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* Albanianews (Albania, Italy and Kosovo)

 1 marzo

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:42 AM PST

La mattinata è calma, la gente comincia a confluire dopo mezzogiorno. Nei giorni scorsi si era parlato molto di sciopero. Sembra che chi lo deve fare ( sindacati, si fanno chiamare ) ha fatto l’orecchio da mercante e non si capisce bene che posizione hanno, o quanto meno se ne hanno uno. Qualche portavoce imbarazzato e imbarazzante ha farfugliato che a loro lo sciopero etnico non piace.

 Diamo voce agli stranieri

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 07:13 PM PST

Abbiamo ricevuto questa lettera dagli studenti del centro EDA di Chiari. Un contributo sulle ragioni del Primo Marzo che pubblichiamo volentieri, condividendone il contenuto.

> For further information: www.albanianews.it

* Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Bosnia and Balkans)

 Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Balkan Insight Daily No. 483, March 11, 2010

 Balkan Insight n. 230

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

* Belarus News and Analysis (Belarus and Cis)

9 new articles posted on March 11, 2010

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

* Central Asian News Service (Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia)

Daily news report of March 11, 2010

> For further information: www.ca-news.org * Civil Georgia (Georgia)

Daily news online of March 10, 2010

> For further information: www.civil.ge

* Council of the European Union (Belgium)

 Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council, on the commemoration of the restoration of Lithuanian independence (original version)

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

* Le Courrier des Balkans (France and Balkans)

Le Bulletin du Courrier des Balkans N° 700

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

* Crrc (South Caucasus)

CRRC E-Bulletin - March, 2010

 Western Academic Writing Workshop

Western Academic Writing: Getting Published in a Peer-Reviewed Journal workshop, conducted by the CRRC-Armenia Program Manager Jenny Paturyan, somewhat unexpectedly drew a large and engaged audience. The group of participants was fairly diverse: from inexperienced students to scholars with publication record. The general aim of the workshop was to provoke the participants into thinking about the western academic style, as it is reflected in written form. The participants received practical advice on writing structure and tone, useful tools, and sources of further information during the workshop. The participants had the opportunity to apply the new skills on the writing samples they had provided prior to the workshop. "I am glad to have a chance to participate in this workshop and hope that I will be able to better structure my master thesis with the skills I have gained." - said one of the participants. For more information about upcoming events in Armenia, click here.

 Selected upcoming events

Public Lecture: Multiculturalism in Education: A Look Inside, Yerevan, Armenia, March 11 - Dr. John McCarthy (ENG).

Orientation Training: CRRC and Its Services, Yerevan, Armenia, March 19 - Gohar Khachatryan (ARM).

Training: Research Proposal: How to Succeed", Yerevan, Armenia, March 25 - Hans Gutbrod (ENG).

 Research Fellowship in the United States!

CRRC announces the Carnegie Research Fellowship (CRFP) 2010-2011! Last year sic researchers from the South Caucasus were chosen to do their research for four months at various universities in the United States. The CRFP is a great opportunity for researchers from the region, allowing them to engage with the US academia. Find out how to apply here!

 CRRC Junior Fellows 2010 Highlights of the Month

The Caucasus Analytical Digest, Attitudes Toward the West in the South Caucasus, Therese Svensson and Julia Hon.

CRRC has launched its new Regional website! Updated websites for the country offices will be available shortly!

 Junior Fellowship: Azerbaijan Continues with the Successful Program

Would you like to do the best and hardest thing in your life? The CRRC-Azerbaijan office has announced the Junior Fellowship Program (JFP) which eventually will recruit five fellows for a paid apprenticeship. The JFP is designed to train young researchers to do high level social science research and policy analysis. The fellows will have the opportunity to work alongside CRRC researchers full-time, contributing to real research projects. They will receive trainings by international and local researchers on numerous topics such as regression analysis, statistical software packages, detecting data falsification, sampling, interviewing and survey design, facilitating focus groups, budget analysis and academic writing. The program is supported by the OSI Think Tank Fund in Budapest.

The basic design was developed and successfully implemented by the CRRC-Georgia office last year. This year, the four Georgian fellows that have been selected in a highly competitive and rigorous application process are Keti Chubinishvili (Sociology), Vazha Burduli (Law), Thea Goginashvili (Economics), and Elene Japaridze (Psychology).

CRRC is happy to have the new fellows on board and wishes a successful selection process to our team in Azerbaijan!

