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15 November 2011

Macedonia: Veles Says “No” to Lead Poisoning, Government Remains Ambiguous

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

After the massive protest against restarting of the lead smelting factory in the city of Veles, the citizens feel cheated by the declarative support shown by the politicians from the ruling parties, and demand clear answers from PM Nikola Gruevski on whether the poisoning will continue. Filip Stojanovski reports.

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4 September 2011

Macedonia: Euphoria After Basketball Victory Over Greece

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe, Western Europe

Filip Stojanovski reports on web reactions to the Macedonian national basketball team's victory over Greece at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania.

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24 August 2011

Croatia, Serbia: A Flag of Friendship

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe

Two young adults from Croatia and Serbia have created a mixed Serbo-Croatian flag, as a gesture of reconciliation between the two countries. Some netizens have condemned the initiative, others seem to approve of it.

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15 July 2010

Croatia: Police Breaks Up Peaceful Protest in Zagreb

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe

Croatian police broke up a peaceful protest against usurpation of public space in the center of Zagreb and arrested at least 11 civic activists. Once again, Twitter is the main source of immediate info and photos (#Varsavska).

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14 July 2010

Montenegro: Hero's Welcome for YouTube Star

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Eastern & Central Europe, North America

Montenegrin diaspora star Ekrem Jevrić Gospoda was given a hero's welcome upon his arrival in his native land few days ago. In addition to fame gained via his YouTube hit song, he also took part in a fashion photo-shoot few days ago.

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31 May 2010

The Balkans: Violent Treatment of Animals

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Eastern & Central Europe

Almost every day, dogs or cats are exposed to torture by cruel people who record their cruelties and publish the videos on the internet. Since the war, crime and various forms of violence have become a regular occurrence in the Balkans region.

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Updates about Croatian

9 October 2011

Croatia

Serbia Insajd, a Hungarian blog about South-Eastern Europe, reports [hu] that the Rijeka Court has banned Franjo Jurčević, a Kastav-based Catholic priest, from writing homophobic blog posts [Jurčević's blog, hr: http://zupnik.blog.hr/]. The court has also ordered Jurčević to publish the court decision in two national dailies at his own expense.

• Marietta Le

28 March 2011

Macedonia

Bojana Jankovska blogs [MKD] on how she deals with the economic crisis at a personal level: make a deal with family members to use electrical appliances during “cheaper” hours of the day, possibly cancel central heating, locate the cheapest neighborhood store for regular grocery shopping, and lock your credit card in a drawer. Influenced by the Croatian self-help book, “Financial Rebirth,” [CRO] she considers canceling the credit card, so she would “no longer pay interest on things she can comfortably live without.”

• Filip Stojanovski

28 September 2010

21 September 2010

Croatia

While severe floods plague Slovenia [SLO], Balkan portals from Croatia to Macedonia keep republishing a video clip named “wakeboarding in Ljubljana at 1am,” showing a car towing a surfer through the streets and passing by a dry cleaning sign.

• Filip Stojanovski

5 September 2010

Bosnia Herzegovina

Bosnian police have found the girl who appeared on YouTube video throwing puppies to a river, thanks to animal protection organization's tips and online citizens who helped pinpoint location and identity of the young girl from video footage.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

16 July 2010

Croatia

We don't give Varšavska is a blog in Croatian and English set up by the civic activists who object to usurpation of public space in Zagreb with latest information about mass arrests from the perspective of protesters.

• Filip Stojanovski

Croatia

Protests in Zagreb continued in spite of the attempted crackdown on Thursday. Croatian state TV reported [CRO] that police arrested 142 protesters so far, including some who returned to the controversial construction site after being released from detention. Marcell Mars, one of protest leaders, scheduled [CRO] a rally and march to the seats of major political parties for Friday evening. Bloggers such as Mihela Hadrian call [CRO] for civic disobedience towards the “corrupt gang” of politicians who cater to war profiteers.

• Filip Stojanovski

Comments on "Croatian"

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There is nothing to reconcile. Serbian people has been exterminated (assimilated, expelled or killed) from Croatia. I cant forgive that...
"cultish political mouthpiece, the serb church." Shame. I do not believe anyone is trying to take away the Croatian language,...
Greater serbian supporters had been trying for centuries to erase all traces of Croatian language, culture, history, and presence, along...