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• in Politics
  The Road is Rocky - Kosovo's Euro-Atlantic Illusions
  Politicians in Kosovo often tell about their ambitions to join NATO and EU - but in the middle term future its an illusion.
  by newskosovo / on Jun 2, 2011
• in Politics
  Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence - at World Press Freedom Day
  The media freedom is the lowest in Kosovo compared to its neighboring countries. Independent media is still an exception.
  by newskosovo / on May 4, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “balkans”

 

• Roots of Prejudice Differ Among Men and Women

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 588
  New research suggests men develop prejudice against different groups because of aggression. Women, however, display prejudice because of fear. Michigan State University researchers discovered that throughout the course of history, men have been the primary aggressors against different groups as well as the primary ...
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• Ian Traynor should know better

  
  Greater Surbiton — Authority: 85
  Commenting on Sunday’s referendum victory in Croatia in favour of joining the EU, the veteran Guardian journalist Ian Traynor, a man with a long experience of covering former-Yugoslav affairs, has this to say: Croatia has voted to join the EU by a sweeping majority, delivering a greater than expected yes vote ...
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• Exoticism Architecture Style at Sofia, Bulgaria

  
  Bobz World City — Authority: 89
  Sofia city known for varied architectural styles of buildings, there are a variety of ancient architectural buildings since the Middle Ages, is one of the leading church of st. george, Serdica Amphitheatre and the Boyana Church which holds the largest museum collections of Bulgaria, these are combined such diverse ...
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• Human Rights: The Problem with International Law as a Promoter of Individual Rights and "Justice"

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 131
  Source: ISNInternational legal mechanisms remain bedeviled by a number of problems. One of the more prominent of these problems involves the work of international criminal tribunals and courts. Prepared by: ISN staff Over the course of this week, we have ...
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• Little success

  
  Flashman's Retreat — Authority: 107
  At the same time we [ England ] were forever nagging the Turks to be less monstrous to their Balkan subjects, with little success, Turks being what they are, and when, around ’75, the Bulgars revolted and the Turks slaughtered 150,000 of them to show who was master. Flashman and the Tiger , p.23 , Harper ...
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• Defense: A Decade of Azerbaijan-U.S. Defense & Security Cooperation

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 131
  SOURCE Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United StatesThis month, a delegation of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan led by Major-General Ramiz Najafov, Head of the Ministrys International Military Cooperation Department, visited Washington, D.C. to participate in the Bilateral Defense Consultations ...
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• ‘OFF with their heads!’: ‘Queen of Hearts’ snubbed by Globes

  
  1389 Blog - Antijihadist Tech — Authority: 510
  By Peter Brock Reprinted with permission Personally, I didn’t watch any of the Golden Globes presentations last night. I was much more interested in the Packers walking through plays in the final five minutes before the climax in their bizarre loss to the Giants. However, I had my mind on the Globes and was ...
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• A mountain of trouble

  
  Flashman's Retreat — Authority: 107
  First off the Balkans . . . you have to understand that they’re full of people who’d much rather massacre each other than not… Flashman and the Tiger , p.23 , Harper Collins, paperback edition 2000. Tags: Flashman , Flashman quotes , Balkans .
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• Submissions from Balkans for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

  
  An overview of the Balkan Cinema. — Authority: 89
  1958 (30th Academy Awards): I limni ton pothon (The Lagoon of Desire) - Giorgos Zervos - Greece (not nominated) 1959 (31st Academy Awards): Cesta duga godinu dana (The Road a Year Long) - Giuseppe De Santis - Yugoslavia (nominated) 1960 (32nd Academy Awards): ...
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• Has the UN learned lessons of Bosnian sex slavery revealed in Rachel Weisz film?

  
  Overseas Civilian Contractors — Authority: 418
  The Whistleblower is a shocking film that reveals how Balkan peacekeepers turned a blind eye to kidnapping, torture and rape. But these abuses still go on “Those girls are whores of war. It happens.” The Guardian   January 14, 2012 We do not see the torture inflicted on one girl for trying to flee ...
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• Peter Brock: Angelina Jolie’s ‘Blood and Honey’ directorial debut a ‘flop’

  
  The Blogmocracy — Authority: 548
  "Story goes that Jolie had originally received a near-epiphany over coffee with unnamed journalists in Budapest when she became inspired to direct the film. A decisive “séance” also occurred with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour whose own words, echoed later by Jolie, were tediously familiar as the former’s ...
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• A Traveler in the Foreign Service: Ciao macho man (or how to help Albanian breakdancers win a grammy)

  
  Gadling — Authority: 612
  Filed under: Europe , Macedonia I was standing on a stage in an auditorium in front of about 500 people frozen in terror at Nota Fest, which is like the Grammy awards for Macedonias ethnic-Albanian community. The organizers of the event had invited our Ambassador, Larry Butler, to present a lifetime achievement ...
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• Croatias Silent Approval of the Ustasha Regime

  
  The Propagandist — Authority: 408
  The Independent State of Croatia was a quisling marionette state formed from the territories of present Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1941 to 1945 in support of the Third Reich. Its supporters have been out in force in recent weeks. Several small far right parties, historically connected with Ustasha ...
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• French TV journalist killed in Homs

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.guardian.co.uk French TV journalist killed in Homs Gilles Jacquier, who has been killed in an attack in the Syrian city, was an award-winning reporterGilles Jacquier, 43, who has been killed in Syria, was a highly respected special correspondent for France’s acclaimed flagship documentary ...
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