Transitions Online_News: Around the Bloc - 16 September
A political crisis in Bratislava; a controversial exhibition in Tallinn; morality police in Azerbaijan; hydropower in the Balkans; and volunteer battalions in the Donbas.
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A political crisis in Bratislava; a controversial exhibition in Tallinn; morality police in Azerbaijan; hydropower in the Balkans; and volunteer battalions in the Donbas.
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In the news today: Brussels and Chisinau; Netanyahu and Putin; a controversial Hungarian politician; Zeman and Kosovo; and a Ukrainian hacker.
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Today’s regional news highlights: espionage in Bulgaria; a bank raid in Ukraine; good deeds in Kazakhstan; a Polish anti-hate speech crusader; and Romanian forests.
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TOL’s regional news roundup: a CIA Russian spy; gas politics in Europe; Lukashenka memes; troubles in Turkmenistan; and football in Kosovo.
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News highlights: elections in Abkhazia; beards in Uzbekistan; Albania, Andorra, or Armenia?; the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact; and red stars in Sofia.
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Regional roundup: Moscow elections; Ukraine and Russia swap prisoners; Sarajevo LGBT parade; Tajik tourism; and Czech peas, global genome.
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Regional roundup: a mine in Armenia; Alexei Navalny; the MH17 investigation; Ilan Shor on the run; and Liviu Dragnea not running anywhere.
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In the news today: drugs in Russia; Kosovo ISIS supporters; Bulgaria’s Soviet ‘liberation’; a Russian bank in Hungary; and Robert Kocharian.
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TOL’s regional news roundup: jail for Russian protesters; no immunity for Ukrainian parliamentarians; Putin in Mongolia; a booming industry in North Macedonia; and concentration camps in Serbia.
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News Highlights: Andrej Babis; Crimea, Iran, and U.S. sanctions; a Hong Kong protest in Vilnius; a fugitive Montenegrin banker; and domestic violence in Armenia.
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Today’s highlights: blast in Russia; surprise resignation in Armenia; the Slovenian-Austrian border; arson attack in Ukraine; and a first for Bosnia.
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TOL's regional news roundup: Russia and Belarus; journalistic standards in Bulgaria; Saxons in Transylvania; LGBT in Uzbekistan; and Russian drug laws.
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News highlights: In the news today: Germany, Poland, and WWII; Ukrainian women in the military; a hidden gem in Zagreb; vintage cars in Prague; and Tajik family ties.
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In the news today: a posthumous victory for Sergei Magnitsky; Ukraine’s electoral code; a Chechen murder in Berlin; a (lucky) tank in Belgrade; and Mongolian fashion.
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Regional highlights: controversial wartime celebrations; Uzbekistan and Afghanistan; a new old Chisinau synagogue; a Russian humanoid robot; and Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko.
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The reflections on participative budget have been based on analysis of essence of indirect democracy and on factors which condition the creation of citizen society. With references to the result of empirical researches there have been presented the political and non-political activity of Polish people, their expectations related to activities of local authority and opportunities for being involved in citizen budget. The functions of budget have been analyzed with reference to citizens’ attitudes, their sense of community, efficiency of authorities, identification with place of living etc. However, the most important thesis presented in the article is the statement of common-creative role of citizen budget in the democratic societies.
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This article is an attempt to answer the question: how Polish Armed Forces respond to non-military threats in the crisis management system? It presents the structure and crisis management plans of the Ministry of National Defence, as well as the strength and the measures that the Polish Armed Forces may designate to undertake the tasks in the crisis management system. It indicates the main reasons for increasing the role of the Polish Armed Forces in this system, as well as the existing shortcomings, especially in the field of cooperation between the military and civilian components. It also points to the elements in the functioning of the crisis management system and the Polish Armed Forces in this system, which have a decisive impact to ensure national security.
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Author in this article presents European Citizenship, rights and responsibilities connected with them. From the research conducted in 2010 it follows that most citizens of Member States has large knowledge about EU citizenship. Author tries to answer how it affect the safety of the individual. It is possible only by relevant defined contemporary threats.
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The Government, the Parliament, central and local authorities need to build national strategies, public policies and programs that address the needs of different categories of vulnerable groups, including through their consultation and involvement so that interventions are cost- effective and sustainable. International organizations and non-governmental organizations implement programs that demonstrate concrete results and changes in the short, medium and long term for their beneficiaries. Through advocacy, these organizations can share with decision makers analysis and research, the experience of various interventions, including what resources need to be involved and with what results, lessons learned, so that decisions at national and local level are grounded in practice.
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The development of information technology and the formation of various social networks is proceeding very rapidly, increasing the creation of many forms of selforganization – including civil society, unions, and associations. It therefore becomes urgent to create an effective system of communication between public authorities and society. This article provides a brief analysis of the study of network societies in service-type states. It is emphasized that the use of a service state in Ukraine in the process of development is a very important factor that ensures the interconnection and interplay of such subjects of the public administration system as: public authorities, business structures, and NGOs. The prospects of the realization of the project “State in a Smartphone” as a concept of digital transformation in Ukraine in the direction of its functioning as a service are analyzed. The current state of the implementation of e-democracy tools in Ukraine in the context of digital transformation in the development of a service state is investigated. Ukraine significantly contributes to improving the efficiency of public administration and ensuring sustainable socio-economic development during change management processes. This positive effect is achieved through the active involvement of the population and public structures in the process of developing, making, and implementing political and administrative decisions regarding the creation and dissemination of public goods, and in meeting public interests and needs. Thus, interaction between the authorities and public organizations and the optimization of their cooperation with the use of modern communication technologies should contribute to the democratization of society, and should facilitate improvements in the quality of life of the population. Therefore, the issue of the development and implementation of new communication technologies in the activities of different levels of government in the context of building interaction with civil society institutions is of particular importance in contemporary Ukraine.
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