Province

The elections on August 30, despite the corona, could be the most massive since the referendum. Objectively, everyone can find a party or coalition that suits them. He can hardly justify his possible abstinence this time with the classic "I don't have anyone for" or "I would vote for them, but I can't stand him", etc.

I guess there shouldn't be too many hard words in the election campaign. I don't even believe that there will be such foolishness as: "Don't vote for him, he doesn't like Montenegro!" Because there is no normal citizen who doesn't love his country.

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How far bioengineering has come; 5G network or not; whether we will soon be completely replaced by robots; when will commercial trips to the moon begin; are we close to a vaccine for HIV; is there life on mars...?

Tandara – mandara.

As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, everything boils down to a distance of two meters, a mask and hand washing.

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It's been the first July since I can remember that I haven't taken a dip in the sea. Even in July 1984, as military policemen in Šibenik, we started each working week (so-called occupation) by swimming in Zlarin bay. This summer I made my debut only on August 3 on the beach in Čanj. Because of the corona virus, I had the same unpleasant feeling as in August 1999, when those unfortunate Roma from Kosmet, from the overcrowded boat "Miss Pat", drowned in the sea, somewhere near Čanj.

And maybe that unpleasant feeling was just because it was dirty water and nothing else, and it has nothing to do with corona...

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The bar on the Yugoslav coast of the Adriatic Sea, thanks to Mornar, is the first in basketball. And in nothing else. Many ebbs and flows will change until it reaches the glory of, say, Split from the time of the SFRY. Because, apart from KK Mornar, he would have to have a football club like Hajduk used to be, or a theater like HNK, when he can't have a palace more beautiful and older than Diocletian's. And of course, notable personalities such as Bernard Vukas, Miljenko Smoje, Boris Dvornik or Oliver Dragojević.

I love Bar, far more than any other city. He has produced many interesting people, but he still needs those who will take him into debt...

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In the mid-sixties, we were abroad as a family for the first and last time. And that with my dad's older brother, who was a TANJUG correspondent from Athens.

Full of pride, I returned to my Popovići, a settlement near Biskupada, Bar. I harassed my friends with stories about Athens, the Acropolis, "Portocolada", the ship "Jadran" on which we traveled... My pride lasted as long as the witty Slavko Popović, a famous bar musician and athlete, who, at the time, worked with my mother in the bank, asked: "Were you in Greece with Zapalimudos?"

Laughter broke out, and I returned home in disgust. That's how Slavko Popović cured me of pride. It's a pity that he didn't pay attention to some of my other weaknesses...

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I often talk to myself when I walk down the street. I still have that habit from my childhood. While passing people I pretend to hum or whistle. Sometimes I'm late and, in passing, I feel a pitiful look.

Since I've been wearing the mask, I've talked to myself.