Obraz Košíc v slovenskej historiografii v rokoch 1918 – 1938

Author(s): Ondrej Ficeri / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2015

The aim of the article is to reconstruct the image of the town of Košice produced by members of Slovak historiography, and by Czech historians working in Slovakia in the period of existence of the First Czechoslovak Republic 1918 – 1938. The article focuses on answering the questions: how was the „magyarized“ image of the town „slovakized“ by Czechoslovak historians, how they refl ected on the pre-Trianon Magyarization of the town, how they referred to importance of Košice in the Hungarian nation narrative; which processes and events in the history of Košice were emphasised, and which were obeyed. The article deals with variety of strategies in picturing the town and in reinterpretation of the respective historical events in its history. It also attempts to evaluate what role Košice played in the constructed Czechoslovak national discourse. Finally, the article aims to explain reasons, why Košice in the inter-war period, despite becoming a strategic metropolitan hub of East Slovakia, was left in the peripheral position in the context of the Slovak national narrative.

THE DILEMMA OF PRESENT DAY: GUERRILLA, TERRORIST AND ASYMMETRIC WARFARE

Author(s): Jarosław J. Piątek / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2014

In order to describe the environment surrounding us, so complex in terms of relations resulting from using violence, we easily employ terms such as 'partisan' or 'militant', just in order to define the very same ones as terrorists a while later. Probably the benchmark of contemporary description, especially of political action is the lack of clear-cut attitudes. Terrorism is nothing new, and this statement in itself is not very revealing. However, for many contemporary researchers of this issue, there is never too much information. Terrorism has always accompanied the history of oppressive regimes as well as resistance movements and uprisings. All the same, within the anti-colonial insurrectionary movements of the mid-20th century which led to the fall of European colonial empires over a short period of time, terrorism achieved new quality. It should also be emphasized that it achieved considerable political successes compared to the social-revolutionary terrorism of the late 19th century. The attribute 'terrorist' serves as an excluding one in different relations. By employing such term, one that their cause is an unconventional one – leastways as long as specific ways of using violence are applied. On the other hand, groups classified as terrorist ones often describe themselves as partisans who are fighting for the liberation of certain social or ethnic groups and who have to employ “unconventional” methods of using force because of the military superiority of the oppressive regime. By describing certain actions as 'terrorist' one usually intends on bereaving it of every sort of political legitimation. Is there any aspect that terrorism and guerrilla actions have in common? In certain socio-revolutionary or ethno-separatist strategies of violence, the concept of terrorism consists in the idea of a 'starter' which is to create the conditions to commence the guerrilla war. There could also be groups acting as partisans on one front line, and as terrorists on the other. The example is Al-Qaeda: in Central Asia its network operated only temporarily, as a kind of guerrilla, while in the global scale it employed terrorist strategy.

Българската общност в Австрия – историческо, лингвистично и етноложко проучване. Том 2. Съставители: Ива Пенкова, Владимир Пенчев. София: ДАБЧ, Изд. „Парадигма”, 2016

Author(s): Valentina Ganeva-Raycheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

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Между носталгията по социализма и свободния достъп до европейския пазар на труда

Author(s): Nadezhda Zhechkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2017

The article draws attention to some aspects of the political culture of the Bulgarian Turks. On one hand, there is a pronounced nostalgia for socialism associated with the individual security and economic stability. On the other hand, the positive assessment of European integration is understood as free access to Western European labor markets. How does the “economic” factor influence the political culture of this population at the beginning of the XXI century?

Патрони и клиенти. Български примери и балкански паралели от края на XIX и началото на XX век

Author(s): Dobrinka Parusheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2017

Although belonging to the corporate tradition of the Ottoman Empire, the relationship between patrons and clients continue to play a role in modern Balkan countries. This article presents and analyzes examples of this vertical type of social networks in order to explain some peculiarities of the way in which Bulgarian politics operates in the late nineteenth century.

Форми и политически инструменти за стратегическо направляване на образователни институции и спортни организации

Author(s): Ivan Sandanski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2017

The article sets out to unpack the modes of governance and related policy instruments for steering educational establishments and sport organisations employed by the Sofia municipality Department of Prevention, Integration, Sport and Tourism (DPIST). These instigate a process of institutionalization the actions and behaviours of local schools, kindergartens, sport clubs, youth organisations, and various social groups participating in DPIST funded or supported projects and sport initiatives. Four primary modes of strategic steering are identified including coercion, voluntarism, targeting and framework regulation. The process of steering collective actions, policies and resources is premised on creating a system of institutionalized rules. In fact, such a process takes hybrid forms. The key mechanism for achieving both the strategic and sport policy intentions of Sofia municipality has been the machinery of project management. It is also demonstrated that the pursuit of the new promoted vision envisaging Sofia as a vibrant city of juvenile, active and innovative people where sport, in combination with education, volunteering and entrepreneurship, is seen as the key means and agent of social change, however, requires a proactive forward thinking and strategic approach. It is directed towards pursuing some future, but still unknown desired state in terms of necessary social time, space and projection. Due to this uncertainty Sofia municipality reasonably has relied on a set of already tested in the social practice sources of reasoning and mechanisms of cognitive knowledge and social interventions.

