Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 8 August 2014

Newsletter Nr. 16/2014

LATEST NEWS

New Julfa, the Armenian quarter of Isfahan

Simone ZoppellaroIsfahan (Iran), in the ancient district of New Julfa lives an Armenian community. From Ararat supermarket to Ani cafe, everything here is reminiscent of the deep link of Armenians to their homeland

Predrag Pašić, football at the test of nationalism

Rodolfo ToèThe story of Predrag Pašić, old glory of Yugoslav football, is the story of Sarajevo and Bubamara, a small football academy for children founded during the war. Now Bosnian politics is trying to delete this experience, but Pašić assures: "We will keep fighting"

The SITF report speaks less of Kosovo than of the international community

Andrea Lorenzo Capussela"What is most interesting about the report unveiled on Tuesday by the special investigative task force (SITF) is not what it says about the KLA, but what it implies about the post-conflict and state-building international interventions in Kosovo". A comment by Andrea Lorenzo Capussela

Gla, the island that is no more

Fabrizio PolaccoA journey in Boeotia, the land of Pindar, Dionysus, Heracles, and the Muses. Few tourists frequent this plain, between Athens and Delphi. Yet, every two or three miles, you can spot the remains of a once powerful polis, a sacred temple, a legendary fortress