In the spotlight: this new feminicide that shocks Greece
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou arrives for her investiture ceremony in Athens, March 13, 2020. POOL / AFP
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In Greece, one too many femicide?
On July 17, a 26-year-old young woman was pushed by her companion from the top of a cliff on the island of Folegandros.
A murder that questions Greek society on
the violence suffered by women
, while a 20-year-old Englishwoman had already been killed last May by her Greek companion.
President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou said she was "
shaken and flabbergasted
" by these tragedies.
In Serbia, a new law obliges the feminization of the names of professions, such as a writer, teacher or firefighter, but conservative circles revolt, while the tendency to take gender into account has been attested in the
Serbian language
since at least the 19th century. .
Who loses most in the failure of the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia?
The last meeting between Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić in Brussels ended in failure.
The dialogue on the "normalization of relations between the two countries" has broken down: it nevertheless conditions the European rapprochement between Pristina and Belgrade, but in reality the European Union does not have much to offer.
Explanations
.
Bulgaria: who is Slavi Trifonov for?
He dethroned the indestructible
Boyko Borissov
but, since his victory in the legislative elections of July 11, the comic
Slavi Trifonov has
no longer appeared in public.
As rumors swell, powerful networks are agitated behind the scenes - those of the oligarch Delyan Peevski and the Socialist Party (PSB), as well as the former "yuppies" of Tsar Simeon II.
The pressurized environment in the Balkans
It is a sea serpent that poisons the air of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Russian billionaire Rashid Sardarov signed a contract in 2013 with the authorities of Republika Srpska to build a new
thermal power station
in Ugljevik.
Since then, nothing has progressed, but a partnership with China is relaunching the issue.
Despite the objective of breaking away from fossil fuels.
At the same time, Republika Srpska and Serbia launched with a bang the construction of the Buk Bijela hydroelectric power station on the Drina.
Without consultation with the central authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, nor with neighboring Montenegro, which fears the impact
of the dams on the course of the Tara
.
Montenegro formalizes same-sex unions
The law on same-sex unions was passed last year, and Montenegro is implementing it.
Some legal provisions still need to be harmonized, but civil registrars have already received training and first
marriages
will be celebrated this summer.
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