Comparative Analysis on the Contribution of the EU Pre-Accession Funds to Montenegro and the Republic of Macedonia in the Sector of Social Inclusion for the Period 2007-2013

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Sencer Gözübenli
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals A tale in stone and bronze: old/new strategies for political mobilization in the Republic of Macedonia

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Stefoska ◽  
Darko Stojanov
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Political Mobilization ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
New Strategies ◽  
The Eu

The redesign of Skopje's main square and the wider central area in the last six years has been a top priority of the Macedonian government. The project, called Skopje 2014, provoked intense domestic debate and controversy as well as international reaction and concern. Although officials say that project's aim is to unify ethnic Macedonians, it has produced several lines of political, intra-ethnic/interethnic as well as intra-cultural/intercultural divisions in the fragile Macedonian society. The aim of the paper is to offer reflections about its mobilizing potential among ethnic Macedonians in a set of social, economic, and political contexts. In that sense, four areas of mobilization are suggested: (1) around new identity markers; (2) around the name dispute and against threats (real or imagined) to the ethnic and national identity; (3) against the internal Other, that is, the ethnic Albanian community, as well as critics of these identity politics; and (4) in reaction to the global financial crisis and problems within the EU.

scholarly journals Media Framing: How Can the Constitutional Name of One Country Be Changed?

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Eleonora Serafimovska ◽  
Marijana Markovikj
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Content Analyses ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Media Monitoring ◽  
The Eu

The Macedonian-Greek agreement to change the name of the Republic of Macedonia resulted in a referendum. The columns of relevant opinion leaders published in electronic media during the official referendum campaign was the focus of interest and research presented in this article. The sample comprised 57 columns by 19 columnists. The discussion of the findings in this paper is based on framing theory with media content analyses; the template for media monitoring was used as an instrument based on human coding. The main research question addressed in this paper is: “How are opinion leaders setting frames?” The hypothesis is that opinion leaders use different themes and scripts to construct media framing due to narrow public opinion “for” or “against/boycott” the change of the constitutional name. Two negative, emotionally charged frames were identified: the frame “for” promoted positive messages reinforced with ideas about the EU and NATO membership; the frame “against/boycott” promoted messages that Macedonian identity will be lost.

scholarly journals Wall paintings from the late 15th century in the Monastery church of St. Paraskeve - Brajcino

2007 ◽  
pp. 549-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktorija Popovska-Korobar
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Wall Paintings ◽  
The West ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Lake Prespa ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Last Judgment ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Church

The Monastery of St. Paraskevy is located above the village Brajcino, on the east shore of Lake Prespa in the Republic of Macedonia. In accordance with the incomplete donor?s inscription this one aisle church with a pitched roof was built and decorated at the same time. Reparations came around 1800, when rebuilding was done on the longitudinal walls and the narthex (without fresco decoration). The fresco paintings from the 15th century are preserved on the west facade, and on the east and west wall of the naos. The decorative program in the interior was common for the small type monastery churches without narthex. From the old edifice, on the corner of the outside southwest wall visible are remains of figures, a monk and a man in laymen?s attire facing eastward. The iconographic program of the west facade is interesting for the scenes which encompass the patrons niche: a reduced Last Judgment (Royal Deesis, Hell and Paradise, where the monk Pahomios above the gate is depicted in prayer) and the equestrian figures of St. George and St. Mena. A parallel for the rare iconography of St. Mena with the tamed beasts is found in an unpublished icon, which most probably was painted in the last quarter of the 15th century, and is kept presently on the iconostasis of the church of Panagia tou Apostolaki in Kastoria. In accordance with all the considered characteristics by means of comparative analysis, we assume that the anonymous master could be an individual who belonged to the painting workshops which are credited for painting the church of St. Nicholas of the nun Eupraxia in Kastoria. We suppose the painter worked in Brajcino soon after the year 1486 and before 1493, when the decoration of the church in Kremikovci was completed, in which he most likely took part as a member of another large workshop. Regarding the question about the origins of the style of the 'master from the 1480?s', the paper articulates an opinion that they should be traced not only in the long painting traditions of Kastoria and Ohrid, but also in the collaboration of the masters and the spread of their works in these two important centers of the Ohrid Archbishopric.

Remembering and forgetting the SFR Yugoslavia. Historiography and history textbooks in the Republic of Macedonia

Südosteuropa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Stefoska ◽  
Darko Stojanov
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThis article analyses the interpretations and symbolic markers of the ‘new’ memory created in the Republic of Macedonia in the past few years. The question the authors raise concerns how images of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have been thematized or, likely, left to disappear into oblivion. Analysis of post-1991 historiography and history textbooks in Macedonia suggests that the main waves of change in the historical narrative have all followed the same general lines although not simultaneously. There have been other, minor factors, but the major changes in both domains have been related to the independence of the country, its aspirations to join the EU, and the rise of nationalism.

scholarly journals An Empirical Analysis of Stock Market Development and Economic Growth: The Case of Macedonia

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darko Lazarov ◽  
Emilija Miteva-Kacarski ◽  
Krume Nikoloski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Stock Market Development ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Republic

Abstract This paper has two goals. The first goal is to investigate the influence of stock market development on economic growth for a group of 14 transition economies from the Central and South-East European (CSEE) region in the period 2002-2012, while the second is to analyze the main characteristics and specificities of the stock market in the Republic of Macedonia. To fulfil the first goal, we apply panel regression models (fixed and random effects) and a dynamic panel model (Generalized Method of Moments – GMM), while we use a single country approach and comparative analysis to examine the main characteristics of the Macedonian stock market. The estimated results indicate that stock market development is positive and significantly correlated with economic growth. Additionally, the comparative analysis of the stock market in the Republic of Macedonia suggests that the Macedonian stock market is still underdeveloped and faces a number of challenges before it can enter a new phase of development after the negative impact of the global financial crisis. Those challenges include capital market regional integration and the harmonization of legal and institutional frameworks such as bankruptcy procedures, accounting and reporting standards, public sector regulatory bodies, corporate governance and a liberalized trade regime.

scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF DATABASE MANUFACTURERS’ PROTECTION OF RIGHTS IN THE CROATIAN AND SERBIAN LAWS

TEME ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1055
Author(s):  
Nadežda Ljubojev ◽  
Marijana Dukić Mijatović
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Exclusive Right ◽  
The Eu

This paper analyzes the right of a database manufacturer which is the exclusive right that authorizes its holder to prohibit or permit another to use a particular database, i.e. the collection of regulated and systematized data, copyright works or other materials that are available electronically or otherwise. However, the database can be a collection in terms of the copyright of the collection, so it also represents the content of the analysis in this paper. The subject of comparative analysis are the provisions of the current regulations in the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Serbia, and determining their compliance with the Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases. The analysis used a historical legal and normative legal method. Based on the analysis, the authors point out that the adopted solutions for the protection of databases in the EU greatly influenced the adoption of the corresponding regulations in the Republic of Serbia, concluding that the regulations governing this area in the Republic of Serbia are almost completely aligned with the EU regulations.

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