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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Jamil Karzai – Politician and Parliamentarian of Afghanistan…

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“Jibon je katiachhey Banglay, charidike Bangalir bhir

Bohudin kirton bhasan gaan rupkatha jatra panchalir

Norom nibir chhandey jara aajo sraboner jibon gongay,

Amare diechhey tripti…”

Jibanananda Das, the esteemed modern poet of Bangla literature, wrote those lines in his poem Jedin Saria Jabo, in which he…

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Panic gripped both the stated owned and private media in Ghana over constant accusations of bias reports on political activities towards the December elections.

While the ruling government was battling with Multi media group, the opposition New Patriotic Party is accusing Ghana broadcasting Corporation (GBC) of bias reports. The station according to the opposition who had since petitioned the national media commission and the management of GTV complained that 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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For separation of men and women we need two of each, two parliament two national council…

I hate to call myself as an Afghan as a vandalist as a discriminator and as a cruel, Afghanistan Islamic Council the first and high Islamic Council in Afghanistan call women as a pet to men under the hidden words, and order them that they can’t go anywhere without the ancestors. Afghanistan a country surrendered by bad tradition as always now…

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Francis Npong, Accra…

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Interesting debate developed out yesterday in the…

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Another 8 days old year is here. The one we adored recently with funfair, while we were soaked with whiskys, beer, chicken and sea foods we also went on shopping spree buying from toys to gift cards and chocolates.

Well i dont know how you welcomed 2012 and good bye 2011, some did this by spending at least half of their total savings on food and drinks, toys and gift cards but i did it with care, reflecting on how i will hope not to carry over old characters to the new…

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Major donors especially USA and UN must move fast and save the situation in South West Somalia where residents are facing food and water crisis. Without the quick intervention of international community, the situation is turning from worse to worst. My visit to the region yesterday found that NGO like International Community Empowerment and Pastoralists Education Programme (ICE-PEP) are doing a lot in the region , but is overwhelmed by the dire humanitarian situation.

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A year after setting up Journalism in Crisis Coalition, JiCC has a new home on the web.

 

Very much a work in progress, EJC members can get a (... very early ...) preview of the site taking shape at…

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Al Jazeera Journalists Publish their Testimonies in a Book contradicting the BBC version of the attack on the ‘Mavi Marmara’



By Iqbal Tamimi



The BBC Panorama report ‘Death in the Med’ covered by Jane Corbin met an extensive criticism for its clear bias in favour of the… Continue

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I would like to share a blog post I wrote on my personal site after reporting from the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California.



I saw there how so many traditional media outlets are not embracing the concept of collaboration and failing to utilise the full potential of the Internet. It's most disturbing to see the gap between what journalism… Continue