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Bulgarian School Hygiene at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Cultural Images, Professional Roles and Practices

Bulgarian School Hygiene at the Beginning of the 20th Century: Cultural Images, Professional Roles and Practices

Author(s): Gergana Mircheva / Language(s): English

This text examines the institutionalisation of norms for proper physical and mental status of Bulgarian school youth at the beginning of the 20th century. The analysis focuses on two interrelated issues: how certain cultural images of (un)fit body and (ab)normal mind reasoned the introduction of professional (medico-pedagogical) roles in the Bulgarian secondary schools, and how such images prescribed “health selection” in the production of individual and collective identities: “student” – “(school) youth” – “people”/“nation”/ race”).

American-Bulgarian Economic Cooperation Forum: Expanding Investment and Trade - How Can Institutions Help?

American-Bulgarian Economic Cooperation Forum: Expanding Investment and Trade - How Can Institutions Help?

Author(s): Stephan Kyutchukov,Daniela Bobeva,Svilen Parvulov,Stephan Hadjitodorov,Valeri Kostov / Language(s): English

The collection of papers presents recommendations to be considered by governmental and non-governmental organizations to improve their coordination and effectiveness in trade and investment promotion activities. The papers were presented at a forum, that brought together approximately 30 representatives of American and Bulgarian institutions involved in promoting bilateral trade and investment. It was organized at the initiative of the Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States — Mrs Snezhana Botousharova - with support from the Open Society Fund. The objective was two-fold: - to identify those factors that currently constrain American investment in Bulgaria and hinder trade expansion; and, - to define a framework of actions to be undertaken by the Bulgarian and American institutions to promote expanded bilateral economic cooperation.

UNDP - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009 - BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA. The Ties that Bind - Social Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina

UNDP - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009 - BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA. The Ties that Bind - Social Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Nicola Nixon,Stephanie Roels,Lucia Desigis,Miroslav Divčić,Hans Fridberg,Marija Ignjatović,Karla Koutkova / Language(s): English

Despite the progress that has been made since the end of the 1992-1995 conflict in BiH, the country’s social fabric is still weakened and frayed. Levels of social trust are very low. In contrast to what one might assume – that levels of trust and social cohesion would be increasing, as the conflict recedes into the past – evidence suggests that over the past few years trust levels have been worsening. This low social trust manifests itself as a considerable development challenge in BiH, in particular in light of the country’s aspirations to join the European Union in the near future. // Social trust is something that binds societies together and helps them function. It makes people’s interactions with one another, and with institutions and service providers, smoother and more efficient. A lack of trust, in contrast, has the tendency to make those processes more laborious and fractious. Together with civic participation and norms of reciprocity, trust is a crucial component of social capital. // They are the features of society that facilitate cooperation between people that results in mutual benefit. The concept of social capital arises, therefore, from the assumption that relationships matter: that understanding the different constellations of social networks and the functioning of everyday social ties is essential to interpreting – and ultimately intervening to change – broader social processes. // The report finds that BiH’s social fabric is characterised by fragmentation and segmentation rather than cohesion and solidarity. BiH has a web of localised strong ties, based on strong family relations. Such strong ties do have their advantages. For example, they can provide support in times of need. To that extent, it is clear that in their immediate networks people care and look out for each other to a great extent in BiH. // Those with higher education have more diverse networks, highlighting the importance of strengthening the education system in BiH and improving retention levels. Yet, for the benefit of broader society, a lot more needs to be done to build broader, more integrative and wider-spanning ties, incorporating members of other communities, ethnicities, social classes and both genders.

V4 Trade and FDI Observer

V4 Trade and FDI Observer

Author(s): Radomír Špok,Erich Kříž,Katalin Antaloczy,Magdolna Sass,Patryk Toporowski,Karol Frank / Language(s): English

Keywords: economy; trade; Visegrad Group

The Polish Institute of International Affairs recommends you the report: V4 Trade and FDI Observer prepared under the project: V4 Trade and FDI Observer, financed by the International Visegrad Fund. PISM was represented in this project by Patryk Toporowski, PISM analyst, who was responsible in substance for a section on Poland. The report is the result of work of the small team of experts from the Visegrad Group countries: the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. Editors of the whole document are Tamás Szemler (ICEG European Centre) and Andrea Éltető (Hungarian Academy of Sciences). The aim of the quarterly is the analysis of current trade and investments of the Visegrad Group countries, including the wider economic context and a longer time horizon.

