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	<description>I live in Rumeli Hisari. It is from here, the very edge of the European landmass, that I observe the world. Some of these observations I will share on this blog  as a  Open Society Fellow.</description>
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		<title>Visas and the Czechs &#8211; savoring success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Balkans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Czech Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Bildt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Half a year ago I wrote on Rumeli Observer about the upcoming Czech EU presidency.
At meetings in December, which ESI had organized in Prague, Czech politicians and civil servants had defined ambitious goals for the Western Balkans in 2009:
&#8220;We are expecting your countries&#8217; applications for membership during our presidency. We have been preparing to receive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Turks could not have built the bridge in Mostar &#8211; reflection on Bosnia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Raj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bosnian ownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Joseph]]></category>
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I am currently reading a thought-provoking and entertaining book with a serious  conclusion: Wild Europe &#8211; the Balkans in the Gaze of Western Travellers by Bozidar Jezernik, published by Saqi and the Bosnian Institute.
It is a book about continuities in approaches to the Balkans. As anthropologist Joel Martin Halpern writes in the foreword:
 &#8220;In [...]]]></description>
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