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• The pace picks up on EU enlargement into the Balkans

  
  Brussels Blog — Authority: 495
  Enlargement of the European Union is, almost imperceptibly, moving forward once more.  EU foreign ministers are expected next week to forward Albania’s membership application to the European Commission for an opinion.  This is a necessary technical step on the path to entry - small, but important.The Commission ...
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• Informal Dinner in Madrid / Western Balkans

  
  Embassy of Greece in Poland Press & Communication Office — Authority: 127
  Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas (GREEK NEWS AGENDA) Ahead of Spain’s assumption of the EU presidency, Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas attended an informal dinner of EU foreign ministers , hosted by their Spanish counterpart in Madrid. This was an initial meeting to discuss the ...
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• Kosovo opposition politician attacked ahead of local polls

  
  Latest Newspaper Headlines | Current Events — Authority: 449
  A Kosovo Albanian politician campaigning for Sundays local elections was shot at Thursday night, but escaped unhurt, a police spokesman said. Hysni Ahmeti, an opposition candidate for the post of mayor in the ethnic hotspot town of Mitrovica, was on a way to a campaign event when his car was sprayed with bullets, ...
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• PSA: 5 Rules of Public Restroom Etiquette

  
  Very Smart Brothas — Authority: 124
  I know a lot of people swear they don’t use the bathroom at work.  Quite frankly I think they’re full of sh*t. Pun. The fact is, everybody at some point ends up having to use a public restroom .  Nobody likes doing this, but it is a necessary evil (as somebody pointed out yesterday).  Since it’s a ...
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• Duško Gojković - Swinging Macedonia (1966)

  
  What's in my iPod? — Authority: 91
  Sometimes the music takes its time to reach the destination. I got this album at least five years ago, gave it a cursory listen and shelved it. Just recently I put it on again, not even sure why, and discovered how great it was. Duško Gojković, a trumpet/flugelhorn player, composer and bandleader, was born and spent ...
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• Architects to build uber-luxurious resort in Montenegro

  
  Luxurylaunches.com — Authority: 592
  Montenegro became an independent country recently and the tiny Balkan nation is busy building its reputation as a luxury destination for Western Europeans. Montenegro has long been struck by the Yugoslavian Wars and the battles have done much to scar the image of this lovely and picturesque country. The country was ...
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• Anti-Greek Backlash in Salonica, 1821

  
  Far Outliers — Authority: 127
  From Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 , by Mark Mazower (Vintage, 2006), pp. 126-129: The Greeks in the city rang their church bells, rode through the streets on horseback, wore fine clothes and did not step down from the pavement when they passed a Muslim. To us this indicates ...
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• Anti-Greek Backlash in Salonica, 1821

  
  Far Outliers — Authority: 127
  From Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 , by Mark Mazower (Vintage, 2006), pp. 126-129: The Greeks in the city rang their church bells, rode through the streets on horseback, wore fine clothes and did not step down from the pavement when they passed a Muslim. To us this indicates ...
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• Forgotten Refugees - West Balkans

  
  Blogactiv - EU Blog Platform — Authority: 149
  The refugee question is of paramount importance in Balkans - still. Beginning 1991, political upheavals – such as the breakup of Yugoslavia – displaced millions of people. Officially one part of these people are refugees meaning that they have escaped to other country, one part is “internally displaced ...
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• Forgotten Refugees - West Balkans

  
  AriRusilas BalkanPerspective — Authority: 106
  The refugee question is of paramount importance in Balkans - still. Beginning 1991, political upheavals – such as the breakup of Yugoslavia – displaced millions of people. Officially one part of these people are refugees meaning that they have escaped to other country, one part is “internally displaced ...
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• Forgotten Refugees – West Balkans

  
  AriRusila's BalkanBlog — Authority: 106
  The refugee question is of paramount importance in Balkans – still. Beginning 1991, political upheavals – such as the breakup of Yugoslavia – displaced millions of people. Officially one part of these people are refugees meaning that they have escaped to other country, one part is “internally displaced ...
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• The difficult road to Balkan stability

  
  Greater Surbiton — Authority: 400
  The Balkans are only a step away from normalisation, but it may be a step too far for Western policy-makers. Normalisation for the Balkans would mean the region’s definite establishment as a set of functioning, democratic nation-states on the model of Western Europe; undivided by serious conflicts or live ...
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• Resurrecting the Caliphate

  
  Gray Falcon — Authority: 112
  Due to some scheduling and technical difficulties, my regular Friday column on Antiwar.com appeared today . In it I touch on the recently begun - and adjourned - show trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić in light of the disturbing initiative by the Turkish government to engage in neo-Ottoman ...
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• Israel: Forging NATO Missile Shield, Rehearsing War With Iran

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 570
  Israel: Forging NATO Missile Shield, Rehearsing War With Iran > By Rick Rozoff Last updated: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:14:00 +0000 Arrow-2 Anti-Ballistic Missile (The Intelligence Daily) — “This is the most complete air missile defense system we’ve ever done anywhere in ...
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• The Integration of the countries of the Western Balkans into the EU needs a new momentum - Christophe Solioz & Paul Stubbs

  
  Blogactiv - EU Blog Platform — Authority: 149
  The last twelve months have been difficult for the European Union’s policy towards the Western Balkans. Slovenia held up Croatia’s membership talks for ten months, Greece continued preventing the opening of negotiations with Macedonia, and several countries attempted to block Kosovo on its European path. Across ...
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• The Integration of the countries of the Western Balkans into the EU needs a new momentum - Christophe Solioz & Paul Stubbs

  
  ELIAMEP Blogs — Authority: 113
  The last twelve months have been difficult for the European Union’s policy towards the Western Balkans. Slovenia held up Croatia’s membership talks for ten months, Greece continued preventing the opening of negotiations with Macedonia, and several countries attempted to block Kosovo on its European path. Across ...
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• The Integration of the countries of the Western Balkans into the EU needs a new momentum

  
  ELIAMEP Blogs — Authority: 113
  The last twelve months have been difficult for the European Union’s policy towards the Western Balkans. Slovenia held up Croatia’s membership talks for ten months, Greece continued preventing the opening of negotiations with Macedonia, and several countries attempted to block Kosovo on its European path. Across ...
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• Salonicas Heterodox Modernizers

  
  Far Outliers — Authority: 127
  From Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 , by Mark Mazower (Vintage, 2006), pp. 74-76: The Ottoman authorities clearly regarded their [ Mamin ] heterodoxy with some suspicion and as late as 1905 treated a case of a Mamin girl who had fallen in love with her Muslim tutor, Hadji ...
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• Salonica’s Heterodox Modernizers

  
  Far Outliers — Authority: 127
  From Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 , by Mark Mazower (Vintage, 2006), pp. 74-76: The Ottoman authorities clearly regarded their [ Mamin ] heterodoxy with some suspicion and as late as 1905 treated a case of a Ma’min girl who had fallen in love with her Muslim tutor, Hadji ...
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• The Fall Of The Berlin Wall - The Effects On CEE 20 Years On

  
  Risk Watchdog — Authority: 124
  On Monday, November 9, much of Europe will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the catalyst it provided for the collapse of Communism on the continent. BMIs Justin Patrie explains the significance of this event for Emerging Europe, and what the outlook is for the next 20 years [ Read ...
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