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Belgrade (Serbian ???????, Beograd ( listen (help·info)) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where Central Europe's Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Likewise, the city is placed along the pan-European corridors X and VII.^[4] With a population of 1,630,000 (official estimate 2007),^[3] Belgrade is the fourth largest city in Southeastern Europe, after Istanbul, Athens and Bucharest. Its name in Serbian translates to white city.

One of the oldest cities in Europe, with archeological finds tracing settlements as early as the 6th millennium BC,^[5] Belgrade's wider city area was the birthplace of the largest prehistoric culture of Europe, the Vinca culture.^[6] It was first inhabited by the Thracio-Dacian^[7] tribe of Singi who would give the name to the city after a fortress was founded in 3rd century BC by the Celts who named it Singidun (dun, fortress)^[5] It was awarded city rights by the Romans^[8] before it was permanently settled by White Serbs from the 7th century onwards. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed to the ground 44 times^[9] since the ancient period by countless armies of the East and West. In medieval times, it was in the possession of Byzantine, Frankish, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Serbian rulers. In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottomans and became the seat of the Pashaluk of Belgrade, as the principal city of Ottoman Europe^[10] and among the largest European cities.^[11] Frequently passing from Ottoman to Austrian rule which saw destruction of most of the city, the status of Serbian capital would be regained only in 1841, after the Serbian revolution. Northern Belgrade, though, remained an Austrian outpost until the breakup of Austria-Hungary in 1918. The united city then became the capital of several incarnations of Yugoslavia, up to 2006, when Serbia became an independent state again.

Belgrade has the status of a separate territorial unit in Serbia, with its own autonomous city government.^[12] Its territory is divided into 17 municipalities, each having its own local council.^[13] It covers 3.6% of the territory of Serbia, and 24% of the country's population lives in the city.^[14] Belgrade is the central economic hub of Serbia, and the capital of Serbian culture, education and science.

Belgrade lies 116.75&_160;metres (383&_160;ft) above sea level and is located at confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers, at coordinates 44°49'14" North, 20°27'44" East. The historical core of Belgrade, today's Kalemegdan, is on the right bank of the rivers. Since the 19th century, the city has been expanding to the south and east, and after World War II, New Belgrade was built on the Sava's left bank, merging Belgrade with Zemun. Smaller, chiefly residential communities across the Danube, like Krnjaca and Ovca, also merged with the city. The city has an urban area of 360&_160;square kilometres (139.0&_160;sq&_160;mi), while together with its metropolitan area it covers 3,223&_160;km² (1,244.4&_160;sq&_160;mi). Throughout history, Belgrade has been a major crossroad between the West and the Orient.^[15]

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1. Print Management Software November 19, 2009 Belgrade, 18 November 2009 -- Businesses are growing around the Globe on the wide scale with a great number of profits and by minimizing their costs. This is done and made easy with the help of the different softwares that are specially designed for different businesses either small or large. Print Management Software is one of such softwares that is now commonly used by all the businesses. It has also made it easy for them to the advertising for their business on their own and within their company. By installing Print Management Software and make correct control panel settings, you can u... (read more) Author: Zsolt Pasztor

2. Belgrade city info portal November 04, 2009 belgradecity.info is the most comprehensive guide throughout the Belgrade! Our team is here to help you discover Belgrade’s most beautiful locations and help you feel the real taste of life and culture in the capital of Serbia. In the first place created for the tourists and visitors of Belgrade, belgradecity.info is created as well to remind all the people living in Belgrade about the beautifulness, treasures of Serbian culture, and all the places in our wonderful town which we’ve forgotten due to the fast way of life. Let us show you Scadarlia and the most interesting parts of Calemegdan For... (read more) Author: vasaw thegreat

3. Internet Cafe Software For Any Size Of Business Owners November 03, 2009 Serbia,Belgrade, 03 November 2009 -- Antamedia.com has been developing softwares for several years in Europe, Belgrade including Internet Cafe Software for all size of businesses around the Globe. You can install this software in your library computers where lots of people come to obtain required information. Internet Cafe Software is very helpful for those hotels which have internet cafe facility. By managing their guest rooms, they can also manage their guest's internet requirements. With the help of Internet Cafe Software, you can install complete security setup and can block una... (read more) Author: Zsolt Pasztor

