It has been a very hectic time in the region of the Western Balkans. Usually winter months are pretty quiet and full of various religious and family holidays. However, this year a lot has happened.
Let's list the most relevant to our mission - mission of understanding the Balkans in the context of European framework.
On January 22nd 66% of Croatian citizen voted "for" accession to the EU on the national referendum.Read more about current Croatia - EU relations by following this link EuropeanCommisionOnEnlargment
On February 1st the ratification of Croatia's EU accession treaty by the Parliament of the Slovakian Republic has happened. Slovakia was the first EU member which ratified Croatia’s accession treaty.
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Crotia Vesna Pusić attended on January 31,2012 in Belgrade an informal meeting of foreign ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), held as part of Serbia’s presiding of this regional initiative. Read more about it:
http://www.mfa.hr/custompages/static/hrv/templates/_frt_Priopcenja_en.asp?id=7236
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=02&dd=01&nav_id=78565
And Aleksandar Hemon, a famous Bosnian-American fiction writer, wrote and published a new story about Bosnia and Hercegovina - National Subjects - Podanici naroda. One more great piece of writing and analysis of situation in Bosnia.
And last, but not the least important news comes from Melbourne, Australia. Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player, wore down Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis. Read more
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=01&dd=29&nav_id=78533
or
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/29/146053852/djokovic-wins-australian-open-in-longest-final
P.S. Our posting this week included articles on Vesna Pusic, present Foreign Minister of Croatia, and a former guest lecturer to our program. We also have two links from B92, an independent media house, whose director and co-founder, Sasa Mirkovic, has also been a frequent guest lecturer to our program.
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