Highlight

Debate and raising awareness on violations of press freedom in 11 countries have been the aims of the 12 European partners engaged until last January in the project "Safety Net for European Journalists", led by OBC and cofunded by the European Union and the Autonomous Province of Trento.

On January 28th we presented the closing event at the European Parliament during the seminar entitled "Je suis Charlie. Media Freedom in the EU and SouthEastern Europe". All audio-files of the speeches can be found here .

Here the analytic report "Building a Safety Net for European Journalists" by Eugenia Siapera, professor of Dublin City University and the handbook for threatened journalists "Safety Net Manual" published by SEEMO (both free downloadable)

18th of May

18/05/2012 -

Skiing in Bosnia-Herzegovina? Why not! A ski-touring trip on the Visočica massif, led by Edin Durmo from Scorpio and our inexhaustible Massimo Moratti. Go to the video

6th of April

06/04/2012 -

OBC is media partner of a conference on multiculturalism & EU integration organised by the association Bourgogne Balkan Express. An event consisting in debates among youth representatives of French and Balkan civil society moderated by experts, to take place on 16-17th April in Dijon, France

30 marzo

30/03/2012 -

16 March

16/03/2012 -

OBC in the Economist

"Eastern approaches", blog by Tim Judah on the web pages of The Economist, has just published a videoclip by OBC journalist Davide Sighele titled "Albania: Oil". A multimedia production based on fascinating archive documents that come from the 'Franco Tagliarini Archive'. "It is another great insight into Albania's past. The Osservatorio is an excellent resource for Balkan and Caucasus affairs", writes Tim Judah.

2 marzo 2012

01/03/2012 -

Just Out

'Organic Balkans. Stakeholders, policies, and institutions: a regional perspective'.
In the Balkans things are moving in terms of rural sustainable development and certification of heritage foods. But what's going on in the field of organic production? Find out in ORGANIC BALKANS, the latest book by OBC. The publication can be requested for free at segreteria@balcanicaucaso.org, clicked on online or downloaded as a pdf.

13/01/2012 -

Video! Albania, Italy and energy issues. This week a multimedia production based on fascinating archive documents, first ever published.

16/12/2011 -

In the last weeks OBC has produced a comprehensive dossier on Organic Farming in the Western Balkans (also available online in Italian and Bchs) and an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of Domestic Violence in the same area.

The OBC team would like to take the opportunity of this last newsletter of 2011 to wish you happy festivities and enjoyable reading.

18/11/2011 -

The Balkan Great Outdoors

Not scared of exerting yourself? No worries about vertigo? Happy to spend a whole day hiking with a rucksack on your back?

Virtual trips for the readers of our website, as real as ever for those who decide to take part!

The first episode of our new dossier 'Outdoor Balkans', with more too come soon – keep an eye on this space!

15/07/2011 -

KINOSTUDIO

Artan Puto, born in 1969, is a university professor; however, people in the streets still recognize him as the star of Tomka and his friends, one of the most popular children’s movies of Albanian cinema. An unusual point of view on today’s Albania and on the changes which took place in this country. A documentary film by Micol Cossali and Davide Sighele, now available in streaming

25/02/2011 -

New! Paolo Martino, journalist of Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, won the Italian section of the Eu Journalist Award - Together against discrimination, with his reportage "Moussa Khan". Mussa Khan is a muhajir, a refugee, seeking a safe place to live. His story is one of many of young Afghans trying to reach Europe to ask for asylum.