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Women, Men, Refugees, UFOs and the CIA: The Places Documentary Can Go at Sheffield Doc Fest 2013

Vivian Norris | Posted 06.18.2013 | Entertainment
Vivian Norris

Sitting down on the bus carrying us out through the stunning Darbyshire countryside to a cavern where we would watch an Opening Night film for the Sheffield Doc Fest, little did I know what the woman sitting next to me would come to represent for me.

Catskills Journeys: Guarded Memories of the Holocaust

Steven Kurlander | Posted 06.12.2013 | New York
Steven Kurlander

I have lived the Holocaust my whole life. Early on, my consciousness was considerably wrought by my relationship with my survivor mother, her often intense and destructive interactions with her family and the different ways she and they coped with their past.

Curating the Curators

John Feffer | Posted 06.03.2013 | Arts
John Feffer

There is an art to curation. Curators must not only choose the works for an exhibition, which involves making aesthetic judgments about "good" and "bad" as well as what fits together according to the exhibition's theme

One Insane Day in Albania. (Yes, Albania.)

Peter Mandel | Posted 05.08.2013 | Travel
Peter Mandel

Color is coming back to the now-independent free-market democracy. A bit of the Balkan Peninsula, it's only slightly larger than Maryland. But there's variety inside that space, including a mountain-studded interior and an unspoiled Adriatic coastline.

Diversifying the Arms Industry

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 04.26.2013 | World
Lia Petridis Maiello

In early April, the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York City adopted an international arms trade treaty (ATT) that is supposed...

Strawberry Fields in Blood

Justine Frangouli-Argyris | Posted 06.19.2013 | World
Justine Frangouli-Argyris

I feel shame, disgust and horror for what happened in New Manolada, Greece this week. I feel I must apologize for the Greek monsters who blindly opene...

Five Years of Kosova Independence

Rep. Eliot Engel | Posted 04.21.2013 | World
Rep. Eliot Engel

February 17 marked the fifth anniversary of Kosova's independence. It has been a honor and a pleasure to stand by the people of Kosova as they have moved from tragedy to triumph over the last 20 years. But the struggle is not yet over.

Balkan Soap Opera

Jasmina Tesanovic | Posted 04.08.2013 | World
Jasmina Tesanovic

Magnificent Century, the Turkish historical soap opera, has been renamed Suleiman the Magnificent for Serbian release. The relevance of this Turkish TV program couldn't be more obvious to a Balkan people striving to invade the Schengen Fortress of the European Union.

Hillary, Foreign Policy, and the all-American Superbowl

John Brown | Posted 04.06.2013 | World
John Brown

One false way to convince "people" the world over (including in our very own USA) that you're "doing something" when you actually have nothing to do/decide upon, is to be "on the move," with the complacent media, eager for any story, "reporting" on your "new initiative."

Strengthening the Middle Class in Emerging Democracies

Fron Nahzi | Posted 04.02.2013 | Impact
Fron Nahzi

The international aid community responds to familiar challenges, as they have for the past 20 years, with the same programs combining trainings and grants. One reason these programs have not yielded the intended results is that they have overlooked the importance of education.

OPEC's Massive $1 Trillion Haul in 2012 While Sowing Jihad

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.07.2013 | Business
Raymond J. Learsy

This torrent of money flowing into OPEC, especially into the Persian Gulf States, raises the question how this massive windfall is being put to use other than providing fresh capital for the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, as those of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

The Oracle of Belgrade

John Feffer | Posted 02.16.2013 | World
John Feffer

When I sat down with Sonja Licht in Belgrade in 1990, it was like visiting the Oracle at Delphi. And her predictions of the future were not bright at all.

Reconnecting the Balkans

John Feffer | Posted 02.12.2013 | World
John Feffer

In this interview, Vojko Volk talked about the challenges that Slovenia currently faces, particularly in the economic realm. On this issue in particular, he has had some second thoughts over the years.

The New Bulgarian Left

John Feffer | Posted 01.27.2013 | World
John Feffer

In the same way that the New Left in the United States distanced itself in the 1960s from the old-style Communist Party and its fellow travelers, this new left in Eastern Europe has taken pains to distinguish itself from the Communist Party politics of the Cold War era.

Reasons to Stay Together

Jasmina Tesanovic | Posted 01.05.2013 | World
Jasmina Tesanovic

Where is the good in the atomization of the world? In building walls, constructing differences, implementing ideologies, confronting religions, imposing control through language? We have plenty of experience of that.

Skopje Is Macedonia's Capital Of Kitsch

AP | By DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 12.31.2012 | Travel

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Winston Churchill is flashing his trademark victory sign from the rooftop of Macedonia's shining white new foreign ministry build...

Hearing The Balkan Blues

John Feffer | Posted 12.09.2012 | Travel
John Feffer

Later, I ran into Boris on the street. He pushed a cassette tape into my hands. "The Balkan blues," he whispered into my ear.

An Adventurer's Guide To Slovenia

Ariston Anderson | Posted 11.10.2012 | Travel
Ariston Anderson

Legend dictates that karst caves are where dragons are born. The best of these, the Postojna Cave, is only a short train ride away from Ljubjlana.

Baba Rexheb: A Balkan And American Sufi Saint

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 08.23.2012 | Religion
Stephen Schwartz

Sunday brought a distinctive commemoration of Muslim spirituality. The occasion was Baba Rexheb Appreciation Day, honoring an Albanian-born Sufi.

Revisiting the Clinton Doctrine

Robert Hardaway | Posted 08.19.2012 | Politics
Robert Hardaway

However one might feel about the Clinton presidency as a whole, one salient fact highlights his two four year terms in office -- namely that he never sent massive contingents of ground troops to deal with a perceived foreign threat.

Moving Beyond the Mafia State

Michael Busch | Posted 08.21.2012 | Politics
Michael Busch

Happily, political scientists and others have crafted a wide variety of analytical tools with which to understand the world of international politics. It's time to be smarter and more deliberate in applying them to the threat of transnational organized crime.

Kosovo: It's Business, Not Personal

Fron Nahzi | Posted 06.18.2012 | World
Fron Nahzi

Even under these dark rumors of Asanaj's complicity in illicit deals, the Kosovar public has demanded justice for his hideous death. They were looking for a compassionate face to a system that has failed them time after time.

Balkan Blood and Hollywood Honey

Jasmina Tesanovic | Posted 06.20.2012 | Home
Jasmina Tesanovic

In the Land of Blood and Honey is an honest , moving and completely true film: before this one, whenever a foreigner tried to say something about "my wars," it made me go wild with anger, no matter their attitude.

God Has Not Forgotten Sarajevo

Tihomir Kukolja | Posted 06.17.2012 | Religion
Tihomir Kukolja

I wonder if Jesus walks the streets of an imprisoned and wounded Sarajevo? I cannot help but love those dedicated volunteers of Adventist Development and Relief Agency. No doubt they are fulfilling Jesus' commission.

PHOTOS: Snow, Ice Coat The Balkans With Unworldly Beauty

AP | ALISON MUTLER | Posted 04.15.2012 | World

BUCHAREST, Romania — Snow as deep as 15 feet (4.5 meters) isolated areas in Romania, Moldova and Albania on Tuesday and turned a power plant in ...