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A prominent Albanian intellectual argues that the country’s 20th-century founding fathers took a revolutionary step into the pre-Islamic, pre-Christian past.

by Artur Nura, published originally to Central Europe Review

The history of small nations and peoples passes through the doors of…

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Western media coverage and stereotypical Albanians

Published originally to Central Europe Review by Artur Nura

It is strange, but unfortunately true, that a segment of the international press is presently perpetuating a myth that all Kosovar Albanians - to say nothing of the Albanians of Macedonia and Montenegro - are gangsters, drug dealers and plot…

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Hold on to your hats everyone, I've got some good news:

 

The European Journalism Centre is proud to announce that it has received financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance journalistic coverage of issues related to global development and the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Therefore, in 2013 the EJC will implement a grants programme supported by the Gates Foundation.

 

The Centre will…

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Hey guys,

Just to let you all know, registration for the EU Health Prize for Journalists is open. The prize is awarded to stimulate high-quality journalism that raises awareness of issues related to healthcare and patients' rights. The prize highlights health policy initiatives contained in the "Europe for Patients" campaign.

This year's theme for the…

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For more information about the program, please visit the…

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Source: Maastricht Region blog, 11 March 2012

Maastricht and the Meuse-Rhine Euregion are one of the five Dutch candidates competing for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2018.



Last Wednesday, the first draft of the candidacy bid book and the main…

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A bomb has exploded outside a church in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria minutes after midnight on the New Year’s Eve, killing at least 21 and injuring 80. The event threatens to further enflame relations between Egyptian Muslims and the restive Christian Coptic community.

The explosion came just outside a major church in Alexandria and close to a masjid and an Islamic hospital nearby just as Egyptians celebrated the end of 2010 and the beginning of the New Year.

It is still… Continue

Below is a link to some information sent to me from a colleague on a call for action and support from citizens of Belarus against government suppression of peaceful protests. The independent media is specifically appealed to, so if you can do anything your help spreading this in your writings, Facebook, Twitter etc will be appreciated I'm sure.

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Here are the presentations given during the EJC's Europe 2020 conference for journalists.

In order of appearance:

• Gert-Jan Koopman, Director, DG ECFIN, European Commission, on Europe 2020:…

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