The International Activity of Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation on the Case of the Far East

The International Activity of Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation on the Case of the Far East

Author(s): Małgorzata Pietrasiak,Michał Słowikowski / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Worlds Beyond the World

Światy poza światem

Author(s): Krzysztof M. Maj / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: world-building;allotopia;world-centered narrative;postclassical narratology;fictional world;theory of fiction

In search of new routes. Ukraine's foreign trade after the Revolution of Dignity

In search of new routes. Ukraine's foreign trade after the Revolution of Dignity

Author(s): Sławomir Matuszak / Language(s): English

Keywords: Ukraine's foreign trade

The Ukrainian-Russian war not only came as a shock to the Ukrainian political elite and public – it also turned out to be a kind of a shock therapy for the Ukrainian economy. Very serious and deep changes have taken place in Ukraine’s trade co-operation with other countries since 2014. The Kremlin’s aggressive moves caused Ukraine to lose not only a major share of its market in Russia but also in the remaining post-Soviet countries and contributed to the collapse of the sale of products of the machine industry, the only Ukrainian export with a high added value. In turn, the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement with the EU proved to be an effective tool helping the Ukrainian economy to overcome the crisis and compensate for the consequences of the collapse of trade with post-Soviet countries. This was possible even though the expectations of representatives of the Ukrainian government that the EU market would soon compensate for the lost post-Soviet markets turned out to be unrealistic, in particular in the case of industrial production. At present, Ukraine relies on exports of raw materials and low processed products to an even higher degree than before the crisis. The only difference is that metallurgical products have been replaced as the dominant exports by products of the food and agricultural sector.

Glass bead trade in Northeast Africa. The evidence from Meroitic and post-Meroitic Nubia. PAM Monograph Series 10 - Chapter 1-8

Glass bead trade in Northeast Africa. The evidence from Meroitic and post-Meroitic Nubia. PAM Monograph Series 10 - Chapter 1-8

Author(s): Joanna Then-Obłuska,Barbara Wagner / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: glass beads; Meroitic and late Antique Nubia; trade in antiquity; glass manufacturing; chemical composition; provenance study

Strings of colorful glass beads were a popular commodity traded throughout ancient Nubia in the earlier half of the first millennium AD. Combining macroscopic examination with laboratory analyses, the author breaks new ground in Nubian studies, establishing diagnostic markers for a study of trading markets and broader economic trends in Meroitic and post-Meroitic Nubia.Archaeometric results, lucidly presented and discussed, identify the origins of the glass from which the beads under investigation were made. The demonstrated South Indian/Sri Lankan provenance of some of the ready-made beads from Nubian burial contexts and a reconstruction of their distribution patterns in Northeast Africa is the first undisputed proof of contacts between Nubia and the Red Sea coast. Reaching beyond that, it shows Nubia’s involvement in the Asian maritime trade, whether directly or indirectly, during a period of intensive interchanges between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

A Systematic Outline of Bone and Antler Industry in the Dniester Region Iron Age: some principles from Chobruchi settlement site

Систематизация костно-роговой индустрии раннего железного века Поднестровья (на основе коллекции поселения Чобручи)

Author(s): Valentin B. Pankowski,Sergey A. Fidelski / Language(s): Russian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Dniester Region; Chobruchi; Iron Age; bone and antler industry; classification; traceology

