2010-02-09
Politische Kultur in (Südost)Europa
posted by Julia 4 months ago | Tags: W-Balkans Conference
Die Südosteuropa-
Democratisation and reform in SEE
posted by Julia 9 months ago | Tags: democratisation EU W-Balkans
The latest newsletter of the "Development and Transition" platform (LSE + UNDP) focuses on democratisation in Central and (South) Eastern Europe - the pdf-version can be downloaded here. I found the interview with Thomas Carothers (who is very critical of Western democratisation efforts in (South) Eastern Europe) quite interesting - here some quotes:
Vortrag/Gespräch in Düsseldorf: Europa und der Balkan
posted by Julia 9 months ago
Das Düsseldorfer Instituts für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik e.V. (DIAS) an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität lädt zum 3. Uni Talk über "Europa und der Balkan: Identitäten, Interessen, Perspektiven" mit Dr. Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, Botschafter a.D., Bonn.
WANN? Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2009, 12:30 Uhr - 14:00 Uhr
WO? Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Seminarraum 01.05 (Geb. 24.91, Altes Juridicum) (Wegbeschreibung hier) (Eintritt frei)
WANN? Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2009, 12:30 Uhr - 14:00 Uhr
WO? Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Seminarraum 01.05 (Geb. 24.91, Altes Juridicum) (Wegbeschreibung hier) (Eintritt frei)
Bosnien-Herzegowina: Recherchereise für Medienschaffende
posted by Julia 9 months ago
n-ost bietet zwölf deutschsprachigen Medienschaffenden (Print/Radio) eine Recherchereise nach Bosnien und Herzegowina zum Thema: "Bosnien und Herzegowina. Zerrissenes Land zwischen Kriegsfolgen und EU-Integration" an. Wann? 16. bis 23. Juni 2009, Bewerbungsschluss: 19. Mai 2009.
SEE Visions
posted by Julia 11 months ago | Tags: EU Bosnia
A team of individuals from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Romania, who are taking part in a programme funded by the TRANSFUSE Association and the College of Europe, together with NGO HIŽA have launched the competition ‘Express Europe through your Eyes’ for young individuals of South East Europe. As explained on the website - where the young artists have posted their art works as blogs - "the main goal of the competition is to provide space for young people from the region to express their views on the EU through different art forms, but also to gain information and knowledge about the EU." (more...)Understanding Bosnia...
posted by Julia 11 months ago | Tags: Bosnia EU
... is the title of an article by Vildana Skocajic and Anes Alic (click here for episode one + two). After some delay due to negotiations with the US it seems that Austrian diplomat V. Inzko will be the next High Representative in BiH. Former High Representative Paddy Ashdown was criticised for using the "Bonn Powers", Schwarz-Schilling for his "ownership" policies. Miroslav Lajcak had a tougher stance in the crisis following the separatist threats of RS-PM Dodik, but also tried to be closer to the Bosnians, especially to young people (cf. the reci.ba website). (more...)
Wars of symbols
posted by Julia 11 months ago | Tags: EU W-Balkans
The Czech EU Presidency installation Entropa (pdf booklet) by the Czech artist David Černý triggered a lot of debate and criticism - so much that there is even a summary of the debate on Wikipedia. Bulgarian TV moderator Boyko Vassilev explains why:
"By creating a project where everyone feels offended, Cerny (perhaps unintentionally) shows how fragile Europe is in a world constantly driven by wars of symbols and representation. It shows also how this war could ignite along the fringes of or even within the union." (more...)
"By creating a project where everyone feels offended, Cerny (perhaps unintentionally) shows how fragile Europe is in a world constantly driven by wars of symbols and representation. It shows also how this war could ignite along the fringes of or even within the union." (more...)
Kosovo - one year after...
posted by Julia 11 months ago | Tags: Kosovo Serbia
Kosovars did not have to go to work for two days, the President of Kosovo pardoned or shortened the sentences of 62 people convicted of various crimes, and the Kosovar Prime Minister visited a baby girl born on 17 February 2008 and named Pavaresia (Independence)...
The accounts of Kosovo's celebration of "1 year of independence" are a good occasion to publish reports on every-day life in Kosovo (cf. an easy-reading article by the TAZ/in German or an (mp3) audio-report by D. Auer/Deutschlandfunk/also in German)... or to recall that most "promises" by the Kosovo government or the international community are still not realised:
The accounts of Kosovo's celebration of "1 year of independence" are a good occasion to publish reports on every-day life in Kosovo (cf. an easy-reading article by the TAZ/in German or an (mp3) audio-report by D. Auer/Deutschlandfunk/also in German)... or to recall that most "promises" by the Kosovo government or the international community are still not realised:
Recherchestipendien
posted by Julia 11 months ago
Zum zweiten Mal schreibt das Netzwerk für Osteuropa-Berichterstattung Recherchestipendien zum Thema „70 Jahre Kriegsbeginn – Erinnerungskulturen in Deutschland, Ostmittel- und Osteuropa“ aus. Gefördert werden die Stipendien von der Stiftung "Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft".
