News
Kosovo Culture to Premiere in Vienna
A play by Jeton Neziraj, “Yue Madeline Yue,” is among the long list of Kosovo cultural highlights to feature at a Vienna festival later this month dedicated to Kosovo.
Kusturica Mini-Town Dismays Bosniak Campaigner
Bosniak rights campaigner Bakira Hasecic says building of Andric Grad forms part of a Serb drive to "finish off what they didn't complete in the war", that is, make Visegrad a truly Serbian town.
Visegrad Film Week Opens In Sarajevo
The Visegrad film week started in Sarajevo on February 20 showing 'The Battle for Warsaw 1920' by the Polish director Jerzy Hoffman.
Parade Wins Berlinale’s Audience Votes
The movie “Parade” by Srdjan Dragojevic won the Panorama audience award for the best fiction film at the Berlin international film festival which ended on February 19.
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Macedonian News Site Faces Threat of Boycott
Number of prominent pro-government media houses are demanding that the news aggregator TIME.MK removes their content from its news feeds.
Croatian Daily Vjesnik Goes Bankrupt
Zagreb pulls the plug on a once influential newspaper with roots in Tito's Partisan movement.
Thousands Attend Jolie Premiere In Sarajevo
The Sarajevo premiere of Angelina Jolie's Bosnian war film brought tears to her eyes.
Belgrade Honours Victims of 1990s Conflicts
A new monument under construction on Belgrade’s Sava Square will serve as a memorial to the victims of the 1990s Balkan wars.
Reviews
Picasso Ceramics in Belgrade
The new Belgrade exhibit "Picasso at the Côte d' Azur" presents (deservedly) lesser known ceramic pieces from the artist's later years.
Postmodern theater, Albanians and Serbs
While the political relationship between Serbs and Albanians may be in rough waters, a recent theatre production shows that artistic cooperation between the two groups is flourishing.
Online Media Revival
Rising from the ashes of Belgrade’s first ever Internet radio station, NOFM looks set to continue providing the same services to the people of Belgrade and beyond.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Boosts Winter Box Office
This Hollywood remake bucks the trend of seemingly certain cinematic failure.
Lugansky Delights the Kolarac
A recital by Russian superstar pianist Nikolai Lugansky merges technical brilliance with sensitivity.
Culture Policy Focus
Hilltop University ‘Threatens Ohrid’s UNESCO Status’
Prominent architects say plan to build a university in the heart of the town, called Plaosnik 2014, could jeopardise Ohrid’s place on UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites.
Banja Luka Residents Fear For Kastel’s New Look
Privatizing Albanian Castles Worries Heritage Experts
Serbia’s Ageing Ballerinas Stifle Young Dancer’s Hopes
Artists Long to Escape Kosovo Ghetto
Time Running out for Bosnia’s National Library
Slobodan Tisma: Last Man Alive
Music Falls Silent in Kosovo’s Schools
Crunch Time For Sarajevo’s Artistic Dream
Macedonian Artists Keep Silent Over Skopje 2014
Blog
New Universities in the Balkans: European visions, UFOs and Megatrends
It’s a stale (and wrong) cliché that the Balkans produce more history than they can consume (quote from Churchill). More recently, it seems like the Balkans are producing more universities than anybody could (or should) consume.
