Tag Archives: Balkans
Slavoj Žižek: Every state needs its own Balkan
“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 view, the [...]
Posted in Humanities & Social Sciences, culture Also tagged borders, culture, Europe, ideology, Italy, Kusturica, multiculturalism, philosophy, Slavoj Žižek, Slovenia 4 Comments
Kosmolinks #15
Public perceptions of the EU as a system of governance Good overview on the state of research… Is Europe doing any good in Chad? | Certain ideas of Europe Apparently there is not much to do in Chad. Sudan is far away, the local dictator feels more secure, and anyway, the EU mission has the [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Also tagged Belgium, CFSP, Chad, council, EU, European Union, french, georgia, Ireland, lisbon treaty, macedonia, presidency, referendum, Russia Leave a comment
Kosmolinks #13
EU Common Agricultural Policy proposals 2008 – Wikileaks “Leak of latest European Commission proposals for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, known as the ‘health check’. These proposals will form the basis of an internal Commission discussion on 14 and 15 May 2008. The agreed proposals are due out later in the month.” - Is [...]
Kosmolinks #12
The “Kosmolinks” are finally back, and with the help of diigo I will try to make it a weekly feature! You can also watch and navigate through a slide show of all live pages of “Kosmolinks”: Just click here to start the “WebSlides”! Medvedev’s Russia A bunch of experts share their views about the new [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Also tagged Belarus, EU, Europe, European Union, France, Medvedev, politics, Russia, Sarkozy, Serbia Leave a comment
Return to Europe – A journey of discovery
Interesting TV documentary project about the Balkans. Unfortunately not online and only broadcasted by 3sat and ORF (both in German). More details here and here: This ten-part documentary series is one of the most ambitious TV projects on South Eastern Europe produced in recent years. It gives people who have contributed to the region’s progress [...]
Posted in European Debate, culture Also tagged culture, documentary, EU Enlargement, Europe, History, South Eastern Europe, TV 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 Also tagged EU, EU Enlargement, European Politics, European Union, Kosovo, politics, SAA, Serbia, Tadic, Western Balkans 4 Comments
EU Enlargement: Enjoy the process!
The Economist has quite a good commentary about EU enlargement and the limited influence of the EU once a country has joined the club: A common feature in all these tales is the limited leverage of Brussels. It is often said that the EU‘s enlargement policy has been the most potent tool yet devised to [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe, European Debate Also tagged Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eastern Europe, Enlargement, EU, European Union, politics, reform 1 Comment
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 Also tagged beats, Brussels, dance, Enlargement, EU, Europe, European Union, Guca, music, Roma, Sevdah 4 Comments
Kosmolinks #7
Some more commentary on the new Reform /Lisbon Treaty: “Here is what changes!” A new Euro referendum is coming up: Denmark is to hold new euro vote Educating Russia looks at the education reform in Russia: A new history book for example claims: “We see that practically every significant deed is connected with the name [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Also tagged Denmark, Euro, Jimi Hendrix, links, lisbon treaty, NGO, Russia, Social Democracy Leave a comment
Return to Europe – A Rediscovery