The Influence of Changes in the Hydrological Regime of the Ural River in the West Kazakhstan Region on Fish Resources

Author(s): Daniyar A. Tagayev,Turesh Murzashev,Arkady Kim,Zhaskhaiyr Karagoishin / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The Ural River is one of the main fisheries reservoirs of Kazakhstan. Its hydrological regime has been unstable over the past 10 years, which has affected the formation of fish resources. The present study has shown that commercial fish populations decrease from year to year due to the deterioration of spawning conditions in low-water years, when spawning grounds are not fully watered. In these years, the spawning efficiency decreased from 11% to 70%.

The application of information and communication technologies in the education of children with mild intellectual disabilities

Author(s): Efstratios Pantelis / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2018

The paper outlines how the application of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) helps the students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities (MID) in the education field. For this research six different Greek educational software products have been introduced ТО twelve students in a Greek school

Градинарството в едно планинско село през 40-те и 50-те години на ХХ век: социални аспекти

Author(s): Yana Yancheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The paper deals with practices of vegetable gardening in the village of Mezdreya, Northwestern Bulgaria, before collectivization in 1958. The main question is how gardening affects social relations and, conversely, how getting into particular social relationships “makes” the garden. The interrelation between the plant world in gardens, the gardening practices, the economic interests of families, the social relations within and between families, people’s lifestyle, etc. have been studied. The article presents the interactions between families in the process of growing vegetables in irrigated gardens and in seed exchange, the association between neighbours and collective work in common benefit, the distribution of labour activities in the family by sex and age.

Биоградината в училище – образователни, възпитателни, здравословни ефекти

Author(s): Albena Nakova-Manolova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The article analyzes the specific urban agriculture practice of bio-gardening in schools, which continues the tradition of experimental and teaching plots in schools and combines the basic effects of urban agriculture: social, health-related, economic and ecological. Above all, this tradition illustrates the combined social benefits of urban agriculture related to education, upbringing, and social integration. The data presented in the article are drawn from the findings of research (in-depth interviews and focus groups) conducted in the framework of the project Urban Agriculture as a Strategy for Improving the Quality of Life of Urban Communities, financed by the National Research Fund. The data refer to bio-gardens in schools on the territory of Sofia Municipality.

Предпоставки за възникването и фактори за дейността на предприемаческия елит през епохата на Българското възраждане (начални бележки)

Author(s): Ivaylo Naydenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

This paper presents an unknown photograph from the time immediately after the Liberation of Bulgaria. It depicts a collective portrait of the members of the European Commission for the organization of Eastern Roumelia. The photo document is created outside a studio in a natural environment and could be defined as one of the early examples of reportage photography on socio-politicalaffairs that took place on the Bulgarian lands.

Kobieta – naukowiec – mutant. Płeć w opowiadaniach Julii Nideckiej

Author(s): Kinga Wyskiel / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1 (21)/2023

Kinga Wyskiel’s article concerns the issue of gender in science fiction stories by Julia Nidecka. The following stories have been analysed and interpreted: “Wilki na wyspie” [Wolves on the Island], “Taśmy prawdy” [Tapes of Truth], “Kwiaty w bukiecie” [Flowers in a Bouquet] and “Goniący za słońcem” [Chasing the Sun]. Wyskiel considers two dominant strategies for the representation of femininity in these stories and focuses on Nidecka’s images of the woman scientist and the mutant woman present in them. Wyskiel also points out that gender is an a priori category in Nidecka’s future worlds and that, consequently, the construction of those worlds has been based on the gender matrix.

„Dajcie nam cywilizację naukową” – federacja ludów Europy, Naukowa Liga Narodów i ostatnia wojna o pokój. Ritchiego Caldera i Stefana Barszczewskiego fantastyczne wizje pokoju

Author(s): Jerzy Stachowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1 (21)/2023

In this article, Jerzy Stachowicz examines selected literary works the represent the science fiction genre of the interwar period. He focuses on pacifist visions of the future in those works and argues that these scientistic, military, and superpower fantasies have an anti-war potential, and that fantasy literature itself can, to some extent, be regarded as a „pacifist practice”.

Научна конференция и научно издание по темата за факторите на икономическия растеж в историческа перспектива

Author(s): Emilia Vacheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

Влияние на европейската политика за сигурност и отбрана върху развитието на космическия сегмент

Author(s): Tsveta Monova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2024

This report is devoted to research and examines the impact and role of the modern space industrial industry and is related to its space technology and innovation.

