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7 February 2012

Balkans: Online Platform Tracks Reports From Areas Hit by Record Snowfall

Written by Danica Radisic · Breaking News, Disaster

Since last week, the Balkans have been hit by massive snow storms, the likes of which have not been seen in over a decade, if not longer. Danica Radisic reports on relevant initiatives launched by the region's online community, including the new Ushahidi platform for tracking verified information on road blocks, power outages and other critical points and information in the entire region.

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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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14 July 2010

Montenegro: Hero's Welcome for YouTube Star

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Arts & Culture, Migration & Immigration

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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1 May 2010

The Balkans: Online Hit Song Highlights the Diaspora State of Mind

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Arts & Culture, Music

Jay Z & Alicia Keys get a Balkan rival singing about New York City, too.

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4 April 2010

The Balkans: Similarities Between Facebook and Communist Party of Yugoslavia

Written by Filip Stojanovski · History, Humor

Filip Stojanovski translates a list of of similarities between Facebook and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY).

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26 March 2009

Serbia: Remembering NATO Bombing 10 Years Later

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Governance, History

On March 24, 1999, NATO forces began attack on Serbia and Montenegro. The bombing went for 78 days. A few thousand people were killed, many buildings, bridges, railroads, roads and factories were destroyed. Also, many people still experience mental and psychic effects of the fear they had been through. Ten years later, Serbian bloggers are reminded of those terrible days. Below is a selection of some of their journal notes and recollections from the beginning of the war.

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18 December 2008

Central & Eastern Europe: Trademark on ;-) and Other Internet News

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Freedom of Speech, Elections

Below is a selection of recent posts by bloggers from around Central and Eastern Europe on social networking, participatory media, online activism and other related issues.

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10 December 2008

The Balkans: Human Rights and LGBT

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Sinisa Boljanovic reviews the situation with gay rights in the former Yugoslav republics.

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13 November 2008

Central & Eastern Europe: A Travel Roundup

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Arts & Culture, Governance

Olive harvesting in Albania, John Paul II monuments in Poland, a Soviet military hardware cemetery in Moscow and more: Central and Eastern Europe-based bloggers share their recent travel stories and photos.

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Updates about Montenegro

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

9 August 2011

Serbian

At Balkan Travellers, Sarah Hucal writes about Yugo Yoga performance that took place on a makeshift stage at Belgrade's Museum of Yugoslav History in July 2011; more of Hucal's Balkan travel writing and photos are at her blog, Solo in the Balkans. Jana Orsolic's Istria Week travel photos and journal [sr] are here, here, here, here, here and here. Piran Café's latest entry on the June 2011 trip to Sarajevo (plus links to earlier posts) is here; the blogger also links to the New York Times' recent travel piece on Slovenia, Slovenian Rhapsody.

• Veronica Khokhlova

13 July 2011

English

M. Bozinovich of Serbianna discusses a recent Montenegro census saying that 20% of Montenegrins no longer speak Serbian, and whether this is an actual result or caused by nationalism.

• Vilhelm Konnander

2 May 2011

Serbian

Dragan Varagić published his analysis of the most influential Twitter users [sr] from Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Montenegro, done through manual selection and consulting ratings services.

• Filip Stojanovski

9 February 2011

Serbian

Mashup clips by YouTube user apostolski, which combine video footage of Coldplay, U2 and Queen with Serbian turbo-folk songs are poised to become the next big viral hit among Balkan social media users and bloggers [MKD]. Some have already “spilled over” into traditional media like TV call-in show Jadi burek [MKD], which “reuses” clips from the net.

• Filip Stojanovski

7 December 2010

English

Gray Falcon and Srebrenica Genocide Blog discuss (from different perspectives) Angelina Jolie's “directorial debut” - “a love story set during the Bosnian war.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

English

Greater Surbiton writes about “the bizarre world of genocide denial.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

29 July 2010

English

Belgraded writes about the planned revival of “the one big regional lottery” in the former Yugoslavia and does not “miss the opportunity to point out just how stupid nationalism is.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

11 June 2010

English

Sleeping With Pengovsky writes - here and here - about this past Sunday's referendum on the Arbitration Agreement between Slovenia and Croatia; posts Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 of The Definitive Guide to the Arbitrage Agreement Between Slovenia and Croatia (links to the earlier installments are here); and notes that “the Arbitration Agreement can (not necessarily will) become a model for solving similar disputes in the region.” More background on the Sunday's referendum - at ESI's Rumeli Observer.

• Veronica Khokhlova

1 June 2010

Updates

Sead Dzigal reminds readers [MKD] that after “the death” of the .yu domain [SER] this past March, the term ‘Yugoslavia' officially survives on the international scene only in the provisional reference the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the title of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which does not seem like a good company.

• Filip Stojanovski

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