Belgrade picks for this week

The Croatia of the Tito era has become a thing of the past and, despite the state’s policy of not privatising the infrastructure of many Yugoslav-era seaside resorts, nightlife that can compete with anything on Ibiza is starting to blossom on the hundreds of islands and along the remarkable Adriatic coast.

Real estate agents, only four months ago, were adamant that residential property in central Belgrade could not drop in value.

By Ian Mihajlovic

I’d never experienced the old menu, but I’m a sucker for anything new, and someone in the office had received a circular inviting us to sample the new menu at Daka.

This collection of travelogues sheds as much light on the British culture of the authors as it does on the Balkans, writes Marcus Tanner.

Angels fall, demons rise and Tom Hanks saves the day. Again.