I'd had everything booked for several days spent with my daughter Dara in the country's two biggest cities, Belgrade and Novi Sad, only to watch from afar as both cities have been utterly engulfed by the protests, blockades and now, most unfortunately, police violence that's got everyone on the very real edge of a full-blown revolution.
Not exactly ideal.
I canceled all of it yesterday before flying out here to cover Pirates-Mariners, and I'll try to make the most of a visit to one of my five favorite cities in America.
Not that I matter. All of my thoughts in this are with everyone over there.
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Dejan Kovacevic
7:08 am - 07.04.2025SeattleSo, about that Serbian vacation ...
I'd had everything booked for several days spent with my daughter Dara in the country's two biggest cities, Belgrade and Novi Sad, only to watch from afar as both cities have been utterly engulfed by the protests, blockades and now, most unfortunately, police violence that's got everyone on the very real edge of a full-blown revolution.
Not exactly ideal.
I canceled all of it yesterday before flying out here to cover Pirates-Mariners, and I'll try to make the most of a visit to one of my five favorite cities in America.
Not that I matter. All of my thoughts in this are with everyone over there.
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