> For further information: Armenia www.crrc.am Azerbaijan www.crrc.az Georgia www.crrc.ge

* demosEuropa (Poland)

 Invitation to a debate "Eastern dimension of the EU policy. Challenges for the Polish EU Council Presidency"

18 March 2010 - Sheraton Hotel ul. B. Prusa 2, Warsaw

How does Poland define its role in the process of shaping the relations between the EU and the Eastern neighbors on the EU level? Which priorities does Poland want to set in this area during its Presidency in the European Council? Which aims should be reached? What kind of new possibilities for the development of the common Eastern Policy of the EU have been created since the Treaty of Lisbon came into force? What kind of signals for the cooperation between the top EU authorities and the rotating Presidencies have been sent during the first months of the Spanish EU Council Presidency?

demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy, Heinrich Böll Stiftung and Bertelsmann Stiftung cordially invite you to a debate on "Eastern dimension of the EU policy. Challenges for the Polish EU Council Presidency." with the key-note speech by Minister Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, Secretary of State for European Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Pirrka Tapiola, representative of the General Secretariat of the EU Council.

To register, please write to hbs@boell.pl or call +48 22 59 42 333.

Programme

18.00 - 20.00 "Eastern dimension of the EU policy. Challenges for the Polish EU Council Presidency"

Opening: Agnieszka Rochon, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warsaw

Key note speech: Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, Minister for EU Affairs, Poland

Comment: Pirrka Tapiola, General Secretariat of the EU Council, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Unit

Chair: Adam Balcer, Senior Fellow & "EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood" Project Leader in demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy

We invite you to join us for a glass of wine after the event.

Discussion will be held in Polish and English with simultaneous translation.

The participation in the event is free of charge

> For further information: www.demoseuropa.eu

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

 Procurement notices / Opportunities for suppliers, contractors and consultants worldwide:

Sakha (Yakutia) Republican MSDP GUP ZhKH, Russia

Sakha (Yakutia) Republican MSDP GUP ZhKH, Russia

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

Volga River Growth Fund, Regional

 Feature stories:

Increasing power generation in Baltics

> For further information: www.ebrd.com

* Ec Delegation BiH (Bosnia & Herzegovina and Belgium)

Klobuk border crossing officially opened - Zvanicno otvoren granicni prelaz „Klobuk”

> For further information: www.europa.ba

* Interfax (Russia and Cis)

Interfax Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama March 11, 2010

> For further information: www.interfax.com

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

 Va invitam cu placere la a doua SEARA ITALIANA organizata de Cercul de Studii Culturale Interdisciplinare al Studentilor Italienisti din Universitatea din Bucuresti in colaborare cu Editura si Librariile Humanitas - proiect sprijinit de Banca Intesa San Paolo.

 Siamo felici di invitarLa alla seconda SERATA ITALIANA organizzata dal Circolo di Studi Culturali Interdisciplinari degli Studenti Italianisti dell’Università di Bucarest in collaborazione con la casa editrice e le librerie Humanitas - progetto appoggiato dalla Banca Intesa San Paolo.

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

* Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga (Czech Republic and Italy)

TZ vystava Simonetti / Comunicato stampa mostra Simonetti

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

* Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia)

Newsletter of March 11, 2010

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

* Ministero degli Esteri (Italy)

Roma, 11 marzo 2010

Nel quadro della intensa attività diplomatica svolta dal Governo verso l’area balcanica occidentale, il Ministro degli Esteri Franco Frattini ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Vice Premier della FYROM, Vasko Naumovski, col quale ha avuto un lungo e cordiale colloquio.

Il Ministro Frattini ed il Vice Premier Naumovsky hanno ribadito l’eccellenza delle relazioni bilaterali nei vari settori. Da parte italiana si è assicurato il convinto sostegno ad una pronta apertura dei negoziati di adesione della FYROM all’Unione Europea. In questo ambito l’Italia auspica che possa essere superata quanto prima la questione del nome costituzionale della FYROM. La prospettiva europea della FYROM e degli altri Paesi dei Balcani Occidentali verrà ribadita al Vertice Ue-Balcani che, su impulso dell’Italia e della Spagna, si terrà a Sarajevo nel mese di giugno.

Da parte del Ministro Frattini è stato espresso l’auspicio che da parte del governo di Skopje possa giungere un convinto appoggio al rilancio dell’Iniziativa Centroeuropea.

> For further information: www.esteri.it

* The Moscow Times (Russia and Cis)

 News summary update of March 11, 2010

 Business update of March 11, 2010

 Conferences update of March 11, 2010

 Culture update of March 11, 2010

> For further information: www.themoscowtimes.com

* Nato (Belgium)

 Secretary General to visit Poland

The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will pay an official visit to Poland on Friday, 12 March 2010.

In Warsaw he will meet the President of Poland, H.E. Lech Kaczynski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski and Minister of National Defence, Bogdan Klich.

