Today news:

* Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Bosnia and Balkans)

 Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Balkan Insight Daily No. 453, January 29, 2010

 Justice Report n. 203

> For further information: www.birn.eu.com

* Balkans.com (Balkan area)

Week in Review - Balkans.com Business News - Update of January 29, 2010

> For further information: www.balkans.com

* Belarus News and Analysis (Belarus and Cis)

Update of January 29, 2010 – 16 new articles

> For further information: www.data.minsk.by/belarusnews/index.html

* Camera di Commercio e Industria Italo-Ceca (Czech Republic and Italy)

Pubblichiamo in allegato la newsletter istituzionale del 25.01.2010 redatta sia in lingua ceca che italiana.

> For further information: www.camic.cz

* Camera di Commercio e Industria Italo-Polacca (Poland and Italy)

Pubblichiamo in allegato la prima parte de la "Responsabilità degli amministratori nelle società polacche".

> For further information: www.italpolchamber.it

* Central Asian News Service (Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia)

Daily news report of January 29, 2010

> For further information: www.ca-news.org

* Civil Georgia (Georgia)

Daily news online of January 29, 2010

> For further information: www.civil.ge

* Council of the European Union (Belgium)

 Remarks by Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council, following the meeting with Jan FISCHER, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic:

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> For further information: www.consilium.europa.eu

* Le Courrier des Balkans (France and Balkans)

Balkanofonik 2010 : J-7 : Qui chante là-bas ?

> For further information : http://balkans.courriers.info

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

Press releases: week ending 29 January 2010

 EBRD boosts 2009 investments, pledges to support eastern Europe through next stage of crisis

 EBRD’s first investment in deposit insurance entity

 EBRD’s first investment in gas sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina

 EBRD supports private businesses in Armenia

 EBRD continues to support meat processing sector in Bulgaria

> For further information: www.ebrd.com

* Ec Delegation BiH (Bosnia and Belgium)

 1.2 million EUR to support democracy and human rights development in Bosnia and Herzegovina / 1.2 miliona eura u cilju podrske razvoja demokratije i ljudskih prava u Bosni i Hercegovini

 Official launch of the project „Improving the Development and Capacity of Social Dialogue and Social Partners in BiH“ / Zvanicno predstavljen projekat „Unapredjenje razvoja i kapaciteta socijalnog dijaloga i socijalnih p

> For further information: www.europa.eu

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

Newsletter settimanale n. 1 del 2010.

> For further information: www.informest.it

* Institutul Cultural Roman (Romania)

 Invitatie: Proiectul Generation 89, prezentat de Institutul Cultural Român la Bucureşti

Marţi, 2 februarie 2010, de la ora 18.00, în sala de expoziţie a Reprezentanţei Comisiei Europene la Bucureşti (strada Vasile Lascăr 31), Institutul Cultural Român va prezenta Proiectul Generation 89. Prezentarea proiectului va fi urmată de proiecţia filmului Cum mi-am petrecut sfârşitul lumii, în regia lui Cătălin Mitulescu. Proiectul Generation 89, desfăşurat sub patronajul scriitorului şi omului politic ceh Vaclav Havel, se adresează tinerilor născuţi în 1989 şi vizează crearea unei platforme de comunicare pe teme europene. Data limită pentru înscriere: 10 februarie 2010.

> For further information: www.icr.ro

* Interfax (Russia and Cis)

 Interfax Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama January 29, 2010

 Russia & CIS Banking and Finance Weekly January 29, 2010

 Russia & CIS Business and Investment Weekly January 29, 2010

> For further information: www.interfax.com

* International Centre for Policy Studies (Ukraine)

 Please find attached the January issue of Inside Ukraine.

The OSCE and other international observers have been unanimous in their conclusions: the first round of Ukraine’s Presidential election was both fair and transparent. Still, it’s not clear for what and why Ukrainian voters cast their ballots. What impact did the international community have on this election? How should the results be interpreted and are there any surprises in store? What could happen to change the situation between the two rounds? Last but not least, where are the hidden obstacles in the run-off?

