Le governement s'ecrase!

So Kostunica, the Prime Minister of Serbia, resigned yesterday and dissolved the Serbian government, citing irreconcilable differences within the administration over the issue of Kosovo as the reason.
I thought this sounded like pretty big news, but for the time being most Serbs I speak to seem to be rather non-plussed. For one, this is far from the first time they've dealt with a "transitional" or temporary administration, and for another, no one really has any idea what this means for the next election. It will be interesting to follow but it is impossible to make projections at this point, so everyone is simply in "stay tuned" mode.
The only thing people seem to think we will see in the near future is a rash of hasty big business purchases/dealings, privatisations, etc. Basically taking advantage of the nebulous legal limbo to move money around, purchase oil companies, sell off this old business, etc. I'm not so in tune with the business environment here so that will be hard to gauge, but that is probably where the biggest changes are going to occur in the nearest future, for now.
Otherwise, things putter along pretty much as normal in my work/social/nightlife lifestyle out here, so there's not much else to say...
A bientot.

La Semaine Suivante

Well it's the beginning of March now, and I guess the excitement has died down somewhat. After that crazy night and a tense following weekend things have pretty much reverted back to the usual routine. There were still groups of drunken asskickers running around during the weekend breaking stuff, but nothing as destructive as those riots, which now are commonly accepted as having been knowingly permitted and even encouraged by the Serbian government. I recommend checking out the Belgrade Blog for a great analysis about all that, and for any other type of Belgrade related topics.
I myself just missed by about a minute (luckily so, I should imagine) a large group of about 20 singing and shouting drunkards that went down my own quiet street kicking cars and signs and stuff two days after the protest, but that was about it as far as action goes.
People are still seething and a quite morose about it all, and the grey rainy weather of late isn't helping anything. The usual cafe/nighttime casual chats (or my own classes, which probably isn't so professional but hey, it gets people talking...) with people still slip easily into bitter rants about the whole situation, but otherwise everyone seems to just be sitting back and watching what will happen. No one knows...
I guess I got the pics up ok but I still can't figure out how to place them on the page, so it looks kinda sloppy, but you take what you can get...
Until there's more updates to give...
Pozdrav