The paper aims to survey current systematizing developments for the osseous industries dated back to the 6th—2nd centuries BC in the Northwest Pontic area. These trends, however, appear to be applicable to any of the many worked-bone-containing parts in the whole archaeological oecumene. The readers are introduced to the classificatory concepts which only have been explicated in parts elsewhere. Basically, the North Pontic archaeologists definitely used to seek their worked bone archaeological record to be completely imposed into classification. Yet any kind of such classifications normally contains impermeable inherent limits set up by the researchers themselves, who usually face a scarcity of comprehensive expert data. Here, some special solutions to the problem are put forward based on systemic classificatory approach. The approach refers to the osseous raw material structures and the ways they have been transformed during manufacture. The technoclasses concept of adapting, modifying, and converting bone and antler during utilization goes back, in particular, to Andrei Borodovskiy’s technological systematics. The traceological studies, in turn, tend to embed all identifiable objects into a system, since many more different means of functional analysis would work as verifying methods. At the same time, the artefacts’ technical functions and the manners they were used are the issues of special research concern. Further, the ways past equipment including instruments, implements, and accessories might have affected on or interacted with objects and substances, resulted in rational shapes and use-wear patterns in artefacts. The entities of tools, devices, joints, furniture, andparaphernalia seem to be quite perceptive to the variability in worked bone and antler record. This kind of arrangement may have been flexibly changed in terms of its units and even sections hierarchy, whereas its principal ideas are here to stay with no need them to be rearranged.

Prisons in Serbia (April 2004 – April 2005)

Prisons in Serbia (April 2004 – April 2005)

Author(s): Marijana Obradović,Nataša Novaković,Gordana Lukić-Samardžija,Igor Kuzmanović,Marija Jelić / Language(s): English

Keywords: Prisons; Serbian prisons; torture; violence; rehabilitation; inhuman treatment; punishment; detention facilities;

This publication is the output of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia’s activity over the second year of the implementation of the project "Prevention of Torture: Support to the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture" that is realized thanks to the assistance of the European Commission – European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights. Apart from the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, this three-year project includes Bulgarian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish and Russian Helsinki committees, as well as the International Helsinki Federation. At regional level, the project aims at preventing torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in detention facilities (police stations, prisons, psychiatric institutions, etc.), encouraging non-governmental organizations to regularly visit these institutions and exerting pressure on national governments to make it possible for the non-governmental sector to conduct such monitoring. [...]

Fairy tales in the Czech literature for children and youth (1990–2010)

Pohádkové příběhy v české literatuře pro děti a mládež (1990–2010)

Author(s): Milena Šubrtová / Language(s): English,Czech / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Czech literature for children; Fairy tales; 1990s;

It is not possible to describe the position and the form of fairy tale in the Czech literature for children and youth of the past two decades without returning to transformations of the Czech literary scene immediately after 1989. The 1990s in the Czech literature for children and youth were a turbulent period influenced by social changes brought about byde–monopolization and fragmentation of publishing activities and also by the chance of open confrontation with the international book production featuring top as well as trivial and utilitarian works. The new national production of that period remained in the shadow of edition returns to the time–tested books from the golden collection of the Czech literature and also returns to the banned authors of the previous period. Quantitatively, catchy translations prevailed on the book market.

Spaces of the University. Trends, visions, design standards

Przestrzenie uniwersytetu. Trendy. Wizje. Standardy projektowania

Author(s): Michał Sikorski,Stefan Jackowski,Karolina Matysiak / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: design of the university buildings; architecture of the university; design standards for the university

The publication comprehensively covers the issues of designing various university spaces (didactic, research, office, social) and the related challenges. It analyzes the most important trends in architecture and urban planning, presents specific solutions used throughout the world. One of the chapters is devoted to the individual conditions and urban planning of the University of Warsaw. The chapters on spatial design standards were inspired by the experiences of the Office of Innovations in the Academic Space of the University of Warsaw.

International Economic Relations - Theories, strategies, policies, tools and case studies (Full eBook)

International Economic Relations - Theories, strategies, policies, tools and case studies (Full eBook)

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: international business; international economics; international management; international marketing; international finance

The volume has 22 chapters organized in four thematic parts: the first part includes elements related to the world economy system in the context of international economic relations, international organizations and global governance. The second part looks at the international environment and how this influences the international activity of a company. The third part focuses on the organization that operates at international level and how specific activities are conducted (negotiations, contracting, management, marketing, foreign trade operations, risk management and others). The last part, the fourth looks at recent challenges in the internationalization, such as innovation, technology, intangible economy and lobby.

