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15 November 2011

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

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Disaster, Environment

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 · Sport, International Relations

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 · Ideas, History

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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5 August 2011

The Balkans: Over Half of the Population Uses the Internet

Written by Danica Radovanovic · Development, Education

Danica Radovanovic reports on the findings of a study of Internet usage in the Balkan region.

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30 November 2010

Central & Eastern Europe: Initial Reactions to WikiLeaks' Cablegate

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · RuNet Echo

While other regions feature a lot more prominently in the collection of U.S. embassy cables published by WikiLeaks thus far, a few countries of the CEE region do appear in the kickoff edition of Cablegate. Below is a small selection of initial reactions from the region's bloggers.

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15 July 2010

Croatia: Police Breaks Up Peaceful Protest in Zagreb

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Breaking News, Governance

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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Updates about Croatia

8 January 2012

9 December 2011

English

Jovana Tozija wrote lovingly about making ajvar, a traditional favorite winter provision in Macedonia and some other post-Ottoman countries.

• Filip Stojanovski

2 November 2011

English

Croatia Online examines some of the past and present hopes and concerns related to Croatia's plans to join the EU in July 2013.

• Veronica Khokhlova

26 October 2011

English

Bill Kralovec of Bill's Blog recounts the story of the Adriatic prison island of Goli otok - the Alcatraz of Yugoslavia - where Yugoslavia held its political prisoners during the reign of Tito.

• Vilhelm Konnander

9 October 2011

Croatian

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

1 October 2011

English

Alan Jakšić of Balkan Anarchist writes about LGBT and homophobia in Serbia, Croatia and elsewhere in the Balkans.

• Veronica Khokhlova

10 September 2011

English

Benita Hussain of Matador Network interviews Daniel Lacko, “a sponsored outdoor adventurer writing the largest ‘WELCOME' in the world while exploring the Croatian coastline”; Lacko's travel blog is here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

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