|
"WAVE" No.15
January 2008
Editorial
Topic of the Issue
European Union "under reconstruction"
Lisboa lead out the
deadlock
The Lisboa Treaty officially signed on 13th December is intended
to enter into force on 1st January 2009. It contains a simplified mechanism
to adopt EU legislation and extend the Commission's competences to new
areas such as judicial co-operation. But the lack of transparency can
be the cost for the consensus and the text can be largely unreadable
to the average citizen... >>
European Union-Africa, Youth Summit
Youth
ask for the 'Eurafrican' Erasmus
The Youth Summit EU-Africa came to the end after three days of work
- from 5th to 7th December. About 250 delegates of the two continents
agreed on a final declaration that has been delivered to the Heads of
State Africa-European Union summit at the opening day
Serbia towards European Union
European future or domestic
power games
"It
is disappointing that the Stabilisation and Association Agreement is
misrepresented in the Serbian political debate," Ollie Rehn said
without mentioning names. "The process of European integration
and the process of Kosovo's status are two separate processes. The SAA
does not affect Serbia's territorial integrity since Kosovo's status
will be decided in another context"
Politics
Romania-Moldova misunderstandings
Romania "cutting"
Moldova's sovereignity
Even
if the language spoken in Moldova is the same with Romanian, since 1995
it was declared Moldovan language in order to avoid "Romanian imperialism"
over Moldova. Thus it was even published a Moldo-Romanian dictionary
which contains the most bizarre words taken from Russian to which was
added Moldovan suffix. The Moldovan president pretended all the time
that he speaks Moldovan language, not the Romanian, but definitely he
didn't need a translator when he had meeting with his Romanian fellow
Traian Basescu... >>
Society
UN conference
Bali roadmap on climate
change
The main goal of Bali conference was to start negotiations on a new
international climate change agreement. It was not expected to achieve
a decisive climate deal, but to lay the foundations. The so-called "Bali
roadmap", a single document containing all the ambitious demands
made by both developed and developing countries, is considered as a
breakthrough on climate change by most of the delegates... >>
International Human Rights Day
A
long path to be followed
Human Rights Day takes place annually across the world on December 10th.
Every year the date is marked with a series of events, promoted by the
United Nations, or other institutions fighting for the human rights.
Even the simpliest actions, like blogging about the day, can help spreading
the word about the human rights protection... >>
Serbian Green Youth activities
"Buy Nothing"
and "Keep it Cool"
Annual campaign of Serbian Green Youth is Protection of New Years trees.
This year it is the sixth in a row which SGY Members are doing. "We
are very happy with the progress made in this field and that City authorities,
as well as the state institutions, raised their efforts to prevent illegal
cutting and selling of the trees"... >>
Culture & Arts
The Capital of Germany
Berlin - union of the divided
Political
confrontation between the western allies and the USSR led to the creation
of the "two Germanies" - FRG in the west and GDR in the east
in 1949 and 12 years later the construction of the famous Berlin Wall
(Berliner Mauer) began. This had separated the city not only topographically
but architecturally and culturally as well: officials from the both
sides - the eastern and western ones - were disregarding the reconstruction
plans of the other side and creating the image of the city according
to the "instructions from above". As a result eastern and
western Berlin do have different appearance and cultural "message"...
>>
Science & Tech
History of Calendar
The Sun, Moon,
planets and stars
Human always had a need to measure the passage of time. Even ice-age
hunters in Europe over 20 000 years ago scratched lines and gouged holes
in sticks and bones, possibly counting the days between phases of the
moon. One purpose of Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument located in the
English county of Wiltshire, was the determination of seasonal or celestial
events, such as lunar eclipses or solstices... >>
Entertainment
Christmas in Germany
"Jingle
Bell, Jingle Bell"
The Christmas tree is standing in the Living room until about two or
three weeks after Christmas. We get our presents on December 24th. The
normally underlie on the Christmas tree. After we unpack them we eat
all together. It is mostly something special, you only eat for the holiday...
>>
and much more in all sections...
explore!
|
