Sunday, 12 February 2012



Ancient Figurines from Macedonia, Albania, Romania, UK and Japan Displayed in England



BalkanTravellers.com   

22 June 2010 | An exhibition, titled unearthed, brings together and displays prehistoric ceramic figurines from the Balkans and Japan for the first time, at the University of East Anglia’s Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
 

Epicure


Macedonia
Restaurant “Yugoslavia” to Open in Macedonia’s Capital

October 2009 | In the latest move marked by nostalgia for the socialist past, a new restaurant named “Yugoslavia” will soon open its doors in Skopje. Full Story



Curiosity Chest


Macedonia
Recycled Life: Bottle Collectors in Skopje, Macedonia

Like quicksand, poverty is hard to escape - the harder you fight, the worse it can get. In Skopje, some work hard scouring the city for "treasures." They are bottle collectors, spending the day in search of recyclable plastic which they can sell for a subsistence income.
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Useful Reads


Balkans
Through Another Europe (2009) | Edited by Andrew Hammond

When Henry Blount journeyed through Bosnia in the 1630s, two things struck him: the purity of the water and the great height of the Bosnians, which, he noted, “made me suppose them the offspring of those old Germans noted by Tacitus and Caesar for their huge size.”
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Music


Macedonia
Macedonia: Esma Redžepova's Passion for Humanity

"A Gypsy from the city of Skopje", as she calls herself, Esma Redžepova has more than 40 years of singing and humanitarian efforts under her belt. Full Story