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Jean-Baptiste Cuzin, Director of the Institut Français in Serbia

The Value of Partnership

1 July 2019

“I took the decision to come to Serbia four years ago with my family because I wanted to be, somehow, useful for establishing partnerships and projects, and to be embedded in trends for the changes that are at the core of Serbian society.”

French Film Caravan

29 June 2019

Until 31 July 2019

French Week 2018

15 November 2018

15 Nov 2018

100 Years Since The End Of First World War At The...

9 November 2018

Sustainable Architecture Congress

5 October 2018

5-7 Oct. 2018

Žan-Batist Kizen, direktor Francuskog instituta u Srbiji

Zajednička priča o prijateljstvu

31 July 2018

„Ovo je značajan trenutak za Francuski institut u Srbiji zato što je Vlada Srbije uputila zahtev da postane punopravni član Frankofonije, i mi ćemo ga svakako podržati“

Molière Days At The French Institute

16 May 2018

Within the Molière days, more than 50 students from the University of Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš and Novi Sad gathered at the French Institute, in...

EUNIC Serbia General Assembly

12 December 2017

The General Assembly of EUNIC Serbia (European National Institutes of Culture in Serbia) convened on 12th December on the premises of Goethe-Institut Belgrade to...

French Week 2017

21 November 2017

FRENCH WEEK will be held this year under the slogan Digital Life. The programme is organized by the French-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and offers...

Memorandum Of Cooperation For Teaching French Signed

20 October 2017

The Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, the Chargé d’Affaires at the French embassy and the director of...

Conference “Serbia And France In The Great War”

19 October 2017

Belgrade hosted the two-day International Conference “Serbia and France in the Great War”, organised by the SANU Institute for Balkan Studies, in conjunction with...

European Researchers’ Night: More Than 15,000 Visitors!

29 September 2017

With the slogan “Knowledge at first sight” and under the organisation of the Siniša Stanković Institute for Biological Research and partners, 11 Serbian cities hosted events under the auspices of the 12th European Researchers’ Night

European Day Of Languages Marked

26 September 2017

The European Union National Institutes for Culture in Serbia (EUNIC Serbia) organised the European Day of Languages in Belgrade

Francophonie And Education In Serbia

12 March 2017

The month of Francophonie

Exhibition Serbian Art in Ten Images

3 March 2017

The exhibition has been organised to mark the occasion of the Month of Francophonie and the 170th anniversary of Matica Srpska Gallery

Meeting Between Two Easts At The French Institute

10 February 2017

Marking of the end of the eight-week exhibition “Space of dreaming”

54th Anniversary of The Élysée Treaty

23 January 2017

Commemoration of the signing of the Élysée Treaty

Culture Calendar

21 December 2016

January 2017

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December 2019, Issue No. 182

CorD 1 December 2019

By Nada Popović Perišić

Repositioning Our Entry Into the Third Decade

Comment 1 December 2019

I think that at least two positions could be dominant when it comes to the decade ahead. The world, and with it Europe and the region, faces antagonistic processes: on the one hand are disintegration processes while on the other are integration processes which, in my opinion, will only deepen in the next decade. At the same time, the growing absence of hope and the inability to see the global perspective seriously call into question faith in the future

Vladimir Bilčík, MEP, European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur for Serbia

Dialogue is the Only Way

Interviews 1 December 2019

When it comes to improving the political environment in Serbia, conditions for free and fair elections and a functioning parliamentary culture, the only way...

H.E. Aida Smajić, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia

Improving Bilateral Relations is the Goal

Interviews 1 December 2019

As next-door neighbours, in the waiting room for entry into the chambers of Europe, we should resolve our open issues through constructive dialogue, mutual...

