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15 May 13

Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro Fail to Qualify for Eurosong

All Balkan contestants in the semi finals on Tuesday failed to qualify for Eurosong. Macedonia and Albania are still hoping they will qualify on Thursday show in Malmo.

Latest Culture and Lifestyle News

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15 Jun 10

Tito's Bunker Open For Art

Built to withstand a 20 kiloton nuclear explosion, the bunker of the late Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito, located near the Bosnian town of Konjic, has found quite a different role more than thirty years after it was built - as host to the Biennale of Contemporary Art, D-O ARK Underground.

 

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18 May 10

'Days of Sarajevo' Festival Kicks Off In Belgrade

The 4th annual ‘Days of Sarajevo’ festival in Belgrade kicks off tomorrow, presenting a programme packed with concerts, exhibitions, panel discussions, theatrical performances and more and aiming to encourage communication and help build new relationships between young people from Bosnia and Serbia.

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17 May 10

Balkan Museums Open Doors for Global Celebration

Museums across the Balkans kept their doors open into the wee hours of Saturday as they celebrated "The Night of Museums", an event held throughout Europe to celebrate International Museum Day.

17 May 10

Joksimovic Sweeps Balkan Music Awards

Serbian singer Zeljko Joksimovic won the top prize at the first Balkan Music Awards presented in the Bulgarian capital Sofia late Sunday night.
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10 May 10

Spirit of Japanese Martial Arts in Sarajevo

The National Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo has opened an exhibition entitled "Spirit of Budo: History of Japanese Martial Arts".

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21 Apr 10

Regional Conference on Culture Held in Skopje

A regional cultural conference dubbed “The Balkans, Media and Culture – Time for Change” was held on Tuesday in Skopje and marked the start of the forthcoming three-year project: Balkan Initiative for Cultural Cooperation, Exchange and Development, BICCED.
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15 Apr 10

Regional Culture Conference Kicks off Next Week

A regional conference on media and culture in the Balkans will be held next week in Skopje as part of a three-year project called “Balkan Initiative for Cultural Cooperation, Exchange and Development" - BICCED.

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18 Feb 10

Creation of 'One Language for All Slavs' Underway

Dutch translator Jan van Steenbergen has been working for five years with a group of people on creating a language which all Slavs speakers can understand.
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18 Feb 10

Bosnian Film 'On The Path' Tonight at Berlinale

On The Path, the latest film by Sarajevo director Jasmila Zbanic, will be shown tonight at the 60th annual Berlin Film Festival.

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16 Dec 09

Bosnian Film to Compete at Berlin

A new film by Bosnian writer-director Jasmila Zbanic “On the path” will have its world premiere at the 60th annual Berlin Film Festival, where it will compete for the prestigious Golden Bear award, the film producers announced.

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03 Nov 09

Balkan States Work Together on UNESCO Bid

Four countries that emerged from the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s pledged to work together on preparing a nomination that will give their medieval tombstones known as 'stecci' a place on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
28 Oct 09

Dodik Imposter Arrested in Serbia

Police in Serbia have detained a man who posed as Republika Srpska Premier Milorad Dodik to solicit funds from individuals and firms in neighbouring countries. 
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27 Oct 09

Sarajevo's Annual Theatre Festival Closes

Sarajevo’s longest-running annual theatre festival, MESS, closed early Tuesday after ten days of performances, roundtables and public debates.
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13 Oct 09

Sarajevo Snowed In

The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, awoke to traffic and communication paralysis on Tuesday due to the year's, surprisingly early, first snowstorm.
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21 Aug 09

Sarajevo Film Festival Wraps

The 15th Sarajevo Film Festival has closed with the awards ceremony and showing of Mickey Rourke's latest film, The Wrestler.

Politics and Society

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20 May 13

Bosnia Court Freezes Kelmendi's Assets in Sarajevo

Bosnia's state court froze the assets of alleged Balkan narco-boss Naser Kelmendi, while prosecutors said they will investigate whether his property was bought with drug money.

Culture Policy Focus

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01 May 13

Turks Bewitch The Balkans With Their Addictive Soaps

Turkish soaps have replaced Latin American shows as must-sees for many TV viewers in the Balkans - tapping into nostalgia for a system of family values that people in the region have lost, and lament. 

Business

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07 May 13

IMF Nods Through €39 Million For Bosnia

The International Monetary Fund approved a tranche of 39 million euro for Bosnia under a two-year stand-by arrangement which aims to bolster fiscal stability in the country.