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Tuesday 09 February 2010 16:58

 
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english Balkans
Sacked
09.02.2010   [Francesco Martino]   The debacle of Bulgarian European Commissioner Rumyana Zheleva was the first blow to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's government. Although it is still too early to assess the consequences of Zheleva’s defeat at the national and international levels, the governing party's criteria for choosing its highest-ranking officials should be called into question

Commissioners
09.02.2010   [Alvise Armellini]   Tomorrow, newly-elected European Commissioners begin their terms in office. Who are the new Eastern European Commissioners? What are their stands on the issues? How did they fare in Parliamentary hearings? More details in our correspondent's report

Regards from Mavrovo
09.02.2010   [Risto Karajkov]   Environmental protection, sustainable development, and international cooperation at work in Macedonia's largest national park. Our correspondent visited the area of Mavrovo lake
Immagine: (anDarko/flickr)

Moldova-EU: a chance for a new relationship
03.02.2010   [Iulian Lungu]   As the name of the Republic of Moldova's new governing coalition implies, the Alliance for European Integration has as its main goal the improvement of Moldovan-European Union relations

Between real and virtual Kosovo
03.02.2010   [Francesco Gradari]   Michael L. Giffoni, the Italian ambassador in Pristina, was recently appointed to the post of EU Special Envoy for Northern Kosovo. In this interview, Mr. Giffoni talks to OBC about his new assignment
Immagine: Kosovo - Ignacio Maria Coccia, courtesy of Ignacio Maria Coccia

The train
01.02.2010   [Azra Nuhefendić]   After an 18-year interruption of service, the Belgrade-Sarajevo train line was recently re-opened for the first time since the beginning of the war. The first train to travel on the line was an engine pulling three carriages: one belonging to Republika Srpska Railroads, one from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the third from Serbia. There were 15 passengers on board
Immagine: (Photo SP8254, Flickr)

The “Serbian Bondsteel”
29.01.2010   [Danijela Nenadić]   ''Yug'', the biggest military base in Serbia, was officially inaugurated in the Municipality of Bujanovac last November. The huge, well-equipped base was built to facilitate the training of Serbian army units, even though the local Albanian community fiercely criticized its construction

Totem and taboo in Greek documentary cinema
28.01.2010   [Irene Dioli]   Documentary cinema in Greece: the reality of a cinematographic genre limited by the lack of producers and by themes that are still taboo. Interview with Rea Apostolides, producer and researcher
Immagine: (pietrapaola caponi/flickr)

Amos Oz: the art of compromise
26.01.2010   [Francesco Martino]   Amos Oz is one of the best-known names in world literature. An Israeli novelist, essayist, and political activist, Oz is a fervent supporter of the need to reach compromise in order to overcome conflicts. Our correspondent met him in Sofia
Immagine: Amos Oz, portrait (M. Benard/flickr)

Kosovo: Music riots in Mitrovica
22.01.2010   [Tatjana Lazarević]   “The music by emerging bands tells of young people's bitterness for the surrounding world. Words are brutal, lyrics are cruel, and music soaks rebellion". A journey through the music scene in North Mitrovica and its young protagonists
Immagine: The 'Dark Sky'

Serbia: waiting for Fiat
21.01.2010   [Lucia Manzotti]   A journey to Kragujevac, the home town of Zastava - the “Made in Yugoslavia” car. The expectations of citizens and workers in the “Yugoslav Turin” in the wake of the recent agreement between Belgrade and the Fiat Group to establish the new Fiat Automobili Serbia in that city

Profession: documentarist
20.01.2010   [Irene Dioli]   Documentary cinema in Greece: theoretical debates, material conditions, and relationships with institutions according to director Anneta Papathanassiou. Our interview
Immagine: (saboid12/flickr)

Moldova: austere budget
13.01.2010   [Iulian Lungu]   In 2009, the economic crisis was aggravated by the difficult political situation in the country. The ruling Alliance for European Integration had to present an austere budget, characterised by tax raises and cuts in subsidies
Immagine: Chişinău, Government building (G. Comai)

Serbia: towards a regional truth on war crimes
12.01.2010   [Cecilia Ferrara]   The work of the Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor in Belgrade, public opinion, and the initiative of a group of NGOs to create a regional truth commission. An interview with Bogdan Ivanisevic, consultant of the International Center for Transitional Justice
Immagine: Nuda veritas - Gustav Klimt 1899

Europe’s minarets
07.01.2010   [Fazıla Mat]   There has been a strong reaction in both Turkey and Switzerland to the Swiss vote banning the construction of new minarets in the Confederation. A look at the significance of the referendum for migrant workers, the views of political parties and institutions such as “the House of the People” in Zurich, and the public debate

Greece: the crisis will do us good
04.01.2010   [Gilda Lyghounis]   In an exclusive interview with Osservatorio, Serafeim Fyntanidi, director of Eleftherotypia, one of Athens's most influential dailies, talks in-depth about the economic and social crisis besieging Greece. He says he is convinced that the country will emerge from the crisis stronger.
Immagine: Serafeim Fyntanidi

Macedonia: He who sings means no evil
30.12.2009   [Risto Karajkov]   Recently, a group of young protesters from Skopje seems to have chosen music as the credo of their civic and political activism. They protest by singing. They call themselves Raspeani Skopjani [Singing Skopjans], and their popularity has been growing
Immagine: Dunechaser/flickr

Serbia: visa free
29.12.2009   [Danijela Nenadić]   From December 19, citizens of Serbia can go to Szeged, Thessaloniki, or Trieste for coffee...without a visa. There is happiness, but not for everyone. The most disappointed are adolescents and those who were born and grew up under the sanctions. A commentary.
Immagine: Freedom (gonzalo_ar/flickr.com)

Slovenia: 1989 or 1992?
28.12.2009   [Stefano Lusa]   In Slovenia, the period from the second half of the ‘80s until the country's independence in 1992 saw the beginning of the Yugoslav crisis, the emergence of nationalism, and Ljubljana’s final separation from Belgrade. A contribution to the dossier "The long lasting ’89"
Immagine: Ljubljana (Glikň/flickr)

EU enlargement: the race of the snail
24.12.2009   [Alvise Armellini]   After the Lisbon Treaty, the EU enlargement process continues - slowly and quietly. The voice of public opinions, the moods of the 27, and the countries' perspectives in the analysis of our correspondent
Immagine: _ Krystian PHOTOSynthesis (wild-thriving) _/flickr

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