Current status of transplantation and organ donation in the Balkans--could it be improved through the South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) initiative?

The new issue of the journal «Current Problems of Europe» opens with the problem-oriented article, dedicated to the analysis of the state of the Balkans / South-Eastern Europe region and its development in 2000-2020. The author gives a systemic description of the processes taking place in the intra-national and international intra-regional political, social and economic development of the countries of the region, and the problems generated by them. The changes are associated with a difficult transition phase, experienced by the states of the region, for the most part belonging to the post-socialist world (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania). The exceptions are Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, however, these three states are also going through a difficult period in their history, associated with new problems both in interstate relations within this triangle, and in relations with NATO and the EU, as well as with Russia. The article discusses the specifics of translating the terms «people» and «national» into Russian, as well as the toponym Kosovo (Serb.) / Kosova (Alb.), and ethnonyms «Bošnjak» and «bosanac». The first part of the issue contains articles devoted to general problems of regional studies: the relationship between the terms Eastern Europe, Central Europe, South-Eastern Europe, Balkans, Western Balkans; comparative and political science subjects; the role of the European Union and China in the development of the region; the relationship of national Serbian, post-Yugoslavian and European culture and intellectual heritage as well. The second part of the issue examines the relations of the Balkan states with the states of Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Romania, Belarus), as well as the specifics of their development in the post-socialist period. Thus, there is the possibility of a multilateral - historical, political and cultural, as well as comparative analysis of the development of this complex region, which is of great importance for international relations worldwide.

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ICT Standards in South Eastern Europe (SEE) Education: Macedonian Case

Journal of ICT Standardization ◽

10.13052/jicts2245-800x.123 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 41-58

Author(s):

Liljana Gavrilovska ◽

Vladimir Atanasovski

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

The South ◽

Future Directions ◽

South Eastern ◽

Strategic Value ◽

The Future ◽

Education Levels ◽

South Eastern Europe

The Standards Education (SE) in the field of ICT gains increasing momentum worldwide. The strategic value of the ICT standards and their influence on the economy proves essential towards countries’ development and their economic growth. This paper overviews the relevant current SE initiatives with a special emphasis on the South Eastern Europe (SEE) case and Macedonia. It discusses the level of ICT penetration, the recognition of the SE importance and the involvement of the relevant stakeholders in the SE curricula design on various education levels in Macedonia. Finally, the paper pinpoints the future directions towards transparent and harmonized SE.

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A major study on Ottoman architecture in Hungary

Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0041977x00054343 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 67-73

Author(s):

Géza Fehérvári

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

European Countries ◽

Classical Period ◽

East European ◽

The Balkans ◽

South Eastern ◽

The World ◽

Ottoman Architecture ◽

South Eastern Europe ◽

Art And Architecture

Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest in Turkish art and architecture, an interest that embraces not only the monuments in Turkey proper but also those which were erected in south-eastern Europe during the Ottoman occupation. Thus a few years ago, when in conjunction with the World of Islam Festival a symposium was held in Edinburgh dedicated to Islam in the Balkans, the participants dealt with Islamic monuments in Bulgaria, Rumania, Greece and Yugoslavia. The Ottoman monuments of Hungary are admittedly not as numerous as those of these south-east European countries; nevertheless,they represent the achievements of a period which is justifiably called the ‘classical’ period in Ottoman art.

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Thracian

Palaeohispanica. Revista sobre lenguas y culturas de la Hispania Antigua ◽

10.36707/palaeohispanica.v0i20.377 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 787-817

Author(s):

Wojciech Sowa

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

The State ◽

Roman Period ◽

Entire Period ◽

The Balkans ◽

South Eastern ◽

History Of ◽

South Eastern Europe

Thracian belongs to the group of languages spoken over the entire period of Antiquity in the areas of south-eastern Europe (mostly the Balkans) and which, like other vernaculars spoken in this and neighbouring areas, had died out by the end of the Roman period leaving but scanty evidence. This chapter provides an introduction into the state of our current knowledge about the Thracian language and epigraphy and the perspectives of research of this language. Since our comprehension and understanding of grammatical system of Thracian is limited, the current knowledge of the language makes any translation of attested inscriptions impossible. It is however expected that the progress in studying development and history of the Greek script may provide us with new and relevant data for interpretation of Thracian.

