Conference report: 1st International Conference of the Central European Network of Legal Scholars (CENELS) on “25 Years After the Transformation: Law and Legal Culture in Central and Eastern Europe. Between Continuity and Discontinuity”, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 16–17 April 2015

Police structures and everyday practices in Central and Eastern Europe have changed dramatically in recent years, but changes have varied both in terms of the countries involved and in terms of the particular feature of the police system under review. This paper focuses on one city, Prague, and considers the ways in which the police deal with crime victims, specifically victims of burglary. The findings are compared with an earlier study in Poland, Hungary, Germany and England. The police are the main agency with which burglary victims are involved, and the service they provide is important, not least because clear-up rates are low. It was, therefore, reassuring to find that victims were generally positive about the way the police dealt with their cases. This is very different from the situation in Poland, where victims were far more critical. However, those victims who were most affected or worried about crime were least positive, suggesting that there is a link between perceptions of police work and perceptions of the crime situation. A comparison between the Czech Republic and Poland also suggests that relatively minor changes to police practices may improve victims' experiences and thereby their evaluation of police work.

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY LEVEL OF SELECTED COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN POULTRY MEAT PRODUCTION

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0015.5714 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol XXIII (4) ◽

pp. 96-107

Author(s):

Sebastian Kubala ◽

Marcin Stanuch

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

Central And Eastern Europe ◽

The Self ◽

Poultry Meat ◽

Meat Production ◽

Production Volume ◽

The European Union ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Self Sufficiency

One of the key markets of the European Union is the poultry meat market. The situation on this market is of significant importance to both producers and consumers. The main aim of the article is to study the level of self-sufficiency of selected countries in Central and Eastern Europe in the production of poultry meat. Eleven countries were selected as the research area: Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary. In the conducted research, simplified indices of self-sufficiency were used: the balance of foreign trade in terms of volume and value, average annual consumption per capita and production volume in relation to consumption. The study was conducted for the years 2009-2018. The statistical sources used come from FAOSTAT and International Trade Centre databases. Research has shown that the analyzed countries are characterized by a significant diversification of the self-sufficiency level of poultry meat production. Only 6 analyzed countries can meet the domestic consumption demand from their own production, the remaining countries supplement the deficit from imported goods. The highest level of self-sufficiency of poultry meat production was observed in Poland, Slovenia, Lithuania and Hungary. On the other hand, the lowest level is found in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Slovakia and Latvia.

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Мотив хвороби в історії літератури і культури посттоталітарних країн Центрально-Східної Європи

10.31338/2299-7237suv.9.19 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 219-222

Author(s):

Mariya Yankova

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

World Literature ◽

Central And Eastern Europe ◽

Traumatic Experience ◽

International Conference ◽

Women's Art ◽

History Of ◽

History Of Literature

The article is dedicated to the issues considered during the international conference “The motive of the disease in the history of literature and culture of post-totalitarian states of Central and Eastern Europe”, which took place on November 6, 2020. The main topics of the speakers were focused on the disease as a weakness in the literature, the trauma of loss, the theme of illness and healing in world literature from its beginning to the present, including the periods of Kyiv Rus, Renaissance, Baroque and Modernism and the traumatic experience in the narratives of the Holodomor, Ukrainian women’s prose and the ability of Ukrainian sacred and decorative, as well as modern women’s art to visualize the disease and help artists overcome their injuries.

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Discussion about the Legal Identity of Central and Eastern Europe. 3rd Annual CEENELS Conference “Legal Identities and Legal Traditions in CEE”

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Iuridica ◽

10.18778/0208-6069.85.11 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 85 ◽

pp. 139-153

Author(s):

Piotr Szymaniec

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

Central And Eastern Europe ◽

Legal Theory ◽

Legal Culture ◽

Main Issue ◽

Entire Region ◽

Legal Traditions ◽

Legal Identity ◽

The University

The paper describes the discussions during the 3rd Annual CEENELS Conference “Legal Identities and Legal Traditions in CEE”, which took place on January 11–13, 2018 at the University of Latvia in Riga. The main issue debated at the conference concerned the question whether the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have their own legal identity and whether there is a common legal identity of the entire region. The author is in favor of Mikhail Antonov’s view that labeling the Soviet legal theory and legal culture as characterized by rigid positivism or even by “hyperpositivism” is an oversimplification. Moreover, Antonov is right when emphasizing that there was no common “socialist legal culture” and this culture differed a bit from country to country.

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