Editing Belgrade (section)

==International relations==
===Twin towns – sister cities===
{{see also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia}}
[[File:Chevalier_légion_d'honneur_2.png|thumb|right|120px|Because of the heroic strength of its defenders, French marshal [[Louis Franchet d'Espèrey]] decorated Belgrade with the Legion of Honor in 1920.]]

List of Belgrade's sister and twin cities:<ref name="city of belgrad">{{cite web |url=http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=1225698 |title=International Cooperation |publisher=City of Belgrad |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828072526/http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=1225698 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Coventry]], UK, since 1957<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/what-point-coventrys-twin-towns-3038605 |title=Coventry's twin towns |access-date=6 August 2013 |last=Griffin |first=Mary |date=2 August 2011 |work=Coventry Telegraph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806032050/http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/what-point-coventrys-twin-towns-3038605 |archive-date=6 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coventry.gov.uk/directory/25/twin_towns_and_cities |title=Coventry – Twin towns and cities |access-date=6 August 2013 |work=Coventry City Council. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412062545/http://www.coventry.gov.uk/directory/25/twin_towns_and_cities |archive-date=12 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chicago]], US, since 2005
*{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia, since 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ljubljana.si/si/ljubljana/pobratena-mesta-zdruzenja/ |title=Medmestno in mednarodno sodelovanje |access-date=27 July 2013 |work=Mestna občina Ljubljana (Ljubljana City) |language=sl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626075304/http://www.ljubljana.si/si/ljubljana/pobratena-mesta-zdruzenja/ |archive-date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=1422497 |title=Gradonačelnici Beograda i Ljubljane potpisali sporazum o bratimljenju dva glavna grada |publisher=Beograd.rs |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=13 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713130306/http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=1422497 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Skopje]], North Macedonia, since 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sitel.com.mk/dnevnik/makedonija/skopje-i-belgrad-se-zbratimija |title=Сител Телевизија |language=mk |access-date=31 July 2019 |archive-date=31 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731011703/https://sitel.com.mk/dnevnik/makedonija/skopje-i-belgrad-se-zbratimija |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skopje.gov.mk/EN/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=69 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024131101/http://www.skopje.gov.mk/EN/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=69 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2013 |title=Official portal of City of Skopje – Skopje Sister cities |date=24 October 2013 |access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Caruaru]], Brazil, since 2010
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]], China, since 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Potpisan sporazum o bratimljenju Beorgada i Šangaja |url=https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2018&mm=05&dd=21&nav_category=11&nav_id=1395187 |access-date=21 May 2018 |work=b92.net |agency=Tanjug |date=21 May 2018 |language=sr |archive-date=22 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522054135/https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2018&mm=05&dd=21&nav_category=11&nav_id=1395187 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Bosnia-Herzegovina}} [[Banja Luka]], Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2020<ref>{{cite web |last=В |first=А. |title=Београд се побратимио са Бањалуком |url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/465383/Beograd-se-pobratimio-sa-Banjalukom |access-date=28 October 2020 |website=Politika Online |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030185325/http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/465383/Beograd-se-pobratimio-sa-Banjalukom |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Partner cities===
Other friendships and cooperations, protocols, memorandums:<ref name="city of belgrad"/>
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*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Sarajevo]], Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2018, Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Rabat]], Morocco, since 2017, Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Seoul]], South Korea, since 2017, Memorandum of Understanding on Friendly Exchanges and Cooperation
*{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Astana]], Kazakhstan, since 2016, Agreement on Cooperation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://akipress.com/news:585174/ |title=Kazakhstan, Serbia agree to cooperate on air communication |publisher=AKIpress |access-date=16 November 2016 |archive-date=16 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116103821/http://akipress.com/news:585174/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|IRI}} [[Tehran]], Iran, since 2016, Agreement on Cooperation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=77&ArticleId=7432 |title=Tehran, Belgrade sign agreement to boost ties |publisher=Tehran Municipality |access-date=6 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002171347/http://en.tehran.ir/default.aspx?tabid=77&ArticleId=7432 |archive-date=2 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Corfu (city)|Corfu]], Greece, since 2010, Protocol on Cooperation
*{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Shenzhen]], China, since 2009, Agreement on Cooperation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2009&mm=07&dd=11&nav_category=12&nav_id=370774 |title=Saradnja Beograda i Šendžena |publisher=B92 |access-date=11 July 2009 |archive-date=29 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929043909/http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2009&mm=07&dd=11&nav_category=12&nav_id=370774 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Zagreb]], Croatia, since 2003, Letter of Intent
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kyiv]], Ukraine, since 2002, Agreement on Cooperation
*{{flagicon|ALG}} [[Algiers]], Algeria, since 1991 declaration of mutual interests
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Tel Aviv]], Israel, since 1990, Agreement on Cooperation
*{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Bucharest]], Romania, since 1999, Agreement on Cooperation
*{{flagicon|PRC}} [[Beijing]], China, since 1980, Agreement on Cooperation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities/Sister_City/ |title=Sister Cities |publisher=Beijing Municipal Government |access-date=23 September 2008 |archive-date=16 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216015454/http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities/Sister_City/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rome]], Italy, since 1971, Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Athens]], Greece, since 1966, Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation
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Some of the city's municipalities are also twinned to small cities or districts of other big cities; for details see their respective articles.

Belgrade has received various domestic and international honours, including the French [[Légion d'honneur]] (proclaimed 21 December 1920; Belgrade is one of four cities outside France, alongside [[Liège]], [[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]] and [[Volgograd]], to receive this honour), the [[Czechoslovak War Cross 1918|Czechoslovak War Cross]] (awarded 8 October 1925), the Yugoslavian [[Order of the Karađorđe's Star]] (awarded 18 May 1939) and the Yugoslavian [[Order of the People's Hero]] (proclaimed on 20 October 1974, the 30th anniversary of the overthrow of [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] occupation during World War II).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=201227 |title=Received Decorations |access-date=16 May 2007 |publisher=Beograd.rs |archive-date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924072048/http://www.beograd.rs/cms/view.php?id=201227 |url-status=live }}</ref> All of these decorations were received for the war efforts during World War I and World War II.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtvpink.com/vesti/vest.php?id=26907 |title=Beograd – grad heroj |date=6 November 2009 |access-date=15 November 2009 |publisher=RTV Pink |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715211706/http://www.rtvpink.com/vesti/vest.php?id=26907 |archive-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> In 2006, ''[[Financial Times]]''' magazine ''[[FDi magazine|Foreign Direct Investment]]'' awarded Belgrade the title of ''City of the Future of Southern Europe''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1543 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004828/http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1543 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |title=European Cities of the Future 2006/07 |access-date=10 July 2007 |work=fDi magazine |date=6 February 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Miloradović |first=Aleksandar |url=http://www.seeurope.net/files2/pdf/rgn0906/13_Belgrade_CityOfTheFutureInSEE.pdf |title=Belgrade – City of the Future in Southern Europe |date=1 September 2006 |access-date=10 July 2007 |work=TheRegion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808143913/http://www.seeurope.net/files2/pdf/rgn0906/13_Belgrade_CityOfTheFutureInSEE.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>