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ESI activities in 2008

On the Bosphorus: ESI analyst Nigar Goksel on women in Istanbul (The Economist audio slide show) (20 December 2008)
"Alexander's shadow - Thessaloniki and the ghosts of the past" – Film screening at Cultural Centre Tocka in Skopje (18 December 2008)
"Kosovo - Cutting the lifeline" – Film screening at the EU InfoCentre in Skopje (18 December 2008)
"Kosovo - Cutting the lifeline" – Film screening at Hotel Afa in Pristina (17 December 2008)
ESI at conference on visa facilitation and visa liberalisation in the Western Balkans (10 December 2008)
ESI conference in Prague - Communicating Europe (2 December 2008)
ESI public lecture at Harvard Kennedy School: The ultimate test – European soft power and the future of liberal democracy in the Balkans and Turkey (20 November 2008)
"Return to Europe" at the European Commission in Brussels (17 November 2008)
ESI at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Valencia (16 November 2008)
ESI in Berlin: "A Soul for Europe" (15 November 2008)
ESI in Oslo and Prague: The new security landscape in the South Caucasus (14 November 2008)
Return to Europe: Istanbul film is "Turkey reportage of the year" (11 November 2008)
ESI in Vienna: Dealing with the Past and Reconciliation Processes in the Western Balkans (10 November 2008)
ESI in Belgrade: Serbia and the EU (6 November 2008)
ESI at the ECFR Council Meeting in Tallinn (6 November 2008)
"Istanbul - truth, fear and hope" – Film screening at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin (5 November 2008)
ESI on the Serbian economy at the 8th summit of the Republic of Serbia (4 November 2008)
"Serbia – Exit Europe" – Film screening at Cultural Center REX in Belgrade (3 November 2008)
New ESI Background Paper: The White List Project. EU Policies on Visa-Free Travel for the Western Balkans (1 November 2008)
ESI in Berlin: Think tanks and the privatisation of democracy (20 October 2008)
Praise for "Return to Europe: Istanbul" film by Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung (19 October 2008)
Serbia – Exit Europe / The Albanian Renaissance: Film screening at the European University of Tirana (17 October 2008)
ESI in Baku to observe the presidential elections (15 October 2008)
ESI in Washington at the annual 2008 World Bank and IMF meetings (11 October 2008)
Return to Europe documentary series is awarded the "Erasmus EuroMedia Grand Award" (10 October 2008)
Serbia – Exit Europe: Film screening at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin (8 October 2008)
ESI vacancy: Senior Analyst for the Balkans (deadline 31 October 2008) (2 October 2008)
Serbia - Exit Europe: Serbia film screening in Brussels (1 October 2008)
Communicating Europe series to continue to May 2009 (25 September 2008)
Conference in Barcelona: The EU and South East Europe in 2008 (22 September 2008)
Capacity building seminar in Tbilisi - Visions of Georgia's Europeanization (18 September 2008)
ESI in Visby - Russia, Europe and the frozen conflicts (13 September 2008)
Football and socio-economic research in Armenia (3 September 2008)
ESI outside Baku: How women live in rural Azerbaijan (1 September 2008)
ESI at the Green Summer University in Cottbuss: The Western Balkans on the way to the EU (30 August 2008)
ESI on the BBC: The Georgian crisis and EU-Russian relations (14 August 2008)
Return to Europe documentary is broadcast on Austrian TV from 13 August 2008 (6 August 2008)
Researching rural realities in Georgia (5 July 2008)
ESI in Hannover: Kosovo's economic perspectives through EU integration (27 June 2008)
ESI statement on decertified policemen in Bosnia - One year on: The injustice continues (26 June 2008)
New ideas for EU policy towards the Western Balkans (17 June 2008)
ESI op-eds in Turkish Daily News (12 June 2008)
ESI in Brussels: Bosnia - A miracle that does not shine (28 May 2008)
ESI conference in Rome - Communicating Europe (21 May 2008)
ESI in Hannover: "International protectorates" in Bosnia and Kosovo (20 May 2008)
Open letter to NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer: Invitation to the Republic of Macedonia to join NATO (19 May 2008)
ESI in Armenia: Seminar, research and conference (17 May 2008)
ESI in Brussels: The Albanian Renaissance (28 April 2008)
ESI conference in Paris - Communicating Europe (16 April 2008)
Capacity building seminar in Tbilisi (6 April 2008)
Return to Europe – Talking Balkans symposium in Vienna (3 April 2008)
Statement by European observers in OpenDemocracy: Turkey's risk, Europe's role (2 April 2008)
Capacity building seminar in Baku (29 March 2008)
ESI at the Red House in Sofia: Does the EU have a strategy for South Eastern Europe? (13 March 2008)
ESI in Brussels - Adding momentum to the next EU enlargement (10 March 2008)
ESI in New York: Gender and Power in Turkey (4 March 2008)
ESI/Populari presentation in Sarajevo: A European Bosnia? Myths and realities on the eve of the PIC (25 February 2008)
ESI conference in Berlin - Communicating Europe (22 February 2008)
Wide press coverage on ESI in European media: Schweizer Radio DRS, Dagsavisen, Falter, Deutsche Welle, SvD, BBC Radio4, Die Presse, Financial Times, Corriere Della Sera (18 February 2008)
ESI on state building in German quality weekly Die Zeit (7 February 2008)
Newest ESI report on the Austrian Turkey debate headline news (30 January 2008)
ESI meetings with Pieter Feith, Javier Solana, and Olli Rehn in Brussels (24 January 2008)
Call for applications for joint research with ESI in Azerbaijan and Georgia (22 January 2008)
ESI conducts capacity building seminar in Montenegro (19 January 2008)
ESI in Brussels - Presentation at COWEB on visa free travel for the countries of the Western Balkans (17 January 2008)
Roundtable discussion in Yerevan - The Role of Turkey in the new geopolitical situation (16 January 2008)
Neue Zürcher Zeitung article on ESI: "A portal to Balkan diversity and vibrant centre of excellence" (15 January 2008)
ESI at conference in Yerevan - Wider Black Sea: Perspectives for International and Regional Security (14 January 2008)
New ESI analyst Ketevan Tsikhelashvili researches Turkish-Georgian relations in Istanbul (5 January 2008)

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Alan Grant is an Irish photographer who travelled extensively in the Balkans and other countries and regions of the world. Thanks to him, ESI is able to show fascinating pictures of the Balkans: the facades of Tirana, the painted mosques of Travnik, the fabulous old houses of Plovdiv and the spectacular blue of water - dark in the Bay of Kotor, emerald in the river valleys of Bosnia, deep blue in Ohrid, twinkling in the Aegean Sea and on the Bosporus.

You can find out more about Alan Grant on his websites:

Jonathan Lewis lives between London and Istanbul. He moved to London and spent many years studying photography and now specialises in photojournalism, documentary photography and commercial work for a wide variety of private and commercial clients in the UK, Europe and Turkey. His work has appeared in a number of magazines and publications and is used on the ESI website as well.

You can find out more about Jonathan Lewis on his website www.jonathanlewisphoto.com