4. Which language school is best for you? September 13, 2009 In the last few years the number of private language schools in Belgrade has grown rapidly. These schools advertise courses of English, German, Italian and other foreign languages and in this sea of various institutions it is often very difficult to choose a school which integrates serious work, working atmosphere and acceptable price within itself. You will agree that the best thing to do is to follow a friend’s recommendation and enroll on a language course in a reliable, tried-out school. However, what can you do if there is no one who might make the recommendation? Language school is not d... (read more) Author: Vladimir Mitic

5. Obama: Too Much Media Emphasis On Health Care Protests  August 15, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama says news organizations are putting too much emphasis on scenes of hostile protesters at public meetings on his health care reform plan. The president received tough but polite questions from Americans Friday in the Northwestern state of Montana. Americans have recently seen television pictures of protesters shouting and screaming at lawmakers at public meetings on health insurance reform. President Obama held a public forum on health care in an airplane hangar in the small town of Belgrade, Montana Friday, where he faced a polite crowd estimated at 1,300 people. T... (read more)

6. Foreign Agents Helping Serbia Hunt for Mladic July 27, 2009 A wanted poster of wartime Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic at an police station in Belgrade, Serbia (File)Serbia's top official in charge of tracking down fugitive war crimes suspects says foreign intelligence agents have joined the hunt for Ratko Mladic.Rasim Ljajic gave no details about the search for the wanted Bosnian Serb wartime military chief. But Ljajic said it is impossible for Mladic to escape from what he called the best foreign and domestic intelligence agents.Ljajic said no one expects Mladic to voluntarily surrender.The United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague ha... (read more)

7. Grenade-Holding Man Disarmed in Serbian Presidency Building May 21, 2009 A Policeman secures the area near to the Serbian Presidency building in Belgrade, Serbia, 21 May 2009 Serbian police have disarmed a man who carried a grenade into the Belgrade headquarters of the Serbian presidency.  A spokeswoman for President Boris Tadic announced the development early Thursday evening.  No details of the police action were immediately available.Police earlier identified the man as a middle-aged bankrupt businessman. Television footage showed a heavy security presence in the building as police pointed guns at the man and negotiators tried to persuade him to surren... (read more)

8. US Vice President Backs Serbia's EU Entry May 20, 2009 US VP Joe Biden (R) chats with Serbia's President Boris Tadic (L) upon arriving in Belgrade, 20 May 2009U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Washington does not expect Serbia to recognize Kosovo's independence as a "precondition" for backing Belgrade's European Union membership.Biden spoke Wednesday to reporters in Belgrade, after talks with Serbian President Boris Tadic.  He promised the United States would use its influence, energy and resources to promote Belgrade's full EU membership, despite stark differences over Kosovo's status.  The former Serbian province declared independenc... (read more)

9. Serbia Marks 10th Anniversary of NATO Attacks March 24, 2009 A man walks past a poster with the reading “Ten years of NATO occupation of Serbia”, and displaying images from 1999 NATO air campaign against Serbia and Montenegro, in Belgrade, 23 Mar 2009Serbia is marking the 10th anniversary of NATO's bombing campaign against it over Kosovo with commemorations honoring the victims and a nationalist gathering denouncing the West.Schools opened classes Tuesday with a minute of silence for the 2,500 civilians the government says were killed in the 78-day bombing. Air-raid sirens sounded at noon, and officials plan to lay wreaths at bombing sites throughout S... (read more)

10. Iran Considering US Invite to Afghan Talks March 06, 2009 Iran said it is weighing a U.S. invitation to participate in an international conference on Afghanistan. Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki during talks with Serbian PM Mirko Cvetkovic in Belgrade, 06 Mar 2009Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told Serbian state television Friday that Iranian officials were considering whether to attend the March 31 talks, but would not say whether they would.Mottaki said he would discuss the matter with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini during Frattini's upcoming visit to Tehran. Italy said that trip has been postponed because of Iranian offic... (read more)

