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World News
Monday
- September 8, 2008
Federer wins US Open title
for the fifth time in a row!
Serena Williams and Roger Federer are
the winners of US Open 2008. The last grand slam tournament in the season has
brought interesting and high-quality tennis. The best among ladies was domestic
player Serena Williams who defeated Jelena Jankovic in the final match and won
her 9th Grand slam title, 3rd in New York. Talking about men, ex-King Roger Federer
waked up and saved the season with winning at least one grand slam title this
year. He was better from Andy Murray in the final, very convincing and superb
play.
The greatest disappointment was early elimination of girl's No.1
before US Open - Ana Ivanovic, and nice surprises came from Andy Murray with completely
excellent American tour, Juan Martin del Potro who was beaten by British in quarter
finals, Gilles Muller from Luxembourg and among girls - Sibill Bammer and Katarina
Srebotnik, as well as experienced Patty Schnyder.
Tennis season is closing
to its end now and the rest of the tournaments will be a chance for reserving
place at the final games of the season - Masters in Doha (women) and Shanghai
(men).
Thursday - July 31, 2008
Karadzic delays plea
Radovan Karadzic made his first
appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) today, declining to enter a plea and saying he would represent himself.
Serbian police arrested the former Bosnian Serb leader on July 21st and
transferred him to The Hague early Wednesday.
Police captured Karadzic
13 years after UN prosecutors issued their initial indictment accusing him of
a multitude of war crimes stemming from the 1992-1995 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(BiH). He faces genocide charges for the 44-month siege of Sarajevo and the 1995
Srebrenica massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys.
Wednesday
- June 25, 2008
eYouWiNS - The European Youth
Week in Novi Sad
eYouWiNS is dedicated to youth in Serbia, Europe
and worldwide, and its mission is to promote the spirit of cooperation and to
link cultures, ideas and, above all, people. eYouWiNS 2008, titled People,
Let's Talk!, invites 150 participants to come to Novi Sad, Subotica and Indjija
between 20th and 27th August. Aim for 2008 - European year of Intercultural dialogue
is to raise the awareness, knowledge and skills of young participants about personal
and cultural barriers, European citizenship, various cultures and living stiles
of European youth, conflict management and ways of successful communication.
The
motto of this year is motivated by the prime importance that young people understand
and value the significance of intercultural dialogue and to be able to better
express themselves, find their places and roles in our ever globalizing world.
The main part of the thematic work of eYouWins 2008 will be the group
work on different topics derived from the main theme. eYouWins 2008 has 6 different
workshops which highlight the festival theme from various aspects, and the students
are to attend one of these during the whole festival:
1. Cultural heritage
and artistic innovation
2. "Face your history - Turn to the future!"
3.
Identity in Crisis? Global vs. local
4. Inter-religious dialogue among young
people
5. Connect youth initiatives!
6. "Mediating culture" -
Opportunities for student media
Deadline: 15.07.2008.
Participants
fee: 40 EURO
Number of participants: 150
Official language:
English
Organizers: Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad, Creative
Educational Center
All information and aplication on www.eyouwins.com
Saturday - June 7, 2008
Roland Garros - Ivanovic beats Safina to win first Slam
Paris (Eurosport) - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic claimed her maiden Grand Slam title
when she beat Russian 13th seed Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 in the French Open final.
The 20-year-old second seed became the first woman representing Serbia to win
a major title. Last year's finalist Ivanovic, who will become world number one
on Monday, was too powerful for Marat Safin's younger sister, sealing a straightforward
victory after one hour 38 minutes. "This was amazing. I still didn't believe
it could happen," Ivanovic said.
Saturday
- May 24, 2008
Russia - the winner of Eurosong
2008!
Russian singer Dima Bilan won the title of 53rd Eurosong contest,
held in Belgrade tonight. After 25 songs in the final evening (first time there
were two semifinals), Russia won the highest number of points and brought Eurovision
to Moscow in 2009.
Wednesday
- May 21, 2008
Manchester United - European Champions!
