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TOL Photo Competition

19 January 2010

Many thanks to all of you who entered the “20 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain” photo competition. We received hundreds of photographs from 29 countries in four categories:
• everyday life
• landscapes and cityscapes
• industry and economy
• politics and democracy

FIRST PRIZE
Giorgos Doganis wins the first prize of €200 for his picture "Kids in the city of Bobrusk." The photo was also the winning entry in the cityscapes and landscapes category.

Kids in the city of BobruskKids in the city of Bobrusk. Photo by Giorgos Doganis


RUNNERS UP

Each of the following runners up receives a prize of €50.

Nazik Armenakyan from Armenia won the everyday life category for her picture of an old woman on a bench enjoying a cigarette.

Chilling outChilling out. Photo by Nazik Armenakyan


Ben Aris won the industry and economy category with his picture of an open-cast diamond mine in Yakutiya, Russia.

Open-cast diamond mine in Yakutiya, Russia.Open-cast diamond mine in Yakutiya, Russia. Photo by Ben Aris.


The politics and democracy category was won by Valter Ziantoni for "Alone in History", which shows a man standing behind a line of paramilitary soldiers in Belgrade protesting against the lack of payment for their service in Kosovo.

Alone in HistoryAlone in History. Photo by Valter Ziantoni.


Congratulations to the winners and our thanks to all entrants. We’ll be holding another photo competition later in 2010, so watch this space for details.

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TOL PROMOTION

Minority Coverage in Focus

 

With the recent events in Kyrgyzstan, the need to improve coverage of ethnic and other minorities was again thrown into stark relief. Toward that end, TOL has launched a call for applications for a distance-learning course on the subject for media professionals and bloggers from Central Asia. Deadline: September 20th, 2010

 

For more information or to apply, click here.

 

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