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WEBIn 30 of Europe's biggest cities, streets named after women make up only 9 per cent of the streets dedicated to individuals. The imbalance has started to narrow in some places, but progress is too slow: at this rate, it would take centuries to really close the gap.
Caucasian Knot - OBC Transeuropa
WEBMay 14, 2009 · Only full-fledged cooperation between international, local and national partners will make a real differences in the Caucasus. Osservatorio met Grigory Shvedov, the editor-in-chief of 'Caucasian Knot,' the largest news outlet dealing with the region, to talk about freedom of the media, the role of international organisations in the Caucasus and ...
Macedonian journalist Zoran Bozinovski must be released
WEBJul 24, 2007 · This publication has been produced within the project European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, co-funded by the European Commission.The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso and its partners and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.
Mostar: the Old One, twenty years later - OBC Transeuropa
WEBFeb 23, 2010 · On November 9th, twenty years ago, the artillery of the Bosnian Croat army destroyed the Mostar Bridge, a treasure of Ottoman architecture and one of the symbols of Bosnia and Herzegovina. People reacted on instinct to the news
Timişoara, 1989: the days of the revolution - OBC Transeuropa
WEBMay 22, 2009 · Ioan Savu used to work in a detergent factory in Timişoara. On the 16th of December of 1989 he took the streets with thousands of fellow citizens. Four days later he was in front of a disbelieving Romanian Prime Minister to demand free elections and Ceauşescu's resignation. A life and a revolution.
Femicides in Turkey: a film honours Bergen, the "Woman of Sorrow"
WEBApr 11, 2013 · The film “Bergen ” was released in Turkey on March 4. It tells the life story of singer Bergen, played masterfully by actress Farah Zeynep Abdullah. The film shows the singer’s transformation from a promising cello player to Turkey’s “Woman of Sorrow,” as her nickname has it.
The "homo georgicus", the oldest European man - OBC Transeuropa
WEBNov 9, 2011 · The oldest human remains found outside the African continent are in Dmanisi, Georgia, and date back to 1.8 million years ago. It is the homo georgicus, a hominid species which, by evolution, seems to be intermediate between the homo habilis and the homo erectus. The discovery was possible thanks to the steadfastness of the Georgian researchers, along with international archeologists, including ...
The last farewell to Djordje Balasevic, the Pannonian sailor
WEBFeb 24, 2010 · Djordje Balasevic (11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021), the greatest Yugoslav singer-songwriter, is gone forever. Almost all of former Yugoslavia joined in grief: Zagreb, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Skopje, from Vardar to Triglav
What future for Koper's port - OBC Transeuropa
WEBAug 4, 2017 · Slovenia's only port, the Port of Koper (Luka Koper) has record sales every year and traffic continues to grow. Envied by the great powers and by the landlocked countries of Central Europe; continuously challenged by its main rival, Trieste
What will the Euro effect be in Croatia? - OBC Transeuropa
WEBAug 9, 2012 · (Originally published by the portal H-Alter within our project EDJNet ). Right after the latest parliamentary elections in July 2020, Croatia, along with Bulgaria, entered the EU exchange rate mechanism (ERM-II), generally considered a waiting room for …
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