Author Archives: Tanchi
Waiting for Godot in Slovenian politics
The formation of the new government is in these days the biggest news in the Slovenian media. Parliamentary elections, which were held on 21st of September 2008, have brought changes on the Slovenian political horizon. The slight difference between Social Democrats (SD) and the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) in the recent elections has to be [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe, culture Tagged Beckett, change, elections, Slovenia, slovenian politics, Waiting for Godot 1 Comment
After Karadžić, Mladić?
Recent developments in Serbia give the impression that the newly established government tries to act in a “European way” and fulfill the criteria of the SAA as quickly as possible. Probably everyone who follows the developments in the region and who knows something about the Yugoslav conflicts is relieved after this capture. However, there are [...]
Posted in European Foreign Policy Tagged EU, EU Enlargement, European Union, ICTY, justice, Karadžić, Mladić, SAA, Serbia, Western Balkans 1 Comment
Should the EU offer a SAA to Serbia? (and possibly influence the elections?)
“Ministers, over lunch, will discuss the situation in the Western Balkans, notably in the run-up to the Serbian general elections on 11 May.” This is the seemingly unimportant announcement on the GAERC Council Agenda for the April 29th meeting in Luxembourg. But EU Foreign Ministers will have to decide on quite a difficult issue: Should [...]
Posted in European Foreign Policy, European Union Tagged Balkans, EU, EU Enlargement, European Politics, European Union, Kosovo, politics, SAA, Serbia, Tadic, Western Balkans 4 Comments
Remixing the Balkans
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to introduce a new (hopefully regular) contributor to this blog: Tanchi This is the first round of enlargement (to use some EU speak) for the Kosmopolit blog. So stay tuned and witness some more accessions in the near future. But now let’s welcome Tanchi with her first post [...]
Posted in culture Tagged Balkans, beats, Brussels, dance, Enlargement, EU, Europe, European Union, Guca, music, Roma, Sevdah 4 Comments
Slavoj Žižek: Every state needs its own Balkan