GLOBAL DIARY
“Thank you European Council and the leaders of the EU countries whose diplomats remain in our country and support us in our work” – VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE
CLASHES IN BRUSSELS AMID COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS Tens of thousands of people protested in Brussels on January 23 against Covid-19 restrictions, some clashing with police who fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse them near the European Commission’s headquarters. The rally drew about 50,000 people, Belgian police said. It was peaceful at first as protesters chanted and filled streets, waving placards and balloons with slogans like: “We want to be free again” and “No Covid slave ticket”, a reference to vaccine passes required for certain activities. Trouble flared later, with a building housing the European diplomatic service and a sandwich shop broken into. Police said more than 60 people were arrested, with three officers and 12 demonstrators taken to hospital.
NIN AWARD FOR 2022
hari’s “Pogovor” were shortlisted. “Children” by the famous poet Milena Markovic, published by the publisher “Lom”, is a book that escapes all attempts to determine the genre. At the same time, it is a poem, a collection of poems, a mix of stories, a novel in verse, but in any case it is a work that depicts childhood and inevitable growing up in an unusual way.
The winner of the NIN Award for 2022 is the writer Milena Markovic for the novel “Children”, the jury of the most prestigious domestic literary award announced. Ilija Đurović’s novels “Sampas”, Elvedin Nezirović’s “What Can’t Be Talked About”, Vladimir Kopicl’s “Spanish Boot”, Srdjan V. Tešin’s “Mokrin Chronicles” and David Alba-
DJOKOVIC WITHDRAW FROM 2022 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Novak Djokovic who won nine Melbourne Park titles didn’t get the chance to play for a 10th Australian Open title after the Australian Federal Court upheld the cancellation of his Australian visa. Djokovic, who would have been top seed at the Australian Open, withdrawed from the men’s singles field. Because the court’s decision was delivered after last month’s schedule of play had been released, there was no shuffling of seeds in the men’s draw. Instead, Italian lucky loser Salvatore Caruso took Djokovic’s place at the top of the draw.
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