{"id":183168,"date":"2025-07-24T17:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=183168"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:11:15","slug":"kusturicas-restaurant-sealed-he-responds-aleksandar-vucics-and-sinisa-malis-award-for-the-best-village-in-the-world-at-least-by-unesco-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/kusturicas-restaurant-sealed-he-responds-aleksandar-vucics-and-sinisa-malis-award-for-the-best-village-in-the-world-at-least-by-unesco-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"KUSTURICA&#8217;S RESTAURANT SEALED, HE RESPONDS: &#8220;Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107&#8217;s and Sini\u0161a Mali&#8217;s Award for the Best Village in the World, at Least by UNESCO Standards&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celebrated director <strong>Emir Kusturica<\/strong> has on several occasions supported student blockades and protests, which evidently did not sit well with the top authorities. Namely, his restaurant <strong>Visconti Mokra Gora<\/strong> has been suddenly shut down, <em>Danas<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Considering the facts stated in the record of the tax inspection performed on the recording of turnover via electronic fiscal device and the engagement of employees, we inform you that an irregularity has been identified for which a temporary ban on performing activities is foreseen, which will be implemented on July 25, 2025,&#8221; states the tax inspector&#8217;s report from U\u017eice, to which <em>Danas<\/em> had access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107&#8217;s and Sini\u0161a Mali&#8217;s award for the best village in the world, at least by UNESCO standards<\/strong>,&#8221; Kusturica commented briefly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Praise to &#8220;Enemy of the State&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Danas<\/em> reminds that <strong>Novak \u0110okovi\u0107<\/strong>, the world&#8217;s best tennis player, and celebrated director Emir Kusturica, once endlessly praised in pro-government tabloids, have now become the main &#8220;enemies of the state&#8221; simply because they supported the students. A harsh campaign is being waged against them in pro-regime media, accusing them of colored revolutions and concocting scandals against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Informer television, <strong>Dragan J. 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Angelina Topi\u0107 is the new European champion!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Source<\/strong>:<\/strong> N1, <strong>Foto:<\/strong> Borislav Zdrinja\/ZIPAPHOTO\/ATAImages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated director Emir Kusturica has on several occasions supported student blockades and protests, which evidently did not sit well with the top authorities. 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