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February 2006
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28.02.2006
The leadership of the Kosova Art Gallery (GAK) as a continuity of its requirement for the right over the building of former hotel “Union” which is located in the downtown of Kosova’s capital, yesterday (Monday) has placed a four meters cloth transparent with the text of the Regulation No.2003/13 - On the Transformation of the Right of Use to Socially Owned Immovable Property.
more...Related topics/regions: [Kosovo] [Governance] Image: Kosovo Art Gallery
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22.02.2006
The man who has been called "the Butcher of Bosnia" and "one of the world's most wanted men" is rumored to be close to arrest in Serbia. The Advocacy project, which works to support the widows of the Srebrenica genocide, offers insight into what happened ten years ago and what the town is like today.
more...From: Advocacy Project Related topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Bosnia] [Religion] [Justice and crime] [Conflict] Image: The Bosfam weaving center in Tuzla, Bosnia, supports widows of the Srebrenica genocide. © Advocacy Project
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21.02.2006
How would our winter olympians fare if the snow turned to slush, or vanished altogether? Watch some short film clips about the likely consequences.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Climate change] |
20.02.2006
“Grbavica”, a long feature film directed by young Bosnian directress Jasmila Zbanic, won the “Golden Bear” Award for best film at the Berlin Film Festival. Zbanic will arrive to Sarajevo today, while the Obala Art Centre and “Deblokada” Production Company announced great festivities “adequate to the success of the film”.
more...Related topics/regions: [Bosnia] Image: Jasmila Zbanic, "Grbavica" Directress
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17.02.2006
"Don’t complain, get up and change it." Ashtar Theatre director Iman Aoun, otherwise known as the ‘joker’, is inspiring groups in Ramalla and Jerusalem to act out their political views and thoughts, and to come up with alternative laws underlying the issues to submit to the government.
more...Related topics/regions: [Palestine] [Politics] [Law] |
17.02.2006
"A new energy source that can save the world from climate crisis and destruction has been discovered: yellow coal, the harnessed energy of human spite. But how long will it last, and what happens when people start to get happy?" openDemocracy presents the first English translation of Russian writer Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's darkly satirical short story, Yellow Coal, written in the 1920s, on how humans almost save the world from climate change.
more...Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] [Climate change] |
16.02.2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 16 (OneWorld) - Global warming watch out: Ice hockey fans are out to get you.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Sweden] [Italy] [India] [China] [Canada] [Austria] [Australia] [Environment] [Climate change] [Environmental activism] [Renewable energy] [United Nations] |
14.02.2006
V-Day Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls Continues to Expand in 2006
more...Over 1150 Colleges and Communities Stage V-Day Benefits of "The Vagina Monologues" In Locales from Dar Es Salaam to Charlotte, from Manila to Los Angeles, Over 2500 Events Taking Place this V-Day Season 2006 Corporate Sponsors Announced 2006 Theme "Vagina Warriors: The New Revolution" Celebrates New Activists and Places Global Spotlight to Bring Justice to 'Comfort Women' Related topics/regions: [Freedom of expression] [Activism] |
06.02.2006
The opening of the “Light” Project by Giorgio Adrrotta, young Italian artist, will mark the official opening of the Sarajevo Winter festival tomorrow in Sarajevo. The project will be presented on the face of the Parliament Building on Marijin Dvor.
more...Related topics/regions: [Bosnia] Image: Sarajevo Winter logo
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03.02.2006
Jeff Zimbalist wanted to make a film “about communities that succeed, that overcome great diversity.” He’s done it, reports Daniel Nelson.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [Narcotics] [Information & media] [Activism] Image: Anderson Sa, star of Favela Rising
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02.02.2006
A group of Roma non-governmental organizations, together with Erduan Iseni, Mayor of Shuto Orizari Municipality, and a group of Roma politicians believe that the “Shutka Book of Records” documentary, showing in “Kultura” Cinema in Skopje, is a direct insult and ridicules the Roma.
more...Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [Population] [Poverty] [Social exclusion] |
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