Macedonia observes Revolutionary Struggle Day
On October 23rd Macedonia observed the Day of Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle. On this day in 1893, Dame Gruev, Hristo Tatarčev, Petar Pop Arsov, Anton Dimitrov and Hristo Botandžiev formed the...
View ArticleSlovenian Public Opposes Real Estate Tax
As the Slovenian National Assembly prepares to fast-track the law on real estate tax, a broad popular initiative has formed threatening the Government with drastic repercussions if the bill is passed…...
View ArticleNo More Joking Around, Croatia on the Verge of EDP
According to the latest Eurostat figures the Croatian budget deficit for 2012 has exceeded 5%, making it clear that the newest EU member will be entering the Extensive Deficit Procedure. According to...
View ArticleLifetime President’s Choice
Whatever else one may say about him, Josip Broz was anything but your run-of-the-mill communist dictator. As Yugoslavia came to represent a safe haven of sorts from the divisions of the cold war era,...
View ArticleThe Belgrade Waterfront: (Finally) Take Me to the River
After decades of speculation, ‘Beograd na vodi’ (‘Belgrade on Water’) could be the city’s next biggest development and a major step towards a more modern ‘urban’ identity. Indeed, the old adage ‘On the...
View ArticleKosovan Elections a Mixed Success
The local elections held in Kosovo on November 3rd remain steeped in controversy. Though PM Hashim Thaci declared the elections a success and proof of the country’s democratic maturity, the violent...
View ArticleOpposition Calls For Bratušek’s Resignation
Given the European Commission’s projections of Slovenia’s economic growth dropping by 2.7% in 2013, and also by 0.1 per cent expected in 2014, this would make the country the only Eurozone member...
View ArticleReferendum on the Definition of Marriage to be Held in Croatia
Croatian Parliament is discussing the referendum on the constitutional definition of marriage put forward by the conservative initiative ‘In the Name of Family’. The Initiative, supported by the...
View Article‘Lavender, Dormice and a Donkey Named Mercedes.’
We hardly need say anything more…’Round Ireland with a Fridge’, ‘Notes from a Small Island’, and so on…the genre of humorous travelogue of foreign countries through the eyes of visitors is a...
View ArticleFaithless Rock Zagreb
As a part of a two day festival on Zagreb’s Šalata open air venue (i.e. Hockey Club Medveščak ice ring) the legendary English trip-hop band Faithless, fresh from the Exit Festival in Novi Sad, shared...
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