Manchester Utd won the UEFA Champions League tonight in Moscow, after beating
Chelsea FC on penalties 6:5 (1:1). Christiano Ronaldo scored for Manchester and
Frenk Lampard for Chelsea in regular time. After 120 minutes two English clubs
had to decide winner by shooting 11m. Ronaldo missed first, Terry missed the last
and Van der Sar brought the title to Manchester.
Wednesday
- May 14, 2008
Zenit St.Petersburg won UEFA Cup!
Russian team Zenit from St.Petersburg is the UEFA Cup champion for 2007/08!
In the finals tonight in Manchester, they have beaten Glasgow Rangers 2:0, by
goals of Denisov (72) and Zyrianov (90+4).
Henin
announces shock retirement
(BBC Sport) - World number one Justine
Henin has announced her retirement from tennis with immediate effect. The 25-year-old
confirmed the shock decision at a news conference in her native Belgium on Wednesday.
"It's the end of a wonderful adventure but it's something I have
been thinking about for a long time," said the winner of seven Grand Slam
singles titles.
Henin headed the WTA rankings for the 117th time this
week, but pulled out of the Rome Masters blaming fatigue.
Tuesday
- May 13, 2008
Death toll from China quake soars
past 13,000
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - The death toll in China's
earthquake climbed past 13,000 on Tuesday and looked set to rise much higher after
media said some 19,000 people were buried in rubble in just one area. Rain and
severed roads hampered rescuers in the mountainous area near the epicenter of
Monday's 7.9-magnitude quake in the southwestern province of Sichuan, China's
worst earthquake in three decades.
State media reported devastation as
troops reached stricken villages near the epicenter in Wenchuan, a remote county
cut off by landslides about 100 km (60 miles) northwest of the provincial capital,
Chengdu. Officials announced late on Tuesday that 500 Wenchuan residents were
confirmed dead, Xinhua news agency reported. But the toll there and elsewhere
is likely to soar.
Thursday
- May 8, 2008
U.N. says 1.5 million people affected
by Myanmar storm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations estimated
1.5 million people have been "severely affected" by the cyclone that
swept through Myanmar, with the United States expressing outrage on Thursday at
delays in allowing in aid. In Myanmar, desperate survivors cried out for food,
water and other supplies nearly a week after 100,000 people were feared killed
by Cyclone Nargis as it roared across the farms and villages of the low-lying
Irrawaddy delta region.
"We're outraged by the slowness of the response
of the government of Burma (Myanmar) to welcome and accept assistance," U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, told reporters. "It's
clear that the government's ability to deal with the situation, which is catastrophic,
is limited."
The U.N. food agency and Red Cross/Red Crescent said
they had finally started flying in emergency relief supplies after foot-dragging
by Myanmar's ruling military junta. The United States was waiting for approval
to start military flights.
Tuesday
- April 22, 2008
XXIV International Training
Session in Commedia dell'Arte
Directed by Antonio Fava
Reggio
Emilia, Italy
28th July - 21th August 2008
Commedia dell'Arte. Its
appearance in 16th Century Italy, its spread and adaptation throughout Europe,
marked a highly important turning point in the history of the western Theatre:
with it, the Theatre changed from ritualistic and amateurish to actual profession
(art). The new actor was born, someone who possessed a personal acting "know-how".
This gave rise to the Modern Theatre.
Commedia dell'Arte as presented
nowadays, is an exacting discipline where practical ability and know-how are essential
for those who intend to make the Theatre their career.
Professional actors
who want updated information, pupils from schools of Dramatic Art, students and
scholars who study theatrical disciplines are those for whom this Training Session
is intended.
Applications for enrolment in the course in the form of a
letter with the student's name, surname, date and place of birth, address, telephone
number, e-mail address, curriculum vitae and two passport photographs should be
sent to:
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING SESSION IN COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE / DINA BUCCINO
CP
404
42100 Reggio Emilia - Italy
or via e-mail: info@commediabyfava.it
Any other documentation may be attached to the e-mail.
Tel: +39 0522 436768
/ Mob. +39 338 58 64 308
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