Language
English
Transboundary environmental protection of the Adriatic
“The Adriatic is the final common destination of the waters of the entire region, and therefore it must be safeguarded with a common method and as a common good”. The CrossWater project looks at the two Adriatic shores and the sustainable management of water services A common, integrated and sustainable management of water services in all respects, from drinking water to wastewater, for the countries overlooking the two shores of the Adriatic. This is the objective of the CrossWater project, part of the Interreg cooperation programme between Italy, Albania and Montenegro financed by the Pre-Accession Instrument of the European Union with a budget of 5,5 million euros. On the...
From the Exodus to Naples: The Story of the “Refugee District”
In the 50s, a district of Naples welcomed hundreds of families who had become refugees following the Second World War. Among them, Istrian-Dalmatians, but also people from Rhodes, Smyrna, Corfu. The date of February 10th sparks a particularly heated debate every year, characterized by strong political opposition. This interview aims to tell an almost completely unknown story, which links the events of the repatriation of Italian refugees after the Second World War with those of a large city like Naples. Emilio Cocco, Professor of Sociology at the University of Teramo and Delegate of the Rector for relations with the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, and Pietro...
Valerio Di Donato tells The Flames of the Balkans
Love and war, past and present, alternate in a story that draws inspiration from the tragedies that have crossed the Balkans, tragedies that Ivan and Mirna's intense love story will try to find a way out of. A review Having retired after years of journalism as a correspondent for "Il Giornale di Brescia", Valerio Di Donato has put his experience to good use, especially that in the context of the war in the Balkans, to write a novel "Le fiamme dei Balcani", published by Oltre Edizioni, which tells a long bloody story that begins in Istria, in the years of the Second World War with the tragedy of the Istrian exodus and with the...
Sharing knowledge, to safeguard the Adriatic
“The candidate countries for EU membership work really hard, they are competent, but the experience of the partner institutions in the EU member states is invaluable”. When transnational networks help European integration and the environment. An interview In the European integration process of the Western Balkans, many groups, associations, institutions are involved at various levels thanks also to specific European programs. This is for example the case of the Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Montenegro, part of the ADRION HarmoNIA project. Can participation in EU-funded projects substantially facilitate the creation of transnational links that...
A novel in the Fiume tormented by the Ozna
Thanks to Diego Zandel's reviews, OBC Transeuropa readers can keep up to date with much of the fiction that is published in bookstores and is connected to the Balkans. But Diego is not only this, he is first and foremost a writer himself and a tireless cultural animator. We interviewed him on the occasion of the reprint of two of his novels. Both Operazione Venere and Crociera pericolo - recently published by Oltre Edizioni - are two re-editions of the novels published in the historic Segretissimo series by Mondadori and are part of the so-called Esperia trilogy. What does this vessel represent? I consider the two novels an "entertainment",...
Montenegro one year after the change of power
“The citizens are happy that Đukanović’s DPS has finally been removed from power, but they are not at all satisfied with the actions of Zdravko Krivokapić’s government. Time has shown that Krivokapić was not a happy choice to lead the first post-Đukanović government in Montenegro. However, it is always less worse to have the Krivokapić government in power than the Đukanović DPS regime, and only for this reason the current government continues to stand,” says Vladimir Pavićević, director of the Society for Political Research and Political Theory, in an interview with OBC Transeuropa, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the historic change of...
15 years of independence of Montenegro
Writer Đuro Radosavović, journalist Slavoljub Šćekić and civic activist Jovana Marović. We contacted them to reflect on the 15 years that have passed since Montenegro declared independence, which took place with the referendum of 21 May 2006. A missed opportunity, the opportunity of an entire generation hopelessly squandered. A feeling - 15 years after the referendum - widely spread among the people who contributed most to creating the conditions for Montenegro's independence in 2006. To paraphrase one of the most famous verses of the poet Branko Miljković, "independent Montenegro does not know how to sing like the partisans of independence...
Venice and the Dalmatian Islands
Preview from the OBC Transeuropa website some pages of a guide dedicated to the Republic of Venice - which will be released at the end of the year - first volume of the series "Extinguished countries - States disappeared" by Giovanni Vale - 19/10/2020 Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa The sea unites, the sea divides. This is the oscillation that characterizes the relationship between the two shores of the Adriatic over time. Croatia shares a very long season with the Serenissima. Istria and Dalmatia are part of the Republic for three, four, even five centuries depending on the location. Together they experience the rise, the wars with the Ottomans fought side by side, the decline and...
Croatia, tourism holds up but infections rise
Croatia seems to be paying for the tourist season that did not go so badly in July and August with a record number of coronavirus infections. In the meantime, people are thinking about how to go back to school on September 7. by Giovanni Vale - 25/08/2020 - Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa A new record number of infections was reached last weekend: 306 new cases were registered on Saturday, August 22, the highest number ever reported in Croatia since the beginning of the pandemic. To give an idea of the proportions, consider that during the so-called first wave of the coronavirus, between March and May, the number of infections had never exceeded one hundred. Furthermore, if we consider the number of infections on...
Adriatic Views: Time Travels
It is not on foot, nor by bike, nor even by boat that we are told about the Adriatic. This time, the pages of some literary works are used as a means of transport. Our exploration of the sea that unites continues by Fabio Fiori - 11/05/2020 - Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa In these long days of quarantine, space is closed to us, travel is denied us. For the first time in our lives we are paying for a confinement that was unimaginable only two months ago. Despite the news, which previously came from far away, and the facts, which immediately afterwards happened among us, should have immediately alerted us. Then I walked and pedaled carefree, I tacked...
1
2
