scholarly journals Threats to Democracy

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 51-67
Author(s):  
Valentina Petrović
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Ruling Party

Right-wing populist governments in Central and South-eastern Europe are currently abusing the emergency caused by the pandemic in order to extend their power and influence over institutions through legislative changes. The governments in Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Hungary have raised fears by their measures to either establish authoritarian regimes and/or to reassert their grip on power during the Covid19 crisis. This text is intended to give an insight into the measures of the ruling right-wing populist parties (PiS in Poland, SNS in Serbia, SDS in Slovenia and Fidesz in Hungary) during the pandemic. On the one hand, the article intends to show that the individual governments have misused the crisis to bring independent and/or state media under their control, to conclude corrupt deals between the ruling party and government-related companies and to put pressure on other independent institutions.

scholarly journals The Geopolitical Identity of the Bulgarian Nation

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 78-92
Author(s):  
A. A. Kovalevskiy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
Small State ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Political Events ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The One

The article considers the issues of the nature and conditions of the formation of the geopolitical identity of the Bulgarian nation. The author analyzes the specifics of geopolitical thinking in Bulgaria as a small state in South-Eastern Europe associated, on the one hand, with the approval of the “central”, “core” position of Bulgaria on the Balkan Peninsula, and with belonging to “Intermediate Europe” (“Wide South-Eastern Europe”) along with all other Balkan countries on the other hand. It has been shown that the fundamental Bulgarian geopolitical notions are not part of any clearly articulated doctrine, as was the case in neighboring Greece or Serbia, but are the result of a number of political events, due to which the modern Bulgarian national identity begins to take shape. First of all, we are talking about the firman of the Ottoman Sultan, according to which the Bulgarian Autocephalous Church – Exarchate was founded on March 11, 1870, and after that the draft about autonomous Bulgaria worked out at the Istanbul Conference of Ambassadors of the Great Powers (December 1876), and finally – San - Stefan Peace Treaty of 1878, which completed the formation of the national geopolitical ideal of "Greater Bulgaria."

scholarly journals Satellite observations and model simulations of tropospheric NO<sub>2</sub> columns over south-eastern Europe

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 6119-6134 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Zyrichidou ◽  
M. E. Koukouli ◽  
D. S. Balis ◽  
E. Katragkou ◽  
D. Melas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Satellite Observations ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽  
Air Quality Model ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Model Simulations ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Tropospheric No2 ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The One

Abstract. Satellite observations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) tropospheric columns over south-eastern Europe are analyzed to study the characteristics of the spatial and temporal variability of pollution in the area. The interannual variability of the tropospheric NO2 columns is presented over urban, rural and industrial locations based on measurements from four satellite instruments, GOME/ERS-2, SCIAMACHY/Envisat, OMI/Aura and GOME-2/MetOp spanning a period of over twelve years. The consistency between the different datasets over the area is investigated. Two operational algorithms for the retrieval of tropospheric NO2 are considered, the one developed jointly by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and Belgian Institute for Space Astronomy and the one developed by the University of Bremen. The tropospheric NO2 columns for the area under study have been simulated for the period 1996–2001 with the Comprehensive Air Quality Model (CAMx) and are compared with GOME measurements. Over urban and industrial locations the mean tropospheric NO2 columns range between 3 and 7.0×1015 molecules/cm2, showing a seasonal variability with a peak to peak amplitude of about 6.0×1015 molecules/cm2, while the background values over rural sites are close to 1.1×1015 molecules/cm2. Differences in the overpass time and spatial resolution of the different satellites, as well as differences in the algorithms, introduce significant differences in the estimated columns however the correlation between the different estimates is higher than 0.8. It is found that the model simulations reveal similar spatial patterns as the GOME observations, a result which is consistent with both algorithms. Although the model simulations show a mean bias of −0.1×1015 molecules/cm2 under clean conditions, the modeled temporal correlation of 0.5 is poor in absence of biogenic and biomass burning emissions.

