Jovan Valenta (1826 – 7 June 1887) was a Serbian medical doctor. He was a surgeon in Smederevo and Belgrade, manager of a hospital in Palilula, and part-time professor of hygiene. He was also one of the early founders of the Serbian Medical Society.
Jovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Church Slavonic: Їωан) is a Serbian male given name equivalent to English "John" or Slavic "Ivan", from Hebrew: יהוחנן.
Immigration to Serbia is less common than immigration to Western European or Southern European countries, but somewhat more common than to most of the other Southeastern European countries. According to the 2022 census, Serbia had 11.5% of the...
Aćim Medović (Polish: Joachim Medowic; 15 May 1815 – 11 May 1893) was a physician and writer, the first president of the Serbian Medical Association, secretary of the medical department in the Guardianship of Internal Affairs, a physician of...
Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 87 competitors, 77 men and 10 women, took part in 48 events in 11 sports.
BC Prienai (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Prienai) was a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Prienai. They played domestically in the Lithuanian Basketball League every year since winning the promotion in 2009. During the 2008–09 season,...
The Torbeši (Macedonian: Торбеши) are a Macedonian-speaking Muslim ethnoreligious group in North Macedonia and Albania. The Torbeši are also referred to as Macedonian Muslims (Macedonian: Македонци-муслимани, romanized: Makedonci-muslimani) or...
Dražen Petrović (Croatian pronunciation: [drǎʒen pětroʋitɕ]; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the...
The Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing, also known as the Lašva Valley case, refers to numerous war crimes committed during the Bosnian War by the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia's political and military leadership on Bosniak civilians in the Lašva...
James Edward Cracknell, (born 5 May 1972) is a British rowing and endurance athlete, double Olympic gold medalist and winner of six world championship titles. Cracknell was appointed OBE for "services to sport" in the 2005 New Year Honours List.
