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  • Publication Progressive Peace Policy

Current Security Challenges for the Western Balkan Region Addressed by Means of Joint Responsibility and Cooperation

Currently Europe is facing the deepest crisis since the end of the Cold War. Numerous emergencies in the EU's strategic neighborhood challenge its role as a stable anchor in instable world. The EU is not surrounded by a ring of...

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12th International Youth Conference Kruševo

The 12th International Youth Conference “European values for the future of Southeastern European countries” was five days of intensive work that took place in Krusevo, Republic of Macedonia from 25th to 29th of September, 2014....

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  • Publication Progressive Peace Policy

Southeast Europe in Discord - Reactions from the States to the Events in Ukraine

The current events in Ukraine and Russias stance, as well as the reactions of the EU are viewed differently in the countries of southeast Europe, thus causing discord. Albania and Montenegro, as the only nonmember-states clearly voiced...

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  • Publication Progressive Peace Policy
  • Publication Social and Economic Justice

Development-Oriented Migration Policy

Migrants contribute to development globally. The potentials are vast through money transfers alone, however the diaspora also contributes to the development of the origin countries. The positive effects of migration do not occur by...

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  • Publication Social and Economic Justice

The Performance of Public Health-care Systems in South-East Europe

Social policy has always been one of the most important topics for Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung due to the fact that the capitalist market economy always tends towards social exclusion and needs to be regulated by strong...

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  • Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values

Europe and Social Democracy

The history of the European Union is sustained by the fascinating idea of peace and freedom in a united continent. In 2012 the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which was both recognition and a challenge. However, it is also true...

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  • Publication Social and Economic Justice

Balkan Media Barometer – An Analysis of the Media landscape in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Media Barometers facilitated by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) are self-assessment instruments to gauge the status of freedom of expression and of the media in a national context. Such assessments have been undertaken in various...

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  • Publication Social and Economic Justice

Young people in European Bulgaria

This book is a sociological portrait of young people in present-day Bulgaria – twenty-five years after the beginning of the Change and seven years after the country’s accession to the European Union. The path passed since 1989 is the...