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"WAVE" No.35
September 2009
Editorial
Topic of the Issue
European Young Journalist Award, EYJA 2009 - Final Conference
Being
a European
"I watched the inauguration of Barrack Obama. That is a creative nation
with a strong will. The remaining nations namely China, Russia, India are developing.
They are not waiting for Europeans. Time is not on our side, we must speed up"
- Dr Jochen Thies... >>
EYJA 2009 - Trip to Berlin
East
meets West... and North and South
I
love the linguistic mix too, and the small conversation groups that form based
on a common or similar language: Czech and Slovak, Austrian and German, Greek
and Cypriot. Most of us, however, can't pronounce each others' names anyway, so
by day 3 we've given up and are simply referring to people by their country: "Have
you seen Malta?" "No, ask Hungary"
EYJA 2009 - Participants
impression
Spotlight
moment
Prizes don't boost anything, except in minds of some bosses. They are just
milestones, telling you that you might be on the right road and you should continue
challenging yourself and to work and improve even more. Prize doesn't mean you've
achieved anything yet, but it's more of a good sign: a smile in a grocery store
or a sudden free beer
EYJA 2009 - Postcard of Berlin
Past
and Future in the same place
Neither the time nor the fire and the chaos were able to destroy the border
between two opposite ideologies; between two political, social and economic conceptions.
Actually, these feelings are much more intense inside the building. What about
the old metal boxes labelled with the names of the members of the German Bundestag
democratically elected between 1919 and 1999? What do you think about the wall
occupied by some Soviet soldiers to write their briefs messages in order to celebrate
their victory, and the new glass chamber to define a "transparent" and
"modern" Government?
Politics
Historical victory
of the opposition in Japan
Change
to what extent?
August 30 marked
a tremendous change in Japanese politics. After the disolution of the House of
Representatives and the call for general elections, the opposition party, the
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), came out as the clear winner gaining the majority
of the seats in dispute. It is still left to be seen to what extent will politics
in Japan change, once the opposition gains power from the following days on...
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Society
Media in Somalia
Press Freedom vs Gun Fire
Harassed, beaten, arrested, closed down: Journalists in Somalia brave some
of the most exceptional situations as they are targeted by all sides of the conflict...
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Internet
culture
Good
behavior on-line
In the last decade Internet became the most expanded way of communicating and
human interaction. Thus, it created specific kind of culture - online culture,
but many people are yet not fully acquainted with it... >>
Economics
Doing Business
2010
A
record in business regulation reform
This
year reformers were particularly active in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and
the Middle East and North Africa. In Doing Business 2010, there were four new
reformers among the top 10: Liberia, the United Arab Emirates, Tajikistan and
Moldova. Others include Colombia, Egypt, Belarus, the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, and the Kyrgyz Republic. Colombia and Egypt have been top global
reformers in four of the past seven years... >>
Culture & Arts
The Beautiful
heritage of Romania: the monasteries
Cultural
trip throughout religious monuments
The most beautiful monastery in Moldavia, and perhaps, the most beautiful in the
entire country, which is world-wide recognized and considered as symbol of Romania,
is the stunning Voronec. The blue of the outside walls is so beautiful and gets
different grades of colour, depending of the time of the day and how the sun shines
of it. Many painters tried restoring the church, but they encountered difficulties
in recreating this marvellous colour... >>
International Festival of Street Artists
2009
A
carnival on the streets of Novi Sad
Over the past nine years the Festival of Street Artists has become an integral
part of the cultural life in Novi Sad, and has largely contributed to the popularization
of street theatre and music, the only event of that kind in our country. Being
international from the start, the Festival has kept attracting more and more attention
year after year, both from the local and the widespread audience, and thanks to
its foreign guests it has even become well-known outside our borders... >>
Science & Tech
CO2 storage
- one piece of the global warming solutions' puzzle
Time
to keep dust under the carpet
Whatever you
have bought lately, it is almost certain it came in a wrapper or package that
you ripped off straight-away and put in the bin. And there is no shred of doubt
that oil, at least in one stage of the production process, has played a crucial
role, be it serving as fuel to generate electricity or as raw material, what presents
us with an impressive reality of consumption made up of one thousand barrels of
oil per second. Linked to that, tons of carbon dioxide - one of the gases most
responsible for the greenhouse effect - run together. So, the geological storage
of CO2 has been increasingly focused as a solution to mitigate this enormous emissions
rate. Although most experts vigorously defend this alternative, the subterranean
storage of CO2 still causes controversy... >>
The 40 years of Internet
From
an useless data exchange to a communication revolution
Despite the decentralized structure of Internet and the promises of freedom
and openness, nowadays near all the service provided is in the hand of a few owners,
configuring the network as an oligopoly of empowered companies. As well, even
though it is passing through an evolution process in terms of accessibility by
digital inclusion policies, there is still a big dark hole that impedes full access
to the network... >>
Sport
World Championships
in Athletics - Berlin 2009
Jamaican
bolt
Usain Bolt set new records for 100 metres and 200
metres races and Anita Wlodarczyk in hammer throw. The main dilemma - whether
the 800 metres champion is male or female... >>
UEFA Champions League - Season 2009/10
The
main favourites - Barcelona and Real Madrid
The first
big derby match being held in Milan where the current European champion will play.
The final will be held on 22nd May in Madrid. Eight debutantes... >>
Entertainment
Interview: Mallory de la
Villemarque, kiteboarder
Friendship
even when you lose
I
remember when I was living in Costa Rica (for three years), I started to surf
as there wasn't wind in this place so we had to quit windsurfing, and once I was
in one of the best known spots of the country (playa hermosa). There were perfect
waves and hundreds of surfers catching them and I was waiting in the water together
with my brother when we saw a crocodile swimming just about 2-3 meters from us
and we went out of the sea like crazy... >>
and
much more in all sections... explore!
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