scholarly journals Syllabic patterns in South-Eastern Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 220-227
Author(s):  
Irena Sawicka
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Slavic Languages ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Systemic Nature ◽  
The One ◽  
South Of Europe

Syllabic patterns in South-Eastern EuropeWhereas in most of the world’s languages syllable patterns are built according to the principles of sonority theory (they have the one-peak syllable pattern), in some Balkan languages, there occur deviations from the one-peak syllable pattern of a systemic nature. Such deviations occur also in the northern Slavic languages. They mainly concern the distribution of nasal consonants and appear either in the onset (Albanian) or coda (Romanian). At the very south of Europe the open syllable pattern occurs. Struktury sylabiczne południowo-wschodniej EuropyPodczas gdy zdecydowana większość języków świata preferuje tzw. sonorycznościowy (jednoszczytowy) model sylaby, to południowo-wschodnia Europa jest pod tym względem dość zróżnicowana. Odstępstwa od zasady jednoszczytowości występują w językach północnosłowiańskich. Na Bałkanach natomiast odstępstwa takie dotyczą głównie dystrybucji sonantów nosowych i występują albo w nagłosie, albo w wygłosie. Samo południe Europy (dialekty występujące na południowych częściach półwyspów Morza Śródziemnego) ma natomiast niesymetryczny model sylaby – w wygłosie wyrazów występują głównie sylaby otwarte.

scholarly journals Андир-Шопай: синкретичный образ громовника в ногайском обряде вызывания дождя

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yarlykapov
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Volga Region ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
The People ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The One

Автор анализирует фактический этнографический материал, связанный с обрядами вызывания дождя у ногайцев. В народе додольский обряд вызывания дождя, восходящий к домонотеистическим временам, не рассматривается как языческая традиция и по существу является обращением к единому и единственному Богу. Этот обряд вполне укладывается в рамки мусульманской обрядности, так как ислам признает специальное моление о дожде. Поэтому участие мусульманских служителей культа в ногайском обряде вызывания дождя правомерно и не может рассматриваться как отклонение от норм ислама. Подобные обряды вызывания дождя характерны для всех народов Юго-Восточной Европы, восточных славян, народов Поволжья, Кавказа, Средней Азии.The author analyzes the actual ethnographic material related to the rites of rainmaking among the Nogai people. The dodol rite of rainmaking, which dates back to pre-monotheistic times, is not considered by the people as a pagan tradition and is essentially an appeal to the one and only God. This rite is well within the framework of the Muslim rite, since Islam recognizes a special prayer for rain. Therefore, the participation of Muslim Ministers of worship in the Nogai rite of rainmaking is legitimate and can not be considered as a deviation from the norms of Islam. Such rites of rainmaking are typical for all the peoples of South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Slavs, the peoples of the Volga region, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

scholarly journals Beginnings of the Neolithic in Southeast Europe: the Early Neolithic sequence and absolute dates from Džuljunica-Smărdeš (Bulgaria)

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 51-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raiko Krauß ◽  
Nedko Elenski ◽  
Bernhard Weninger ◽  
Lee Clare ◽  
Canan Çakırlar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Balkan Region ◽  
Climate Fluctuation ◽  
Insight Into

 Investigations of a balk in the centre of the prehistoric settlement of Džuljunica-Smărdeš  comprised a sequence of archaeological deposits from the very onset of Neolithisation in South-eastern Europe throughout the end of the Early Neolithic. The arrival of Neolithic lifeways in the region coincides with the end of a period for which palaeoclimate proxies attest to considerable climate fluctuation. In connection with these investigations, the zoological finds were examined, which provide insight into the economy of this key settlement for the entire Balkan region.

Institutional Reform for Investment and Growth in South Eastern Europe

10.1596/26037 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Broadman ◽  
Jim Anderson ◽  
Stijn Claessens ◽  
Randi Ryterman ◽  
Stefka Slavova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe
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