Breaking news from Tirana
Politics

Breaking news from Tirana

Back from Albania, a behind-the-scenes analysis of the EU-Western Balkans Summit of December 6. On the agenda: energy mix, migration, data roaming, EU enlargement in the region and custom microphones (more…)
Piolalibri, the reference point for the community and for the Italian wines in Brussels
The Bar Balkans, Wine

Piolalibri, the reference point for the community and for the Italian wines in Brussels

Piolalibri bookstore and winery is the reference point for the Italian community in Brussels. Founded in 2007 by Jacopo Panizza, this is a meeting place with a wide selection of fine wines from all Italian regions, and wines by the glass changing monthly. And welcomed BarBalkans for the event "Poveri noi. Tales from Bihać and from the Balkan route" (more…)
Manifesta 14 was full of the youthful energy released by Prishtina, in Kosovo
Culture, Society

Manifesta 14 was full of the youthful energy released by Prishtina, in Kosovo

Prishtina. The youngest European capital, the city that is still looking for its identity since the end of the war in the Nineties, became the epicenter of contemporary art and urban regeneration in Europe for three and a half months. From July 22 to October 30, the capital of Kosovo hosted Manifesta 14, the European Nomadic Biennial of Contemporary Art. With the concept It matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise, Manifesta 14 involved artists, visitors and citizens of Prishtina in a bottom-up and empowering project of rethinking urban space. The centrality of the Kosovar capital in the European context is clear. The choice of Prishtina as the hosting city for the 14th edition of the Nomadic Biennial was due to the "geo-political importance of the Balkan in relat...