Vesna Zmijanac Adds Skopje, Sarajevo, Ljubljana Dates

Vesna Zmijanac told gathered reporters last night, October 14, after three sold-out concerts at Belgrade Arena, that her “Golden Tour, 50 Years of Career” will continue. She also admitted she has an admirer and responded to Zorica Markovic’s remark about Dino Merlin.

Where does the tour go after Belgrade?

First stop is Skopje. Sarajevo follows, then Ljubljana, which is not scheduled until next year.

• November 28, 2026: Boris Trajkovski Arena in Skopje
• December 19, 2026: Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo, a concert titled “When the Lilacs Bloom”
• February 20, 2027: Gospodarsko razstavisce hall in Ljubljana

The Skopje show is her first big performance after Belgrade. Asked about new songs, she says the repertoire stays the same until the right composition comes along.

“A lot is being recorded today, but there aren’t enough quality songs. Until the right ones appear, we’ll sing my old hits,” Vesna Zmijanac told Vecernje Novosti.

She told Telegraf that a new song is needed, but that she is waiting for someone brave enough to write a proper one.

What did she say to Zorica Markovic?

According to the question put to Vesna, Zorica Markovic said it is easier to fill the Arena when Dino Merlin is a guest. Merlin sang one song on the first night, the duet “Jorgovani” (“Lilacs”). Vesna says she has not even seen the remark, but disagrees with it.

“I haven’t seen that statement, but it doesn’t matter. First, he wasn’t announced, and second, he sang one song on the first day. I filled three Arenas! We have a duet, of course,” she told Telegraf.

Of her relationship with Markovic, she says: “She has her phases… So then something like ‘slap’, but I love her.”

She says she barely managed to persuade Merlin to come because he was running late for his own commitments. Right after the show he flew off to Germany.

Does Vesna have an admirer?

She does, and he is a year older than she is. She told Novosti that men don’t approach her easily.

“Men don’t court me, they seem to be afraid of me,” she told Vecernje Novosti, then added that one does exist after all and that there is chemistry between them.

Nikolija, her daughter, doesn’t know about him yet. Vesna explained to Telegraf why.

“She hasn’t met him. He still has to earn the right to be introduced to her,” she told Telegraf.

Milan, Zorica Brunclik and Jakov Jozinovic

She spent two days in Milan with Nikolija. She says it was short but lovely, and that it didn’t rain. “Everyone was looking at my daughter. As for me, just the odd old guy here and there,” she said.

She also asked about the health of Zorica Brunclik, through her husband Miroljub Arandjelovic Kemis. He told her Zorica is doing well now.

Finally, she commented on the divided public reaction to the performance of young singer Jakov Jozinovic.

“They shouldn’t condemn him,” Vesna Zmijanac told Telegraf.