Nature and manner of the wall painting

Nature and manner of the wall painting

Author(s): Małgorzata Martens-Czarnecka / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Faras; Pachoras; cathedrals of Aetios, Paulos and Petros; Nubia; Kazimierz Michałowski; PCMA

The publication documents the relics of the wall paintings from the Early Christian cathedral discovered in Faras by the team of Polish archeologists led by Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski in 1961–1964 in connection with building the Aswan Dam. For each painting, metric data, location and state of preservation are provided. The catalogue is richly illustrated with the photographs of paintings before they were taken off the walls and after conservation, and a table of all the ornaments and patterns depicted in the paintings as well as concordance tables and index.

Accelerated lignite exit in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece

Accelerated lignite exit in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece

Author(s): Martin Vladimirov,Todor Galev,Radostina Primova / Language(s): English

In light of the ambitious targets for long term decarbonisation set by the European Green Deal, a critical question for decision-makers is how to sustain a coal phase-out that is as swift as possible while also ensuring security of supply, affordable electricity, and a just transition in regions dependent on coal. The aim of this report is to support decision makers in Bulgaria, Greece and Romania to implement a timely phase-out of coal by analysing the impact on electricity systems as well as the local economy, and highlighting policy recommendations to deal with potential issues related to compensation, system security and local economic impacts.

EAP Think Bridge - № 2017-08 - From free trade zones to common economic space

EAP Think Bridge - № 2017-08 -From free trade zones to common economic space

Author(s): Richard Giragosian,Ahmad Alili,Arseniy Sivitsky,Lasha Tughushi,Daniela Gologan,Oleksii Krysenko,Yurii Vdovenko / Language(s): English

While the countries of the Eastern Partnership are not ready to act as a united region politically, there does not seem to be too many obstacles for launching a pragmatic economic cooperation or even a common economic space. Those countries already signed the Association agreement with the Euro¬pean Union should be in the avant-garde of such an integration. However, in reality Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are once again more concentrated on the bilateral track of relations with the EU. Furthermore, these countries have yet to enjoy the advantages of the Free Trade Area with Europe as of now. The prospects of the common economic space within the frames of the Eastern Partnership were examined by a Ukrainian expert Yurii Vdovenko. Meanwhile, the traditional political peace and quiet in the region was not a feature of this summer. July and August turned out to be unusually hot for all six countries. In Azerbaijan the first lady Mehriban Alieva is getting more political weight, this may mean that there is finally an opportunity for a major power change in the country. As for Armenia, a fight to become a prime-minister with new powers as a result of the soon-to-be political system transforma¬tion continues, however, no official statements have been made yet. The rest of the countries were concentrated on their foreign policy games. Belarus, while still experiencing Russian pressure, chooses to put its eggs in several baskets. Georgia hopes to get back on track of the USA interests after Mike Pence visiting the country. As for Moldova, it had to explain the changes made to the electoral system to the Western partners. While Ukraine hosted a number of the important visits and events, however, not resulting in any significant changes. These and other important developments in the region can be found in our analytical reviews. //// CONTENT: ARMENIA: A SUSPENSEFUL SUMMER // AZERBAIJAN: POLITICAL CHANGES TO COME? // BELARUS: BETWEEN “HELSINKI-2“ AND “ZAPAD-2017“ // FIERY SUMMER IN GEORGIA // MOLDOVA ON THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY // UKRAINE: UNUSUAL ACTIVITY INSTEAD OF SUMMER RECESS // ANALYTICA; FROM FREE TRADE ZONES TO COMMON ECONOMIC SPACE

National Security & Defence, № 030 (2002 - 06)

National Security & Defence, № 030 (2002 - 06)

Author(s): Vasyl Rohovyi,Roman Shpek,Petro Symonenko,Volodymyr Spivachuk,Yulia Tymoshenko,Vikror Yushchenko / Language(s): English

