Nov 24th, 2008
by Tanchi.
“Every state needs its own Balkan”
With this words philosopher Slavoj Žižek started his lecture on ideology and the fall of state borders. The lecture was given in Italian Gorizia which was until 2007 a border town with Slovenia and is a well known habitat of Italians and Slovenes. From this point of [...]
Nov 14th, 2008
by Tanchi.
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 [...]
Jul 22nd, 2008
by Tanchi.
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 also [...]
Apr 28th, 2008
by Tanchi.
“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 [...]
Apr 17th, 2008
by Tanchi.
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 [...]