scholarly journals Language in Bulgarian Legislation

Rusin ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 194-211
Author(s):  
D.A. Katunin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Number ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Language Legislation ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Interethnic Conflict ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article aims to analyse Bulgaria’s provisions of the laws and international treaties that regulate the use and functioning of languages in the country since the restoration of the Bulgarian statehood at the end of the 19th century to the present day (that is, monarchical, socialist and modern periods). The evolution of this aspect of the Bulgarian national law is analysed depending on the form of government in the particular era of the state’s existence. The article examines Bulgaria’s relations with neighboring Balkan countries throughout their development, including numerous wars, which were primarily based on attempts to solve ethnic problems. Based on the results of the censuses of the population of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia, data are provided on the dynamics of the absolute and relative number of Bulgarians and major national minorities and on the number of those who indicated their native languages. The significance of the study is due to the fact that the Balkan Peninsula, although being on the periphery of current processes in the modern geopolitical paradigm, not being their actor and being divided into a dozen states, still played and is playing one of the leading roles in the European and world histories. The study of language legislation, as one of the key elements of language policy, makes it possible to identify a variety of aspects of interethnic relations both in the historical, retrospective and long-term perspective. In addition, the study of this issue may be in demand when considering interethnic conflict situations in other problem areas. The article concludes that the language legislation of Bulgaria is characterized by significant minimalism in comparison with similar aspects of law in many European countries, and the linguistic rights of national minorities in Bulgaria are minimally reflected in the considered laws of the state.

scholarly journals The regional policy of the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century: The Kingdom of Poland (1815–1830)

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-105
Author(s):  
Boris V. Nosov ◽  
Lyudmila P. Marney
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
The State ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article is devoted to the problems of the regional policy of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 19th century discussed in the latest Russian historiography, to the peculiarities of the state-legal status and administrative practice of the Kingdom of Poland. It was the time when basic principles and a special structure of management at the outlying regions of the empire were developed, and when special (historical, national, and cultural) regions were formed on the periphery of the Empire. The policy of the Russian government in relation to the Kingdom of Poland depended both on the fundamental trends in the international relations in Central and Eastern Europe (as reflected in international treaties), as well as on the internal political development of the empire, and the peculiarities of political, legal, social, economic, cultural processes in the Kingdom and on Polish lands in Austria and Prussia. All these aspects have an impact on the debate that historians and legal experts are conducting on the state and legal status of parts of the lands of the former Principality of Warsaw that were included in the Russian Empire in 1815 by the decision of the Congress of Vienna. The fundamental political principles of the Russian Empire in the Kingdom of Poland in the first half of the 19th century were a combination of autocracy (with individual elements of enlightened absolutism), based on centralized bureaucratic control, and relatively decentralized political, administrative and estate structures, which assumed the presence of local self-government.

The International Law Dimension of the German Minorities Policy

1999 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Minority Protection ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Mother Country ◽  
Ethnic Germans ◽  
Theory Of Law ◽  
The Cold War

AbstractEthnic Germans have traditionally been living in a number of other European states as national minorities. These minorities can in accordance with international law count on the support of their mother country as a protective power. During the Cold War, such German initiatives were often seen in Eastern Europe as interference into internal affairs and accordingly rejected. After the end of the block confrontation a significant number of bilateral agreements have been concluded in which the rights of German minorities are addressed. In these treaties the CSCE/OSCE documents play an important role. Doubtless these documents have no legal force. In the light of the theory of law it seems of great interest that clauses concerning minority protection have been integrated into binding international treaties. The treaties between Germany and Central and Eastern European states are examples for the ongoing process of “legalising” politically binding norms. All include, in one way or another, a reference to the political CSCE/OSCE-agreements relevant for minority protection. The relevant regulations are not only confirmed as binding for the signatory states, but rather that they are, although to varying degrees, being declared as legally effective instruments in bilateral relations. This “upgrade”raises these political norms to norms of international law.

scholarly journals The idea of Morava-Vardar water canal and its long-term geopolitical context