He will also deliver a keynote address at an international conference organised by the Centre for International Relations and Ministry of Defence (with support of the Public Diplomacy Division of NATO HQ) entitled: “NATO’s New Security Concept – Global, Transatlantic and Regional Challenges and Tasks Ahead”.

Later in the day, Mr. Rasmussen will travel to Bydgoszcz to meet the Commanders, staff and participants, including Afghan officers, of courses organised by the Joint Forces Training Centre (JFTC).

MEDIA ADVISORY

11.30 – Joint press conference of the Secretary General, Minister Sikorski and Minister Klich at the Royal Castle in Warsaw

> For further information: www.nato.int

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

 OSCE to meet in Minsk on land transport security

MINSK, 11 March 2010 - Participants in an OSCE meeting to be held next week in Minsk will discuss the challenges facing land transport security and initiatives to promote international railway transport as part of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum process.

The 15-16 March meeting is to prepare for the 18th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum that will be held from 24 to 26 May in Prague.

Speakers at the opening session include OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Goran Svilanovic, the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Kazakh Ambassador and OSCE Permanent Council Chairperson Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Valery Voronetsky and Belarusian Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Vladimir Dervenkov.

Journalists are invited to the opening session, set to be held from 9:30 to 10:30 on 15 March at Hotel Minsk, Nezavisimosti Avenue 11 (sixth floor). Journalists are also invited to a news conference set to be held at 10:30 in the adjacent lobby and to a panel debate to be held from 11:00 to 13:00. The concluding debate and closing statements, to be held from 16:30 to 17:30 on 16 March, also is open to the media. Journalists interested in interviewing participants are encouraged to contact Ruslan Urazalin or Jandos Asanov.

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 Press freedom promoter from Bosnia and Herzegovina named OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

VIENNA, 11 March 2010 - The 56 OSCE participating States appointed today Dunja Mijatovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.

Mijatovic was appointed for a three-year term that can be renewed once. She starts work in the Vienna-based office of the OSCE Representative on March 11, succeeding Miklos Haraszti.

"The appointment of Dunja Mijatovic as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media with unanimous consent of all participating States of the Organization is a testament to our common commitment to further progress in promoting the freedom of the media," said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakh State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev. "We wish Dunja Mijatovic success in this important job and call on all OSCE participating States to render her all needed support in her activities."

Mijatovic is an expert in media law and regulation. In 1998, as one of the founders of the Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she helped to create a legal, regulatory and policy framework for the media in a complex post-war society. She was also involved in setting up a self-regulatory Press Council and the first Free Media Helpline in South East Europe.

Since 2007 she has been Chairperson of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities - EPRA. She was the first non-EU Member State representative and the first woman to hold this post. Previously, she chaired the Council of Europe’s Group of Specialists on freedom of expression and information in times of crisis. During her Chairmanship, CoE Committee of Ministers adopted the Declaration by the Committee of Ministers on the protection and promotion of investigative journalism and Guidelines on protecting freedom of expression and information in times of crisis. As an expert on media and communications legislation, she has worked in Armenia, Jordan, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, Austria, Morocco and Iraq.

The Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media was established in 1997 to observe relevant media developments in OSCE participating States and to advocate and promote full compliance with OSCE principles and commitments in respect of freedom of expression and free media.

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> For further information: www.osce.org

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

 Oltre gli ostacoli

Per il regime di Ceausescu erano innanzitutto madri e "lavoratrici instancabili". Oggi, spesso ancora soggette a violenze in famiglia, le donne romene tentano di farsi strada in politica ed economia, superando gli ostacoli di una società ancora fortemente maschilista.

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 Na putu

L’ultimo film di Jasmila Žbanic, giovane regista bosniaca già Orso d’oro a Berlino con “Grbavica”. Sarajevo, l’amore tra un uomo e una donna, l’eredità della guerra e l’incontro con l’islam radicale.

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> For further information: www.osservatoriobalcani.org

* The Presidency of Russian Federation (Russia and Cis)

Daily news report of March 11, 2010

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

* Rai trasmissione Estovest (Italy)

In Lituania c’è un luogo che per i suoi abitanti è diventato un simbolo sacro, si tratta della "collina delle croci". Estovest, la rubrica della Tgr prodotta dalla sede Rai per il Friuli Venezia Giulia, in onda sabato alle 11.15 su Raitre, apre la puntata con un servizio di Andrea Vardanega e Renato Orso reazlizzato presso la città di Šiaulai, dove si trova una meta di pellegrinaggio in cui si ergono oltre 50 mila croci, piantate per devozione dai fedeli secondo un’usanza che nasce attorno alla metà dell’ 800. In epoca sovietica, sopravvivendo alle repressioni e ai continui abbattimenti delle croci, la tradizione si è via via rafforzata diventando il simbolo dell’identità nazionale lituana.

