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Uroš Janković
Uroš Janković ( sr-cyr, Урош Јанковић; born 24 September 1979) is a politician in Serbia. He was the deputy mayor of the Belgrade municipality of Čukarica from 2012 to 2014. He was convicted of fraud in 2019, although this conviction was overturned the following year and a new trial ordered. Janković is a member of the Democratic Party of Serbia (''Demokratska stranka Srbije'', DSS). Early life and private career Janković was born in Belgrade, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was raised in Banovo Brdo in Čukarica and graduated from the Business School of Vocational Studies in Belgrade. He participated in military service in Kosovo and Metohija in 1998–99, during the period of the Kosovo War. After returning to Belgrade, he founded a production company. Politician Janković appeared on the DSS's electoral list for the Čukarica municipal assembly in the 2008 Serbian local elections, receiving t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Assembly Of Belgrade
The City Assembly of Belgrade ( sr-cyrl, Скупштина града Београда, Skupština grada Beograda) is the legislature of Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. Latest election results The following are results of the 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election, 2024 election: Previous election was held in 2023 Belgrade City Assembly election, 2023. See also *Mayor of Belgrade Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:City Assembly Of Belgrade Government of Belgrade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1979 Births
Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ''Chiquitita'' to commemorate the event. ** In 1979, the United States officially severed diplomatic ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan). This decision marked a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, turning to view the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China. ** The United States and the People's Republic of China establish full Sino-American relations, diplomatic relations. ** Following a deal agreed during 1978, France, French carmaker Peugeot completes a takeover of American manufacturer Chrysler's Chrysler Europe, European operations, which are based in United Kingdom, Britain's former Rootes Group factories, as well as the former Simca factories in France. * January 6 – Geylang Bahru family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Stojković
Vladimir Stojković (, ; born 28 July 1983) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. During his career he played for the two biggest clubs in his country, Red Star and Partizan, but also represented teams in nine other countries, notably with Sporting CP who loaned him several times for the duration of his contract. A Serbia international on 84 occasions, Stojković was selected for three World Cups and the 2008 Olympics. Early life Born in Loznica, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Stojković was born into a sporting family. His father Vladeta (d. 2007) was a football goalkeeper while his mother (1949–2012) was a track and field athlete, competing primarily in the discus throw but also in javelin and hammer throw. Following in his father's footsteps, adolescent Vladimir took up football goalkeeping, joining his local club FK Loznica's youth system. The youngster would soon switch to Red Star Belgrade's youth setup Club career Red Star Belg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makiš
Makiš () is a forest and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Makiš is bordered by the Sava river and Sava Lake to the west and north, Čukarica and Čukarička Padina to the northeast, Julino Brdo, Žarkovo, Bele Vode and Rupčine to the east, Železnik to the south and Ostružnica to the southwest. Geography For the most part, Makiš is a marshy forest, crossed by many small streams and canals, most notably the ''Marevica''. Northern part is known as ''Jedek'', western as ''Aščinica'' and central as ''Veliko Okno''. Part of the Sava's alluvial plane, the main section of the area, which covers several hundreds of hectares, is covered with gravel and sand which are 10,000 years old. In time, a plentiful water source formed. As the Sava river reaches the bend at Makiš, some water continues in the straight direction, penetrating the ground in the fan-shaped manner, without reaching th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanda Rašković Ivić
Sanda Rašković Ivić ( sr-Cyrl, Санда Рашковић Ивић, ; born 8 January 1956) is a former Serbian politician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She was the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia from 2014 to 2016. She has served as one of the vice-presidents of the People's Party since 2017 and is currently serving as a member of the National Assembly of Serbia. She was previously a commissioner for refugees, the president of Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija, and Serbian ambassador to Italy Biography She is a daughter of doctors Jovan Rašković and Tanja Stipišić. She is of paternal Serb descent, and maternal Croat and Italian descent. Her maternal grandmother was from Trieste. She finished primary and high school in Šibenik and the School of Medicine of the University of Zagreb in 1980. She passed her examination for psychiatrist in 1986. Sanda is the author of many technical papers of psychiatry and psychotherapy Psychotherapy (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Serbian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016. Initially, the election were originally due to be held by March 2018, but on 17 January 2016 Prime Minister of Serbia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić called for a snap election claiming Serbia "needs four more years of stability so that it is ready to Accession of Serbia to the European Union, join the European Union". The elections were held simultaneously with 2016 Vojvodina provincial election, provincial elections in Vojvodina and nationwide local elections. Voter turnout was 56%. Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party-led coalition retained its majority, winning 131 of the 250 seats. In contrast to the 2014 Serbian parliamentary election, 2014 elections, a record-breaking seven non-minority lists passed the 5% threshold. Several parties returned to the National Assembly (Serbia), National Assembly, including the Serbian Radical Party, the Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia), Liberal Democratic Party and the Democrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dveri
The Serbian Movement Dveri (), commonly just known as Dveri (), is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Serbia. Its current president since 2024 is Ivan Kostić, who succeeded Boško Obradović, one of the co-founders of the party. Formed as a youth-orientated political organisation in 1999, it published an eponymous student magazine that promoted clerical and nationalist content. Through the 2000s, it operated as a non-governmental organisation that campaigned in favour of Christian right views, that included opposition to abortion and opposition to gay rights. Dveri took part in the 2012 elections where it failed to obtain any seats in the National Assembly, although in the 2016 elections it entered the National Assembly in a joint list with the Democratic Party of Serbia, obtaining 13 seats in total, 7 of which belonged to Dveri. Two years later, it took part in the 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election in a coalition with the Enough is Enough but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Serbian Local Elections
Local elections were held in most cities and municipalities of Serbia (excluding the disputed territory of Kosovo) on 24 April 2016, with repeat voting later taking place in some jurisdictions. The elections were held concurrently with the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election. Elections were not held for the City Assembly of Belgrade, as its members were elected on a different four-year cycle (although local assembly elections were held in the City of Belgrade's constituent municipalities). Some other cities and municipalities also did not hold local elections in 2016, for the same reason. All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes) in 2016, although this requirement was waived for parties representing nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Democratic Party Of Serbia
The Independent Democratic Party of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Самостална демократска странка Србије, Samostalna demokratska stranka Srbije, Samostalni DSS) was a conservative political party in Serbia that existed from 2015 to 2020. The party was formed in 2015 following a split from the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS). Its leader was Andreja Mladenović, who served as deputy mayor of Belgrade from 2014 to 2018 and briefly as a member of the National Assembly in 2016. History The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its allies won a majority in the 2014 Belgrade City Assembly election, securing sixty-three out of 110 seats. The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) finished in fourth place with nine seats and subsequently joined the SNS in a coalition government. Andreja Mladenović, who had led the DSS group in the previous assembly term, was appointed deputy mayor of Belgrade with SNS support. In July 2015, DSS leader Sanda Rašković Ivić expelled Mladen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Democratic Party (; , abbr. DS) is a social democratic list of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. Srđan Milivojević has led the party as its Democratic Party (Serbia)#List of presidents, president since 2024. The party is colloquially known as the ''žuti'' (yellows) because of one of its main colours. DS was founded in 1990 by a group of intellectuals who sought to revive the Democratic Party (Yugoslavia), Democratic Party, which was active in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Dragoljub Mićunović was the first president of DS until 1994 and under his leadership DS gained representation in the National Assembly of Serbia and took part in anti-government protests against Slobodan Milošević. After Zoran Đinđić's election as president of DS in 1994, DS was reorganised. Đinđić led the party into the Coalition Together, Together coalition, and DS took part in the 1996–1997 protests in Serbia, 1996–1997 protests that occurred after the Electoral Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