11. DVD Vracar August 20, 2008 DVD VRACAR Securitas is the largest private security services company in Serbia. We employ approximately 500 security officers, serving more than 100 Clients in Belgrade and Serbia. Since 1980 we protect owner assets and company employees in a wide range of industries and settings from corporate headquarters to manufacturing plants, banks, office buildings, hotels and hospitals. We secure our Clients, but we also protect their Clients, vendors, visitors and everyone else who uses their facilities. It?s a large responsibility. We have made serious commitment to providing ... (read more) Author: Rade Radivojevic

12. Serbia Requests ICJ Opinion on Legality of Kosovo Independence August 15, 2008 Serbia is seeking the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) opinion on the legality of Kosovo's independence and says it will abide by its decision. Kosovo unilaterally declared its independence from Serbia in February, but Belgrade has refused to recognize its sovereignty. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more. Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said Friday that he has formally asked the U.N. General Assembly to support his government's request to ask the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo's unilate... (read more)

13. Belgrade Has Mixed Emotions About Karadzic's Trial July 31, 2008 The people in Belgrade have reacted with mixed emotions to Radovan Karadzic's first appearance at the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague Thursday.   As Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Belgrade,  the infamy of Karadzic is even generating some commercial interest. A Belgrade waiter adjusts a TV set to watch a live broadcast of Radovan Karadzic's initial appearance at the U.N. Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, 31 Jul 2008Not everyone in Belgrade is interested to see the world's most wanted war crimes suspect appear on television at the United Nations War Crime... (read more)

14. Karadzic Set to Face War Crimes Tribunal July 31, 2008 A recent photograph of Radovan Karadzic, who was living under false identity in Belgrade before his capture MondayFormer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will make his first appearance before the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague Thursday, to face charges of genocide.Karadzic arrived in the Hague Wednesday, a week after Serbian police arrested him in Belgrade after 12 years as a fugitive.As part of the legal proceeding today,  Judge Alphons Orie will give Karadzic the opportunity to enter a plea, but one of Karadzic's lawyers says his client will refuse.Karadzic will then be given... (read more)

15. Karadzic Goes to U.N. War Crimes Tribunal July 30, 2008 The Serbian government says former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is on his way to the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague where he will be tried for war crimes.Combination of two pictures shows (L) Radovan Karadzic on phone in Banja Luka in 1995, and (R) recent picture of Radovan Karadzic in BelgradeOfficials say Karadzic was taken from a court house in Serbia's capital, Belgrade in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday and driven to the airport where he boarded a plane for the Netherlands.Karadzic was one of the world's most wanted fugitives when he was arrested last week in Belgrade after 12... (read more)

16. Karadzic Supporters Rally in Serbian Capital July 29, 2008 AWoman shows picture of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic during protest rally, in Belgrade, 23 Jul 2008Thousands of supporters of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic joined a rally in Belgrade, denouncing his arrest last week on war-crimes charges. Serbia's ultranationalist Radical Party, which organized the rally, had hoped for a large turnout by Serbs who consider Karadzic one of their heroes. But police estimates put the crowd at about 15,000 at the start of the rally. The U.N. war-crimes tribunal has charged Karadzic with genocide for his alleged role in the 1995 slaughter ... (read more)

17. Capture of Bosnian Serb Wartime Leader Brings Little Closure for Srebrenica Survivors July 26, 2008 In the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, where thousands of Muslim men and boys were massacred by Serb forces 13 years ago, the capture of the Bosnian Serb wartime leader, Radovan Karadzic, has brought renewed grief over the loss of loved ones. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Srebrenica. A recent photograph of Radovan Karadzic, who was living under false identity in Belgrade before his capture MondayA fountain flows as an eternal river of tears near the site where thousands of Muslim men and boys have been buried. At the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center, about 3,000 graves with white pillar tomb ... (read more)