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Mitochondrial diversity in mountain horse population from the South-Eastern Europe

Mitochondrial DNA Part A ◽

10.1080/24701394.2016.1186667 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (6) ◽

pp. 787-792 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peter Hristov ◽

Georgi Yordanov ◽

Adriana Ivanova ◽

Ivan Mitkov ◽

Daniela Sirakova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

The South ◽

Horse Population ◽

South Eastern ◽

South Eastern Europe

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Problematic Terminology in a Tentative Research Methodology for the Visual Culture of the Balkans

Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Historia ◽

10.24193/subbhist.2021.spiss.04 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 66 (Special Issue) ◽

pp. 67-78

Author(s):

Anita Paolicchi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Visual Culture ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Eastern European ◽

The Balkans ◽

South Eastern ◽

South Eastern Europe ◽

Methodological Problems ◽

Western European ◽

Interpretative Framework

"The aim of this paper is to highlight and briefly discuss some of the most problematic terms and concepts that recur in art historiography: for example, the words Byzantine, post-Byzantine, Eastern, Western and Local. These concepts are used in a misleading way not only by American and Western European authors, but also by Eastern and South-Eastern European ones: in fact, the “Balkan” art historiography based itself on the Western-European one, adopting its periodisation, terminology and interpretative framework, which led to a number of methodological problems that researchers are now trying to identify, discuss and, if possible, solve. Keywords: art historiography, South-Eastern Europe, silverwork, Byzantium. "

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Essays on the Political history of the Countries of Central and south-Eastern Europe. From the Late Twentieth to the Early Twenty-First Centuries

10.31168/2712-8342.2020.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

Political Development ◽

The Political ◽

The Balkans ◽

Political Processes ◽

South Eastern ◽

Early Twenty ◽

History Of ◽

South Eastern Europe ◽

Late Twentieth

This collective monograph is a comprehensive study of the causes, evolution and outcomes of complex processes in the contemporary history of the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe, and aims in particular to identify common and special characteristics in their socio-economic and political development. The authors base their work on documentary evidence; both published and unpublished archival materials reveal the specifics of the development of the political landscapes in these countries. They highlight models combining both European and nationally oriented (and even nationalist) components of the political spheres of particular countries; identify markers which allow the stage of completion (or incompletion) of the establishment of a new political system to be estimated; and present analyses of the processes of internal political struggle, which has often taken on ruthless forms. The analysis of regional and country-specific documentary materials illustrates that the gap in the development of the region with “old Europe” in general has not yet been overcome: in the post-Socialist period, the situation of the region being “ownerless” and “abandoned”, characteristic of the period between the two world wars, is reoccurring. The authors conclude that during the period from the late twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries, the region was quite clearly divided into two parts: Central (the Visegrad Four) and South-Eastern (the Balkans) Europe. The authors explore the prevailing trends in the political development of Hungary and Poland related to the leadership of nationally and religiously oriented parties; in the Czech Republic and Slovakia the pendulum-like change in power of the left and right-wing parties; and in Bulgaria and Romania the domestic political processes permanently in crisis. The authors pay special attention to the contradictory nature of the political evolution of the states that emerged in the space of the former Yugoslavia. For the first time, Greece and Turkey are included in the context of a regional-wide study. The contributors present optimal or resembling transformational models, which can serve as a prototype for shaping the political landscape of other countries in the world. The monograph substantiates the urgency of the new approach needed to study the history and current state of the region and its countries, taking into account the challenges of the time, which require strengthening national and state identity. The research also offered prognostic characteristics of transformational changes in the region, the Visegrad Four, and the Balkans.

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Essay: (Re)Thinking and (Re)Imagining South-Eastern Europe or an Intellectual Journey to the Balkans

Southeastern Europe ◽

10.1163/187633312x642121 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 237-249

Author(s):

Mitja Žagar

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

Diversity Management ◽

Public Discussion ◽

Scholarly Literature ◽

The Balkans ◽

South Eastern ◽

South Eastern Europe ◽

Intellectual Journey

This essay aims to stimulate a broad scholarly and public discussion about the definition, perceptions, identities, (re)conceptualizations, (re)imagining and (re)thinking the Balkans and South-Eastern Europe. It addresses the objectivity and attitudes in research and scholarly literature, historic and current stereotypes and imaginations in general as well as specifically with regard to the region. In this context it discusses also different definitions and competing conceptualizations of the region that often, in European reality, has served as the relevant “other.” In addition to stimulating public and scholarly discussions this contribution also attempts to promote a positive imagining and perceptions of South-Eastern Europe that can build upon the cultural and historic richness, diversities and potentials of the region. It argues for the construction of open, inclusive and positive identities that will stimulate integration and be important segments of successful diversity management.

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