Freedom of Speech in Kosovo

Anonymous death threats address at Jeta Xharra and to her team of journalists from the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) have raised new concerns about the dependence of Kosovo’s media on a newborn political and business elite.

The threat followed the television show ‘Jeta në Kosovë’ (Life in Kosovo) produced by BIRN journalists, on government control over media outlets and the links of former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) to organ trafficking of Serbian and Albanian prisoners of war.

Greece is becoming a garbage bin for migrants and it does so with European consent. It is high time to react.

By Apostolis Fotiadis

High Commissioner António Guterres has asked some days ago the European Commission to consider convening a meeting between Italy, Malta, Libya, UNHCR and other relevant partners to work on a joint strategy for a better  response to irregular migration across the Mediterranean, following Italy’s recent  ‘push-backs’ to Libya.

But while Italy is being internationally chastised for the refoulement of refugees that effectively annuls the country’s responsibilities arising from international treaties, most notably the Geneva convention, neighboring Greece is building up a state sponsored persecution of irregular migration which has so far got away provocatively unnoticed.

International Women’s Day – Demo for Solidarity with Kuneva organised in Sofia

An Anatomy of Greek Nationalism: Reconsidering the Historical Context.

By Apostolis Fotiadis

The study of Greek nationalism is confronted by a dual problem. Not only the complexities of social change in the Balkans  make it a difficult topic, but also the historical re-appropriation of it have alternated its original features several times. Consequently the students of this social, historical and political force have to study it both as the motive force and the subject matter of historical necessities. Furthermore, Greek nationalism exists at once in both conditions. It influences historical evolution and is influenced from the products of its impact. It is possibly this strong connection which reflects better than any other the ability of nationalisms to appear as self-perpetuated forces.

Re: Toilets in Eastern Europe

 

Pass through this city, quickly, in the dark.

Its 4 in the morning. Snows falls, blankets of snow fall and cover the city. The bus reaches the outskirts and starts turning in the empty streets. The Serbian driver speeds up. The little Bosniak and her French boyfriend are still asleep. The city is also sleeping. No light in the windows, no shops open, no pedestrians walking the streets. Perfect conditions for someone to look carefully for the ghosts of the city before the day push them back in their nest.