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* Albanianews (Albania, Italy and Kosovo)

 Società e cinema nella nuova Albania

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 06:15 AM PST

In occasione del ventesimo anniversario dalla caduta del Muro, la rassegna cinematografica "Dopo l’89" estende la riflessione ai mutamenti avvenuti a partire dall’Ottantanove in particolare nell’Europa sud-orientale e nel Caucaso organizza un incontro con Rando Devole e proiezione di "Kinostudio", documentario di Osservatorio Balani e Caucaso, nell’ambito del quarto e ultimo appuntamento della rassegna "Dopo l’89.

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* Ambasciata di Polonia in Italia (Italy/Poland)

Istituto Polacco di Roma in collaborazione con il Nuovo Cinema Aquila invita a rivivere la strada verso la libertà

TRE GIORNI DI PROIEZIONI, DIBATTITI e MOSTRE

Nuovo Cinema Aquila Via L’Aquila, 68 - Roma

 9 dicembre IL DECENNIO DI SOLIDARNOSC

ore 20.30

Inaugurazione della mostra "Il decennio di Solidarnosc" in collaborazione con Ambasciata della Repubblica di Polonia Consolato Generale della Repubblica di Polonia in Milano ingresso libero

ore 21.00

Proiezione del film "Popieluszko" di Rafal Wieczynski ingresso € 4,00

 10 dicembre

I FILM SOTTO CENSURA ingresso libero

ore 11.00

"Esame di maturità" e "Come vivere" di Marcel Lozinski

ore 20.00

"Destino cieco" di Krzysztof Kieslowski

ore 22.30

"L´uomo di marmo" di Andrzej Wajda

 11 dicembre INCONTRO La censura ai tempi del muro ingresso libero

ore 20.00

Presentazione dell´evento

ore 21.00

"Il muratore" di Krzysztof Kieslowski

ore 21.30

Incontro in sala con Giorgio Albertazzi, Goffredo Fofi, Jitka Frantova, Ugo Intini, Jaroslaw Mikolajewski , Domenico Vitucci. E’ stato altresì invitato Angelo Mellone.

ore 22.30

"Prova microfono" di Marcel Lozinski

ore 22.45

"Gli angeli del potere" di Giorgio Albertazzi

info: Nuovo Cinema Aquila - www.nuovocinemaaquila.it

Istituto Polacco di Roma - www.istitutopolacco.it

> For further information: www.ambasciatapolonia.it

* Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Bosnia and Balkans)

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Balkan Insight Daily No. 421, December 9 2009

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* Central Asian News Service (Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia)

Daily news report of 9 December

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* Civil Georgia (Georgia)

Online news daily of 9 December 2009:

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* Ebrd (England, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia)

Project summary documents - New PSD/s available on ebrd.com:

 Turkish Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (TSEFF)

 Margonin Wind Farm

> For further information: www.ebrd.com

* Ec Delegation BiH (Bosnia)

THE JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME STIMULATING EU STUDIES AT UNIVERSITIES WORLD-WIDE - PROGAM ZAN MONE (JEAN MONNET) PROMOVISANJE EU STUDIJA NA UNIVERZITETIMA SIROM SVIJETA

> For further information: www.europa.ba

* Informest (Italy, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia)

Newsletter n. 42 del 2009

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* Interfax (Russia and Cis)

Interfax Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama, December 9

> For further information: www.interfax.com

* Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bucarest (Romania/Italy)

 Institutul Italian de Cultura "Vito Grasso" va invita luni 14 decembrie 2009, la ora 18.30 (Aleea Alexandru, nr.41, Bucuresti)

la vernisajul expozitiei

STILURI, SIMBOLURI, TEHNICI

Expun artistii: Ioana Avram, Miruna Budisteanu, Maria Constantinescu, Andrei Efremov, Sara Einik, Marcela Gulceag, Teodor Hrib, Petru Lucaci, Giovanna Del Magro, Elena Murariu, Silviu Oravitzan, Romulus Popescu, Mirella Spinella, Calin Stegerean, Cristina Tautu, Floarea Tutuianu, Aurel Vlad, Elena Vlad

