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	"WAVE" No.24 October 2008 Editorial Topic of the Issue Tourism in Maribor, Slovenia Festival of the City and Culture "The basic idea was to create a project dedicated to celebration of 500 years since Primoz Trubarj was born, the man who wrote the first Slovenian book. Doing the research, we found out the data about historical wealth of Steier's region capital: Turks have attacked us in mid-sixteenth century, in Maribor happened the first "process against witches" in Slovenia, and protestantism is here the first time banned. A large number of events on this ground in the period when Trubarj has lived here" - Bojan Lesjak, manager of the Festival of the City and Culture... >> Day of the Princes in Netherlands The fairy tale of the monarchy! It's early in the morning and people are already there, sitting. Just because they want to grab the best spot to see the Queen who comes by at 1 PM. The centre of The Hague today is filled with fences and security. It's the third Tuesday in September, and it's Day of the Princes. This is the day when the Queen reads the so-called Troonrede. It contains plans of our government for 2009. These serious plans go hand-in-hand with the show, spectators, hats and waves. Day of the Princes is a long-lived tradition Street Fashion Weekend in Krefeld, Germany Model marathon under the sunny sky Seven stages, a lot of fashion and a big show: Impossible to see everything the world`s biggest street fashion weekend in Krefeld, Germany had to offer. On every stage were different styles, shows and specials. Hundreds and thousands crowed in front of the catwalks Politics Reviewing legality of Kosovo independence Sui generis or precedent? General Assembly UN backed up Serbia on resolution to ask for an opinion of International Court of Justice, whether unilateral independence declaration of Kosovo, pursuit on February 17 this year, is sustainable in terms of International Law.... >> Society International Conference in Skopje, Macedonia Information Society and Youth Media "In Macedonia, there is no formal and informal media education. There are 5 national TV channels, 17 satellite broadcast TV channels and 8 daily newspapers. We have too many media outlets for a country which has a population about 2 million. People watch TV about 6-8 hours daily. Young people are constantly exposed to propaganda and political messages. Politicians have got great force over media and the country has got serious economical problems" - Darko Buldioski, New Media Center... >> Human security vs. State security Can NGOs referee? When we think of security we think of a common good that the state gives us. State security means protection of the boundaries, institutions, values and the people who live in the state. Politics and military power protect us from external interference and our security is assured. Thus, it seems that human security is far from being realized... >> Economics *Alitalia* crisis Digging the Grave Born in 1947 and 60 years after the first International flight (it was Rome-Oslo), Alitalia is facing the worst crisis in its life: it seems that Italy will have no more national flight company.... >> Culture & Arts BITEF 2008 - Belgrade International Theater Festival Goebbels on the Throne Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" was assigned to performance "Stifter's things", directed by Heiner Goebbels and played by Theatre Vidi from Lausanne, Switzerland. This play is based on texts of A. Stifter, romantic author from the beginning of the 19th century, and was inspired by his kind of writing, but the protagonists are those who are "non-protagonists" - lighting, images, murmur, sounds, voices, wind and mist, water and ice. Special award is allocated, by majority of votes, to the dance performance of Meg Stuart and Philip Gemaher "Maybe forever"... >> Interview: Jovan Ćirilov, BITEF art director Inspiration, not imitation "This year's selection of BITEF has been focused on the manipulation of the term of tragic phenomenon in the modern world. After numerous performances seen, our festival was imposed conclusion that gradually turned to this year's slogan - that, in short, states that tragic of today's world in theatrical process almost always becomes a tragicomedy. In this year's selection are found some of the most notable and recognized theater names of international theater scene that, each in their own way, were dealing with contemporary phenomena, balancing on narrow road between the tragic and tragicomic perception of the world in which they live"... >> 6th International Comics Showroom - Belgrade, Serbia Entertainment or Art Comic strip is in expansion all over the world. Some countries set it on the same level like literature. The annual production in France is about 4,000 albums, and in Japan million editions... >> Science & Tech Computer mediated communication Mobilization through blogs and social networks Internet and computer mediated communication is capable of integrating people from distinct places in a common cause, even though they don't know each other physically, or if they live far away one from another. Manifestations, generally associated with political facts and human rights, emerge in distinct points of cyberspace, and connect people distant among each other in the pursuit of solutions, or simple mobilization, for problems that are common to a large number of people... >> Sport UEFA Champions League 2008/09 Who wins the Title? The first official game of European Champions Cup, today UEFA Champions League, was played on September 4, 1955 between Portuguese Sporting and Partizan, Belgrade. The first final was played in Paris, Stadium Park d'Princes, and the first winner of the most important trophy, also the club with nine titles, was Real Madrid ... >> The best goal scorers - Part three: Gerd Muller Thorough - bred Scorer He put the national record of 68 goals in 62 international appearances and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games... >> Entertainment End-Of-Oktoberfest Statistics 6.6 Million Liters of Beer, 104 Oxen and No False Teeth It's that sad time of year again -- the Munich Oktoberfest is over. But the annual post-Oktoberfest statistics on beer and oxen consumption make for entertaining reading, as does the list of lost items which for the first time since records began does not include a set of false teeth... >> and much more in all sections... explore!