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Landmine-Sniffing Bees

suzannesmom wrote 3 hours ago: You never know what curiosity is going to turn up on AndrewSullivan.com, which is why I am a paying … more →

Tags: andrew sullivan, Bees, Bombs, Bosnia, Croatia, de-mining, Detection, Landmines, Nikola Kezic

Barrier for Women Seeking Asylum [Take Action]

MarcClimaco wrote 5 hours ago: A teenage victim of trafficking and rape from the Balkans applied for asylum thirteen months after c … more →

Tags: Human Rights First action alerts, Asylum, Human Rights, Immigration reform, Politics, Refugee, refugee law, Refugees, Senate

MY TRAVEL DIARY: Sarajevo - that one photo @ Sarajevo History Museum

{p}.haque wrote 9 hours ago: DAY 4 [29082011] the SALAD dunn-ıt. down and (almost) out. Over activity in the abdominal cavity. So … more →

Tags: My Musing, Europe Travel Diary, Travel Diary, Heritage, Europe, Sarajevo, BÓSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, History, War

Reminder: TechCrunch Is Hitting The Balkans In Less Than A Month

John Biggs wrote 11 hours ago: Dobro jutro, zdravo, and pozdravi, friends! In an effort to spread the good word about TC to the res … more →

Tags: Europe, TC, meetups

18 June 2013 – DECISION REVIEW

annarmumford wrote 12 hours ago: Court/Tribunal: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Decision Title: Public Red … more →

Tags: Decision Review, Fair trial/Accused's rights, ICTY

Welcome to Montenegro11 comments

Lucy Dodsworth wrote 12 hours ago: There are plenty of destinations that hold long-term spots on my travel wish-list. Places where I … more →

Tags: Travel Tales, Adriatic Sea, Europe, Mediterranean, MONTENEGRO, Travel

KOSOVO’S COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

damjanbnz wrote 1 day ago: This article was written in English for the Kosovar web-magazine Kosovo 2.0. You can find it transla … more →

Tags: Football, independence and autonomy, International recognition, Non-FIFA, Albania, Champions League, FIFA, flag of Kosovo, GIBRALTAR

Mingling Over Macedonian Wines: A Wine Tasting & Lecture in Skopje8 comments

Tricia A. Mitchell wrote 1 day ago: A Macedonian legacy of winemaking goes back to the 13th Century BC, and today the southeast European … more →

Tags: Food and Wine, Travelogues, Europe, Macedonia Experience, Macedonian wine, press trip, Skopje, Travel, Wine

Adventures in the Unnamed Country

duncanflfh wrote 2 days ago: In this installment of the increasingly irregular summary of my now distant Balkan tour, we turn to … more →

Tags: Travel (2), Propaganda, MACEDÓNIA, Greece, naming, FYROM, Museums

The one where Sam heads to Eastern Europe…1 comment

thellamafarmer wrote 2 days ago: I am happy to announce that I will be returning to the blogging sphere for the next three and a bit … more →

Tags: Travel, Europe, Croatia, Eastern Europe

The Two Bridges

lucassokolsky wrote 2 days ago: Obviously, the joys of traveling around the Balkans are plentiful; lush scenery, fresh food, friendl … more →

Tags: Travel Philosophy, Travel, Croatia, bridges, differences, Bosnia and Herzegovina

What do greek anarchists do on sunday? Answers to that and other questions found here.

Swashbuckler wrote 3 days ago: When you hear from multiple people how terrible a city is that you plan to go to how do you react? I … more →

Tags: adventure, Travel Ideas, @ vacation, Travel, Greece, Pentelic Marble, Erechtheion, jean shorts, fanny packs

May, in photos

arielbloomer wrote 3 days ago: My school held a festival of languages, which started out with some traditional music. One of the or … more →

Tags: Fulbright, Smolyan, Travel, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe

The Ottoman and the Atheist (A 19th Century Riddle)

thecheesewolf wrote 3 days ago:   Between the trees a light breeze blew, A gentle ripple shivered leaves. It seemed the trees h … more →

Tags: Poems of Movement and Belief, Asia, Breeze, change, Empires, Europe, History, identity, Metaphor

A Balkan Street Scene1 comment

thecheesewolf wrote 3 days ago:   For several years the street seemed old, The tired shopfronts never changed. They clung nosta … more →

Tags: Poems of Movement and Belief, aging, change, Changing, Decay, Ljubljana, Loss, Passing, Poem

Clinton and Syria, part 2: on Bosnia and Kosovo

fasteddie9318 wrote 4 days ago: Following on from my earlier post, let’s talk about Bosnia and Kosovo, Clinton’s shining … more →

Tags: America, Fuck Yeah!, furriners, historyzzzzzzzzzzz, History, middle east, Syria, Bill Clinton, Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ajvar

Noëlle Janaczewska wrote 4 days ago: ‘There was a clean kitchen with tin pots and pans, strings of garlic hanging from the rafters, a nea … more →

Tags: Ajvar, Capsicum, the tiger's wife, Lesley Chamberlain, paula wolfert, Newcastle, NSW, turkish influence, peppers, Yugoslavia as was

Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves16 comments

belgradestreets wrote 4 days ago: “I’ll take your part When darkness comes And pain is all around Like a bridge over troub … more →

Tags: weekly photo challenge, Architecture, belgrade, belgradestreets, Black and White, kalemegdan, mono, Monochrome, Photography

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Crossroads and Contrasts

Nina wrote 4 days ago: After spending a week in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s wealthier, more tourist-oriented neighbor and cros … more →

Tags: european union, BÓSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, Croatia, ethnicity, herzegovina, Mostar, Nationalism, neretva


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