Compozitie muzicala de Mihaela Vosganian pe versuri de Varujan Vosganian - “Iisus cu o mie de brate”

Expozitia va fi deschisa in perioada 14 decembrie 2009 - 15 ianuarie 2010

Intrare libera

 L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura "Vito Grasso" vi invita lunedì 14 dicembre 2009, alle ore 18.30 (Aleea Alexandru, n.41, Bucarest)

all’inaugurazione della mostra

STILI, SIMBOLI, TECNICHE

Espongono opere gli artisti: Ioana Avram, Miruna Budisteanu, Maria Constantinescu, Andrei Efremov, Sara Einik, Marcela Gulceag, Teodor Hrib, Petru Lucaci, Giovanna Del Magro, Elena Murariu, Silviu Oravitzan, Romulus Popescu, Mirella Spinella, Calin Stegerean, Cristina Tautu, Floarea Tutuianu, Aurel Vlad, Elena Vlad

Brano musicale composto da Mihaela Vosganian, versi di Varujan Vosganian - “Gesù con mille braccia”

La mostra sarà aperta nel periodo 14 dicembre 2009 - 15 gennaio 2010

Ingresso libero

> For further information: eventi.iicbucarest@esteri.it

* Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Budapest (Hungary/Italy)

 Concerto di Capodanno all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Budapest

Sarà l’Orchestra Sinfonica Dohnányi Ernő di Budafok, diretta dal Mo Gábor Hollerung, con la partecipazione di Péter Kálmán (baritono), Tamás Cselóczki (tenore), Balázs Konkoly (baritono), Mónika Lukács (soprano), André Vásáry (soprano maschile), Zsófia Nagy (flautino), a tenere il tradizionale Concerto di Capodanno - giunto nel 2010 alla sua undicesima edizione - presso la sala concerti dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Budapest, venerdí 1 gennaio 2010, alle ore 19.00.

Il programma della serata organizzata dall’Ambasciata d’Italia e dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Budapest prevede musiche di Rossini (Guglielmo Tell ouverture, La Cenerentola –Aria di Don Magnifico), Doppler (Fantasia su temi di Rigoletto), Verdi (Traviata – Aria di Traviata, Trovatore-Stretta, Vespri siciliani – ouverture), Mozart (brani dal Don Giovanni), Vivaldi (Concerto in do maggiore per flautino), Händel (Rinaldo – Lascia ch’io pianga), Donizetti (Don Pasquale – duetto), Strauss (Voci di primavera, Il Pipistrello – atto terzo – Finale), Ennio Morricone (C’era una volta il West – Finale),

Sin dalla sua fondazione (1970) l’Orchestra Sinfonica Dohnànyi Ernő di Budafok si esibisce con grande successo nei festival nazionali ed europei, eseguendo le opere più significative della letteratura musicale, con la partecipazione di famosi direttori d’orchestra e solisti ungheresi e stranieri.

> For further information: ufficiostampa.iicbudapest@esteri.it

* Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Mosca (Russia/Italy)

“Ecce homo”, di Fausta Squatriti 10 dicembre 2009 – 17 gennaio 2010 Galleria Zurab Zereteli A cura di Evelina Schatz

Il giorno 10 dicembre, alle ore 18.00, presso gli spazi della Galleria d’arte Zurab Zereteli di Mosca (Ul. Precistenka, 19), viene inaugurata la mostra “Ecce homo” che raccoglie tre cicli di lavoro che Fausta Squatriti ha realizzato nel corso degli ultimi anni: “Requiem per la specie per la macchina”, “Beata solitudo sola beatitudo”, “ Ecce homo”.

Le opere presentate testimoniano la ricerca interiore dell’artista, che la porta ad indagare sui mille perche’ dell’esistenza umana e a porre in relazione il rapporto tra creativita’ artistica e terapia mentale.

In occasione di questa mostra nel mese di gennaio seguira’ un convegno sul tema “Arte, clinica e critica”.

