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Although meant to bring legal procedures in line with EU norms, critics say changes would hamstring the fight against corruption.
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Although meant to bring legal procedures in line with EU norms, critics say changes would hamstring the fight against corruption.
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Despite icy relations, economic ties remain tight, with Russia now Ukraine’s biggest trading partner.
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Kateryna Handziuk spoke out on corruption and the influence of pro-Russian forces in Kherson, near Crimea
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Justice commissioner visits Bucharest to drive home serious concerns over government’s steps to blur the separation of powers.
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Record low river and groundwater levels persist, but drinking water supplies are sufficient for now.
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The article presents the regional dimension of the Bulgarian security policy. This wasdone on the basis of the newly created Three Seas Initiative. The priorities of theBulgarian security policy under this initiative were presented, as well as within theframework of Euro-Atlantic integration. Presented are the opportunities and threatsthat stand before the Three Seas Initiative, showing its potential and the involvement ofBulgaria in the implementation of the project. The aim of the article was also to answerthe question about the role and importance of the above-mentioned initiative forBulgarian politics and what role regional cooperation plays in foreign policy and securitypolicy of contemporary Bulgaria. The conducted analysis led to the conclusion that themain direction in politics is Euro-Atlantic integration. It is within this priority thatBulgaria partially implements tasks related to regional policy. Regional cooperation isintensified. There is potential for better cooperation within the framework of the ThreeSeas.
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The New Year’s Eve celebration, held on the streets of Belgrade on the night of December 31st 2003 and January 1st 2004, represents a multilevel event. The celebration has a number of socio-cultural meanings readable through different frameworks: political, economic and ritual, the latter being maybe the most expressive one. In fact, the celebration of New Year’s Eve on the streets could be seen as reminiscent of gatherings of a similar type held against Milosevic’s government during his regime in the 1990’s. The celebration of New Year, 2004, did not have such an explicit political character; nevertheless, it was suppose to establish certain social values once held and proclaimed by the organizers of the political rallies against Milosevic. The social values and attitudes were embodied in street rallies, including the New Year’s Eve celebrations. This paper examines the political aspect of the New Year’s Eve celebration, with the special emphasis on identity construction, that is, on how and why the participation in the celebration implies certain identity pursuits.
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The author raises the issue of current legal and financial aspects of international cooperation between local self-government units. Self-governmental cooperation that reaches across borders is sanctioned by the Polish Constitution, acts of international law – including the European Charter of Local Self-Government, ratified by Poland, as well as the European Framework Convention of Cross-Border Cooperation – and Polish legislation.International cooperation between units of local self-government is an important element of the EU policy of regional development, especially in terms of strengthening social, economic as well as territorial cohesion of the EU.Euroregions are a legal-administrative form of transborder cooperation between local self-governments and local communities. Their existence is based on agreements concluded directly between units of local self-government or associations of such units that belong to at least two states. In Poland there are currently 17 euroregions that join self-governments of Poland and those of other neighbouring states.One of the basic legal and financial instruments that underlie international cooperation of local self-government units of the EU is Interreg Initiative. The author also discusses the perspectives of international cooperation of local self-government units, particularly in the light of redefining the social and economic cohesion policy of the EU as well as new financial perspectives for the 2007-2013 budget.
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The author examines the historical and theoretical structure of remembrance, the way in which history enters memory, and how memory is constituted. From the perspective of u critical philosophy of history the French Revolution can be seen as an isolated historical event or as a historical process — the revolution understood as continuity. The European remembrance of the French Revolution is that of human rights and liberties but also that of its transition into totalitarianism.
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Reviews: Marina Čulinović ‒ Henri Lefebvre, Misao postala svijetom. Globus. Zagreb 1981.; Mario Plenković ‒ Pavao Novosel, Sindikat u informiranju radnika. Primijenjena komunikologija, Sindikalna škola Hrvatske »Josip Cazi«, Zagreb 1988.; Juraj Plenković ‒ Ante Pažanin, Metafizika i praktična filozofija. Izazov mogućeg povijesnog racionaliteta »Školska knjiga«, Zagreb 198«.; Ivica Josipović ‒ Josip Županov, Sociologija i samoupravljanje. II dopunjeno izdanje, »Školska knjiga«, Zagreb 1987, str. 272.
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Public figures say the heated political climate in the country was a factor in the murder of the Gdansk mayor.
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´When I say yes to President Putin, then we do it,’ Serbian president boasts.
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Foes of freedom of the press surely welcome the new measures being proposed and discussed on the very highest levels of the EU.
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The automotive industry in Silesia province is becoming more important. It is influenced by many factors among which one of the most important are political activities of the self‑government authorities in Silesia province together with government administration. For example, the element of political activities was “The regional contract for the Katowice province” and Silesian Region Development Strategy. As the result of this activity, the Katowice Special Economic Zone was established, what was clearly affected and continues to affect the creation of new ones and the expansion of existing plants related to the automotive industry. For example, they are Fiat Auto Poland, Opel, Isuzu, Magneti Marelli. The development of this branch of industry is a great opportunity for a big technological leap and restructuring of the economy for Silesia province and for Poland.
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The aim of this text is to analyse the origin of Volume I of Das Kapital. I discuss the subsequent manuscripts of Marx’s project to critically present the social reality of capitalist societies. I’m trying to show, how Marx, while developing his method of a critique of political economy, worked also on the presentation of the effects of this critique, on the clarification of the scope of his research and how he changed the order of the content of the entire project. Thence the article is not an analysis of the historical aspect of Marx’s work on Das Kapital, but an attempt to present the main assumptions, goals and ideas of his critique of political economy. Moreover, the text also discusses the effects of the collective work on the new edition of Marx’s and Engel’s collected works (MEGA2) and the importance of these eff ects for the contemporary studies on Marx’s thought.
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The study of terrorism is a very diverse, contingent and complex phenomenon. The world has long been fighting terrorism, pervaded with ethnic and religious characteristics, it does not represent a new tool against the civilized world order. Terrorism, featured by religious narratives backed by economic and political aspirations, has significantly changed a number of institutions and states’ geopolitical strategies towards the hot terroristic areas of the world. When the Western world, in particular the USA, started celebrating a meritorious victory against “Al-Qaeda”, by killing its spiritual leader Osama bin Laden, simultaneously a new terroristic organization called the “Islamic State of/in Iraq and Syria” (hereafter ISIS) announced a pretension of being a discretionary power in the Middle East. This paper aims at observing and analyzing how the ISIS has transformed from regional to a global threat and how the forming processes of such heavily militarized terrorist organization have developed to be perceived as a top global challenge of the world.
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Aliev and Pashinyan agree on need for concrete steps toward Karabakh peace while offering no specifics.
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