MUSLIM CULTURAL HERITAGE IN BULGARIA: PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND SOCIALIZATION DURING THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS (1990s – 2014)

Author(s): Zhorzheta Nazarska / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

This article deals with the conservation, preservation and socialization of tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Muslims in Bulgaria during the accession of Bulgaria to the structures of the CoE and the EU (1990s – 2014). Basic approach in the text is the viewpoint of Cultural Heritage Science. Using the method of analysis of public policies through best practices, different aspects of preservation and conservation of the Muslim cultural heritage (places of worship, public buildings and ensembles, literary and documentary heritage, mother tongue, and social practices) are considered. The article focuses on two main issues: introduction of the European legal framework in the country, and the European structural and investment funding. An assessment of the use of EU funds in order to finance the preservation, conservation and socialization of Muslim cultural heritage is done.

Haunted landscapes. Post-socialist memory limbo of contemporary Poland

Author(s): Mariusz Czepczyński / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

Post-communist landscapes are undergoing continuous process of transformations, more dynamically than many others types of cultural landscapes. One interpretation is followed by another reinterpretation; from the early festive anti-communist cleansings, thought discreet minor re-interpretations, infused by local and national political transformations, to contemporary ‘deep peeling’ or second wave of landscape purges. It looks like, contrary to the progressive van Gennep model of liminality, tradition oriented Polish society has been stacked up in a liminal limbo, unable or/and unwilling to go further and forget or assimilate the real or alleged communist landscapes. Since the 2016 election and the rise of populist-right powers, the Polish landscape has been haunted by the ghosts of communist past and it became clear that the past is still lives here now. New landscape modes of interpretations has been imposed and the spectre of communism, as Marx said almost 170 years, is still haunting over Central and Eastern Europe.

Дипломатическата роля на България и Франция по пътя към заключителния документ от Хелзинки (1975)

Author(s): Irina Grigorova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2017

The Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe reflected the East-West détente’s relaxing tensions and the differences between the two camps as well. In this paper, mainly negotiations about cultural interactions, known as the Third basket – whose principal Eastern delegate, by Moscow authorization, was Bulgaria – are revealed. On the other hand, France, among the Western countries, had the most important influence on the arrangement of the Conference and the papers drawn up later. The research presents the démarches and the actions undertaken by Sofia and Paris in defence of their concepts.

Цветан Тодоров (1939–2017) – апостолът на хуманизма, мечтателят за свобода

Author(s): Valentina Sharlanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

Пътят на ромската литература в Източна Европа

Author(s): Sofia Zahova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

The article makes a brief historical review of the development of Roma publicationsin the countries in Eastern Europe by emphasizing the processes in each country andthe interrelations between their policies regarding the Roma culture and the Roma literary production. The aim of the article is to show that the development of Roma literature is related to the political, social and cultural context in the country or region of its creation. The comparative historical approach is the most appropriate for the purpose since the tendencies in the development of the Roma literature are related to the policies of identity (in general or directed to the Roma population) in different historical periods and regions.

Да живееш в три държави: промени в земеделието и всекидневието на селяни от Северозападна България

Author(s): Ilia Iliev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2017

In this paper I briefly investigate the impact of three types of state agricultural policies on rural households in Valchedrum region, North West Bulgaria. I argue that the state remains a key factor, capable to transform the local economies, identities, and everyday life in a few years. I argue that unlike the situation in socialist Bulgaria, when the state lacked resources to implement its policies and had to rely heavily on coercion, the local people have rather limited options for agency now against powerful and efficient EU agricultural policies.

The Theory of Interaction between the Government and Parliament in the Historiography of the Twentieth Century

Author(s): Svitlana Soroka,Dmytro Plekhanov / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

The article is devoted to the analysis of interaction between government and parliament in historiography of the XX century. This period is characterized deepening of research the separate aspects of cooperation between government and parliament. At the same time there is a change of accents in the study of this theme. It was related to increase of volume of government work, complications of functions of state administration and strengthening of role of executive power at the beginning ХХ of century. Special attention was paid to the analysis of the evolution and evaluation of the effectiveness of the delegated legislation in European countries. It is also needed to mark that this period is presented mainly West-European and American historiography, because for researchers of socialist countries this theme was not actual.

