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Molotov cocktail, rock and bottle-throwing anti-Pride protesters battled with Serb police on Sunday (Photo: antitezo)

Belgrade Pride 2010 is a historic day

Belgrade has just survived its first proper Pride march after the violent events in 2001, when several tens of LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) activists were beaten in the streets by hooligans belonging to different radical groups and the police did little to stop them.

"Don't worry, this is Serbia, everyone is very friendly," the smiling woman at the hotel reception tells me on the evening after the march on 10 October 2010 when I try to order a taxi. She expla...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Molotov cocktail, rock and bottle-throwing anti-Pride protesters battled with Serb police on Sunday (Photo: antitezo)

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Author Bio

Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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