A group of Albanian human rights and civil society organizations, in a joint public statement, demanded from political parties in Albania to sit down and find a sustainable solution for the situation after the opposition demonstrations of January 21, fearing new escalation and bloodshed
It is the largest infrastructure investment ever made in Albania. Pandeli Majko's socialist government started it and Sali Berisha's right-wing government completed it; the total cost is around a billion euros. “Around” – because nobody knows how much it exactly cost, since Albania's main public work was carried out without any project or budget estimate. A photo-report by Marjola Rukaj
“The next day, I took my bicycle and camera and I left for the far northern edge of Durrës, near Porto Romano...’" A photo-report by Lasien Vojo
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In these very last days, Osservatorio sui Balcani e Caucaso received two important journalistic awards. Azra Nuhefendić won the “Writing for Central and Eastern Europe” prize, promoted by the APA – Austria Press Agency, while Laura Delsere was awarded the 2010 “Enzo Baldoni” prize, internet section. Our congratulations
The second edition of the international forum "Women entrepreneurs Bulgaria" will be held in Sofia on 19th and 20th of November 2010.This year the Forum has the purpose of developing and strengthening the economic cooperation between Bulgarian women entrepreneurs and their colleagues from other European and non European countries
Mussa Khan is muhajir, a refugee seeking a safe place to live. His story is the one of the many young Afghans who try to reach Europe to ask for asylum. In 14 episodes the blog "Mussa Khan" retraces his steps through the 5,000 km that separate Iran from Italy.
The “Mussa Khan” project started after sharing with Afghan and Iranian muhajirin the sidewalk of the Rome Ostiense station. And from having heard and shared the stories of Asif, Mortazavi, Reza and Abbas
This dossier is part of the research project “Youth in the Northern Caucasus: associationism, identity, and patriotism in a complex, multi-ethnic context”, financed by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto
Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event that marked the reunification of Europe, symbolised the promise for lasting peace in the continent, and relaunched the process of European enlargement.
The conference "The long-lasting '89" is devoted to discussing the post-communist transitions in the Balkans and the Caucasus, the expectations stirred by the end of the Cold War, the following disappointments, the ongoing processes of change, and the opportunities for relaunching a common European political project.
The first day will be devoted to reflecting on the long transitions in the two regions, national fragmentations, the return of war into Europe, and the process of European integration. The second day will explore the relationships of solidarity and cooperation between communities and territories formerly divided by the Iron Curtain.