18. Karadzic Appeals Extradition to The Hague July 26, 2008 Combination of two pictures shows (L) Radovan Karadzic on phone in Banja Luka in 1995, and (R) recent picture of Radovan Karadzic in BelgradeFormer Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has made a last-minute appeal against his extradition to The Hague tribunal to face war crimes charges.His lawyer, Svetozar Vujacic, says he filed the motion by mail late Friday.Serbian authorities arrested Karadzic Monday in Belgrade, where he had lived openly, practicing alternative medicine under the name Dragan Dabic.Officials say they tracked him down by following people thought to be helping him avoid capt... (read more)

19. Lawyers for Karadzic to Appeal Extradition to The Hague July 25, 2008 A recent photograph of Radovan Karadzic, who was living under false identity in Belgrade before his capture MondayLawyers for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic face a deadline Friday to file an appeal against his extradition to The Hague tribunal to face war crimes charges.His lawyer says he will mail the documents five minutes before the post office closes.Serbian authorities arrested Karadzic on Monday in Belgrade, where he had lived openly, practicing alternative medicine under the name Dragan Dabic.Officials say they tracked him down by following people thought to be helping him ... (read more)

20. Karadzic's Lawyer Predicts his Client Will Prevail at War Crimes Tribunal July 24, 2008 A recent photograph of Radovan Karadzic, who was living under false identity in Belgrade before his capture MondayA lawyer for jailed war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic says the former Bosnian Serb leader believes he will be cleared of genocide charges.... (read more)

21. Arrest of Karadzic Seen as Triumph for Serbia's Government July 22, 2008 Two former U.S. secretaries of state welcome the arrest of war-time Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic who stands accused on 13 counts of genocide and other war crimes. They tell VOA's Ivana Kuhar Karadzic's arrest will help Serbia move towards European integration. A recent photograph of Radovan Karadzic, who was living under false identity in Belgrade before his capture MondayFormer Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who spoke to VOA on the phone, said the arrest of Radovan Karadžic is a major step toward reconciliation in the Balkans. "Well, I think it is a huge event, a watersh... (read more)

22. Karadzic Lived In Belgrade Under False Identity July 22, 2008 Serbia says war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic avoided capture for some 13 years by living under a false identity in the Serbian capital Belgrade and practicing alternative medicine. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest.A recent photograph of Radovan Karadzic, who was living under false identity in Belgrade before his capture MondayPeople in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, many of whom lived through the Balkan conflict, have celebrated the arrest of one of the world's most wanted war crimes suspects, Radovan Karadzic. The former leader of Bosnian Serbs had been in hiding since 1995, when h... (read more)

23. EU to Sign Deal for Closer Ties With Serbia April 29, 2008 A European Union spokesman says the EU will sign a pact on closer ties with Serbia Tuesday. A source with the EU's Slovenian presidency says European foreign ministers have reached an agreement, but with certain conditions. The source did not specify the conditions. On Monday, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said he hopes to be able to sign a deal with EU ministers today that could lead to membership for Belgrade. The ministers are meeting in Luxembourg. But Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupl said Monday he was looking for a compromise that satisfies the Serbs as well as the EU m... (read more)

24. Serbia to Hold Local Elections in Kosovo Despite Warning April 10, 2008 Serbian news reports say Belgrade has officially decided to go forward with its own local elections in newly independent Kosovo, in a move the United Nations says is illegal. Serbia does not recognize Kosovo's independence and has vowed to maintain its control in Serb parts of its former province. Serbia's official Tanjug news agency says Belgrade's electoral commission adopted a resolution late Wednesday confirming plans to organize the May 11 vote in Serb-inhabited areas of Kosovo. The new Kosovo government in Pristina has not responded publicly to the reports. But the head of the U.N. missi... (read more)

25. Russia Threatens to Block Kosovo's UN Membership April 02, 2008 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow can use its seat on the Security Council to block Kosovo's membership in the United Nations.  The statement coincides with the arrival in Belgrade of the first planeload of Russian humanitarian aid for Kosovo's Serb minority.  VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from the Russian capital. Addressing lawmakers in Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said increased tensions in Serbian areas of Kosovo and general dissatisfaction in Serbia is the direct result of what he called irrespons... (read more)

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