Camilla B-D
@camillabd.bsky.social
Travel & Mischief in the Balkans
Writer. Not on twitter or smartphone, use camillabelldavies@gmail.com
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Financial Times, The Fence, Economist 1843, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Moscow Times, Kyiv Independent
Writer. Not on twitter or smartphone, use camillabelldavies@gmail.com
https://muckrack.com/camilla-bell-davies
Financial Times, The Fence, Economist 1843, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Moscow Times, Kyiv Independent
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Camilla B-D
@camillabd.bsky.social
· May 15
thanks @theweek.com for mentioning some of my travel writing covering the Balkans and Georgia in @financialtimes.com @theguardian.com @telegraphnews.bsky.social ☺️
www.theguardian.com/film/gallery...
love her <3
love her <3
Claudia Cardinale: a life in pictures
The actor, who starred in classic European films by Fellini, Visconti, Herzog and Sergio Leone, has died at the age of 87. Here we look back at her life and career
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
www.theguardian.com/film/gallery...
love her <3
love her <3
uil.org.uk/ukrainian-fi... 18-21 September in London!!
Ukrainian film festival 2025: Through love and loss ‣ Ukrainian Institute London
Ukrainian film festival 2025 Through love and loss This year’s Ukrainian Film Festival returns with the theme ‘Through Love and Loss’, exploring powerful stories of care and courage, as well as the lo...
uil.org.uk
September 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
uil.org.uk/ukrainian-fi... 18-21 September in London!!
Serbia's beloved old bangers made it to @theweek.com :)
people of Belgrade, I'm still trying to buy a Yugo for my summer travels....
#Yugo #Yugoverse #Belgrade #Balkan #travel
people of Belgrade, I'm still trying to buy a Yugo for my summer travels....
#Yugo #Yugoverse #Belgrade #Balkan #travel
June 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Serbia's beloved old bangers made it to @theweek.com :)
people of Belgrade, I'm still trying to buy a Yugo for my summer travels....
#Yugo #Yugoverse #Belgrade #Balkan #travel
people of Belgrade, I'm still trying to buy a Yugo for my summer travels....
#Yugo #Yugoverse #Belgrade #Balkan #travel
vote for #albania #eurovision2025 #shkodraElektronike tonight. big up the Balkans!
love their music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6T...
love their music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6T...
Shkodra Elektronike - Turtulleshë
YouTube video by Shkodra Elektronike
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May 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
vote for #albania #eurovision2025 #shkodraElektronike tonight. big up the Balkans!
love their music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6T...
love their music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6T...
thanks @theweek.com for mentioning some of my travel writing covering the Balkans and Georgia in @financialtimes.com @theguardian.com @telegraphnews.bsky.social ☺️
May 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
thanks @theweek.com for mentioning some of my travel writing covering the Balkans and Georgia in @financialtimes.com @theguardian.com @telegraphnews.bsky.social ☺️
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This is a very charming article about #Serbia from @camillabd.bsky.social - and another reminder of how engaged and dynamic (and fun) the young generation of Serb is www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
My tour of Serbia in ‘the worst car in history’: from medieval castles to brutalist classics
Young Serbians are keen to celebrate the Yugoslav era, and offering tours of their country in vintage Yugos is a fun way of doing it
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is a very charming article about #Serbia from @camillabd.bsky.social - and another reminder of how engaged and dynamic (and fun) the young generation of Serb is www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
My trip to Brasov through the eyes of returnee Romanian migrants who felt the pull of their beautiful homeland.
@telegraphnews.bsky.social travel
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@telegraphnews.bsky.social travel
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Migrants are returning to this Romanian city. Tourists should consider joining them
Blending rich heritage with a youthful energy, the Transylvanian city of Brasov is enjoying a resurgence
www.telegraph.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My trip to Brasov through the eyes of returnee Romanian migrants who felt the pull of their beautiful homeland.
@telegraphnews.bsky.social travel
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...
@telegraphnews.bsky.social travel
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...
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Vaquinha pra me mandarem pro spa da Transilvânia.
