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Yes, this is a promo vid for a Stag tour operator, so there’s certainly some Borat-like skewing going on here. It’s already a cliché though that East Europe has hotter babes than the West.

Eastern Europe vs. UK Clubs

That explains the tens of thousands of sex tourists that have invaded
in the last five years, hoping for a quickie with a Slavic lovely, or even
the chance to bag a sizzling hot girlfriend by flashing their Euros and
talking up a swank bachelor pad in London or Milan to invite them
back for a week or more.

While that might have worked even three years ago, the truth is that
as Eastern Europe has been integrated into the EU, those Euros and foreign
passports have lost their flash. Also, many of the young, gorgeous things
that were trapped in their cheesy, local clubs playing bad 80s pop, and
forced to date the local, mullet-headed ‘cool’ boys or the stray Italians
or Brits that made it over have already hightailed it abroad and are
most likely working the tap at your local pub.

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Change is definitely afoot in the ‘boho’ capital of East Europe. Although still known for its cheap beer, grunge bars, English-teaching expats, dogs a plenty, and dope-friendly atmosphere, the new Amsterdam is increasingly looking more to Moscow—and less to Berlin—as prices rise and a new wealthy class grown rich on the real estate boom tires of 24/7 slackerdom.

The exclusive La Scene restaurant/bar, which plans to become a Soho Club-like members establishment in the fall threw a fashion party last week to establish its ‘elitist’ credentials. Czech and Siberian models (from Petr Holanec’s PH Models) sashayed down a make-shift catwalk while real estate heads, fashionistas with their trophy pets, advertising execs, and others from the city’s growing monied classes sipped mojitos and gaped at the babes as they walked past. It could have been Moscow or Warsaw or Kiev—but it was Prague.

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Representatives of Bjork have insisted that the singer was forced out of Serbian festival EXIT due to her views on Kosovo.

The singer claimed she was dropped from the July event because of what she said onstage recently in Tokyo in support of the region gaining its impendence.

EXIT’s organiser Bojan Boscovic then issued a statement denying that the singer had been not dropped for her views, or that Bjork had ever been cancelled.

However Bjork’s management have issued to following statement to NME.COM claiming that they were told politics was the reason she would not be allowed to play, and said that the festival had cancelled her performance.

The statement reads as follows:

“Bojan Boscovic, General Manager of the Exit Festival in Serbia, said in an email to Bjork’s representatives, that, quote: ‘We hope Bjork does not relate to Kosovo on other concerts here in Europe, nor in her interviews, because if she does we need to cancel the concert; if this happens, we may as well look for some other artist, or see what is available’.”

Her management added: “The coverage of dedicating her song ’Declare Independence’ to Kosovo at two recent shows in Japan was so widely covered in print and online media that the festival had no option but to cancel her performance. We will replace this event with another show in due course.”

Other acts at EXIT, one of Eastern Europe’s most rocking music festivals, include the Sex Pistols, Primal Scream, Deep Dish, Sven Vath, Ministry & Gogol Bordello. www.exitfest.org

Watch Bjork’s ‘Declare Independence’ video here…