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More...Keywords: Preševo; Bujanovac; Albanians in Macedonia; Albanians in Montenegro; Kosovo-conflict;
The discussions summarized in this report took place on December 1 and 2, 2000, in the Vougliameni suburb of Athens, Greece, at a gathering of senior political leaders from Southeast Europe. The Project on Ethnic Relations (PER) convened the meeting, in an informal and neutral setting, to help these leaders in their mutual search for solutions to the bitter aftermath of ethnic strife and warfare that devastated parts of their region during the 1990s, and to encourage them to exchange ideas about how to prevent continuing interethnic rivalries from breaking out in renewed violence. Behind the prosaic title of the Athens discussions —“Albanians as Majorities and Minorities: A Regional Dialogue”— lie some of the most explosive issues of the day: the future of the status of Kosovo; relations between Serbs and Kosovar Albanians in Kosovo and between Serbs and Albanians in Serbia proper; the survival of the Yugoslav Federation, the territorial integrity of Serbia and Macedonia; and the ebb and flow of influence between Albania and Albanians living outside its borders. The outcomes of these questions will affect the entire region, including even Greece and Italy and, indeed, the international community itself, for decades to come.
More...Keywords: Democratic institutions; Transnistria conflict; capacity of administration; juridical system; economic reforms; foreign trade; social development; human traffic; migration; border control;
The reports in the "Euromonitor" series aim at independent and objective monitoring of the implementation process of the Republic of Moldova - European Union Action Plan. The actions adopted and implemented by both signatories of the Plan will be monitored quarterly. The action plan is a complex document, structured in 7 chapters, which provides for the implementation of about 300 actions, some defined more or less precisely, others very ambiguous. Unable to monitor such a complex document, the authors of "Euromonitor" focused on priority actions, identified in the Action Plan itself.
More...Keywords: Democratic institutions; Transnistria conflict; capacity of administration; juridical system; economic reforms; foreign trade; social development; human traffic; migration; border control;
The reports in the "Euromonitor" series aim at independent and objective monitoring of the implementation process of the Republic of Moldova - European Union Action Plan. The actions adopted and implemented by both signatories of the Plan will be monitored quarterly. The action plan is a complex document, structured in 7 chapters, which provides for the implementation of about 300 actions, some defined more or less precisely, others very ambiguous. Unable to monitor such a complex document, the authors of "Euromonitor" focused on priority actions, identified in the Action Plan itself.
More...Keywords: European elections;trust in political leaders;voting intentions;
Survey conducted between November 27 and December 5, 2018 on a sample of 1087 people. He measured issues such as: union with the Republic of Moldova, special pensions, electronic voting, expectations from the European Union and MEPs, the perception of Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă, confidence in political leaders, voting intentions, evaluation of the last four presidents of Romania.
More...Keywords: administrative issues;trust in political leaders;voting intentions;
The survey was conducted between 1-5 August 2020 on a sample of 911 inhabitants of the city. He measured people’s opinion about the mayoral candidates, voting intentions, comparisons between the main competitors, the expectations of the population from the future mayor, the evaluation of the current mayor’s involvement in various administrative issues.
More...Keywords: administrative issues;trust in political leaders;voting intentions;
The survey was conducted on August 1-4, 2020 by interviewing 502 people living in the commune. He measured the way in which the City Hall managed a series of issues, the priorities of the population, the perception of the current mayor, of the main competitors, comparisons between them, voting intentions.
More...Keywords: administrative issues;trust in political leaders;voting intentions;
The survey was conducted on July 31 – August 2, 2020 on a sample of 422 inhabitants of the city. He measured people’s opinion about the main candidates for City Hall, the expectations of the future mayor, the voting intentions, the way in which the City Hall got involved in certain administrative issues.
More...Keywords: administrative issues;trust in political leaders;voting intentions;
The survey was conducted on July 2-5, 2020 on a sample of 629 inhabitants of the city. He measured people’s opinion about the main candidates for City Hall, the comparison between the first two competitors, expectations of the future mayor, voting intentions, how the City Hall was involved in certain administrative issues, achievements and failures of current and former mayor.
More...Keywords: festival;catalogue;film;
More...Keywords: Obligatory work; Jews in Romania and Hungary; World War II; Labor service;
This paper proposes to compare the ideological and legal frameworks of the Romanian and Hungarian Jewish labor service system. The analysis brings into focus Transylvania, a territory which was divided between Hungary and Romania in the time of the Second World War. Between 1940-1944 the northern part of Transylvania was part of Hungary, while the southern territories belonged to Romania. This territory split in two had a Jewish population with common characteristics like their Hungarian language and culture and their socio-cultural background. However, their fate in the time of the Holocaust were totally different.
More...please find in the » Introduction.pdf « a complete Table of Content for all annual issues of 1942
More...please find in the » Introduction.pdf « a complete Table of Content for all annual issues of 1941
More...please find in the » Introduction.pdf « a complete Table of Content for all annual issues of 1941
More...please find in the » Introduction.pdf « a complete Table of Content for all annual issues of 1940
More...Keywords: the transilvanian question;
This issue is offering an essay written by Imre Mikó (* 1911) in French / German and Romanian language. Title of the text in English: » The Transilvanian Question in the European public perception and opinion between 1865 and 1920 «
More...Keywords: Elections; voting; Europe; terrorism; security; Vienna; deradicalization; Joe Biden; BiH; Euro-Atlantic integration; local elections;
1. Uvodnik - Kako smo, stvarno, glasali?. 2. Terorizam je europska stvarnost, ugroza s kojom ćemo još jako dugo živjeti. 3. Teroristički napad u Beču: Društveni kontekst i varljivi ishodi procesa deradikalizacije. 4. Dolazak Joea Bidena donijet će novi vjetar u leđa euroatlantskim integracijama Bosne i Hercegovine. 5. Lokalni izbori – šta poslije?
More...Keywords: criminal financing;
The evolution and proliferation of new forms of terrorism, organized crime, intrusion and information warfare generate new money laundering schemes to finance these types of activities. Their purpose is to avoid anti-money laundering mechanisms created through a joint international effort. Money laundering is essentially an international phenomenon, so it is extremely important that regulations and prevention measures are developed and implemented in all countries. This approach is particularly relevant for the European Union (EU), where all new developments, including the fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and the legislative framework for the automatic exchange of information, can be undermined if neighboring countries fall behind.
More...Keywords: Taxes and fees; fiscal controls; fiscal facilities; single VAT rate; public administration.
The paper presents the results of a sociological research carried out in Romania on a national sample of 1,104 subjects. The data was collected between 9-14 June 2022, and the research was funded by the Tax Pact. The paper presents data on Romanians' preferences for a stable tax code, for merging some taxes and simplifying tax legislation, for certain legislative measures and proposals for the economic recovery of the country, about the progressive tax and about the perception of fiscal administrations.
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