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.
News
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The Western Balkans in the geostrategic power game
Like a catalyst, the Corona Crisis has favoured a "trend towards autocratization". Russia and China are gaining more influence via the supply of vaccines to the West Balkans. A leaning of South-East European countries always more autocrat allies is beckoning increasingly likely, concludes Michael Roick doe the German Daily Mirror.
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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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🏠 Rural areas strife to develop more smart city concepts to increase the quality of life for citizens, address climate change and become more resilient in times of pandemic. With our SmartCity.Education Initiative, we support local change-makers to achieve this goal. The latest event is part of an exciting new educational series.
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😷The Corona crisis has had a lasting impact on social, political and economic life in the Western Balkans and in Southeast Europe as a whole. This article gives a condense and vivid analysis of the matter. It was also published in the German Tagesspiegel. https://www.freiheit.org/western-balkans/western-balkans-geostrategic-power-game
