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"WAVE" No.38
December 2009
Editorial
Topic of the Issue
Interview: H.E. Ambassador Vincent Degert, Head of Delegation
EU to Serbia
Young
people bring innovation, motivation and energy
Visa liberalization is good because I know that many young people in Serbia didn't
have the chance to travel to the European Union so far. This decision provides
them also with more flexibility in organizing their trips or making short study
visits which they can do without constraints. I think it's good for people to
be confronted with what is the reality of the European Union and see how does
it look, how does it work and how people feel about it... >>
Visa liberalization process
EU
lifts visa restrictions for Serbia
The
European Union (EU) has abolished visas for the citizens of Serbia traveling to
the Schengen Area countries
The European Young Journalist
Award 2010
EU
searches for Journalism's Next Young Stars
The
third edition of this European competition continues to reward excellent journalism
and gives the European Commission the opportunity to exchange ideas with Europe's
most promising young journalists about questions at the heart of the EU Enlargement
project
Politics
Commentary: the Copenhagen Climate
Conference 2009
Just
getting warmed up
Hopes are high for the United Nations' Climate Summit, though
the 192 countries taking part face one of the most challenging diplomatic puzzles
ever. Science tells us what needs to be done. All the participants have to do
is decide who will bear the conundrum and pay for it... >>
Internet Censorship in the Middle East
The
Empire Strikes Back
The
authoritarian regimes of the region have realized the potential of internet based
communication and are making a great effort to limit the opposition's scope in
the internet and to enforce the limitations to the freedom of speech, press and
opinion in the digital space, too. Thereby a hide and seek situation evolves,
since the internet activists are always in search of loopholes, often with the
assistance of foreign hackers... >>
Society
Facebook's nice and
friendly Farmville
How
innocent a Game can be?
Games might grant you freedom,
because you can be whoever you want and basically do whatever you want in a game,
but they can have repercussions on the real life if one does not learn to make
the difference, seem to argue American psychologists. The same can be applied
to games such FarmVille which offer you the opportunity of using real money to
buy virtual goods that will make you happy for now, but later you will probably
want more and more, once that you tried it... >>
Education and educators
In
search for the standing point
"The teacher is not Don Quixote who is able to solve any problem he/she
is facing and it is impermissible to leave him/her all alone in this fight"
- Ms. Beretiæ, primary school manager... >>
Culture & Arts
Seville
European Film Festival - SEFF'09
Different
than conventional Screens
In a six years time, this festival has consolidated as one of the most important
opportunities for new and young directors. In his last edition, it has gathered
more than a hundred movies under the same umbrella: being European... >>
Interview: Andrea Arnold, film director
I
just let my feelings rise
Things have changed, technically above all, and it is easier for everyone
to make films. So I think, as time goes, we all can see more films not only by
women, but also by people that couldn't make it before. This is a natural progression...
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Science & Tech
Google
Zeitgeist 2009
What
have we been looking for?
On the global fastest
rising topics list, Michael Jackson ranks on top, followed by Facebook.
Tuenti - a Spanish social networking website, similar to Facebook - appears
as third, and Twitter is next. Weird terms like sanalika (a virtual
world from Turkey), dantri.com.vn (one of the top online newspaper in Vietnam)
and torpedo gratis ("free SMS", in Portuguese) also appear on
the global Top 10 list... >>
Newborn babies crying language
Oui
or nein: with what accent does your baby cry?
The next time you heard a baby crying, do not shush it. It is simply learning
its future mother language. That is what a new French-German study suggests. Babies
start to learn language in the womb, long before their first babbles... >>
Sport
Draw for the World
Cup 2010 in South Africa
Everybody
plays football today
The
group draw was staged in Cape Town, and the most interesting will be the group
G consists of Brazil, Korea (DPR), Cote d'Ivoire and Portugal. Spectacular event
was marked by famous sporting figures such as David Beckham and Haile Gebreselassie
and a star of the draw was a South African actress Charlize Theron...
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Entertainment
Reality show programs
Instant
celebrity
One
of the most successful reality show programs that followed lives of famous people
was originally produced on MTV. The editors of this music channel in 2002 realized
that music videos have stopped being interesting to the audience and that a new
approach is needed in order to beat the competition. They decided to create a
new reality show program that will offer access to celebrities' life... >>
Attending Circus School
The
Flotant
Katharina Weiss tried to study air acrobatics at a private school
in Berlin, but then she changed her mind. Following the dream she left her home
country and went to the Netherlands, to the city of Rotterdam. "I like it
here better, because there are many international trainers: from Russia, China
and Bulgaria. Their great experience gives me more opportunities for development"...
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and
much more in all sections... explore!
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