Мила Маева. Българските емигранти в Англия – минало и съвременност. София, 2017

Author(s): Anelia Kassabova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2017

Европа – между различните идентичности на континента и представата за колективната европейска идентичност в исторически план

Author(s): Dimitar Petkov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

Three factors create the sense of an identity – the emotional factor, the cognitive factor and the factor of the political or the public representation of an identity. Part of historical development of Europe is marked by two very important processes – the creation of national, religious and other identities (nets of identities) on the Continent and the arise of the idea for global European identity. The analysis from historical point of view shows, that in framework of the idea for European identity there is no emotional feeling of belonging. The idea for European identity arises when specific conditions come into being and it stops to exist when these conditions disappear.

Отношенията между държава и религиозни институции: българският случай

Author(s): Maya Grekova,Iva Kyurkchieva,Maya Kosseva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2017

The objective of this article is to outline the basic tensions in contemporary Bulgarian society concerning the intertwining of religion and secularism through the prism of relations between national state and different religious organizations and individuals.The general goal is to combine the presentation of national historical context, existing legislation and the current social debate based on anthropological fieldwork.

Janusz Józef Węc, Pierwsza polska prezydencja w Unii Europejskiej. Uwarunkowania – procesy decyzyjne – osiągnięcia i niepowodzenia [Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2012, 320 s.]

Author(s): Natalia Adamczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2014

A Dangerous Nexus? History, Ideology and the Structure of the Contemporary Chetnik Movement

Author(s): Nejra Veljan,Maida Ćehajić / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

During the Yugoslav era (1945–1992), the Serb ethno-nationalist Chetnik movement and its motivating ideology were unambiguously condemned in public discourse. This followed the defeat of foreign occupiers, including Italian fascists and German Nazis, who had been aided by collaborationists within Ustasha (Croat ethno-nationalist and fascist) and Chetnik ranks. Thus, in the period after World War Two, public accusations of Chetnik membership were levelled pejoratively in Yugoslavia, and it was clear: to be a Chetnik was to be a traitor. Many former members of Chetnik detachments tried to conceal or minimize their participation in the movement, but some continued fostering Chetnik ideals in the privacy of their homes, even as a shared Partisan/Yugoslav identity was publicly nourished.

Европейската интеграция на Гърция (1955 - 1981 г.)

Author(s): Ani Istatkova-Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

This article studies Greek European policies and the country's strife for European integration, the negotiations and the obstacles it goes through from 1955 until the signing of the Treaty of Accession to the European Community on 28 May 1979. The role of Konstantinos Karamanlis and the geopolitical situation at the moment are identified as major factors in Greece becoming the first Balkan country to join the EU community at the very beginning of its expansion. The article also examines the attitudes of the Greek political parties and the reactions of the Greek society throughout the various stages of the European accession policies of the ruling government.

ISSUES RELATING TO THE IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT BETWEEN GLOBALISM AND SOVEREIGNTY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS OF DISINTEGRATION OF THE GLOBAL WORLD AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Corvin Lupu / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

Britain's exit from the European Union and the election of President Donald Trump at the White House are events that are part of a broader global world change project that dominated international political life in the US's sphere of interest and influence in the post-World War II period. The article highlights some of the causes that led planners in Washington and London to make radical changes in their future projects. It highlights how the US has lost over the past decade and a half its international influence and the internal crisis generated by the priority promotion of global interests in the face of the deep interests of the US. It also shows that Britain, after fighting hard with great losses in two world wars as the winner, found itself in a situation where, within the EU, Germany would make the most important decisions. The article highlights the way how it started and then stalled the process of encouraging the American doctrine of Europe of nations.

