Slovenačko pitanje

Author(s): Milan Ćurčin / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 05/1922

Naš pokretač i odlični saradnik, G. profesor Murko, svakako - uz starinu G. Jagića - najugledniji medju živim slavistima, napisao je za »Novu Evropu«, na našu molbu, članak o slovenačkom književnom jeziku, koji objavljujemo u ovom broju. Kao što se vidi, u njemu učeni pisac zastupa gledište, da je slovenački jezik, kao organ slovenačke kulture, nesamo dosad bio članom porodice slovenskih jezika (što izgleda neosporno), već da treba to i da ostane, bar u doglednom vremenu, dok se sve ostale pogodbe i prilike ne izmene na korist i u pravcu ujedinjenja, te se prethodno ne izvrši političko i ekonomsko stapanje i formiranje jugoslavenstva. Slovenci, misli i kaže G. Murko, treba da uče srpskohrvatski, i Srbohrvati slovenački, - kao što uče i druge jezike, pa još i više; ali slovenački i srpskohrvatski jesu dva književna jezika, pa treba to i da ostanu, mešati ih bilo bi pogibeljno, dirati u jezik opasno, jer bi se lako, kaže, moglo stvoriti i neko »slovenačka pitanje«.

Determining Air Sovereignty System Sufficiency

Author(s): Svetoslav Slavov,Petrana Kokudeva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

In order to understand the necessary potential of the air sovereignty system to cope with modern challenges, it is necessary to understand it as a complex system, including different but functionally related systems and the operational environment, whose role is reduced to the formation of requirements for these systems. For this objective, the components of the air sovereignty system and their associated criteria and benchmarks are considered. Analyzing the main components of the air sovereignty system, an attempt has been made to assess its sufficiency through the use of appropriate criteria and indicators.

Социални иновации за превенция на престъпно поведение при деца, настанени в резидентни грижи и тяхното значение за националната сигурност

Author(s): Desislava Mitkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

By the end of 2022, 654 social services aimed at children and families will be provided within the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. Of these, 303 are aimed at providing residential care for children. According to data from the Social Assistance Agency during this period, the number of residential users was 2,992. Involvement in criminal activities among some of the children in residential care can be seen not only as a personal life challenge but also as a problem that affects the whole society. Children, regardless of whether they are raised and educated in a family or alternative environment, are the future of the nation. In this context, and given the serious number of child users of residential social services in our country, it is necessary to consider the possibilities for social innovations and good practices for the prevention of criminal and antisocial behavior among this vulnerable group.

The Policies of the Green Industrial Transition from Geopolitical Viewpoints and their Potential Implications for Geoeconomic Fragmentation. A Comparative Approach of EU, USA, and China

Author(s): Bogdan Munteanu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

The paper tackles the impact of the national economic policies designed to address the challenges related to climate change. The research hypothesis is that divergent policies have significant effects on the economy, leading to potential disruptions, economic fragmentation, and geopolitical tensions. The analysis reveals that, globally, 165 jurisdictions reported having updated the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to reduce carbon emissions under the Paris Agreement. However, only 39 jurisdictions implemented a form of carbon emissions pricing system. The NDCs and the sectoral policies, rather than the aggregate policies (mainly, carbon taxation) seem to be the cornerstone of the climate objectives. In addition, the analysis highlights the increased endeavours to ensure open strategic autonomy and the security of global value chains and supply sources. The article concludes that, in major jurisdictions (EU, USA, and China), the green transition policies differ in terms of approach and stance. Thus, they become sources for geoeconomic fragmentation and geopolitical tensions provoked by harsh competitiveness and security concerns in the quest for strategic resources and critical minerals necessary to the green transition. Furthermore, the EU resorts to a regulatory approach, while the USA pursues a supportive fiscal stance, and China maintains the political guidance characteristic of a centralised state.

CIRCULAR APPROACHES: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Author(s): Krasimira S. Valcheva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

The future of public procurement is increasingly interconnected with the principles of circular economy as governments face pressing ecological, economic, and social challenges that deplete their financial resources. The adoption of circular public procurement practices represents a significant shift towards sustainability and offers significant benefits to government contractors, businesses, and citizens alike. This approach drives innovation and creates added value as it focuses on extending product lifecycles, reducing waste, and promoting resource efficiency throughout supply chains. If public entities prioritize circularity in their purchasing, they could enhance trust and reputation through the creation of a sustainable and resilient procurement ecosystem. This paper explores the concept of circular public procurement and how it could be implemented by public entities to advance sustainable development goals and ensure long-term socio-environmental benefits.

