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	"WAVE" No.28 February 2009 Editorial Topic of the Issue After government's fall - as a result of global economic crisis Iceland's Shortcut to EU The idea of Iceland`s EU association has been actual for a while, for Brussels` officials consider the EU enlargement to the "farthest northern European border" as one of their important tasks. Commissioner Olli Rehn supports that idea, never missing the opportunity to point out the significance of this small Northern Arctic country`s association to community that already counts 27 members. Iceland`s economic downfall, as well as the collapse of their national currency krona caused by global financial crisis, has influenced political elite in Reykjavik to consider that option... >> Personal view: financial crisis in Iceland The Iceland's credit crunch Global financial crises is taking its debt bit by bit. Iceland happened to be the very first country litteraly broughted down by credit crunch. Resignations, protests and teargas are just the part of this event that attracted atention New Government after financial crush First gay PM for Iceland cabinet Iceland has announced a new government that will be headed by the modern world's first openly gay leader Politics The liberal rebels in Danish politics Chances for newcomers Within the last two years two new liberal parties have grown from the soil of one of the oldest parties in the country - The Radical Left. The new parties claim they want lower taxes, a better healthsystem, and a state that should butt out of the population's private sfere. Experts claim they just want power. The question remains whether they can gain influence or even survive in a political system where the oldest parties continue to run the country... >> The new military coups in Africa Back to the old days As the military gain momentum on the continent, watchers of events are beginning to entertain fear over the military's preparedness to dominate politics once again... >> New US diplomacy - Part One Barack Obama's foreign policy challenges After Bush's foreign policy, the American nation wanted a change (it was not a coincidence, that change was Obama's campaign motto). But what are the changes that we can accept from the new US president? The most exigent problem of the new administration is the handling of the Iraqi war. During his campaign Obama, said that until the summer of 2010 all the American troops will be withdrawn. In his opinion the real danger comes from the Taliban, so America's anti-terrorist war has to be fought in Afghanistan... >> Society Bureaucratic circus in European Union Thinking is forbidden We have been informed from European Agenda that they cannot comment the cancellation of hosting TICAP (the International Coalition against Prohibition) conference. In the Bureau of the European Parliament, they say for Wave magazine that the decision has been made according to the rights to use Parliament premises: "The events that are taking place in our premises can under no circumstances have any commercial purpose and they must not undermine Parliament's honour. Besides this, sponsorship is strictly forbidden." The member organizations of TICAP assess this decision as non-democratic. "The reasons such as "Parliament's honour" shows that the Bureau has just been looking for an excuse for the oppression of those who think unconventionally about passive smoking - that is, of those who consider it to be a fraud, Cristoph Lovenich (FORCES Germany) says... >> Speleology - interesting and dangerous hobby The cave secrets "One meter of discovered field in Litlle Carpathian is more than 10 meters in High Tatras. There are plenty of rocks, and these rocks are many times dangerous for us. But how we (speleologists) talk, the caves have a live spirit. They are on our side"... >> Italian Politics in rockumentary Nazi Rock and the legitimization of the far right parties 'How to legitimize the swastika and the Roman salute' is the beginning of the web page of Nazi Rock. Awarded at the twelfth edition of the Meeting delle etichette indipendenti (Meeting of Independent Labels), the Claudio Lazzaro's rockumentary is the second movie of the former journalist of the main Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera... >> Culture & Arts The Magnificent Seven - European feature documentary film festival Young and Old This years' selection of seven films was sequenced in a loosely thematic manner, with those more intimate, warm, human stories. (e.g. Blind Loves by Juraj Lehotský, The Mother by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov). On the other hand, films such as Shake the Devil Off (by Peter Entell), All White in Barking (by Marc Isaacs) and Gideon Koppel's Sleep Furiously all in their own ways, dealt with societies put into changing times, when good old life is just not good enough... >> Interview: Zoran Popović, CEO of festival "Magnificient Seven" "A world designed to fit a man's needs" Unlike motion pictures, especially American, which have a large media support, the documentary film in our country, when it comes to current production, is limitated on narrow circles of film professionals and a small number of passionate fans. That's why announced programme is always covered with attractive misteries... >> Interview: Dancing group "Tribalica", Belgrade Ancient art of movements When few cultures collide, and each of them possesses grandiose tradition, the result is something vigorous and emphasized like Tribal Fusion Belly Dance. Cultures of south and central Africa, Arabic countries and India have been mixing up for a long time. Folklores of those countries connect at one point - the art of dance. Popular and well-known name "belly dance" represents the whole spectrum of game, public clothes and ways of living, and still, its focus is on the art that is made by women who use nothing else but the movements of their own bodies. As Ivo Andric wrote in his novel "Aska and a wolf", dancing is the most restrained art, because it appears from itself and it does not need any additional tools to be expressed... >> Science & Tech The New WhiteHouse.gov "Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov" Even though the new website was celebrated by many people - like Tim O'Reilly, the Web 2.0 guru - a lot of criticism can be found on the web as well. Although texts are published now in a blog platform, it doesn't mean it is a blog now. According to specialists, at least two things are missing: 1. Comments. 2. Links to other sources... >> Campus Party Brazil 2009 The geek's paradise in a still non-technological country After 12 editions in Spain, the largest event of technology stuff finally arrived in Brazil - and this year it happened for the second time in the city of Săo Paulo. As pointed out by the event organizers, "during a week the Campus Party had transformed itself in the house of everybody"... >> Sport Australian Open 2009 "Fedex" still counts 13 "I'm sorry for today," said Nadal to Federer as he accepted his AUD$2 million winner's cheque. "I really know how you feel. But remember - you are one of the best players of the history and you are going to improve the 14 of Sampras. It is always a pleasure to play you and best of luck for the rest of the year."... >> War game Archery in traditional form popular in Pakistan villages The rumour has it that 'Mukha' or 'Makha' - a traditional sport very much like archery - is hundreds of years old. It is popular in Mardan, Swabi, Buner, Charsadda and Lakki Marwat districts in the North-west Frontier Province of Pakistan. In the past, archery was used as a tool in wars. However, with the passage of time, modern weapons and arms were invented and the archery has now turned into 'Mukha' game, which is played in Pashtuns-inhabited areas of Pakistan... >> Entertainment Profile: Chantal de Kruyf, contestant of 'Buurmeisje' beauty election Remain yourself and win a model race 'Girl next door' contestant Chantal talks about beauty, personality, determination and the FHM competition... >> and much more in all sections... explore!