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Q1/2008 - Issue 8
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The building of the bridge to bridge The building of the bridge to bridge

By David Judson
The now-familiar narrative of how Greek-Turkish relations transformed from decades of high alert, knife edge tensions, and even periodic threats of war, into the remarkable and prod...read more »

Civil society in action: The case of Prespa Park Civil society in action: The case of Prespa Park

The Prespa region is situated in the Balkan Peninsula, in South Eastern Europe at the borders between Albania, Greece, and FYROM. The area is considered an ecological entity of global significance, ...read more »

Fostering Synergies Fostering Synergies

By Krassimir Nikolov and Burcu Gültekin-Punsmann

Regional cooperation around the Black Sea is gradually gaining prominence on the agenda of relations of the enlarged European Union with it...read more »

SI.nergy for Europe SI.nergy for Europe

By Vladimir Kolmanic

‘SI.nergy for Europe’ is the slogan of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU and the fact that two of the words in it are of Greek origin has a spe...read more »

Migration and Climate Change

By Theodore Skylakakis

Climate change constitutes one of the greatest and most complex challenges the International Community has to deal with today and in the years to come. Climate change ind...read more »

Turkey turns green

By Athanasios Kotsiaros

Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our time. Recent events have emphatically demonstrated our growing vulnerability to it. Human act...read more »

Kosovo’s Independence: Assessing ‘The Day After’ Kosovo’s Independence: Assessing ‘The Day After’

By Aristotle Tziampiris

After declaring its independence, Kosovo now constitutes Europe’s newest state. Intense global media scrutiny has accompanied this development because it is widely...read more »

The half full glass The half full glass

By Eleni Fotiou

In the aftermath of Kosovo’s independence the discourse on the future of the Balkan peninsula has triggered academics, politicians, diplomats and of course, conspiracy-th...read more »

dialogue
Dialogue Dialogue
The Lisbon Treaty was the outcome of a series of Intergovermental Conferences, heated debates, Conventions for the future of Europe, a presentation of a European Constitution by Valeri Giscard D`Est...read more »
themes
Themes Themes
On January 1, 1999 one of the largest steps toward European unification took place with the introduction of the euro as the official currency in eleven countries. Today, the euro is the world's mo...read more »
market
A new chapter in Euro history A new chapter in Euro history

By Klimentini Diakomanoli-Papadaki

Joining the Euro has placed Cyprus at the economic and political heart of Europe less than four years after joining the European Union. The adoption of the Eu...read more »

A useful business tool

By Mrs. Hazem El Wissimy

As one of the arms of the Ministry of Investment, GAFI is the investor's partner in Egypt. It is the sole governmental authority concerned with facilitating investment ...read more »

Linking History to Future Linking History to Future

By Gamal Moharam

Our history derives from the greatest memories of long treasured historical ties between two great civilizations: Egypt and Greece. Our future lies in the acquisition of the Eg...read more »

impressions
A Heretical Tale from Pristina A Heretical Tale from Pristina

By Gazmend Kapllani

Monday evening in Pristina. One day after the declaration of independence. Out in the street one can still hear firecrackers and cars hooting. I am sitting at the Steep Depo...read more »

culture
CULTURAL FUSION in the Balkans, again! CULTURAL FUSION in the Balkans, again!

Compiled by Ali Osman EgilmezI

'The devil can just go to the hell, an angel can just go to the heaven; but a human being can go where he or she has chosen' (Kazantzakis). Do we have the ability...read more »

Yugoslavia reunited Yugoslavia reunited

By Jernej Verbic

‘Yugoslavia had to fall apart, so it could later, sometime in the future, unite again.’ I do not even remember, who exactly and on which occasion, during the bloodi...read more »

From no man From no man's land to everyone's desire

By Davor Marko

There is a myth of Balkan people, very often used for the explanation of Bosnian crisis. It asserts that different people of the Balkans have been fighting for centuries and that...read more »

Thoughts on Balkan Films Thoughts on Balkan Films

By Alice Darzentas

They are silent, different from the Hollywood hot style that audiences so easily go for, they sometimes even go unnoticed, but these little treasures are worth a peek or two....read more »

Only About Peace… Asia Minor Over Again Only About Peace… Asia Minor Over Again

By Isin Turgut

We begin with a quotation from Carr to explain our main purpose for making a documentary film about Turkish-Greek relations. He states that 'Historical progress is continual, if ...read more »

Manele the new Balkan reggaeton

By Cristina Mosora

There is one thing one can't miss while strolling down the streets of Bucharest and it is not the omnious building of the Casa Poporului, but the sound of dance-friendly, 'tr...read more »

activities
Istanbul Bilgi University European Institute

The European Institute at Istanbul Bilgi University was established in June 2007. Based on the experience acquired with its predecessor, the Center for European Studies, and building on the EU exper...read more »

Black Sea in Perspective

In partnership with the EU-Russia Centre, New Eurasia Foundation, the Harvard Black Sea Security Program, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, and the University of the Aegean and in line with its object...read more »

book reviews
Insight on Egypt’ s political and economic development

 

ImageFor nearly three decades, scholars and policymakers have placed considerable stock in judicial reform as a panacea for the political and economic turmoil plaguing developing countries....read more »

 

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