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		<title>The South Stream Pipeline and the Environmental Factor</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/07/18/the-south-stream-pipeline-and-the-environmental-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ioannis Michaletos in Athens The South Stream pipeline project is a complex technical endeavor which entails a wide array of factors, including that of environmental protection. The present assessment concerning South Stream&#8217;ss environmental impact reveals opposing views from multiple actors vying for answers, concessions and influence alike. Furthermore, the South Stream project in terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/06/28/photo-of-the-week-123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last village. Ikaria, Greece]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/06/21/photo-of-the-week-122/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond here lies nothing. Georgian Military Highway, Georgia]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Byzantine Cartographies: Ancient Science, Christian Cosmology, and Geopolitics in Byzantine Imperial Mapping</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/06/14/exploring-byzantine-cartographies-ancient-science-christian-cosmology-and-geopolitics-in-byzantine-imperial-mapping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alex G. Papadopoulos, Ph.D. Department of Geography DePaul University, Chicago This short paper on Byzantine maps and geographic science was born out of a conversation with Christopher Deliso, director of Balkanalysis.com. We agreed that there is a need to look at southeastern Europe &#8211; the Balkans &#8211; from a spatial (geographical) analytical perspective. Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/06/14/photo-of-the-week-124/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody loves a military parade. Istanbul, Turkey]]></description>
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		<title>Modernism in Serbia: The Elusive Margins of Belgrade Architecture, 1919-1941</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/06/14/modernism-in-serbia-the-elusive-margins-of-belgrade-architecture-1919-1941/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Weekend Review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Modernism in Serbia: The Elusive Margins of Belgrade Architecture, 1919-1941 By Ljiljana Blagojevic MIT Press (2003), 300 pp. Reviewed by Chris Deliso Architecture has long commanded public attention in the Balkans. Swedish diplomats lament the low-quality granite used not long ago to create public thoroughfares in Kosovo €“ itself an experiment in building €“ and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging Water Industries in Greece</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/06/14/emerging-water-industries-in-greece/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ioannis Michaletos in Athens Water management is attracting the attention of businessmen in Greece, especially when it is related to the water cycle and energy production. Dams, water transmission pipelines, water depots, and seawater desalination plants are all included in the five-year plan that the Karamanlis administration has relayed recently to the press, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/06/07/photo-of-the-week-121/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortal combat. Heracleia, Macedonia]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/05/31/photo-of-the-week-120/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backyard garden. Kotel, Bulgaria]]></description>
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		<title>Bulgarian Military Achieves Professional Goals, Regional Influence: Interview with General Zlatan Stoykov</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/05/29/bulgarian-military-achieves-professional-goals-regional-influence-interview-with-general-zlatan-stoykov/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 13:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bulgaria]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Deliso The successful conclusion of a long reform process that has brought a greater sense of stability and security for military personnel, as well as a more prominent role in Balkan partnerships on the national level, are two of Bulgaria&#8217;s key achievements, according to General Zlatan Stoykov, Chief of General Staff of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Eastern Macedonia, a Lost Fortress of Justinian</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/05/26/in-eastern-macedonia-a-lost-fortress-of-justinian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Christopher Deliso* High on a windswept ridge in Macedonia&#8217;ss barren northeastern expanse, some 17 kilometers down a rough dirt track heading towards Kratovo, it stands as a cryptic reminder of the country&#8217;ss still largely undocumented past: the rocky remains of what was once an important outpost in the Early Byzantine imperial hinterland. Nevertheless, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/05/19/photo-of-the-week-119/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A missing WMD? Kazbegi, Georgia]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/05/10/photo-of-the-week-118/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 12:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making arrangements. Parga, Greece]]></description>
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		<title>A Sizzling Summer of Music in Belgrade</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/04/29/a-sizzling-summer-of-music-in-belgrade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: The announcement that legends of rock U2 will be playing Zagreb this summer caused mass excitement; the Balkans now seem definitively on the map of the biggest popular artists. As the weather warms up and the thoughts of all turn to enjoyment, we present something different, with a rundown of the biggest musical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/04/26/photo-of-the-week-117/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eternal return. Istanbul, Turkey]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/04/19/photo-of-the-week-116/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Team spirit. Vevchani, Macedonia]]></description>
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		<title>Albania’s Parliamentary Election 2009:  Is the European Dream at Risk?</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/04/12/albania%e2%80%99s-parliamentary-election-2009-is-the-european-dream-at-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Enza Roberta Petrillo* The European Union emerged from the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s as a force that seemed capable of guaranteeing stability and peace in a part of the European continent perceived as a fracture-zone, an area of Europe known for its clashes. Since 1991, Albania has radically changed, undergoing a complex transition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/04/12/photo-of-the-week-115/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hora angles. Samothraki, Greece]]></description>
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		<title>European Proportionality in Macedonia’s Political and Judicial Systems</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/04/04/european-proportionality-in-macedonia%e2%80%99s-political-and-judicial-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ljubica Dzabirova* The principle of proportionality implies balancing of power, actions and measures. Being a relatively young country, Macedonia does not yet have the experience and legal basis to really be able to apply proportionality in its judicial system. However, in the case of applying proportionality in the political system, the question is whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macedonia’s Elections and Police Readiness: Interview with Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska</title>
		<link>http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2009/04/02/macedonia%e2%80%99s-elections-and-police-readiness-interview-with-interior-minister-gordana-jankulovska/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Deliso In the following exclusive interview conducted on Wednesday, Balkanalysis.com Director Chris Deliso gets the views of Macedonia&#8217;s interior minister, Gordana Jankulovska, about subjects ranging from the police&#8217;s efforts to guarantee peaceful elections and control outbreaks of tensions, to the fight against organized crime, special operations, foreign assistance and the expected outcomes of [...]]]></description>
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