UKRAINE AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION // 1.THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT // 2. THE PROCESS OF UKRAINE'S ACCESSION TO THE WTO: ADVANCES AND PROBLEMS // 3. POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF UKRAINE'S ACCESSION TO THE WTO // 4. CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSALS // POSITIONS OF POLITICIANS AND EXPERTS // UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO THE WTO: THE PROBLEMS, GAINS AND PROSPECTS // UKRAINE'S ACCESSION TO THE WTO IN THE CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT OF ITS RELATIONS WITH THE EU // UKRAINE'S ACCESSION TO THE WTO: "PROS" AND "CONS" // UKRAINE AND THE WTO: PROBLEMS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE AN ACCESSION // UKRAINE'S ACCESSION TO THE WTO: WHAT IS NEEDED ARE POLITICAL WILL AND PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATION PROCESS // UKRAINE'S ACCESSION TO THE WTO: A STEP TOWARDS THE SOLUTION OF FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS // WE SUPPORT UKRAINE'S GOAL OF JOINING THE WTO // UKRAINIAN ACCESSION TO THE WTO: IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR

STUDENT PRACTICE IN MONTENEGRO - BETWEEN ASPIRATIONS AND REALITY - LESSONS LEARNED FROM PROJECT «ACTIVE STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT»

STUDENT PRACTICE IN MONTENEGRO - BETWEEN ASPIRATIONS AND REALITY - LESSONS LEARNED FROM PROJECT «ACTIVE STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT»

Author(s): Damir Nikočević,Andrea Lekić,Andrijana Radević,Anđela Nenadić,Bojan Vukojičić,Dušan Pejaković,Jelena Kontić,Marija Bulatović,Nina Đuranović,Rajko Vučetić,Vanja Đikanović / Language(s): English

Keywords: Higher education; students for sustainable development; Faculty of political sciences in Montenegro; finding a job;

Youth unemployment is one of the greatest problems which countries of region and Europe are facing. There are numerous reasons for such state. Incompatibility of educational system with needs of labour market results in saturation of certain professions, while highly specialised areas remain in deficit, are only some of those reasons. Global economic crisis, as well as the absence of adequate state intervention do not contribute to resolving the identified challenges.

ENSURE ACCESS TO GENERAL COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Civil Society and Private Sector Contribution to Achieving the National Targets of MDG 2 in the Republic of Moldova

ENSURE ACCESS TO GENERAL COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Civil Society and Private Sector Contribution to Achieving the National Targets of MDG 2 in the Republic of Moldova

Author(s): Anatol Gremalschi / Language(s): English

Keywords: education in Moldova;

The survey’s goal consists in making an analysis of the contribution of civil society organizations and of private sector to achieving the targets of MDG 2 in the Republic of Moldova, identification of the constraints faced by non-governmental organizations and private companies while conducting relevant for MDG 2 activities and making recommendations for improving and expanding the collaboration among public authorities, associative sector and private sector in terms of ensuring universal access to preschool and general compulsory education.

“I Found Hope Again That Night…”

“I Found Hope Again That Night…”

Author(s): Katarzyna Marciniak / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Beauty and the Beast; Eros and Psyche; Orpheus and Eurydice; TV series; New York; love; hope

The tale of "Beauty and the Beast", rooted in the ancient myth of Eros and Psyche, ranks among the most engaging stories of our culture, as the overwhelming success of its recent Disney version attests. It appeals to both young and old, because it deals with the timeless ideas of love, loyalty, courage, loss, and the search – beneath surface appearance – for authentic values worthy of the highest sacrifice. Among the myriad versions of the tale (Disney’s 1991 animation and 2017 movie being the most famous ones), a very particular retelling has been chosen as the subject for this chapter – the TV series "Beauty and the Beast" (1987–1990) created by Ron Koslow and his team. Deemed “too strange to succeed”, it was nonetheless broadcast globally and followed by more than 19 million viewers at its acme, and still enjoys hosts of devoted fans today. Set in New York, the global metropolis in the New World that has never severed its ties with the Old Continent and its ancient history, the series lifts contemporary civilization into the realm of myth. It universalizes the emotions of young and mature protagonists and acquaints the audience with classical culture – in the broadest meaning of the term – through numerous references to such authors as Virgil, Ovid, Shakespeare, Dickens, and Rilke, and to masterpieces of music by Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Vivaldi. The chapter offers an analysis of the ancient heritage present in the series, with a particular focus on the first season’s episode 8, “Song of Orpheus”, which deals with the most traumatic experience – the death of a loved one – and which shows how a seemingly devastating descent into the Underworld might turn into a quest for hope.