GeoScape ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-91
Author(s):  
Arsim Ejupi
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Geopolitical Region ◽  
Water Canal ◽  
Geographical Position ◽  
The 19Th Century

Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze in chronological terms the idea for the construction of Morava-Vardar canal and the contemporary geopolitical consequences of this project along with its economic, environmental and social impacts. Through critical readings of different contributions and reports made by scientific community, other institutions and media we have presented the idea in chronological terms from the late years of the 19th century until recent years. Continental geographical position Serbs have, has always been considered as an obstacle for their overall development. Through participation in unsustainable geopolitical formations they have continuously managed to develop any kind of connections to the sea. Even though part of various political entities over the time the effort to reach the direct contact to the sea was not successful. For this reason, Serbs raised idea and developed a project to connect their continental state with the sea through construction of the Morava-Vardar water canal. Except economic and environmental consequences, construction of this canal would have geopolitical implications in Balkan Peninsula known as very unstable geopolitical region.

scholarly journals The Bulgarian National Minority in Ukraine in Bulgaria-Ukraine Relations: The Impact on Ukraine’s Image in Bulgaria

2019 ◽  
pp. 520-538
Author(s):  
Anna Tertychna
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
State Policy ◽  
National Minority ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Open Policy ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

The article deals with the issues of observance of the rights of the Bulgarian national minority in Ukraine as an element of forming a positive image of Ukraine in Bulgaria. The issue of the rights and freedoms of ethnic Bulgarians in Bessarabia first arose in the bilateral relations between the Ukrainian people’s Republic and the Kingdom of Bulgaria after the establishment of diplomatic relations in accordance with the Ukraine-Bulgaria Supplementary Treaty of 12 February 1918. The informational explanation of the UNR’s open policy on national minorities immediately became an integral part of the activities of the first Ukrainian diplomatic mission in Sofia. Ethnic Bulgarians won the right to revive the study of their native language, history, and identity only after the restoration of Ukraine’s independence in 1991. In particular, the non-governmental sector has played a significant role in shaping Bulgaria’s state policy towards foreign Bulgarians. The article analyses the existing Ukraine-Bulgaria agreements that regulate relations between Ukraine and Bulgaria in the issue of the rights of Bulgarian and Ukrainian citizens of Ukrainian origin, as well as the legislative framework of Bulgaria in the field of state policy towards foreign Bulgarians. Despite the sensitivity of the Bulgarian society to the topic of foreign Bulgarians in Ukraine, which was and still is their largest and oldest historical Diaspora, the guarantee of the rights of ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious identity of persons of Bulgarian nationality and Ukrainian nationality is enshrined in the Ukrainian-Bulgarian international treaties. The article highlights the impact of the issue of the Bulgarian national minority on the political dialogue between Ukraine and Bulgaria. Special attention is paid to the issues of ensuring the language rights of Ukrainian ethnic Bulgarians in the context of recent changes in Ukrainian legislation. Keywords: Ukraine, Bulgaria, Ukraine-Bulgaria relations, rights of the national Bulgarian minority, positive image of Ukraine.

scholarly journals District school officials of the Kazan Province in the school management system in the first half of the 19th century

2021 ◽  
pp. 797-805
Author(s):  
Guzel' Vazykhovna Ibneуeva ◽  
Aysylu Ilgizovna Shakirova
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Xixth Century ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The 19Th Century

The relevance of the problem under study is conditioned by the need to explore the bureaucracy of district schools in Kazan province during the first half of the XIXth century, making it possible to determine the contribution of the above officials to the development of public education. The article presents the conditions for implementing professional activities by staff caretakers and the analysis of staff caretaker’s duties and their financial competence, and the specifics of their position as civil servants in the public education system. The authors showed that the practical activity of the district schools, their financial well-being (in the form of additional contributions), and the management of the schools' entire economic part, reporting, depended on the personal qualities, abilities, and skills of a regular caretaker. The article examines conflict situations between the teachers of district schools, which became a characteristic phenomenon for the entire educational system in the first half of the XIXth century. The methods of their elimination by staff caretakers were also considered. Determination of the factors for establishing a staff caretaker institution and the principles of appointment to this position made it possible to identify his role in organizing the system of district schools in Kazan province during the first half of the XIXth century. The authors showed that the staff caretakers controlled almost all the activities of the Kazan province's district schools during the first half of the XIXth century, reporting, if necessary, about the shortcomings in their work to higher authorities.