La mostra e’ accompagnata da un catalogo edito da Charta con testi critici di Evelina Schatz, curatrice della mostra, e di Elisabetta Longari.

Fausta Squatriti (Milano, 1941) esercita la sua ricerca artistica in piu’ campi: pittura, scultura, editoria d’arte, design, poesia, critica. Ha pubblicato poesie e saggi critici su varie riviste. Nel ’90, in collaborazione con Teresa Pomodoro, ha curato la Collezione ABV, mobili disegnati da artisti, per la Tecno. Nel ’97 fonda con Francesco Leonetti il “Teatro dell’autore in scena”, brevi testi di artisti e poeti appositamente scritti, impegnati a gestirne la recitazione senza ricorrere all’attore. Nel 2002 è uscita una monografia con testi di Claudio Cerritelli e altri autori, introdotta da Ingo Bartsh, a cura di Roberto Borghi, Gabriele Mazzotta Editore, Milano. Insegna attualmente all’Accademia di Brera.

> For further information: www.iicmosca.esteri.it

* Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia)

Newsletter of 9 December 2009

> For further information: www.humanrights.org.lv

* Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Russia)

Program of special events marking the 10th anniversary of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

December 14 – 22, 2009 Three large-scale exhibitions, master-classes, and round tables

 December 14, 4pm (25 Petrovka Street)

Press conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Museum and the start of special events program

Speakers:

* Zurab Tsereteli, director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

* Vasili Tsereteli, executive director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

* Andrei Tolstoy, head of Research Department of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art

* Yuri Avvakumov, curator of «Doors Open Day» project

* Zelfira Tregulova, curator of the exhibition «Socialist Realism: Inventory of an Archive»

* Alexander Sysoenko, deputy director of ROSIZO // Victoria Zubravskaya, head of exhibitions department of ROSIZO

* Elena Selina, curator of «Moscow Contemporary» program

 December 15, 7pm. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 25 Petrovka Street.

Anniversary Day

Opening of the main event of the special program:

Doors open day: a mansion — a gymnasium — a clinic — a museum Russian art, 1989-2009, from the Museum collection

Project realized by the Museum and Yuri Avvakumov.

The new display on all three floors of the building at 25 Petrovka Street unites more than 200 works by leading Russian artists from the Museum collection. These works, executed in the last 20 years (1989-2009), reflect the broad diversity of new conceptual treatments and means of expression, including some cutting-edge technologies. The main character of this project is the very building of the Museum – a mansion in the historic centre of Moscow that has seen frequent change of times and fates. The past always leaves a trace and interferes in the life of subsequent generations; our goal is to show how this could happen, and to render these imaginary layers transparent. The spaces that were once chambers of a mansion, classrooms or hospital wards, and have now become halls of the museum, flow free one into another. The doors have been taken off the hinges; they are no longer obstacles and thus symbolize the absolute openness of the current artistic process. Many works displayed here are exhibited for the first time within the walls of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art.

 December 16, 7pm. State Museum of Modern Art of the Russian Academy of Arts, 10 Gogolevsky Boulevard

Opening of the exhibition:

Socialist Realism: Inventory of an Archive

Art of the 1930s – 1940s from the collection of ROSIZO. Marking 50 years of existence of the State Museum and Exhibition Center “ROSIZO”

Curator of the project – Zelfira Tregulova

For the first time in Moscow, this exhibition presents a unique collection of Soviet art of the 1930s – 1940s that is now conserved in the holdings of ROSIZO. The history of this collection goes in line with the history of the country and the change of political regimes. The works on view demonstrate how ideology-driven was the authorities’ approach to art and creative production, even in the years of the Thaw. The works seem to tell us that life depicted in them is not a “radiant way” but rather a hard existence devoid of light, joy, or hope. These pictures represent scenes of workers’ meetings and discussions, labor at a plant or a carpet factory, in a foundry or a grocery store.