WORLD TRADE LIBERALISATION SINCE THE XIXTH CENTURY UP TO DATE

Author(s): Cristian Spiridon / Language(s): English Issue: 9/2012

The present paper aims to disseminate how liberalisation processes were conducted around the globe and especially in Europe since the XIXth century up to date. The research objective is to review the liberalisation of trade dynamics and create an image of the architecture of the most important trading blocs. Analysis will be conducted considering the three major regional blocs: Europe, North America and East Asia. The main findings will show that, despite the few mutations that occurred in international trade as a result of the emergence of developing nations as major trade partners, the European Union and the United States remain the economic and trade hegemons.

EUROPE FROM DIVISION TO REUNIFICATION (1947-2004). THE STORY AND THE SUB-TEXT

Author(s): Gérard-François DUMONT,Pierre Verluise / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

What have been the major stages in the unification of part of geographical Europe? After four decades of division, the opening of the iron curtain in the second half of 1989 marked a break in the strategic order. In fifteen years, NATO, and then the EU, took in three former Soviet Republics and USSR satellites. The USA won the Cold War and the post-Cold War, leaving the EU to carry part of the burden from the victory by taking on board countries impoverished by communism.

THE HISTORY AND IMPACT OF THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION ON THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Ana-Maria Comșa / Language(s): English Issue: 37/2024

In the European Union, although there is no "European Constitution" in the sense of a single constitution governing the entire Union, in a similar way to the national constitutions of its member states, there is a complex legal framework that is formed by treaties and intergovernmental agreements that governs its operation. The Union operates on the principles of the rule of law and respect for human rights. However, the idea of a "European Constitution" was a highly discussed and controversial one, especially in the 2000s. Although it was not adopted in the form of a proper Constitution, the Treaty of Lisbon introduced numerous reforms and changes in the structure and the functioning of the EU, largely reflecting the initial objectives of the European Constitution. Thus, the term "European Constitution" remains an important one in the history of European integration, even if the initial project was not implemented in its original form. In this paper we will try to present an overview of the history of the EU Constitution, as well as the structure and supporting pillars of the European legal order.

Европейски измерения на съвременната идентичност на българските граждани

Author(s): Albena Nakova-Manolova,Vanya Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2023

The article is based on the results of a nationally representative sociological survey conducted in 2021 within the project “National and European Dimensions of the Contemporary Identity of Bulgarians” (KP06-H50/6/30.11.2020), funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund. The transformations in the identity of Bulgarian citizens are traced in today’s world of increased mobility, migration and communication with representatives of other ethnicities and nations, which changes the meaning of national borders, eliminates the closedness of national cultures and leads to the formation of a consciousness of supranational or European identity. The analysis of the ongoing processes in the contemporary identity of Bulgarian citizens is based on the understanding of identity as a social construct which has relational and situational/contextual structure, determined by the nature of interaction with “others” and changing over time. The results show that although at this stage the national identity is the leading and determining one in the self-identification of the Bulgarian citizens, the processes of formation of the supranational/European identity have begun and represents an important part of their self-identification. Over 50% of all Bulgarian citizens have consciousness of belonging to supranational structures, i.e., we can talk about processes of formation of supranational identity; and in 30% of them it is a question of a declared consciousness of belonging to Europe, including the identification as citizens of the European Union.

Блог адаптацията на рускоговорещите жени имигрантки в България: специфики на процеса, онлайн поведението и идентичността

Author(s): Mina Hristova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2023

The article proposes to refine the periodisation of Russian and Russian-speaking immigration in Bulgaria. It examines the necessary context, describing changes in motivations and identity projects of these groups from (relatively) 2013 to 2023. The text outlines the specific tool - the blog, reinvented in a modern context – the text highlights the differences between it within the visual platform Instagram and its classical visual version. Thus, some of the main features of Russian-speaking users’ own online representations are brought to the fore through the implicit and (counterintuitively) explicit discourses of Russian-speaking users. They focus the analysis on their identifications and the specifics of adaptation and its dynamics, maintaining a sense of community but also accumulating social capital that directly reflects their plans and strategies for the present and future.

Магдалена Славкова. Busco trabajo. Работа и социални отношения на българите в Испания. София: Парадигма, 2022

Author(s): Behrin Shopova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2023

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