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Sofia to Host Brick Roads Music Festival Again in October
Musicians from the region will be the highlight of the so-called Brick Roads Sofia Music Festival that is to take place for the third time in Sofia, Bulgaria, in October.
The event will take place on October 07-08, starting at 19:00.
Turkish film 'Swaying Waterlily' wins in Montreal
Turkish director Seren Yüce's film "Rüzgarda Salınan Nilüfer" (Swaying Waterlily) has won the Best Script Award at the 40th Montreal Film Festival, which ended on Sept. 5.
The Best Film Award went to the Croatia, Macedonia, Czech Republic and Slovenia co-production "The Constitution," directed by Rajko Grlic.
Bulgaria's Pernik Hosts 25th Edition of Surva Masquerade Games
The 25th edition of the international festival of masquerade games Surva will take place in the Bulgarian city of Pernik between Friday and Sunday.
A total of 110 groups with a record number of 6400 participants are expected to attend the festival.
Ring in the New Year Balkan Style
From Zagreb to Tirana, Balkan cities are hosting open-air music festivals featuring regional and international stars to ring in the New Year. So, if you won't be in Belgrade for the New Year but still want to party, dress warm and enjoy our list of celebration plans in other major Balkan cities.
Zagreb
43rd International Book Fair Takes Place in Sofia from December 8 to 13
The 43rd edition of the Sofia International Book Fair will take place at the National Palace of Culture (NDK) in the Bulgarian capital between December 8 and 13.
More than 200 publishing houses will be represented at the largest book forum in Bulgaria, which will feature more than 80 events - presentations, readings and discussions.
Macedonia Launches Ohrid Film Academy, Classes Start in November
A newly-opened film institute in Macedonia's city of Ohrid will start teaching master classes in the academic year 2015/2016 starting in November, independent.mk has reported.
The Institute of Film-Film Academy Ohrid will offer three-year master programmes in English in two departments: screenplay writing and dramaturgy, and creative production.
Kosovo Eyes Oscar For Tale of Fatherless Boy
In only the second time it has ever has put up a film for the Academy Awards - having won the right last year - Kosovo has nominated Babai, a film about an abandoned boy, for an Oscar.
Written and directed by Visar Morina, the co-production with Germany, Kosovo, Macedonia and France won the best director award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in July.
Goran Bregovic to Play at Skariada Grill Festival in Bulgaria
Musician Goran Bregovic and his orchestra are coming in September to add appeal to a grill festival that involves Bulgarian food producers and master chefs from around the region, a news website has said.
Romanians Linked to HSBC Scandal Face Probe
The Romanian Agency for Fiscal Administration, ANAF, is to verify whether there are differences between the money declared by the 50 HSBC clients and the amounts found in their accounts in Switzerland, according to media reports on Monday.
Any unreported income will be taxed at 16 per cent, ANAF officials were quoted as saying by Digi24 television.
Five Balkan Countries Competing in Eurovision
Performers from Macedonia, Serbia, Albania and Romania will be taking part in the first semi-final of the Eurovision 2015 song contest on Tuesday in Vienna, while the Montenegrin representative will go onstage at the second semi-final on Thursday.
Video Purportedly Showing Macedonia's Zaev Seeking Bribe Released on YouTube
A video recording purportedly showing Macedonian opposition Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev arranging for receiving a bribe of EUR 200,000 in his capacity of Mayor of Strumica has been published online, independent .mk has reported.
European Facebook poetry festival to begin on Saturday
BELGRADE - The European Facebook Poetry Festival will begin at the Novi Sad Fair within the 21st International Book Fair and it gathers over 500 poets from Serbia and abroad.
Blagoevgrad Hosts Exhibition Uniting Artists from Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia
Novinite is publishing a report by Anna Bashuk, a third-year Journalism student at the American University in Bulgaria, about an exhibition that is currently on display in the city of Blagoevgrad (where the university is based).
Theater enthusiasts meet in Adana
Theater is making its annual return to Turkey's south, with the 17th State Theaters Sabanc? International Adana Theater Festival set to begin on World Theater Day on March 27.
The festival will offer the people of Adana an enjoyable program throughout the month with 24 plays, including 16 local and eight international plays.
World Poetry Day(s) in Belgrade
BELGRADE - This year's World Poetry Day(s) will be held in Belgrade and Pozega from March 20 to 23, bringing together numerous authors from Serbia and abroad.
In 1999, UNESCO proclaimed March 21 as World Poetry Day which has been celebrated in Serbia since 2001.
This 15th event in a row has several program units that cover both contemporary and classical poetry.