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN BULGARIA: DO WE GET VALUE FOR THE TAXPAYER’S MONEY?

Author(s): Krasimira S. Valcheva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

The article provides insights of the public procurement practices in Bulgaria within the European Union context. Through an examination of key indicators, trends, and challenges, the study offers a general understanding on how public procurement generates value for the taxpayers’ money with focus on competition. While Bulgaria demonstrates a strong commitment to transparency, challenges persist on national level, aligned with the overall regional trends. The prevalence of single bidding in certain sectors and negotiated procedures without open competition highlights key areas for improvement. Policymakers and stakeholders could enhance competitiveness and fairness in procurement practices, ultimately driving better outcomes for citizens and promoting sustainable development by prioritization targeted interventions and leveraging the available data.

DISCOURSE ON CAPACITY ASPECTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL VITAL AGGREGATES IN CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN STATE ADMINISTRATION

Author(s): Daniela Petkova Krasteva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

The discussion of human capital vital aggregates refers to the nature and existence of any administration in terms of a holistic understanding of the human resources that function productively within it. In this case, the focus is on two phases of the management of these resources: staffing and the process of recruitment and reassignment, including employee mobility, with prior shared considerations of the centrality of vitality. The analysis is subordinated to the recognition of the contemporary features and of the generated problems of the functioning of human resources management in the public administration.

LANDSCAPE: THE IMPETUS NEEDED FOR A FAIRER TAX SYSTEM AND FAIRER USE OF TAXES

Author(s): Denisa Cani,Rezear Kolaj,Ekaterina Arabska,Petar Borisov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

Innovation, new technologies and techniques have transformed the economy and especially the tax landscape. The rapid process of e–fiscalization in Albania has influenced the improvement of the performance of the tax administration and institutions, the business climate and trust. The paper aims to explore the impact of e–fiscalization toward a fairer tax system, illustrating with a case study from Albania. The study provides an insight into the multi–dimensional impact of innovation and e–fiscalization on the economy, with a focus on the financial ecosystem, organizations and key actors in society. The qualitative investigation used supports the influence of fiscal innovation and new practices for increasing transparency and restoring trust, creating a new institutional and governance potential for both fairer taxation and fairer use of taxes.

KEY ASPECTS OF STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Hristo Grozdanov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

The strategic infrastructure is the backbone of every transport network. The development in the last several years changed its course following the geopolitical situation and the enormous growth of electrical and self-driving cars. It is no longer enough to connect borders, we need to connect them in a certain way to ensure that the transport from one country will not face difficulties to the final point. For example, in the current situation if we travel between the farthest points in Europe we will cross different roads, with different characteristics and different rules, but we will reach the final point. If we consider traveling with the electric car it will be impossible as we will need a charging station every few hundred kilometres. To meet society's needs we need to reorganize the ways we are thinking of the strategic infrastructure.

Religious Freedom in Indonesia: Worldview of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika for Multicultural Education

Author(s): Yusak Tanasyah,Bobby Kurnia Putrawan,Ester Agustini Tandana / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

This study looks into issues facing Indonesian multicultural education and offers solutions based on the worldview of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. The study tries to clarify how Bhinneka Tunggal Ika’s worldview applies to the nation’s rich history, numerous tribes, nations, races, worldviews, including customs. The worldview is deeply established in the historical background of the Majapahit Kingdom and deeply embedded in Indonesia’s identity as the world’s largest Muslim nation; it can serve as a foundation for promoting religious freedom and building a peaceful, multicultural society for multicultural education.

The Rambouillet Conference and NATO Intervention in Kosovo

Author(s): Driton Tiku / Language(s): English Issue: 1-2/2024

Kosovo was separated from Albania after the London Conference of 1913 and fell under Serbian rule, so the plight of the Kosovo Albanians was unparalleled, especially during the relentless uprisings because the Serbian violence and brutality towards Albanians in Kosovo was immense. The Kosovo War and the intervention of NATO on March 24, 1999 is a historic date for Kosovo and the entire Albanian people. March 24th is known for the decision of NATO and the Alliance, led by the sole superpower in the world, the United States of America, to bomb and destroy Serbian positions. This was a historic bombing decision that changed the history of the Balkans after 78 days, towards a Balkans of peace, freedom, and security, without dictatorial leaders.

