Covid-19 : Covid-19
The global Covid-19 pandemic is the challenge of the generation, globally. In a troubled region, the negative effects hit citizens even harder. The foundation is supporting the countries in the region with comprehensive activities to help overcome this challenge.
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Toni Richard Crisolli
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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Toni Richard Crisolli
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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Kosovo during pandemic COVID-19
Generally, the situation of the pandemic COVID-19 in Kosovo was associated with increased levels of fear and anxiety at the individual and societal level. Part of the feeling this way derived by poor information health professionals had on the new virus. Another part of it came by the requirements to be respected by the citizens, which seemed to be very restrictive, which fact, in turn, raised questions of their legitimacy imposing by the government. Last, but not least, the diminished, minimal public trust over the years on the healthcare system, and the lack of needed supplies to face the pandemic raised also doubts of efficiency, and efficacy of the institutions to respond promptly to the emergency.
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COVID-19 Analysis
Until recently, the spotlight has been on the pandemic – are we going to get infected; will the healthcare system be able to respond to these challenges; how to prevent the spreading of the virus? However, the epidemiological situation has been steadily improving in many countries, including the Western Balkans (WB): the total number of new cases is decreasing day by day, as well as the number of deaths.
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Economic Consequences for Croatia
The unexpected rapid spread of Covid-19 to Europe and other developed countries, especially densely populated areas in Europe and the US, has caused unprecedented public health measures in recent history. Global mobility of people and goods and globalized economic activity has slowed sharply. Although the phenomenon of economic cycles has been known for over a hundred years and much knowledge of cyclical economic trends has been accumulated, after the epidemic has calmed down, we’ll be faced with an economic crisis we have never seen before.
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Freedom of the press in the virus crisis Independent media in the Western Balkan
Freedom of the press is not at its best in South Eastern Europe. Whether through obstructions, arrests or aggravated existential needs: the virus crisis puts additional pressure on the hard-pressed media in the Western Balkans.