A spa is reborn in Transylvania: a ‘healing hotel’ amid Romania’s forests and mountains
A spa is reborn in Transylvania: a ‘healing hotel’ amid Romania’s forests and mountains
A castle in the Carpathian mountains with a turbulent history has been restored by the original family owners
The Zabola estate’s wrought-iron gates swing open and an avenue of chestnut trees stretches before me. Beyond them lies a serene Transylvanian…
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Vaquinha pra me mandarem pro spa da Transilvânia.
on.ft.com/41PzT3Z
Reporting for FT with @marton.dunai on the uprising in Serbia against President Vucic
Reporting for FT with @marton.dunai on the uprising in Serbia against President Vucic
Serbs descend on Belgrade: ‘It’s time for the regime to end’
[FREE TO READ] Student demonstrators insist protests are peaceful but authorities warn disrupters will be ‘severely punished’
www.ft.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
on.ft.com/41PzT3Z
Reporting for FT with @marton.dunai on the uprising in Serbia against President Vucic
Reporting for FT with @marton.dunai on the uprising in Serbia against President Vucic
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A thought for our friends in Serbia, who barely get any news coverage here but who have been staging weeks of protests leading up to a huge march on Belgrade, fighting against corruption and for democracy.
Not all is dark.
Not all is dark.
A friend of mine from Serbia, who has lived through three revolutions and took part in the last two (2000 and 2024/25), says this is already bigger than the Fifth of October, and that tomorrow could be the V-Day.
Happy overthrow, everyone!
Happy overthrow, everyone!
March 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A thought for our friends in Serbia, who barely get any news coverage here but who have been staging weeks of protests leading up to a huge march on Belgrade, fighting against corruption and for democracy.
Not all is dark.
Not all is dark.
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USA, this is how normal people react to tyrants.
Was trying to stock up on groceries before things kick off tomorrow, but it seems like I'm part of the welcoming committee.
Folks marched 100km from Novi Sad to Belgrade today in remembrance and protest.
Folks marched 100km from Novi Sad to Belgrade today in remembrance and protest.
March 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
USA, this is how normal people react to tyrants.
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"Pumpen" für Gerechtigkeit:
www.derstandard.at/story/300000... #Pumpaj #Wien heute
#Beč: Ko ne skače, taj je ćaci!
www.derstandard.at/story/300000... #Pumpaj #Wien heute
#Beč: Ko ne skače, taj je ćaci!
March 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"Pumpen" für Gerechtigkeit:
www.derstandard.at/story/300000... #Pumpaj #Wien heute
#Beč: Ko ne skače, taj je ćaci!
www.derstandard.at/story/300000... #Pumpaj #Wien heute
#Beč: Ko ne skače, taj je ćaci!
it's huge. bringing down an autocrat is no mean feat, if the protestors achieve it
Tens of thousands of Serbians swarmed the streets of the capital Belgrade in preparation for major anti-government rallies planned to take place over the weekend against populist President Aleksandar Vučić.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
Thousands protest in Belgrade ahead of major anti-government rally
Tens of thousands of Serbians swarmed the streets of the capital Belgrade in preparation for major anti-government rallies planned to take place over the weekend against populist President Aleksandar Vučić.
l.euronews.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
it's huge. bringing down an autocrat is no mean feat, if the protestors achieve it
All of Serbia has descended on Belgrade to demand their corrupt government resign. Historic moment for Balkans.
March 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
All of Serbia has descended on Belgrade to demand their corrupt government resign. Historic moment for Balkans.
@milesellingham.bsky.social pitching us headfirst into the mad world of football ultras via Naples' 'kamikaze pigeons'
For @londonermag.bsky.social weekend slot, I wrote about @claptoncfc.co.uk and how to foment revolutionary praxis at an east London, non-league football club. It's a great story, some of which is reported from Naples. www.the-londoner.co.uk/story-of-cla...
Seizing the means of promotion
How to mount a coup at a non-league, east London football club
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
@milesellingham.bsky.social pitching us headfirst into the mad world of football ultras via Naples' 'kamikaze pigeons'
Spoke to Belgrade-based independent publishing house @shell.f_ @publishell.f
Russian migrants publishing "all the things we couldn't say back home"
plus @museum_emigrant and @nordistica gallery Belgrade
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/08/3...