Focus

Gains Depend on How We Count Them

Focus 1 December 2019

There’s no doubt that forming a regional market might unshackle intraregional trade and make the Western Balkans a more attractive investment destination. However, there are deeper considerations that must be taken into account when gauging the motivations and ultimate benefits

Mark Harrison, Principal, Harrisons

20 Years & Counting

Business Dialogue 1 December 2019

It was two decades ago that Mark Harrison abandoned his comfort zone to become the first English Solicitor to set up an English Law Firm in Serbia and Montenegro. That was a very brave step, but Harrison has no regrets. Today, 20 years on, the Harrisons law office is celebrating a great anniversary

Vladimir Popović, Managing Director for SEE Ingram Micro

We Have a Team for Every Project

Business Dialogue 1 December 2019

Ingram Micro d.o.o. Belgrade, as part of the Ingram Micro group, which is the world’s largest distributor in the field of IT equipment, covers a regional market of more than 50 million inhabitants. Thanks to this, we can always offer partners, vendors and end users the best logistics solutions

Janko Anđelić, Sales Director for SEE, Ingram Micro

We Live The Problems of Our Partners

Business Dialogue 1 December 2019

Ingram Micro d.o.o. Belgrade is part of a group that has offices in 45 countries and 154 distribution centres worldwide. Ingram Micro cooperates with over 1,700 suppliers and customers, doing business with more than 200,000 partners in 160 countries

Miroslav Vraneš, Account Executive, Dell Technologies

Real Transformation

Business Dialogue 1 December 2019

This year’s DELL TECHNOLOGIES forum was held in Belgrade on 12th November under the title ‘REAL TRANSFORMATION’. Our interviewee is Miroslav Vraneš, the Account Executive who opened the event and spoke about the importance of Dell Technologies as a global leader in the field of digital transformation

Sanja Pešić, Chief Executive Officer of Alma Quattro, a Member of the Swiss APG SGA Group

Alma Quattro: “A Serbian Ambassador To The World”

Business Dialogue 1 December 2019

Alma Quattro is a Serbian company owned by the Swiss APG SGA Group since 2003, which is a national leader on the market of Out-of-Home advertising and street furniture. The company portfolio consists of billboards, backlights, scrollers, bus stop shelters, city lights, big boards, advertising columns and state-of-the-art LCD and LED screens

Feature

Foreign Investors Council Presents White Book 2019

Feature 1 December 2019

The Foreign Investors Council has presented the White Book 2019 to the highest Government officials and stakeholder community

Serbian Visions

Fifth Consecutive Serbian Visions Multicongress Held

Business Dialogue 1 December 2019

The two-day Serbian Visions multicongress was held in Belgrade for the fifth time in late November, organised by the German-Serbian Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Serbia

Where Tradition and Culture Meet Modernity

Novi Dorćol Residential- Commercial Complex

Business Dialogue 1 December 2019

Construction of the Novi Dorćol residentialcommercial complex, at 29 Venizelosova Street, is expected to commence by the end of 2019

Enterpreneur, Adam Neumann

The Rise & Fall of “Better Together”

Entrepreneurship 1 December 2019

Adam Neumann spent some of his final days as the CEO of WeWork in the same way he had for countless weekends in recent years: surrounded by family at his house in the Hamptons, New York, U.S. With the company’s plan to go public smouldering, his control over the business dwindling and its biggest investor starting to turn against him, Neumann gathered his wife and business partner, Rebekah, and their five kids, piled into a car and drove east to the Tony beach community

Dr. Magdalena Djordjević, Scientific Advisor at the Institute of Physics in Belgrade

QGP: Front-Line Science And Why Serbia Needs It

Profile 1 December 2019

Quark-gluon plasma (QGP) is a state of matter that exists under extreme temperatures and pressures. As a reminder, the nucleus of atoms consists of protons and neutrons, which are in turn composed of even smaller particles (quarks and gluons). In QGP, the temperature and pressure are so high that quarks and gluons become free

Japanese Contemporary Art

Creative Spin on Tradition

Art 1 December 2019

Japanese contemporary artists are currently creating some of the most extraordinary, thought-provoking artworks. Determined to set their own rules, these prolific inventors have transformed the global art landscape with their uncompromising visions and trendsetting artistry

Arnaud Gouillon, humanitarian

Serbia Has Roots, But Also The Wings

My Life 1 December 2019

He is a Frenchman who was only 13 when he realised that Serbia had suffered great wrongdoing when it was bombed by NATO forces. And it’s no surprise that he founded the humanitarian organisation ‘Solidarity for Kosovo’, which has been helping Serbs for the last 15 years

Fashion