Western Balkans
For almost three decades (1992), the Friedrich Naumann Foundation has been active for freedom in the Western Balkans and supports the countries on their way to a united Europe. From her project office in Belgrade she coordinates her political education work and advice in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo. Together with her partners from politics, science and civil society, she works primarily on the topics of human and civil rights, digital and open society, democracy and the rule of law as well as communicating political strategies and market-economy structures.
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Regular Economic Report - Q2
The second economic report of the FNF Foundation brings a chronology of economic trends in 2021. There is an evidence of an economic recovery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which can be seen through the growth of industrial production, exports, increased foreign demand, but also exceptional circumstances related to tourism - successful tourist season, a large number of newly established airlines abroad and the like.
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SMART RESTART
The motto of this year's Smart City Festival in Belgrade, which will take place from 19-20 October 2021 as a one-and-a-half-day online event, will be “Smart Re:Start – Mentality. Mobility. Market. Media. Medical.” Join in on numerous panels.
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"Hope will emerge from vision of the future"
How can we give citizens back their faith in representative democracy? The president of Libek, Milos Nikolic, describes in an interview how democratic visions were gradually destroyed. Corruption, clientelism and the "strong hand" of the president characterize today's society and political climate. No way out? Nowhere?
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Vuk Raičević about this year's Belgrade Pride Parade
We asked Vuk Raičević, Legal Officer at the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, three questions regarding this year's Belgrade Pride Parade, after last year's event had to be held completely online due to the COVID pandemic.
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Deep gratitude and bitter disappointment
„We will never forget how she helped us. I remind you that a woman is coming to us representing a country that is our biggest trading partner and most important investor.”
In the run-up to her trip the German Chancellor was showered with effusive praise by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. The divided reactions to the outgoing Chancellor’s farewell trip to the Western Balkans illustrate both the strengths and weaknesses of her engagement in the region. -
Meet Vukosava Crnjanski from Serbia
Serbia is a country which has been through a lot and so have this country’s tireless activists. Against all odds, the years of slowly building a healthier dialogue about politics, independent journalism, and human rights have not left a mark on Vukosava Crnjanski’s motivation.
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Assessing Croatia's policy performance within the European Union
"Although many things still need to be repaired and improved, Croatia has achieved much in geopolitical terms by becoming an EU Member State (as well as a NATO member). Had it not done so, Croatia would have been left under the significant influence of the authoritarian Russian regime. In this way, Croatia's example can help Serbia and other countries of the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership on their path towards (more) freedom and the EU".
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U ovoj seriji videa Prof. Tarik Haverić nam predstavlja istoriju političkih ideja od najranijih vremena do danas. Deseti video u seriji govori o Ateni i Sparti kao idealima. In this series of short videos Prof. Tarik Haverić presents the history of political ideas from earliest times until today. Fourth Tenth clip in the series talks about Athens and Sparta as Ideals.
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U 2. EPIZODI LINIJE RAZDVAJANJA - IZVEŚTAJ EVROPSKE KOMISIJE O SRBIJI, SUKOB EU I POLJSKE i PREGOVORI OSTVARANJU NOVE VLADE U NEMAČKOJ Razgovor vode NATAN ALBAHARI, ekspert iz ISAC-a, JOVAN JOVANOVIĆ, bivši ambasador i narodni poslanik, iz Građanske Platforme i DIMITRIJE MILIĆ, Novi Treći Put. Emisiju je podržala Fondacija Friedrich Naumann.
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Poignant commemorative event on the 80th anniversary of the massacre of civilians in Kragujevac and Kraljevo by the German Wehrmacht. 21 October 2021 marked the 80th anniversary of the criminal massacre of civilians in Kragujevac and Kraljevo by the German Wehrmacht, when, in so-called "retaliatory actions", more than 2,800 people, including 300 schoolchildren, were murdered. This was preceded by the German invasion of the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which began with the bombing of Belgrade on 6 April 1941 and the subsequent establishment of a concentration camp on "Sajmište", the Belgrade fair site. For the civilian population, the German invasion and following occupation meant destruction, immeasurable suffering and death. 21 October is therefore one of the central days of remembrance – remembrance of the victims, of the suffering of the bereaved, of the hideous injustice that took place at that time. The cruel massacres in Kraljevo and Kragujevac are historical facts of shame and guilt that have left deep marks on the survivors and surviving relatives as well as on collective memory. Together with President Aleksandar Vučić, the Serbian hosts and a large number of other guests, the Vice-President of the German Bundestag, Claudia Roth MdB, took part in this very moving commemorative ceremony and, in the presence of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Serbia, Thomas Schieb, laid a wreath and bowed before the victims. In a recent newspaper article, she underlined the necessity of remembering together. Reconciliation with the bereaved families and a future based on democratic human rights are only possible, Roth said, through an honest reappraisal of the historical events.
