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The countries of South East Europe enjoy very high standards when it comes to the legislation regulating access to public information and transparency. But the reality on the ground is different and journalists across the region denounce serious difficulties in obtaining – both from private organizations and public institutions - the access to information they are entitled by the law. This dossier presents the articles published by the network of our media partners in the ECPMF project, assessing the specific situation in the countries involved in the project.

Thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers fleeing war and persecutions, are making a dangerous journey across the Balkans to enter the European Union. A Dossier

Osservatorio has been working since 2009 in collaboration with Kineofilm, a production company in Trieste, on a documentary project on the story of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam and his journey to the Caucasus in 1930 with his wife, Nadežda. It has not been possible, up to now, to obtain the resources necessary for completing the project. In order to continue our fund raising efforts, we have decided to share a selection of the material so far produced with our readers and the public: the subject, script , director's notes and a first trailer made with a contribution from the Fondo di Produzione sull'Audiovisivo of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.

Two exceptional Italian artists took part in this activity: Massimo Zamboni and Nada Malanima, who lent their voice and music for the trailer and who will take part in the documentary when it enters the production stage.

The film script presented here appears in a multimedia format, accompanied by photos and video notes collected during the preparation work.

Title: Journey to Armenia

Script, Direction: Andrea Oskari Rossini

In collaboration with: Giorgio Comai

Narration: Nada Malanima

Original Music: Massimo Zamboni

Production: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso; Kineofilm

For information and contributions to the project “Journey to Armenia”: segreteria@balcanicaucaso.org

The photographs and video accompanying the presentation were taken by Giorgio Comai, except for the following: Ararat seen from Yerevan (Paolo Martino), Candles in the Monastery at Tatev (arnofoto/flickr ), Road to Tatev (worldbank/flickr ), Zorats Karer (Rita Willaert/flickr ), Cathedral at Ghazanchetsots (Marco Fieber/flickr ), Shushi/Shusha mosque (Andrea Rossini), (Marco Fieber/flickr ).

2 Days left until application deadline of Journalists-in-Residence Programme. It provides a safe house in Leipzig, a scholarship, health insurance and publicity to dedicated journalists, who have come under pressure due to their work

The position papers presented at the TransEuropa conference have been complemented with the comments collected in the course of the 3 seminars

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Leaders of the EU have announced that there will be a one minute's silence across Europe in memory of the victims of the Paris attacks at noon on Monday, November 16th. OBC will join and observe a minute's silence