Inštitút prázdneho kresla a globálna „kultúra opičenia sa“

Author(s): Anna Sámelová / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2024

The dramaturgy of an empty chair in a radio or television debate is a rare phenomenon in Slovakia. Despite this, Slovak journalism theorists and practitioners are increasingly encountering the scandalization of this symbolic editorial procedure by laymen. The interpretation of some politicians that an empty chair is censorship is particularly dangerous. The aim of this theoretical study is therefore to clarify what the empty chair institute is, when and how it can be applied, when and how it may not be applied, how it is related to the process of mediatization of the world and culture, why it has become an object of politicization, and how it is connected with the global “monkey-see-monkey-do-culture”.

Устойчивото развитие на България в контекста на здравословния живот и благоденствието на населението

Author(s): Ventsislava Stoyanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

The idea for a better life of the present and future generations is the basis for the conception of sustainable development. Bulgaria, like every other country, is striving to reach such a development. The third sustainable development goal is ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being of the people. To analyze the achievement of this goal, Eurostat recommends an indicator set. The dynamics of these indicators for Bulgaria are studied in the present work and an aggregated indicator is composed. The calculated indicators are compared with the average values for the EU-27 countries. Bulgaria’s progress in terms of ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being of the people is assessed. It is concluded that our country marks progress towards the achievement of the third sustainable development goal.

Икономически ефекти от въвеждането и прилагането на европейските ESG стандарти за корпоративно отчитане на устойчивостта

Author(s): Vesela Ilieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

In a number of international initiatives and meetings, a wide range of stakeholders place corporate social responsibility in the light of global sustainable development policy. Emphasis is placed on the importance and influence of enterprises with their activities for the implementation of the strategic goals of the governments to change the quality of the growth and prosperity of the nations. To realize these goals nowadays in developed economies, transparency and accountability are accepted as basic elements of corporate social commitment. They have gained popularity as a safe and reliable approach in achieving sustainable development and a comprehensive and complete presentation of companies in terms of corporate social responsibility. After the European Union issued the first mandatory standards for corporate sustainability reporting and included a wide range of non-financial indicators in the scope of sustainability reports, this enables a more specific and accurate assessment of the contribution and impact of enterprises in relation to the goals of sustainable development and the green transition of economies. The object of consideration in this article is the European ESG standards for the reporting of enterprises in relation to sustainability, and the subject is the approaches and mechanisms of influence regarding the potential effects of the implementation of the standards. The goal is to determine the economic effects for enterprises, in particular for the activity of small and medium-sized enterprises, from the implementation of the standards and to specify the impact instruments in view of the benefits, costs and risks for the sustainable development of enterprises. It is argued that the introduction and implementation of the European ESG standards for the reporting of enterprises in relation to sustainability create to a certain extent conditions of uncertainty for the business environment and give rise to potential risks for the European economy in terms of some of the economic effects for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Politička ekologija u senci regionalne bezbednosti: slučaj regiona Esekibo

Author(s): Miroslav Mladenović,Miloš T. Tomić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2024

Continuous exploitation of natural resources within the national borders of a country, especially those intended for energy production (oil, gas, coal), inevitably raises a number of issues in the context of maintaining political, economic and social stability. Observed through the paradigm of the theoretical assumptions of political ecology, the benefits that are realized by the processing and distribution of natural resources are mostly connected with the efficiency of the entire state and social system and thus with security at the internal and external level. Therefore, the goal of this paper is a descriptive analysis of the role of natural resources in disrupting the relationship between Venezuela and Guyana, i.e. territorial dispute over the Essequibo region that has the potential to threaten regional security. Due to the complexity of the study of the historical process of "maturing" of these states and the achievement of mutually acceptable territorial delimitation on land and sea, the paper uses the technique of content analysis, historical-comparative analysis and the technique of narrative analysis. Based on the results of the research, it can be concluded that the current political and security tensions surrounding the solution of the future status of the Essequibo region, which is rich in natural resources, do not have the capacity to develop into more serious conflicts. The state of Venezuela's national security has not been satisfactory for many years, including partial foreign policy isolation, while on the other hand, leading Western countries (USA, Great Britain) provide significant support to the territorial integrity of Guyana as well as neighboring countries, which reduces the potential for endangering regional security.