scholarly journals Ethno-political challenges: reflection in the theoretical discourse and tools of state national policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. V. Bakhlov ◽  
O. V. Bakhlova
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Absolute Correlation

Introduction. The multilayered and contradictory development of the world, countries and regions against the backdrop of the consequences of globalization and international confrontation complicates the formulation and solution of internal management tasks, the choice of the optimal strategy and tactics for responding to rapidly changing situations, or, conversely, attempts to revive archaic institutions that reject the values of intercivilization dialogue. The purpose of this article is to identify and evaluate the place of the ethno-political challenges among the tools of the state national policy of the Russian Federation evidenced with relevant strategic planning documents.Materials and methods. The research was based on the study of official documents of the Russian Federation in the framework of the goal-setting and contextual analysis of political discourse, taking into account the concept of articulation. Methods of systematic and comparative analysis, political diagnostics were also used.The results of the research. The analysis made it possible to detect a significant, but not absolute correlation in the interpretation of ethno-political challenges for Russia in the considered strategic planning documents of the Russian Federation. It is shown that the meaning-forming plots of the official discourse in the ethno-political perspective have a largely conservative essence, referring to traditional values, preserving the identity of Russia as a civilization. Simultaneously it emphasizes the rejection of insularity, isolation, calls for activity in the international stage in various formats, for internal transformations. A certain coincidence of priority tasks in the context of actualized challenges in the field of interethnic relations, regional and spatial development of the country is revealed.Discussion and conclusions. The necessity of clarifying some of the provisions of the current strategic planning documents of the Russian Federation and of eliminating bottlenecks in them that do not agree with the modern discursive practices and the needs of managing the ethno-political sphere is substantiated. The authors proposed measures for improving the legislative support of ethnological examination, its practical implementation, expanding sociological and ethno-political monitoring with the integration of structures at the federal and regional levels and increasing attention to the local (municipal) level, early diagnosis and prevention of conflict situations, support for domestic culture and art, moral shaping of the elite and the training of personnel reserve in the spirit of awareness of belonging to the all-Russian civil nation.

Een eenvoudig beginsel van rechtvaardigheid. Artsen en de taalwetgeving aan de vooravond van de Tweede Wereldoorlog

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
Frank Seberechts
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Pasteur Institute ◽  
Language Legislation ◽  
Principle Of Justice ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Dutch Language ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Second World

Het ADVN bewaart een verzameling documenten uit de periode 1935-1939 van het Doktersgild Van Helmont, aangesloten bij het Algemeen Vlaamsch Geneesherenverbond. Daarin bevindt zich een brief van 6 november 1939 van het doktersgild aan professor Jules Bordet, hoofd van het Pasteur Instituut in Brussel. De dokters eisen in deze brief dat het instituut voortaan de Nederlandse taal zou gebruiken in zijn contacten met Vlaamse artsen in Vlaams-Brabant en Brussel.Nobelprijswinnaar Jules Bordet en zijn instituut waren exponenten van de dominerende Franstalige klasse in België in de 19de en de eerste helft van de 20ste eeuw. In de loop van de jaren 1930 hadden echter steeds meer artsen een Nederlandstalig diploma verworven. Bovendien moest het instituut zich aanpassen aan de taalwetgeving die sinds 1932 van kracht was. De brief dient dan ook gesitueerd in de strijd om de toepassing van de taalwetgeving in overheidsdiensten en om de vernederlandsing van de medische praktijk in Vlaanderen.________A simple principle of justice: Physicians and the language legislation on the eve of the Second World WarThe ADVN holds a collection of documents from the period of 1935-1939 belonging to the Guild of Physicians of Helmont, which was associated with the General Flemish Association of Physicians. It includes a letter dated 6 November 1939 from the Guild of Physicians to Professor Jules Bordet, chief of the Pasteur Institute in Brussels. In this letter the doctors demand that the Institute would use the Dutch language in future contacts with Flemish physicians in Flemish Brabant and Brussels.Nobel Prize winner Jules Bordet and his Institute were exponents of the dominating French speaking class in Belgium during the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. However, during the 1930’s a growing number of physicians had obtained a medical diploma drawn up in the Dutch language. Moreover the Institute had to conform to the requirements of the language legislation, which had been in force since 1932. Therefore this letter needs to be seen in the context of the struggle for the application of the language legislation in public services and for the Dutchification of medical practice in Flanders.