This evening, the museum at Gogolevsky Boulevard hosts two more exhibitions with works from ROSIZO collections:

Holidays and Weekdays. Art of the 1970s – 1980s

Art of Russian Masters. 90 Years of the State Collection of Unique Musical Instruments

 December 17, 7pm. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 17 Ermolaevsky Lane

Opening of the exhibition:

Konstantin Zvezdochetov. “Given Up”.

Part of “Moscow Contemporary” program.

Curator of the program – Elena Selina

Konstantin Zvezdochetov is one of leading artists on contemporary Russian art scene. He is among the brightest figures of flat exhibitions in APTART Gallery, which was the center of unofficial art of the 80s; he is leader of the “new wave” and an active member of “Mukhomory” (Toadstools) group that was one of the key phenomena of the Russian underground of the 80s; he is a “playing coach” of “World Champions” group of the early 90s. He is practically the only one of all members of both groups who hasn’t abandoned creation even in the harshest years of contemporary art. The most active exhibition participant in Moscow, Konstantin Zvezdochetov has never had a real retrospective in the capital. “Given Up” project organized by XL gallery in collaboration with the Moscow Museum of Modern Art as a part of “Moscow Contemporarty” program is intended to fill in this gap.

Since December 2009 Moscow Museum of Modern Art launches educational program on contemporary art which will take place in December 2009 – April 2010. Program includes master-classes of the most famous Russian artists, lectures of art-critics, round tables with participation of Russian-based art historians and curators.

 December 2009 – April 2010

Series of lectures, master-classes and discussion panels

Well-known artists, critics, art historians and curators are invited to participate

 December 18, 15.00 (25 Petrovka Street) — discussion panel «Museum space and contemporary art. Opportunities, conflicts, and new findings. Genius loci». Moderator — Andrey Tolstoy.

 December 21, 18.00 (17 Ermolaevsky Lane) — master-class by Konstantin Zvezdochetov.

 December 22, 17.30 (25 Petrovka Street) — discussion panel «Russian contemporary art. Point of departure?..» Moderator — Andrey Tolstoy (special guest — Pierre Brochet.

Registration for the events and the schedule of upcoming events will be available on our website: www.mmoma.ru

Please note that mass media need prior accreditation in the Museum Press Office. Please contact us via e-mail: pr@mmoma.ru or fax (+7 495) 231 4410.

We’ll be happy to celebrate our Birthday in Your company!

> For further information: www.mmoma.ru

* Osce (Austria, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia)

 OSCE Mission, Delegation of the European Union and Council of Europe’s Office concerned over threats made to B92 journalists

BELGRADE, 9 December 2009 — The three institutions welcome the efforts of the Serbian police in recent days to ensure the personal safety of journalists, including Ms. Brankica Stankovic, editor of "Insider", an investigative TV programme.

We are deeply concerned about the threats directed at journalists who address important and sensitive issues of public interest in Serbia. Suppressing the voices of journalists is detrimental to the development of democracy, which requires an atmosphere free from intimidation.

We stress the need for freedom of expression to be guaranteed and strongly encourage Serbian authorities to continue with their efforts to create a safe environment for journalists by identifying and bringing to justice those who threaten media professionals.

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> For further information: www.osce.org

* Osservatorio sui Balcani e Caucaso (Italy, Balkans and Caucasus)

 Scongelamento

Dopo oltre un anno l’Ue ha deciso il 7 dicembre scorso di scongelare l’Accordo commerciale ad interim con la Serbia, parte del più ampio Accordo di associazione e stabilizzazione. I progressi del Paese e le reazioni da Belgrado

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* Presidency of Russian Federation (Russia and Cis)

Daily news report of 9 December 2009

> For further information: http://president.kremlin.ru/eng

* Sarke (Georgia)

News in brief of 8 December 2009

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* Seenews (Bulgaria & Balkans)

 Daily news report of Albania (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Bosnia-Herzegovina (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Bulgaria (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Croatia (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Macedonia (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Moldova (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Montenegro (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Romania (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Serbia (9 December 2009)

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 Daily news report of Slovenia (9 December 2009)

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* Vest (Slovenia)

Daily update of 9 December 2009

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