REPUBLIKA Godina XI (1999), Broj 226, 1-15. decembar

Author(s): Bojan Al Pinto Brkić,Nebojša Popov,Dragoš Ivanović,Zoja Jovanov,Zlatoje Martinov,Svetozar Mužijević,Tamara Kaliterna,Lidija Jovetić,Jovan Despotović,Marija Janjion,Jose Saramago,Olivija Rusovac,Ivana Stevanović,Nastasja Radović,Gordana Perunović Fijat,Dragica Stanojlović,Rastislav Durman,Ilija Marinković,Miodrag Stanisavljević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 226/1999

Uvod u Jugoslaviju, Dejan Jović

Author(s): Dragan Đukanović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2024

Iako je nestala pre duže od tri decenije,socijalistička Jugoslavija i dalje na brojne načine zaokuplja pažnju brojnih istraživača. Pored različitih pogleda na razdoblje njene disolucije od početka 90-ih godina prošlog veka,sve se, zapravo, intenzivnije razmatraju i brojni segmenti i okviri njenog postojanja, premda neretko u društvima koja, i pored toga što svoje pravne, ustavnopravne i legitimacijske temelje crpe iz perioda njenog postojanja, počivaju via facti na dubinskoj negaciji svih krucijalnih dostignuća druge jugoslovenske države (1945‒1991). Zapravo u tom smislu i na tom predominantnom diskursu odrastaju i edukuju se brojne postjugoslovenske generacije mladih u svim državama nastalim na njenom tlu. Takođe, u brojnim državama koje su upravo nastale na području nekadašnje Socijalističke Federativne Republike Jugoslavije osporava se i bilo kakvo posmatranje ovog prostora u smislu konstituisanja zasebnih regionalnih studija i komparativnog promatranja njihovih unutrašnjih sistema, međusobnih odnosa i brojnih zajedničkih karakteristika.

REPUBLIKA Godina XI (1999), Broj 224-225, 1-30. novembar

Author(s): Bojan Al Pinto Brkić,Dragoš Ivanović,Mirko Đorđević,Zoja Jovanov,Olivera S. Tomić,Gordana Mirović,Vanja Ljujic,Tamara Kaliterna,Olivija Rusovac,Gordana Perunović Fijat,Gordana Janićijević,Šaban Šarenkapić,Nada Mijatović,Jovan Despotović,Niels Barfoed,Herta Müller,Lidija Jovetić,Zlatoje Martinov,Josip Županov,Nastasja Radović,Ljubiša Vujošević,Nebojša Popov,Miodrag Stanisavljević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 224-225/1999

REPUBLIKA Godina XI (1999), Broj 222-223, 1-31. oktobar

Author(s): Bojan Al Pinto Brkić,Mirko Tepavac,Dragoš Ivanović,Mirko Đorđević,Nenad Živković,Gordana Perunović Fijat,Zlatoje Martinov,Zoran Radulović,Zoja Jovanov,Drago Jančar,Adam Michnik,Nebojša Popov,Olivija Rusovac,Siniša Stanković,Dragica Stanojlović,Tomislav Đurđić,Nada Mijatović,Miodrag Marković,Galib Omerbašić,Miodrag Nikolić,Miodrag Popović,Olivera Milosavljević,M. Đorđević,Nastasja Radović,Miodrag Stanisavljević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 222-223/1999

REPUBLIKA Godina XI (1999), Broj 221, 16-30. septembar

Author(s): Bojan Al Pinto Brkić,Nebojša Popov,Mirko Đorđević,Dragica Stanojlović,Zoja Jovanov,Gordana Perunović Fijat,Olivija Rusovac,Olga Zirojević,Svenka Savić,Olivera S. Tomić,Zlatoje Martinov,Yury Luzhkov,Dragan Đorđević,Dejan Đokić,Nastasja Radović,Miodrag Stanisavljević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 221/1999