Articles

Canada
March 25, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 39 - Winter/Zima 2025

Toronto's public transport system is attracting attention both because of the challenges it is facing as well as the upcoming infrastructure projects which should improve the connectivity and efficiency of the city’s transport network.

Article by Željka Despotović, Translated by Ivana Stanisavljevic
Canada
March 25, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 39 - Winter/Zima 2025

Canada is introducing four new programs to accelerate permanent residency acquistion in 2025. While the new immigration plan for 2025 envisions a reduction in the total number of immigrants, Canada is launching four new programs to accelerate the acquisition of permanent residency

Article by Željka Despotović, Translated by Ivana Stanisavljevic
Canada
March 25, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 39 - Winter/Zima 2025

Ontario is introducing a new law aimed at helping municipalities in the effort of removing homeless camps from public parks. The draft law proposes the introduction of fines and prison sentences for illegal use of drugs in public.

Article by Željka Despotović, Translated by Ivana Stanisavljevic
Serbian Community
March 9, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 35 - Winter/Zima 2024

On November 12th, 2023, the city of Hamilton and The Nikola Tesla Educational Corporation unveiled to the public the newest Hamilton Public Art Project, "Empower, for the first time." This project was largely funded by the city of Hamilton with the help of the Nikola Tesla Educational Corporation.

Article by Ivana Stanisavljevic
Our Kitchen
March 6, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 35 - Winter/Zima 2024

The Byzantine, Turkish and Austro-Hungarian influences on food in Serbia were crucial in the process of creating what we now call Serbian cuisine.

Article by Vesna Nedić
Serbian Community
March 6, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 35 - Winter/Zima 2024

Our poets and writers celebrated the forty-fifth anniversary of their association “Desanka Maksimović” at a ceremony held on November 11, 2023, in the banquet hall of the church, Assembly of Serbian Saints in Mississauga.

Article by Tamara Miličič-Grbić
Young Journalists
March 5, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 35 - Winter/Zima 2024

Before the end of autumn, seeking to escape the upcoming cold in Toronto, I responded to the invitation of dear friends from Arizona.

Article by Sofija Kovačević
ABCs of Health, HIGHLIGHTS
March 5, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 34 - Fall/Jesen 2023

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Article by Ивана М. Ђорђевић
Business & Career & Finances, HIGHLIGHTS, Life Today
March 4, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 35 - Winter/Zima 2024

Walking around Belgrade, I thought about how little was left of the city I grew up in as a child. Near my street, I pass a Starbucks. In the past, there was a cafe called "Three Leaves of Tobacco" where the "Starbucks" now stands.

Article by Dejan Sinadinović, Attorney at Law
History and Traditions
March 3, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 35 - Winter/Zima 2024

The Christened Slava (krsna slava), or Christened name (Krsna time) is the most characteristic feature of Serbs' spiritual and familial life. Celebrating Slava is one of the ways that Serbs differ themselves from other Christian groups.

Article by Prepared by: Karolina Grujić, based on several texts by Dušica Ivanović.
Diary of a Serbophile
March 3, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 35 - Winter/Zima 2024

And finally, a word or two about the Serbian language. I am learning it. And I make that statement confident in the fact that I will never be able to say that I have learned Serbian. It is not an easy language. How’s that for understatement?

Article by Erwin Coombs
Homeland
March 3, 2025 • SAN ISSUE 35 - Winter/Zima 2024

When you visit Serbia—whether you grew up there or you are just visiting as a tourist—set aside at least one day for a trip outside the capital city of Belgrade and visit three sites of immense cultural, historical, and natural importance that leave every visitor speechless.

Article by Karolina Grujić