Russian migrants publishing "all the things we couldn't say back home"
plus @museum_emigrant and @nordistica gallery Belgrade
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/08/3...
3 Years Since Leaving Russia, Emigres Seek to Memorialize the Diaspora Experience - The Moscow Times
When she and tens of thousands of other Russians moved to Serbia following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, St.
www.themoscowtimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Spoke to Belgrade-based independent publishing house @shell.f_ @publishell.f
Russian migrants publishing "all the things we couldn't say back home"
plus @museum_emigrant and @nordistica gallery Belgrade
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/08/3...
Russian migrants publishing "all the things we couldn't say back home"
plus @museum_emigrant and @nordistica gallery Belgrade
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/08/3...
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Franz Ferdinand are touring Europe this summer, but this seems to be as close as they get to Sarajevo. We might be alright.
March 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Franz Ferdinand are touring Europe this summer, but this seems to be as close as they get to Sarajevo. We might be alright.
uh oh
The EU is boosting the size of its peacekeeping mission in Bosnia after recently convicted Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik banned state-level institutions in Serb regions, sparking separatist fears.
EU sends more troops to Bosnia as Russia defends Serb leader
Moscow supported Milorad Dodik after he banned the judiciary and security forces in Serb-majority regions following his conviction, sparking sharp condemnation from the U.S. and the EU.
www.politico.eu
March 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
uh oh
kyivindependent.com/as-protests-...
Debut in the Kyiv Indy
Debut in the Kyiv Indy
As protests engulf Serbia, President Vucic looks for support East and West
Editor's Note: Following a number of attacks against peaceful protestors in Serbia, the Kyiv Independent agreed to not publish the last names of people who gave comments for this story.
BELGRADE, Ser...
kyivindependent.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
kyivindependent.com/as-protests-...
Debut in the Kyiv Indy
Debut in the Kyiv Indy
Belgrade's famous nightlife scene died a bit in 2024 when the party rafts were towed away...but protesting students have brought a joyful atmosphere back, with art expos, circuses, music nights..
my reporting in 2024:
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
mixmag docu
www.instagram.com/p/DGgKvJFMY3a/
my reporting in 2024:
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
mixmag docu
www.instagram.com/p/DGgKvJFMY3a/
Is the party over for Belgrade’s club scene on the Danube?
Raft houses, known as ‘splavs’, became synonymous with the hedonistic nightclub scene in Serbia’s capital. Now they are being cleared from the river to make way for luxury flats, bars and shops
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Belgrade's famous nightlife scene died a bit in 2024 when the party rafts were towed away...but protesting students have brought a joyful atmosphere back, with art expos, circuses, music nights..
my reporting in 2024:
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
mixmag docu
www.instagram.com/p/DGgKvJFMY3a/
my reporting in 2024:
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
mixmag docu
www.instagram.com/p/DGgKvJFMY3a/
Never thought I'd say it but the Balkans has been my source of comfort for vaguely positive news in past month as the US/Russia horrors rumble on. Massive anti-corruption protests in Serbia inspiring the world, young people hopeful for change and a better future
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
The 100-day ‘bloody hands’ protest against Serbia’s construction boom
The fatal collapse of a railway station roof prompted widespread anger against a government accused of selling off land to foreign companies
www.thetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Never thought I'd say it but the Balkans has been my source of comfort for vaguely positive news in past month as the US/Russia horrors rumble on. Massive anti-corruption protests in Serbia inspiring the world, young people hopeful for change and a better future
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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The Yugo but better! I actually really like this design for a modern update on the much-loved classic. #yugo #balkans
www.hagerty.com/media/news/y...
www.hagerty.com/media/news/y...
Yugo—of All Brands!—Is Rising from the Dead - Hagerty Media
The long-dormant Yugo brand has been revived, and it has plans to launch a retro-styled hatchback inspired by the original Yugo.
www.hagerty.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The Yugo but better! I actually really like this design for a modern update on the much-loved classic. #yugo #balkans
www.hagerty.com/media/news/y...
www.hagerty.com/media/news/y...