EU Should Keep Up Pressure on Belgrade
posted by Julia 1 year ago | Tags: ICTY Serbia Bosnia EU
Despite "Serbia's newfound appetite for international justice", IWPR correspondant Simon Jennings argues that the "EU Should Keep Up Pressure on Belgrade". "Given the recent arrests (...), it is regrettable that European chiefs are looking to relax their strict conditions on movement towards integration just when they are starting to work", e.g. by initiating a trade agreement with Serbia.
Related stories: a recently published BIRN article on the fate of Sarajevo's Jews during the war and an IWPR article on Visegrad where people "do not know anything" about what happened during the war. A propos Visegrad and the war: if you are looking for an easy-to-read novel for the end of the Christmas/New Years holidays, I can recommend Sasa Stanisic': Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert/How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone (click here or here to read an extract in English).
Related stories: a recently published BIRN article on the fate of Sarajevo's Jews during the war and an IWPR article on Visegrad where people "do not know anything" about what happened during the war. A propos Visegrad and the war: if you are looking for an easy-to-read novel for the end of the Christmas/New Years holidays, I can recommend Sasa Stanisic': Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert/How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone (click here or here to read an extract in English).
Visa facilitation in the W-Balkans
posted by Julia 1 year ago | Tags: EU W-Balkans
The European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) and King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) organise a conference on 10 December 2008 in Brussels on: “Does it really matter? Visa facilitation in the Western Balkans: Monitoring of the new agreements”. More information on the conference and the conference programme can be found here.
EULEX between hopes and fears
posted by Julia 1 year ago | Tags: Kosovo EU
The new EULEX mission should be operational in a few days. Its legal basis is a report by the Secretary General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo which was adopted by the UN Security Council last week:
"I expect EULEX to move forward with its deployment in the coming period and to assume responsibilities in the areas of policing, justice and customs, under the overall authority of the United Nations, under a United Nations umbrella headed by my Special Representative, and in accordance with resolution 1244 (1999). UNMIK has been working closely with EULEX on technical arrangements designed to facilitate its deployment under resolution 1244 (1999)." (Ban Ki Moon in the Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo from 24 November 2008) (click on "MORE" to read on)
SEE-EU
This weblog is a forum for discussion on the political and social processes linked to EU integration in the Western Balkans. We would also like to use this space to create a virtual network of researchers on this topic. You are most welcome to contribute to this weblog with comments, postings, links, or photos. Please use the "add comment" function at the end of each posting!
All photos by the Photo Arts Collective of Kosovo. First photo by Burim Myftiu (Swimming olympiade in Klina). Second photo by Mimoza. Third photo by Dashmir Izairi.
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EU newsletter on Kosovo's integration into the EU
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"La Serbie et le Monténégro dans les Balkans en recomposition"
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(pdf, 3 MB)
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The e-library of EU-Consent provides access to more than 400 titles on EU deepening and widening.
digital youth information bulletin
Resource centre on civil society in BiH by the Centre for Promotion of Civil society
Greek think tank with news and views on the European periphery
Graduate review of the CEU, also open to other contributors
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is currently published by Globic Press on behalf of the Albanian Political Science Association (ALPSA).
Kosovo-Rrom information website in Rromane, English, French, Albanian, and Serbian
von der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (mit Artikel über Kosovo und Mazedonien)
Forschungsgruppe Bosnien (Dr. B. Bieber)
writer, translator, interpreter and specialist in Albanian studies
Kosovar weekly newspaper in Gheg language with a part dedicated to European issues (Jáva e Evropes)
at Bologna University in Forlí
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(in Albanian)
"Political Institutions of Southeastern Europe in Historical Comparative Perspective", by the Centre for Applied Policy Research in Munich
Tourist guides to Pristina, Peja, Prizren (downloadable as pdf)
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information and opinion exchange on science and technological development in the region of the Western Balkans
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archive of public policy material from central and eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union
excellent overview of Angelopoulos' films
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economic research on South-Eastern Europe: monthly reports and quarterly forecasts
with explanations on its historical sites - cf. also the ESI discussion paper on "Utopian Visions. Governance failures in Kosovo's capital"
street map and air photos from Pristina with event and place locator function
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dialogue between young artists from Pristina and Belgrade
NGO active in Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, BiH
Kosovo cultural guide
supplement from Austrian paper "Die Presse" (pdf)
resource page with a lot of documents on the legal and political aspects of the Kosovo status question created by the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (in German)
literature and scientific books on the Balkans
online resource for knowledge and expertise on peacebuilding and conflict prevention, particularly as it relates to EU policy. Themes: 1) Mediation; 2) Regional cooperation on environment, economy and natural resources; 3) Security; 4) Democratisation and transitional justice; 5) Gender; and 6) Capacity building and training.
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