Summer Games

Tissot, Swiss watchmaker since 1853, is the Official Timekeeper of the 25th Universiade Belgrade 2009 which will take place from the Jylu 1st to 12th. The partnership with FISU major event underlines Tissot’s commitment to sport and timekeeping. As official timekeeper of sporting events Tissot has worked in association with a team of specialists for […]

FISU is closely monitoring the Swine Flu (H1N1 Viral Illness). Fortunately this influenza virus in its current form does not appear to be as virulent as initially believed. With the exception of the outbreak in Mexico, which is not fully understood, the H1N1 virus tends to cause very mild illness in healthy people. Outside of […]

    Organizers of the Universiade Belgrade 2009, the Ministry of Health Care, the Military Hospital and the “Nikola Tesla” Airport are ready for the arrival of over 10,000 athletes that are to take part in this year’s largest sports event. The Government of Serbia Coordination Team, consisting of 13 ministers and the Ministry of […]

    On Sunday, May 31st, the Japanese delegation visited the Athletes’ Village in New Belgrade, headed by Naoki Hagiwara, the international relations officer of the Japanese team.The three-member Japanese delegation visited the Universiade Village accompanied by the venues sector director Ranko Tepavcevic and his associates. They were interested in the accommodation for the athletes […]

  Over the weekend, the Universiade volunteers were guests at the air show that is traditionally held at the sports airport “Cenej” near Novi Sad. Friends of the Universiade from the sports club “Galeb” showed volunteers their planes that will carry the Universiade mascot, Srba, the sparrow, on their wings in honor of this year’s […]

The Jury An agreement was made between the OC of the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade and the OC of the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, regarding the organization of a volunteers exchange program for 150 volunteers from the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. From May 26th to 27th, 2009 the Second Selection Contest was held […]