> For further information: www.icps.kiev.ua/eng/

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

Atelierul avansat de studii iudaice de la Bucuresti impreuna cu Institutul Italian de Cultura “Vito Grasso”

Joi 4 februarie 2010 ora 17.00 Colegiul “Noua Europa” (Str. Plantelor, 21)

 Prof. Silvia Bignami Università degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Storia delle arti, della musica e dello spettacolo

Individual victims and collective remembrance:

Representation and the Holocaust in Austria, Germany and Italy

Respondents:

 Prof. Augustin Ioan,

 Asist. Mariana Nitu Universitatea de Arhitectura « Ion Mincu »

During the XXth century the traditional memorial has undergone a radical transformation, thereby attesting how memory can be perpetuated through new kinds of artistic interventions, which question the apologetic character that has always been historically typical of monuments. Under the definition of counter-monument (as James E. Young calls it) – some sort of anti-monument, or inverse monument – it is possible to include a few works which, in Germany and Austria, celebrate the tragedy of the Holocaust and constitute an a posteriori reflection on the Shoah. The Harburger Mahnmal gegen Faschismus ( 1986 -1993) and 2146 Steine (1993), both by Jochen and Esther Shalev-Gerz, together with Rachel Whiteread’s Memorial (1996- 2000), are a few exemplary realizations of this new typology, which start from the idea that the only "solid and heavy" memory is personal memory. Instead of working on the notion of celebration, they think that the artist has to evoke the terrible void left by the extermination. For what concerns Italy, the Monumento ai caduti – made between 1945 and 1955 by BBPR (Banfi, Belgiojoso, Peressutti, Rogers) at Cimitero Monumentale in Milan – can be a perfect example to question about the problem of individuality of the victims and collective character of the remembrance.

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

* Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Lubiana (Slovenia and Italy)

In allegato il programma di febbraio / v prilogi februarski spored.

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

* Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia)

Newsletter of January 29, 2010

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

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

 La grande zuffa

Dimissioni di membri del governo, ministri inguaiati in scandali, richieste di impeachment nei confronti del presidente della Repubblica. La Slovenia sta attraversando una fase politica molto confusa. Il premier Pahor fa il pompiere, il capo dell’opposizione Janša cerca di approfittarne

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 Etnopoli

La crisi politica in Bosnia Erzegovina nell’anno delle elezioni. Il bilancio del 2009 e l’analisi degli ultimi eventi. La condanna di Dayton da parte della Corte Europea per i Diritti dell’Uomo, la forza dell’etnopoli

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 Newsletter settimanale n. 4 dell’Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso

> For further information: www.osservatoriobalcani.org

* Polish Institute of International Affairs (Poland)

 Please find enclosed next issue of the Bulletin – “Presidential Election in Ukraine” by Łukasz Adamski.

After the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko increased her chances of defeating Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the Party of Regions, in the second round on 7 February, even though the odds by a slight margin are still in favor of the head of the opposition.

> For further information: www.pism.pl

* The Presidency of Russian Federation (Russia and Cis)

Daily news report of January 29, 2010

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

* Sarke (Georgia)

News in brief of January 28, 2010

> For further information: www.sarke.com

* Seenews (Bulgaria and Balkans)

 Daily news report of Albania (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Bosnia-Herzegovina (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Bulgaria (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Croatia (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Macedonia (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Moldova (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Montenegro (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Romania (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Serbia (January 29, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Slovenia (January 29, 2010)

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> For further information: www.seenews.com

* Transitions Online (Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia)

New at Transitions Online - January 29, 2010

 Top Stories:

1: Education: Class Struggle

2: Balkan Eye: The Brussels Syndrome

3: Economy: Struggle for the Soul of Romania\’s Chemical Giant

4: Society: Extremism Foretold

5: Conflict & Diplomacy: The Untended Patch in Europe\’s Garden

6: Conflict & Diplomacy: Protesting Puppets

 From the Archive:

Five years ago: Mysterious Mosques and Schools 10 years ago: Country Report: War, Intervention, and Anarchy

> For further information: www.tol.cz

* Uzreport (Uzbekistan and Central Asia)

Daily report of January 29, 2010

> For further information: www.uzreport.com