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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„A Rocky Road and the Path ahead“
Die Stiftung und ihre Partner in der Region unterstützen rurale Gebiete dabei, essenzielle „smarte“ Lösungsansätze und Dienste für Bürger zu konzipieren und umzusetzen. Klimasensible „Smart City“-Konzepte sollen für den ländlichen Raum angepasst werden und in Zukunft den negativen Entwicklungstrends in den ländlichen Lebensräumen entgegengewirkten – z.B. durch nachhaltigere digitale Dienste für Bürger.
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Dayton at 25
During October and November 2020 FNF organized a polling of 1529 young people in Bosnia (aged 18 to 30), which was conducted by Valicon online. The idea was to get a glimpse into the minds of young people at 25th Dayton anniversary.
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COVID-19 - Economic Perspective for Bosnia and Hercegovina
Within the second report of the FNF Foundation, entitled Covid-19, the economic perspective of Bosnia and Herzegovina, we try to offer reviews and solutions with a long-term perspective in the (post) Covid-19 era. As in the first report, measures for all levels of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina are listed, but now they are not short-term intervention measures, but long-term frameworks for action.
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After the resignation of President Thaci
The president of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, resigned six months before the end of his term of office to face charges of war crimes brought by the professional chambers in The Hague.
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Smart City Festival 2020
Can smart solutions, digital transformation processes and adaptive innovation prepare societies for global crises like COVID-19 and beyond? This essential question guided the 4th international SMART CITY FESTIVAL 2020.
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Hybrid Protests Against a Hybrid Regime
Serbia has a long tradition of anti-government and anti-systemic protests. The 1990s, marked by the authoritarian rule of Slobodan Milošević, wars, the dissolution of Yugoslavia, international sanctions and general impoverishment, witnessed a great number of opposition rallies as a reaction to these deteriorating circumstances and the regime’s undemocratic practices.
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How Europe Works For LGBTI Rights
The transition from an authoritarian political environment and closed market economy to all that the European Union (EU) stands for has been a long process that started two decades ago in Serbia, after the victory of the Democratic opposition. Following the EU – Western Balkans summit in Thessaloniki in 2003, the accession of Serbia to the EU became an inevitable and irreversible process.
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Liberal views on the new Government in Serbia
Two chairmen, Pavle Grbovic (Movement of Free Citizens - PSG) and Zoran Vuletic (Civil Democratic Forum - GDF) assess the composition of the new Serbian government in a parallel interview.For the first time in this country the government will be completely gender balanced. What can the citizens expect from the government?
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Three Questions – two interviews
This week we spoke with MP Andrija Popović, Chairman of the Liberal Party of Montenegro, and with prof. Vladimir Pavićević, from the List “Peace is our Nation” and leader of NGO "Policy Research Society" Mr Popović and Mr Pavićević took part in the elections on August 30, Mr Popović as a candidate of the governing Coalition, Mr Pavićević for the opposition.
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25 Years after Srebrenica
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has collected a vast amount of factual evidence on the horrific events that took place in July 1995 in Srebrenica and has persecuted many of those who were responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity. Nevertheless, 25 years later, the denial of the Srebrenica genocide continues and is even on the rise.
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FAILURE, LOOKING AWAY AND NEW WORLD VIEWS
This summer marked the 25th anniversary of the most serious war crime in Europe since the end of the Second World War: the genocide of over 8,000 Bosniaks in Srebrenica in July 1995 at the hands of Bosnian Serb soldiers. The writer, author and publicist Peter Schneider dealt intensively with the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s. In the following interview, the author describes how his world of thought has changed due to personal experiences as an observer on-site in the besieged Sarajevo basin. Additional excerpts from previously unpublished diary entries provide a vivid picture of the events of that time.
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How Covid-19 and technology sparked a culture change
In this episode, we talked to Michael Lobeck from and Dragutin `Drago` Djeković from about the increased use of technology sparked by the pandemic, our changing lifestyles and new working attitudes. How will it all impact our lives eventually and what changes might the future still hold?
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How Europe Works for LGBT* Rights
Social discrimination against sexual minorities is still widespread in many European countries. However, today - unlike in earlier times - it is internationally addressed and denounced.Sexual and gender self-determination is a human right.
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Was there something?
When the highest number of coronavirus infections (299) and deaths (13) in Serbia was reported on 7th July, President Vučić addressed the public once again with a half-hour speech, followed by a press conference with mostly servile questions from journalists loyal to the government (exception: TV station N1). The main topic were new countermeasures – including the reintroduction of a curfew over the whole weekend of 10th to 13th July.
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"Rebellion without politics"
Mr. Nedeljkov, immediately prior to parliamentary elections you spoke about the issue of growing polarization in Serbian society, and said: „To start with, we need a dialogue. And after that, we need even more dialogue.“ Judging from subsequent developments, it does not seem likely that the desired dialogue will occur soon. Thousands of people, primarily young ones, took to the streets, while some of the protests turned violent. What are the main reasons for that?
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