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ISTANBUL’S CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC LIFE BECOMES DELICIOUS!

Having been based for more than 15 years in Luvr Apartment in Beyoglu, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) moved to another historical building of Istanbul, Deniz Palas, in Sishane in December 2009.

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SHARE YOUR IMAGE OF SOUTHEAST EUROPE – PARTICIPATE IN OUR PHOTO COMPETITION!

Are you passionate about photography? Do you appreciate the beauty of Southeast Europe? Then enter the Southeast Europe: People and Culture photo competition and share your vision of the region!

The competition is open to all citizens or permanent residents from the EU Member States or the Southeast European Candidate Countries (Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey) and Potential Candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, as well as Kosovo*).

By submitting your best photos depicting the culture, sports or everyday life of Southeast Europe, you can win great prizes and have your work exhibited in two vibrant European capitals: Madrid and Brussels!

The deadline to enter is 20 January 2010.
For more details, click here.

SHARING TALENT

Just a few months shy of the January 2010 European Handball Championship in Austria, Sead Hasanefendić - the former coach of Germany's long-time champion Gummersbach - took the reigns of the Serbian national team. President of the Serbian Handball Association Velimir Marjanović explains that their goal was to combine "the Balkan spirit with German professionalism," and ensure that the Serbian team wins a medal at the 2012 European Championship in Belgrade.

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JARDUM – MONTENEGRO’S VITALITY ELIXIR

Cheese, yogurt, sour cream, and curdled cream (kajmak) are not the only things one can make from milk. A dairy product commonly known as jardum, or grušavina, has been part of Montenegro’s tradition for centuries. The first name is part of the country’s Ottoman heritage, and is Turkish for ‘aid’ or ‘help’.

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MANAKI FILM FESTIVAL

Brothers Milton and Janaki Manaki moved to the city of Bitola in 1905. Bitola was an important administrative and cultural centre in what was then still the Ottoman Empire. Back in those times, it was often referred to as the “city of consuls”, on account of the many diplomatic missions it hosted.

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF GOLD

For five years now, the Serb community of Novo Brdo, a town in eastern Kosovo, has been organizing an event called "Novo Brdo - Zlatni grad (the City of Gold)" . The city was an important commercial and cultural hub in the Balkans in the 13th and 14th centuries, and one of the biggest cities of its time in the region.

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