{"id":171367,"date":"2025-03-17T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=171367"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:01:55","slug":"milorad-komrakov-passes-away-former-television-belgrade-news-anchor-dies-at-the-age-of-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/milorad-komrakov-passes-away-former-television-belgrade-news-anchor-dies-at-the-age-of-70\/","title":{"rendered":"MILORAD KOMRAKOV PASSES AWAY: Former Television Belgrade news anchor dies at the age of 70!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Former Belgrade Television journalist Milorad Komrakov passed away at the age of 70 at the Clinical Hospital Center &#8220;Dedinje,&#8221; his family confirmed to Tanjug. \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Komrakov was born on June 7, 1955, in Vr\u0161ac. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He graduated from the 11th Belgrade Gymnasium and the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He published in Politikolog, Student, Index 202, Radio TV Review, NIN, Program 202 Radio Belgrade, and from 1979 to 2002, he was employed in the News Department of Belgrade Television \u2013 i.e., RTS. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In television journalism, he went through everything, from &#8220;telex tearing,&#8221; reporter, correspondent, program editor, to editor-in-chief. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He edited and hosted the most TV news programs in the half-century history of TV Belgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN SERBIAN:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02K8nTdHXqFWQM7LB5FiSbLY8zK9Mds3y9CDBxiSCY1ifBZvpoVahnenTcSsePeU6fl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1989, the Journalists&#8217; Association of Serbia awarded him the &#8220;Svetozar Markovi\u0107&#8221; award \u2013 because he, in the most striking way, being more than a witness to events, conveyed the truth about subtle and specific forms of counter-revolution in AP Kosovo and Metohija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1996, the Journalists&#8217; Association of Serbia awarded him the &#8220;Dimitrije Davidovi\u0107&#8221; award \u2013 for many years of editing the central news programs of Belgrade Television and Radio-Television of Serbia. He is also the winner of several annual awards from Belgrade Television and Radio-Television of Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was the editor of the Journalists&#8217; Association of Serbia from 1996 to 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wrote eight books: &#8220;My Sixth October,&#8221; &#8220;Fifth October on RTS,&#8221; &#8220;Bombing of RTS \u2013 My Truth,&#8221; &#8220;Hunt for the Fifth October,&#8221; &#8220;Killer from Wuhan,&#8221; &#8220;Masks Fell Too Quickly,&#8221; &#8220;Corona Out of Control,&#8221; and &#8220;Secrets of the Titanic.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the past few years, he hosted the Weekend Morning Program with Zoran Ostoji\u0107 on TV &#8220;Tanjug.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/brutal-and-illegal-use-of-force-students-demand-responsibility-for-the-use-of-a-sound-cannon-at-the-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cBRUTAL AND ILLEGAL USE OF FORCE\u201d: Students demand responsibility for the use of a sound cannon at the protest!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/transferred-by-the-serbian-army-twelve-injured-in-the-kocani-fire-arrive-in-belgrade-for-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRANSFERRED BY THE SERBIAN ARMY: Twelve injured in the Ko\u010dani fire arrive in Belgrade for treatment!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/lest-we-forget-the-march-pogrom-in-kosovo-was-deadly-for-many-serbs-while-thousands-got-expelled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">LEST WE FORGET: The March pogrom in Kosovo was deadly for many Serbs, while thousands got expelled!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/german-journalist-on-the-sound-cannon-at-the-protest-for-about-half-an-hour-i-felt-dizzy-and-inner-unrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GERMAN JOURNALIST ON THE SOUND CANNON AT THE PROTEST: For about half an hour I felt dizzy and inner unrest!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/due-to-the-unprecedented-tragedy-in-kocani-north-macedonia-declares-seven-days-of-mourning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DUE TO THE UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDY IN KO\u010cANI: North Macedonia declares seven days of mourning!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: N1, <strong>Photo<\/strong>: Printscreen X @TanjugNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Belgrade Television journalist Milorad Komrakov passed away at the age of 70 at the Clinical Hospital Center &#8220;Dedinje,&#8221; 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