AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoCultural Exchange: Western Outlands Research Institute chair Angel Dzhonev says Serbia denied him entry on national-security grounds as he travelled to a Bosilegrad cultural centre anniversary event. Books: Major publishers are staying away from this year’s Belgrade Book Fair over its terms. LOM is among them, promoting new Serbian translations and online discounts; Anne Carson’s Nobel win has also renewed attention to her books available in Serbian. Arts and Dissent: The free Blacklist festival will bring theatre, film, music and poetry to more than 25 Serbian cities from October 14 to 21, supporting artists who say they have faced pressure and lost funding or work. Belgrade’s Cultural Institutions: The city has reshuffled acting directors at several institutions, continuing a pattern of appointments made without open competitions. Cultural Ties: Belgrade’s Confucius Institute marked 20 years of Serbian-Chinese exchange, with 16 teaching sites across three Serbian cities.
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