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Dancing Alexander-style, Down Under

15 March 2010 | By Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

Sinisa-Jakov Marusic The issue of national identity is taken seriously by Balkan people – including the least serious among them.



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Dodik: Division of Kosovo is Only Solution
15 March 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

The prime minister of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said that the division of Kosovo is the only viable solution that could be acceptable for both Serbs and Kosovo Albanians.

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Athens-Skopje Talks “Focus on Name Alone”
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The Athens-Skopje name talks are focused only on finding a mutually acceptable name, Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas told Macedonian media on Sunday.

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Hazim Lozic, a Prosecution witness at the trial of Vinko Kondic, Bosko Lukic and Marko Adamovic, says he was questioned and abused by soldiers in the Public Safety Station premises in Kljuc in June 1992.

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Femfest Kicks Off In Macedonia

Skopje | 29 June 2009 |
 

The Femfest art and music festival dedicated to women kicks off today in the Macedonian capital Skopje and in the town of Prilep.

Female-only and mixed bands from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Macedonia will take part in the festival.

Bands and artists such as Graham Young, Bernasy Propaganda, Fighting Windmills, Sludge and DJ VEGA Umka from Macedonia, Z/burka from Croatia, My Name is Ann from the Czech Republic, Lira Vega from Serbia will perform.

Workshops dedicated to breaking taboos and discussing problematic issues will also be held. 

Themes often ignored by the society - such as family violence, discrimination of women in Macedonia’s labor market, beauty ideals and myths and the position of Roma women in Macedonia - will be discussed.

The festival will run through Friday.

(Reporting by Sinisa-Jakov Marusic)



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