Войната в Украйна и сътрудничеството между Япония и НАТО: японската перспектива

Author(s): Boryana Miteva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2s/2024

During 2023 NATO Vilnius Summit Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that “no other partner is closer to NATO than Japan”. Indeed, Japan and NATO have a long history of interaction. The war in Ukraine significantly changed global security environment. This new challenge had an impact on the relationship between NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners, including Japan. NATO last two summits in Madrid and Vilnius were important not only for the European security, but for Indo-Pacific as well. This study aims to analyze how the war in Ukraine affects Japan-NATO relations, and what is the future of their cooperation and NATO‘s role in the Indo-Pacific region.

Научно-образователен анализ на правния режим на достъпа до пазара на труда на граждани на трети държави

Author(s): Emine Ilyaz / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4s/2024

Attracting qualified workers from a third country is an important element for maintaining the economic development and competitiveness of the Republic of Bulgaria. In Bulgaria, as in other member states of the European Union, the access of third-country nationals to the labor market is regulated in order to ensure controlled migration and protect jobs for the local population. The purpose of this presentation is to make a general scientific and educational analysis of the legal regime of the right to access the labor market and to present to the reader in a systematized form only those provisions of the law that refer to the types of legal regime of access to the labor market of third country nationals.

Употреби на смартфон за производство на журналистическо съдържание. Практика и обучение в България

Author(s): Nikolai Kolev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 16/2024

Mobile Journalism is often the subject of debate - is every journalistic assignment outside a studio or newsroom Mobile Journalism and whether the mobility of devices makes journalism mobile? This study presents another angle to the topic of Mobile Journalism, namely focusing on Smartphone Journalism. Why does one particular device stand out among the many technological innovations? The revolution in the field of journalism comes precisely from smartphones due to a specific reason – the liberalization of content distribution channels. These are the first devices in such a wide-scale use, where traditional media systems no longer control the channels for content to reach audiences. The article presents data, collected as part of the International Project: “Mobile Journalism Practice and Education in Central-East European Countries”

Commercialization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Prospects and Challenges in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

Author(s): Dolores Gracja Piwek / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2024

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are fulfilling increasingly important roles in the economies of countries around the world, providing a more economical and convenient tool for performing tasks that are dangerous to humans or during which the use of specialized equipment is expensive and/or inefficient. The subject of the provided research in this article is the process of commercialization of UAVs and the opportunities and challenges associated with its implementation. The purpose of this article is to identify the most important prospects and challenges facing the UAV industry in the second decade of the 21st century. The main research problem was formulated in the form of a question: What are the most important opportunities and challenges related to the commercialization process of UAVs in the second decade of the 21st century? The article reveals the issues that determine the most important trends in the operation of unmanned aircraft and the opportunities and challenges associated with their commercialization in the context of aviation safety in Poland and Europe. An additional purpose of this paper is to fill the gap in the collection of scientific studies devoted to the subject matter. From an analysis of the available literature, it appears that among scientific studies, there is a lack of those that address the subject matter discussed in this publication within the proposed scope. The observed increase in interest in UAVs—from companies offering specialized services using them, scientists using UAVs for research, and private users—makes it important to analyze the latest trends in UAV development and the challenges facing the aeronautical industry in this area. This applies especially to the areas of the use of UAVs, alternative methods of powering them, and commercial operations using UAVs. The main conclusion of the study is that the development of unmanned aircraft systems services, supported by a competitive sector, can greatly promote Europe’s double transition to a green and digital economy, as well as contribute to the EU economy’s post-COVID-19 recovery and future resilience. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have the potential to become facilitators of our economic and social lives, in addition to a driving force in the growing digitalization of the European economy, from daily commuting to product delivery.

Analysis of Public Communications in the Event of A Terrorist Act – Communication Response of the Authorities and Coverage in the Media

Author(s): Uri Ben Yaakov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2025

This article examines the critical analysis of public communications during and in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, concentrating on the dual responsibilities of authorities and the media. It seeks to examine the intricacies of communicating information during crises, assessing how strategic communications can mitigate the negative consequences of terrorism on public sentiment and societal stability. This study sheds light on the shifting dynamics between media coverage, public perception and state responses, by conducting a qualitative analysis of case studies and covering historical and recent terrorist attacks. The research emphasizes important obstacles in striking a balance between informed reporting and the potential for sensationalism, highlighting the ethical dilemmas which journalists and politicians face. The findings highlight the need for a refined framework that controls crisis communication, as well as procedures that ensure information sharing is accurate, sensitive, and timely. This study adds to the greater discussion on counterterrorism methods by suggesting actionable norms and ethical standards for crisis reporting, emphasizing the critical significance of good communication in maintaining public trust and resilience. The study not only adds to the academic understanding of crisis communication, but it also provides practical insights into how media and authorities may work together more effectively to combat terrorism.