Osservatorio Caucaso
Wednesday 10 March 2010 03:54

Moldova: time for constitutional reform
08.03.2010 [Iulian Lungu] On 24-26 February, a delegation from the Venice Commission visited the Republic of Moldova. The delegation's visit was part of a task to support Moldova's ongoing constitutional reform process, initiated by the governing Moldovan coalition, Alliance for European Integration [Italiano]

The Decade of Mesić
04.03.2010 [Drago Hedl] With the official swearing-in of new Croatian president Ivo Josipović on 18 February, the 10-year era of Stjepan Mesić came to an end. Our correspondent looked back on the Mesić era, a time that saw the strengthening of democratic institutions [Italiano] [Hrvatski]
Lips, Eyes, Ears. A journey in the Albanian Alps
03.03.2010 Michael is on the tracks of the Indo-European language, Gianni is an Arbëresh and teaches Albanian at the University of Calabria, Monica was the first researcher in Italy to obtain a PhD in Albanology. A group of linguists travelling into the majesty of Albania mountains in a quest for lost words and languages. A documentary film by Osservatorio now on DVD
Apri/chiudi abstract Stop Elektrozink
Apri/chiudi abstract From soldiers to caregivers
Apri/chiudi abstract Against the Mafia
Apri/chiudi abstract Mr. President’s answers
Apri/chiudi abstract Northern Kosovo, in the hunt for solutions
Apri/chiudi abstract A bridge apart?
Apri/chiudi abstract Ethnopolis
Apri/chiudi abstract Macedonia: frozen conflict on the name front
Apri/chiudi abstract De facto cooperation proves to be difficult
Apri/chiudi abstract Double standards or fair approach?
Apri/chiudi abstract Sacked
Apri/chiudi abstract Commissioners
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Northern Kosovo
Northern Kosovo, in the hunt for solutions
[Tatjana Lazarević] The leak in January of the International Civilian Office (ICO) draft strategy for northern Kosovo stirred intense reactions. The plan, which foresees a complex net of new bodies and the "closure" of the Mitrovica office of UNMIK, has been rejected by Serbs as a new try to implement the 2007 Ahtisaari plan [Italiano] [Srpski]
Bosnia Herzegovina
Ethnopolis
[Andrea Rossini] The Bosnian political crisis in the election year. The European Court of Human Rights' statement on the Dayton Peace Agreement, the force of the Ethnopolis [Italiano]
Nagorno Karabakh
De facto cooperation proves to be difficult
[Gegam Bagdasaryan] International organisations, both governmental and non-governmental, find it difficult to co-operate with NGOs in Nagorno Karabakh because its de facto independence is not recognised at the international level. These are some of the difficulties facing civil society in a territory not officially recognised [Italiano]

Romania - Bulgaria
A bridge apart?
[Nikolai Yotov] Despite their joint access to the EU in 2007, Bulgarians and Romanians continue to live with outdated stereotypes. Political, economic, social, informational exchange between Bucharest and Sofia remains not simply unsatisfactory, but practically absent [Italiano]
Interview
Amos Oz: the art of compromise
[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 [Italiano]
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