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	"WAVE" No.31 May 2009 Editorial Topic of the Issue ATP Serbia Open 2009 Winner takes it all The Đoković Family (their company Family Sport) has organized the Serbia Open in the best way they could, together with Belgrade city authorities and the Serbian government assistance. Players, guests and ATP representatives were very satisfied with hospitality and high level of organization. Ball kids, linesmen, media, hostesses and volunteers seems to be happy as a part of ATP tour. More than 100,000 visitors have seen tennis matches but also a promo-village in the sports center "Milan Gale Muškatirović"... >> Interview: Goran Đoković, Tournament Director Promoting tennis as one of the Serbian brands Feedback from all the people who have seen Serbia Open alive was very positive, which means that we have successfully passed this exam, and that brings us another obligation for next year to be even better and maybe to try to set up the tournament into series 500 Comment: Serbia Open 2009 Djokovic Open Everywhere around Sports Centre "Milan Gale Muškatirović" you could see only Novak's name - Aqua Novak bottles of water, the same logo (but without Aqua) on the Chair Umpire, on the players seats, on the linesmen seats, umbrellas, training courts... It was repeating and repeating. Ivan Ljubičić has tried to make a comparison to Zagreb ATP tournament - "well, I was there, I was also playing for Croatian national team, I was also in World Top 10, I helped them a lot with my experience and advices but it is not my tournament! This one is Novak's and that's just the fact!" Politics April 5: North Korea launched a missile over Japan North Korea fired, Japan on standby, and the international community disregarded the incident Since the beginning of the year, the government of North Korea announced its intention to launch a Taepodong-2, a long range ballistic missile carrying a satellite into outer space for alleged pacific purposes, sometime between the April 4 and April 8. It was actually launched on April 5, at 11:30 a.m. Japanese time (GMT +9), over Japanese territory... >> NATO Summit and its consequences New member states and new Secretary General The third question was - the new NATO Secretary General. The rule is that nominated person has to be accepted by every NATO member. The most probable winner was Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish Prime Ministerm who had the support of all members but Turkey. It was obvious that their vote can be bought, and only the US had the power to solve this problem. The truth is that this was a great chance for Turkey, and Erdogan played his cards well... >> Libertas - the newest political party in Europe The Spirit of Rome Treaty Libertas representatives from all EU member states decided to work together for the future of democracy and to strengthen political freedoms and citizens' participation in the EU. Choosing Rome for this event was symbolic - this is the place where Europe was born on 25 March 1957, when Europeans signed its founding treaty establishing the European Economic Community... >> Society Classroom culture: West and East Let's bridge the differences It seems that the differences between West and East are innumerable. However, each individual has different perceptions of them - some students prefer Western and some students prefer Eastern style of education. What is most important is to recognize these differences and make an effort to bridge them, because any encountering of something different than what we are used to is a new valuable experience, which is exactly what shapes a young European citizen!... >> Personal view from Somalia Long awaited peace Every Somali is yearning for peace and praying for authentic leaders who understand the menace of injustice and the promise of the law of equality among citizens and who can uphold and protect the rights of each and all... >> Students protests in Croatia and Serbia One world - one struggle According to Serbian High education Law, paragraph 3, its basic aims are - offering the opportunity to each person to achieve high education under same conditions, to have long life education and to immensely increase the number of high-educated citizens. However, students find that faculties are violating the law by enforcing inefficacious school reforms and increasing tuition fees... >> Economics Romania: crisis and the job market Thin opportunities for Youth If you are a freshly graduated student, you think people will hire you because of your knowledge and because you were the best in your class. Wrong! You will be accepted only if you have work experience and you prove you really want and need this job, as well as that you are the best at it. In a country like Romania, where work experience is starting to be more and more tremendously important as opposed to the case when you dedicated your time to studying, finding a job is now even harder... >> The first WiFi Mesh network in Serbia Internet for everyone Company "ZoviMe" ("CallMe") has invested 450,000 Euros and is planning to buy additional 500-600 base stations till the end of the year and by that the amount will reach the total of 2 million Euros. The advantages and benefits of the application of this system are manifold: unremitting video surveillance of the services of public security of city and its surroundings as well as local control and monitoring of selected locations, wireless networking of all public and state services in interior and exterior working environment, the speed and effectiveness in performance... >> Culture & Arts Diplomacy today The Powerful Voice of Culture The limits of hard power have led to the success of soft power and diplomacy as we know it is outdated. Nowadays countries have come to realize that sometimes it is better to send the favorite soccer player or philharmonic orchestra for representation abroad... >> VI Belgrade Dance Festival Mind in motion Particularly interesting effect was the closing event - resulted in the complete surprise of all the present. The short, clear, informative and poetic final speech was followed by the projects of Kulberg ballet on the 15th of April, in the Great Hall of the Sava Center. They performed "Empty House" and "Walking mad"... >> April meetings Fundamental experiment is still alive! Festival gathering of young but experienced and versatile artist, continued this year in the Student Cultural Center in Belgrade - The Cause of Himself - Tijana Trkulja and Nenad Billy Urošević... >> Science & Tech Pirate Bay trial, Part Two Guilty? Of what? The sentence is extremely harsh. However, it doesn't seem so surprising considering that one week later, Tomas Norström, judge in The Pirate Bay trial, was found to be partial. Due to a conflict of interest - an article published on the webpage of Swedish National Radio points out that the judge of the Pirate Bay trial is actually an active member of two Swedish copyright lobby organizations - the trial might be canceled, and then a new trial should take place... >> Science comes to our aid A helping hand from the seven seas Of all the amount of fish caught in the world, one third (37%) is destined to feed big fishes in captivity, instead of going to undernourished people in need. To change this cruel reality, a team of Brazilian researchers have come up with the most unlikely solution imaginable: micro-seaweeds. These organisms are supposed to take over from small fish as main ration so that the impressive quantity of food remained can be put on have-nots' tables... >> Entertainment Megalithic Observatory Kokino, Macedonia Let's touch the Sky In the past Kokino was a place of rituals, where people were watching Sun and Moon. In the present there are no rituals, but Kokino is still a place where you can touch the sky and feel echoes of past. You need to do just one thing. Stop there and listen...... >> and much more in all sections... explore!