Frolicking with the Planet

Poigravanje planetom

Author(s): Ana Ilić / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 468-469/2010

Keywords: COPENHAGEN Climate Conference 2009

There's no Independent Journalism Without Firm Beliefs

Nema nezavisnog novinarstva bez postojanih načela

Author(s): Olivija Rusovac / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 468-469/2010

Keywords: Feral Tribune Closure

Budget Improvisations

Budžetske improvizacije

Author(s): Dejan Kožul / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 468-469/2010

Keywords: OECD; Serbia; Tax Policy

Boogieman in Belgrade

Bauk u Beogradu

Author(s): Maja Krek / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 468-469/2010

Keywords: terrorism; left; extremist; EU; Serbia

Theatrical Political Factories

Pozorišne političke fabrike

Author(s): Zorica Jevremović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 468-469/2010

Keywords: Multipluralism; Parties; Theater

Our Take: Sex and Swastikas

Our Take: Sex and Swastikas

Author(s): Brian Whitmore,Barbara Frye / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/19/2006

Keywords: youth activists; Nazi; Kaczynski; Lech; Law and Justice Party; Self-Defense party; Andrzej Lepper; Aneta Krawczyk; Gazeta Wyborcza; Polish political parties

If this is the Polish leadership's idea of a moral revolution, bring back sleaze.

EU Membership: Let's Just be Friends

EU Membership: Let's Just be Friends

Author(s): Tihomir Loza / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/19/2006

Keywords: EU membership; Balkans; EU constitution; Turkey; Croatia; Brussel; Matti Vanhanen; European integration; Poland; Bulgaria; Romania; EU

The EU's tepid response to its ardent Balkan suitors would frustrate anyone. But they can't give up.

Ukraine: Private Revolutions

Ukraine: Private Revolutions

Author(s): Oksana Forostyna / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/19/2006

Keywords: Pora; Leonid Kuchma; Viktor Yanukovych; Viktor Yushchenko; Taras Hataliak; presidential election; Yevhen Sobol; nationalist demonstrators

Three Ukrainians retell how they became caught up in the changes that swept the country two years ago.

Slovakia: Reform School

Slovakia: Reform School

Author(s): Robert Anderson / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/19/2006

Keywords: Central Europe; Mikulas Dzurinda; reforms; Smer; Fico; flat income tax; Economy; CzechInvest

Western critics of Slovakia's go-slow approach have a lot to learn.

Russia: Front-Page Ruse

Russia: Front-Page Ruse

Author(s): Galina Stolyarova / Language(s): English / Issue: 12/19/2006

Keywords: Anna Severnova; Russian journalists; Boris Vishnevsky; Yabloko party; Valentina Matvienko; Sergei Gulyayev; journalists; corruption

In Russia, a little well-placed cash can get you good press.

Accessibility and Regional Examinations

Elérhetőség és területi vizsgálatok

Author(s): János Pénzes / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 05/2013

Keywords: Accessibility; Regional Examinations

Application of GMR–Europe Model For the Examination of Blue Economy-type Innovations’ Effect

A GMR–Európa-modell alkalmazása kék gazdaság-típusú innovációk hatásvizsgálatára

Author(s): Orsolya Hau-Horváth,Norbert Szabó,Attila Varga,Péter Járosi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 05/2013

Keywords: GMR-modell; kék gazdaság; számítható általános egyensúlyi modellek; TFP; innováció.

The present paper introduces and applies a new model-system, which is suitable for analysing impacts of blue economy-type innovations. Professional literature contribution covers three aspects. First a multi-sectoral calculated general equilibrium (CGE) model was created, which can show the economic effect of the use of recycled waste. Secondly, an empirical methodology was worked out, by which blue economy type new technologies can be concretely shown in regional input-output tables. Since blue innovations are largely based on local inputs, they have primarily local impacts. Furthermore, however, the interregional rippling of local effects may have importance partly because of the indirectly changed trade among regions, and partly because of the induced migration. Therefore we employed a model frame, which is capable of sensing complex spatial processes. The selected model frame is the GMR-Europe model, which has already been elaborated, and frequently used for other purposes. Perhaps the most popular blue economy-type innovation is the one, when edible mushroom is grown on coffee grounds. We make an estimation of effects of this innovation to the Southern Transdanubia region by this model.

Do We Need Health Geography?

Kell-e nekünk egészségföldrajz?

Author(s): Dániel Szilágyi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 05/2013

Keywords: Health Geography

Do We Need Health Geography?

Geography of the Carpathian Basin

A Kárpát-medence földrajza

Author(s): György Kőszegfalvi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 05/2013

Keywords: Geography; Carpathian Basin

Geography of the Carpathian Basin

Report on the Conference of Green Growth Knowledge Platform

Beszámoló a Zöld Növekedés Tudás Platform konferenciájáról

Author(s): István Pomázi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 05/2013

Keywords: Report; Conference; Green Growth Knowledge Platform

Report on the Conference of Green Growth Knowledge Platform

Our Take: The Best Defense is a Good Anti-Corruption Offensive

Our Take: The Best Defense is a Good Anti-Corruption Offensive

Author(s): TOL Our Take / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/30/2010

Keywords: Czech Republic; Czech Defense Ministry; corruption; CASA transport aircraft; Martin Bartak; U.S. diplomat; Tatra; a Czech truck company; William Cabaniss; ODS-TOP 09-VV coalition; Prime Minister Petr Necas; FBI investigation; Pandur;

After years of Czech politicians accusing each other of big-time graft, a U.S. diplomat-businessman’s accusation may finally push them into doing something about it.

Russian Unorthodox: The Company It Keeps

Russian Unorthodox: The Company It Keeps

Author(s): Galina Stolyarova / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/30/2010

Keywords: Russia; human rights; Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony; Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo; Russia's Foreign Ministry; China; Andrei Dmitriev; National Bolshevik Party; Mikhail Khodorkovsky; dissidents;

As a Chinese dissident wins the Nobel Peace Prize, Moscow nurtures its ties with Beijing by skipping the ceremony.

People: The Choir Director

People: The Choir Director

Author(s): Nathan Greenhagh / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/30/2010

Keywords: Lithuania; ethnic Polish; Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius; ethnic minorities; Edward Trusewicz; Association of Poles in Lithuania; Polish-Lithuanian border; Russian energy; nuclear power plant;

One man has taken as his mission changing the way Lithuanians see their ethnic Polish countrymen.

Books: Divide and Be Conquered

Books: Divide and Be Conquered

Author(s): Viktar Martinovich / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/30/2010

Keywords: Belarus; book Struggle Over Identity; Minsk; Russia; Katyn; Moscow; Belarusian language; Poland; Lithuania; ethnic culture; Lukashenka; EU; Belarusian Popular Front; Social Democrats; Communists; dictatorship

Autocracy survives in Belarus in part because its citizens cannot agree on who they really are. Struggle Over Identity: The Official and the Alternative “Belarusianness,” by Nelly Bekus. Central European University Press, 2010.

Economy & Business: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Economy & Business: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Author(s): Kenjali Tinibai / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/30/2010

Keywords: Kazakhstan; Central Asia; Oil; gas; uranium; IMF; President Nursultan Nazarbaev; National Innovation Fund; business plans; Auelbek Tokjanov; communications satellite KazSat; Almaty Venture Capital President Ruslan Meirhanov; domestic venture-capital funds

Signs of a new innovation-friendly mood are appearing in Kazakhstan’s highly centralized, resource-dependent economy.