Protection of human rights in the context of the development of the rule of law principle: The international aspect

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
Oleh M. Omelchuk ◽  
Svitlana D. Hrynko ◽  
Alla M. Ivanovska ◽  
Anna L. Misinkevych ◽  
Viktoriia V. Antoniuk
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
International Level ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
European Court ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights

The consolidation of the principle of supremacy in international documents is described. It is established that the rule of law in the work of the UN has become a subject of constant discussion. It has gained significant momentum since 2007, establishing itself as one of the most important areas of the organisation. UN documents define the rule of law as a principle or as a sphere of activity of the Organisation and member countries. In their report, the UN Secretary-General divides the rule of law into three sectors: the rule of law at the international level, the rule of law in the context of conflict and post-conflict situations, and the rule of law in the context of long-term development. The UN Secretary-General’s annual reports continue to work to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels. UN activities and documents demonstrate that strengthening the rule of law at the international level is impossible without the promotion, observance, and implementation of international treaties, the settlement of disputes by peaceful means, and the protection of human rights that are inextricably linked to the rule of law principle. Areas of activity that strengthen the rule of law are identified. The content of the resolutions “ Rule of Law at the national and international levels” was analysed, based on the results of generalisation of the content and direction of the sessions of the General Assembly during the last fifteen years, the directions of activity within this framework were determined. The rule of law is recognised as one of the fundamental principles of the European Community and enshrined in its regional acts. The elements of the principle of the rule of law are identified based on the results of generalisation of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It is established that in the European region a great role in the development and interpretation of the concept of the rule of law is played by its judicial interpretation, which is engaged in by two international judicial institutions: the ECtHR and the European Court of Justice. The rule of law is represented in the work of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and plays a significant role in the promotion and protection of human rights. A significant contribution to the development of regulations for the implementation of the rule of law at the international level was made by the International Non-Governmental Organisation “World Justice Project”, which developed in 2010 the Rule of Law Index. The indicators of measuring the rule of law index in the country are characterised and their analysis in the dynamics at the international level and the distribution of the rule of law index by factors in Ukraine

The Fig Tree in Alimentary Culture, Folk Medicine and Traditions among the Peoples of the Western Balkans [Inzhir v alimentarnoi kul’ture, narodnoi meditsine i traditsiiakh u narodov Zapadnykh Balkan]

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 33-52
Author(s):  
Alexander Novik ◽  
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Marina Domosiletskaya ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Discourse ◽  
Folk Medicine ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Carl Linnaeus ◽  
Modern Classification ◽  
Fig Tree ◽  
The 19Th Century

The article analyzes the role of the fig tree in various spheres of culture of the Albanians, Croats, Greeks, and other peoples of the Balkan Peninsula, as well as the use of its fruit as food and raw material for the production of alcoholic beverages and medicine. Until the 19th century, the pollination of the plant remained a mystery (not even Carl Linnaeus, the “father of botany” and the creator of the modern classification of wildlife species, was able to solve the complex puzzle of nature), which led to the emergence and proliferation of numerous mythologemes, still recorded to date, that are consistently associated with the fig tree. Currently, notions about the magical properties of the plant and its fruit are being transformed under the influence of the global passion for environmentally friendly bio products. The discussion specifically focuses on the mechanism through which such “new meanings” enter the public discourse.

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