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Tuesday 09 February 2010 18:10

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 [Italiano]

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 [Italiano]
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 [Italiano]
Apri/chiudi abstract Moldova-EU: a chance for a new relationship
Apri/chiudi abstract Between real and virtual Kosovo
Apri/chiudi abstract The train
Apri/chiudi abstract The “Serbian Bondsteel”
Apri/chiudi abstract Totem and taboo in Greek documentary cinema
Apri/chiudi abstract Amos Oz: the art of compromise
Apri/chiudi abstract Kosovo: Music riots in Mitrovica
Apri/chiudi abstract Serbia: waiting for Fiat
Apri/chiudi abstract Profession: documentarist
Apri/chiudi abstract New year, same old elections
Apri/chiudi abstract Moldova: austere budget
Apri/chiudi abstract Serbia: towards a regional truth on war crimes
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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]
Industry
Serbia: waiting for Fiat
[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 [Italiano]
Serbia
The “Serbian Bondsteel”
[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 [Italiano] [Srpski]

Cinema
Profession: documentarist
[Irene Dioli] Documentary cinema in Greece: theoretical debates, material conditions, and relationships with institutions according to director Anneta Papathanassiou. Our interview [Italiano]
Cinema
Totem and taboo in Greek documentary cinema
[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 [Italiano]
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