Estovest ritorna in Bosnia con un servizio realizzato nella base militare di Butmir, alle porte di Sarajevo. Enzo Ragone ha incontrato i militari italiani che, sin dall’immediato dopo guerra, hanno ricoperto un ruolo importante nel garantire stabilità e pace al Paese. Il contributo italiano oggi è quantificabile in 250 uomini, tra militari e carabinieri, tutti impegnati all’interno della forza multinazionale denominata "Eufor", a sostegno dell’operazione "Althea" promossa dalle Nazioni Unite.

Le telecamere di Estovest si spostano poi in Polonia. Gian Paolo Girelli e Renato Orso hanno incontrato Ignacy Skowron, oggi 95enne, caporal maggiore della fanteria polacca che, il primo settembre del 1939, era impegnato nel turno di guardia nella fortezza di Westerplatte. Alle cinque meno un quarto di mattina vide il primo colpo di cannone che segnava l’inizio della seconda guerra mondiale, una catastrofe che causò oltre 55 milioni di morti. Chiude la puntata un servizio dedicato all’imprenditoria italiana, che si trova sempre più ai vertici nei paesi del centro - est Europa. L’inviato Mario Refrigeri analizza, nel momento di crisi globale, lo stato dell’industria italiana che opera in Polonia, Romania, Moldova e Slovacchia. In Moldova, in particolare, le aziende italiane dallo scorso anno sono aumentate del 35 per cento.

Estovest è curato da Giovanni Marzini e Gian Paolo Girelli

> For further information: www.estovest.rai.it

* Rai trasmissione Levante (Italy)

Nuovo appuntamento con "Levante", la rubrica nazionale della TGR realizzata dalla redazione Rai di Bari a cura di Renato Cantore-Pino Bruno, in onda sabato 13 marzo alle 11.30 su Raitre. In questa puntata:

DOVE VA LA TURCHIA? di Ennio Remondino. Cosa accade in Turchia? E’ la domanda ricorrente della diplomazia internazionale. Numerosi ufficiali in carcere perché accusati di cospirazione contro il governo. E’ il regolamento di conti finale tra l’esercito laico e il partito islamico di maggioranza? Partita in corso e aperta ad ogni possibile sviluppo.

LA GRECIA IN SALDO di Annarosa Macrì. In Grecia la crisi economica sta avendo un impatto molto pesante sulla società. Basta fare un giro nella capitale, tra scioperi quotidiani, negozi deserti, cittadini scoraggiati. E’ anche una crisi di valori, dice a Levante il prof. Yangos Andreadis, dell’Università Panteion, perché la gente prima spendeva senza sapere quanto guadagnava.

SALUTE IN FIBRA OTTICA di Emiliano Cirillo. Dalla Romania all’Italia. Rete sanitaria telematica tra Timisoara, Motta di Livenza e Treviso. La collaborazione sanitaria internazionale nasce con l’obiettivo di fornire servizi sanitari ed assistenziali sia ai cittadini italiani che operano presso le aziende nazionali in Romania che a quelli rumeni che intendono avvalersi del supporto di personale medico italiano.

TRE VOLTE DIO di Nando Nunziante. Tre ricorrenze religiose per le tre grandi religioni monoteiste del Mediterraneo. Il Purim ebraico, le Ceneri cristiane e la nascita del Profeta dell’Islam. Tre volte Dio è un progetto per il dialogo tra popoli e culture separati dall’intolleranza.

"Levante" va in onda anche sul canale satellitare Rai Med, ogni giovedi’ alle 21.22 e alle 23.17. Rai Med e’ trasmesso in chiaro anche dalla piattaforma SKY, sul canale 804. L’intera puntata si può vedere sul sito Internet www.levante.rai.it

* Sarke (Georgia)

News in brief of March 10, 2010

> For further information: www.sarke.com

* Seenews (Bulgaria and Balkans)

 Daily news report of Albania (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Bosnia-Herzegovina (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Bulgaria (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Croatia (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Macedonia (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Moldova (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Montenegro (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Romania (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Serbia (March 11, 2010)

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 Daily news report of Slovenia (March 11, 2010)

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> For further information: www.seenews.com

* Uzreport (Uzbekistan and Central Asia)

Daily report of March 11, 2010

> For further information: www.uzreport.com

* Vest (Slovenia)

Daily update of March 11, 2010

> For further information: www.vest.si