"WAVE" No.5
March 2007


Editorial


Topic of the Issue

Globalized Mass Media

World Wide Radio and Mobile TV
Are you busy and run out of free time? Don't worry, you are living in the age of modern technologies, so you can watch your favorite football team and beautiful actress in the train, on your mobile phone, while you are travelling abroad. At the same time, you are able to listen to any radio station in the world if you just go surfing on the Internet, on your notebook computer, no matter whether you are in the office or in your car... >>


All different, all listening to the same radio station
Eur@dioNantes - the Euro-local Radio!

Europocket.tv
Interactive Young Europeans



Society

International Student Festival in Trondheim, ISFiT 2007
The biggest, the greatest, the coldest... the Best!
Around 500 participants gathered here, on a clear and sunny but very cold and windy weather, attended the lectures and workshops for ten days. So many people, so many nations, so many cultures... >>


Economics

Branding Croatia
The Mediterranean as it once was
In the course of 2007, the Croatian National Tourism Board will organise more than 100 country presentations abroad - campaign based on the motto: The Mediterranean as it once was. It would seem that Croatia's fate was predestined by her geographic characteristics. Within the small area Croatia encompasses the sunny Mediterranean, pre-Alpine mountains and the Pannonian Plains. It also possesses all the prerequisites for the further development of tourism: land of a thousand islands, well preserved nature, including 8 national parks and 10 nature parks, cultural and historical heritage with numerous cultural monuments... >>


Culture & Arts 

Behind the Red Carpet
Are the Oscars the Reflection of the Modern World Crisis?
Those who say that Oscars are completely insensitive and cold-blooded are so awfully wrong - Oscars committee is very sensitive, especially to the terrorism issues and perhaps that was the reason why this year nominated "Babyl", which slightly ironically showed what can be taken for the terrorism and made a couple of jokes on the famous "happy ending" thing, didn't win the award, because there are rules to be followed. The rules according to which the potential winner must be far from any political criticism of the god-blessed country America, in case there is violence in the film there shouldn't be the dirty details of the fights and bruises must be harmonically placed on the face and perfect oiled body of the character, at least one of the protagonists must be sexy and attractive, there must be some villain absolutely deprived of any positive traits and there must be some dramatic and insoluble problem... >>

Belgrade International film festival
The Last Frame for 35th FEST
The winner of the first competition in history of the festival - "Europe out of Europe" is a movie - "To get to Heaven first you need to die!" Award to this Tajikistan movie by Djamshed Usmonov was given - "for its original characters and seductive performances, and a story which takes us on a journey that's never predictable, but always convincing"....>>


Science & Tech

Careful with the sun
Tanning is natural?!
People think that exposure to UV radiation in tanning salons is less harmful, because you can control it. Lamps in tan beds usually produce UVA radiation. As we can see UVB is more dangerous, but that doesn't mean that this type of tanning is safe. Tanning indoors damages your skin. Overexposure to these rays can cause eye injury, premature wrinkling of the skin, and light-induced skin rashes, and can increase your chances of developing skin cancer... >>


Sport

5th Snowboard Euro Cup
Big Air
More than 50 competitors from Finland, Bulgaria, Slovenia and many other countries presented amazing show during two days' competition in two disciplines: "Big air" (jumps) and "Slop style" (combination of jumps and riding on banister)... >>


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