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14 March 2012

Europe: Will ACTA Treaty Pass After Protests?

Written by Suzanne Lehn · Translated by Danielle Martineau · Governance, Law

The ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty (ACTA) by the European Parliament has been delayed in expectation of an opinion from the European Court of Justice on its conformity with fundamental rights.

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6 December 2011

Macedonia: Is Skopje Really the Most Polluted City in the World?

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Disaster, Environment

Unlike the authorities, social media users are reacting to the empirical information about high levels of pollution in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Filip Stojanovski reports.

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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 June 2010

Algeria: Disappointment and Anger After the Defeat against Slovenia

Written by Mohamed Benderouiche · Sport

After a 24 years long wait, Algerians have focused their attentions on the world cup, hoping to escape the grind of their daily lives. The disappointment was all the more profound after the defeat of their team against Slovenia.

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14 May 2010

Macedonia: Bloggers Celebrate 1945 Victory Over Fascism

Written by Filip Stojanovski · History, War & Conflict

Several Macedonian bloggers joined the May 9 celebration of victory over fascism in World War II.

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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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25 February 2008

Serbia: Anglophone Bloggers on Belgrade Rally, Riots, Kosovo

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Freedom of Speech, Governance

Below is a selection of the English-language posts about last week's events in Serbia and Kosovo, which appeared on Feb. 21-23.

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19 February 2008

Serbia: Bloggers Discuss Kosovo Independence

Written by Sinisa Boljanovic · Governance, History

Sinisa Boljanovic translates some more reactions from the Serbian blogosphere to the declaration of Kosovo independence.

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18 February 2008

Kosovo & Serbia: Independence Blogging

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Breaking News, Governance

Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia on Sunday, Feb. 17, has caused both celebrations and protests - as well as plenty of media coverage and an avalanche of blog posts. Below is a selection of some Anglophone bloggers' views.

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Updates about Slovenia

29 March 2012

23 March 2012

Spanish

Sin Ruido, or Noiseless in Spanish, is a documentary on Flamenco Dancer Inma Lobato and her work teaching and training people with mental problems. The film [es] will focus on the impact the lessons have on the well-being of the students in Spain, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina.

• Juliana Rincón Parra

8 January 2012

2 December 2011

English

Updates on the upcoming Dec. 4 parliamentary elections - by Dr. Filomena and Sleeping With Pengovsky (here, here, here, and here). Pengovsky concludes: “The way it looks right now, Janša seems poised to win on 4 December. However whether or not he will be able to form a coalition remains a mystery […].”

• Veronica Khokhlova

15 November 2011

English

Stefan Geens of Dliberation discusses how photography is under legal attack in Slovenia, since the country's information commissioner has decided that all faces in published panoramic photography should be blurred out - a decision with great consequences for the Slovenian photo scene.

• Vilhelm Konnander

English

Updates on the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections campaign in Slovenia - at Sleeping With Pengovsky, here and here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

26 October 2011

English

Sleeping with Pengovsky analyses opinion polls for the upcoming December 4 parliamentary elections in Slovenia.

• Vilhelm Konnander

21 October 2011

English

This week, PIRAN CAFÉ has been posting updates, photos and video from the OccupyLjubljana protest, which is taking place in front of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Borza: “BORZA is Slovenian for bourse, or stock exchange. At yesterday’s demonstration, the R was knocked off the archway. Today it was replaced with a J. BOJ ZA translates to, ‘Fight For'.” BORUT PETERLIN in a rabbit hole of photography posts a 5AM photo from the Ljubljana Boj za camp (”For eleven years I’m working on a 5am project where I take pictures around 5am in different places of Europe and hopefully once it’ll be a book.”)

• Veronica Khokhlova

12 October 2011

English

PIRAN CAFÉ posts photos from Ljubljana's recently renovated Congress Square and writes that this is where the #OccupyLjubljana gathering is expected to take place on Oct. 15 - “one of dozens, if not hundreds planned around the globe that day.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

English

Dr. Filomena writes that Janez Janša, “the man considered most likely to form Slovenia’s next government,” has blocked her as well as a few journalists on Twitter, but hopes that Janša's SDS party wins in the Dec. 4 early parliamentary elections: “[…] For three years, these people have spared no insult, no insinuation, have not missed any opportunity to question the credibility and even legitimacy of the team that governed Slovenia during the worst period of the world economic crisis. It is time for them to show they can do better.” Sleeping With Pengovsky also comments on the upcoming elections, here and here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

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