the Croatian Democratic Union party and held the office from January 2008 until his resignation in November of the same year. On 23 June 2019, he announced that he would contest the December presidential election as an independent candidate. He ended up finishing in third place with 24.45% of the vote – behind former prime minister Zoran Milanović (who ultimately won the election) and incumbent president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, and thus did not advance to the run-off in January 2020. On 29 February 2020, he announced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podgorica
Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Historically, it was Podgorica's position at the confluence of the Ribnica (Morača), Ribnica and Morača River, Morača rivers and at the meeting-point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley that encouraged settlement. The surrounding landscape is predominantly mountainous terrain. After World War II, Podgorica was first designated as the capital of Montenegro in 1946. At that time, it was renamed Titograd in honor of Josip Broz Tito, the leader of Yugoslavia. It served as the capital of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until Montenegro's declaration of independence in 2006, after which it was reaffirmed as the capital of an independent Montenegro. The city's original name, Pod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitar Mirić
Mitar Mirić ( sh-Cyrl, Митар Мирић, born 16 January 1957) is a Bosnian-born, Serbian pop-folk singer. Some of his most popular songs include: ''"Ciganče"'', ''"Nisam lopov"'', ''"Voli me danas više nego juče"'', ''"Doberman"'', ''"Pomirenje"'', and superhit ''"Ne može nam niko ništa"''. He was a long-time collaborator and friend of late Novica Urošević. He sold over 15 million albums, making him one of the best selling folk singers in former Yugoslavia. Early life Mitar Mirić was born on 16 January 1957, in the village of Bogutovo Selo near the town of Ugljevik in the northeastern part of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). He finished secondary school in Ugljevik. He began his professional musical career in 1975 and moved to Serbia in 1976, where he has been living ever since. Musical career He began his professional career in 1975 with the release of his first single, ''Od mene je ljubav jaca'', on newly established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
