Kodak

The name “Kodak” might not mean much today, but once, it was synonymous with photography. It became the emblem of a company that “shot itself in the foot,” offering a painful lesson for any business that fails to keep up with developments due to its own mistakes.

Tragic news emerged as Svetoslav Slavkov, a 31-year-old Bulgarian volunteer engaged in the struggle for Ukraine's freedom, has passed away. The devastating news was confirmed by his close friend Boyan Rasate, who received the information from another Bulgarian volunteer currently serving in Ukraine.

Στο «φιλέτο» του ακινήτου της Kodak, από το χαρτοφυλάκιο της Ektasis

With hearts pounding for the (Sunni) Muslim paradise but minds not too silly to risk a (Shiite) Muslim hell, officialdom in Ankara is going through the country's century-old conundrum: Unfortunately, Muslim Turkey is privately viewed as an "infidel land" both by Wahhabi (or other fellow) Sunni Arabs and by the Shiite (not-so-fellow) Persians. It is simple to understand.

As one good friend from distant lands has reminded recently, Turkey these days looks like the man who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Once again, it's the never-ending struggle, the (Islamic) "dawa" - the fight for the advancement of Sunni Islamism. "Dawa" commands fighting the infidel at home and abroad, including in (non-Sunni) Muslim lands. 

The photo featured happy faces – Turkish and European. Last week, three EU bigwigs were in Ankara: Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign affairs chief; Johannes Hahn, a chief enlargement official; and Christos Stylianides, commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan became angry because the main opposition leader had called the Middle East a quagmire. “That’s insulting,” the prime minister said. Before a court bans using the words “Middle East” and “quagmire” in the same sentence, this columnist volunteers to call the peaceful, wealthy, healthy and happy region as “the Eden of the Middle East.”

BELGRADE - The exhibition entitled From Camera Obscura to Polaroid has opened at the Yugoslav Film Archive Museum in Belgrade, presenting a part of a collection of more than 2,000 cameras collector Ugljesa Rajcevic donated to the museum.