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An analysis by The Economist shows how Covid-19’

An analysis by The Economist shows how Covid-19’s second wave has particularly affected Eastern European countries. Indeed, a comparison between the first and the second wave highlights how the situation has drastically changed. During the first wave, at the beginning of 2020, countries in Eastern Europe were able to quickly introduced border controls and lockdowns, and were largely spared. On the contrary, now they have the most highest rates in the region. After relaxing their measures due to the first successful period, they did the same mistakes of the Western countries: waiting until death rates and cases are out of control before reimposing controls. #pandemic #covid19 #lockdowns #coronavirus #cases #easterneurope #balkans #deathrates #chart #moldova #northmacedonia #croatia #albania #russia #belorussia #balticstates #poland #czechrepublic #hungary #stayhome #EU #FOMOSO

The necessity to embark on the journey of Peace Re

The necessity to embark on the journey of Peace Resolution was the primordial goal of the last two decades, especially at the end of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The incredible efforts of the Bosnian Women seem too often to be obliterated by the legal pages of history. Many Women activists, locally and nationally, have significantly contributed to the process of stabilisation and institutionnalisation of the state apparatus. Hearing the voice of the voiceless female victims, years after the war, and the inclusion of Women in the political sphere of power started the process of emancipation that challenged tremendously the existence of the patriarchy. The Women’s efforts in post-war reconstruction process testify about the willingness to modify the black scenario of the ethnical division by promoting the values of the international peace and security. Read more about our analysis on FOMOSO website. #bosniaherzegovina #balkanskicitati #balkan #genocide #women #serbia #albania #slovenia #croatia #greece #bosnianwoman #legal #tribunal #peace #internationalwomensday #agreement #ethnicwar #ethniccleansing #womanpower #womensday #transitionaljustice #war #daytonagreement #analysis #FOMOSO

The Balkans Route became well-known after the 2015

The Balkans Route became well-known after the 2015 European “refugee crisis,” with thousands of refugees and migrants trying to reach the European Union. Generally they were coming from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, but also from north and sub-Saharan Africa. As time pass by, the Western Balkan countries became merely country of transition. But how this situation has developed so far? Read more about this in the analysis of G. Peduto on our website. #balkanroute #migrants #refugees #northmacedonia #greece #migration #europeanunion #EU #bosniaherzegovina #serbia #bulgaria #montenegro #croatia #slovenia #europe #refugees #transition #map #humanitariancrisis #FOMOSO #switzerland #Germany #Austria #südosteuropa #mittelosteuropa #balkans #balkancitati

Wenn es in der Moderne um die lettischen Minderhei

Wenn es in der Moderne um die lettischen Minderheiten geht, geht es meist darum, dass der lettische Staat die russischsprachige Minderheit in Lettland unverhältnismäßig diskriminiert. Interessanterweise war das nicht immer so, Schauen Sie sich die Analyse von S. Eckert auf unserer Website an, um mehr darüber zu erfahren. #lithuania #latvia #estonia #kulturelleautonomie #baltics #russia #minorities #languages #easterneurope #freedom #1920 #FOMOSO #baltikum #lettland #germany #deutschland #switzerland #austria #mittelost #südosteuropa

The necessity of environmental protection has incr

The necessity of environmental protection has increasingly become a relevant topic during the 21st century. In particular, the Western Balkans were described as the pollution hotspot of Europe. Regional statistics show that more than 13 thousands people prematurely die every year due to air pollution. Find out more about this in the analysis by N. Hodžić on our website: https://www.fomoso.org/en/mosopedia/research/light-at-the-end-of-the-smog-filled-tunnel/. #westernbalkans #airpollution #croatia #albania #serbia #kosovo #northmacedonia #montenegro #balkans #analysis #FOMOSO #pollution #news #east #moso #südosteuropa

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#happynewyear #frohesneuesjahr

#froheweihnachten #merrychristmas #southeasterneur

#froheweihnachten #merrychristmas #southeasterneurope #centraleasterneurope #südosteuropa #mittelosteuropa

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article «Revival of Belarusian diasporas after the 2020 elections». #eu #europeanunion #belarus #eastern #europe

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article «Asylum and Migration Pact: German Presidency of the Council of the EU and the role of Poland». #eu #europeanunion #refugees #crisis #migration #asylum #seekers

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article «Revisiting the idea of Mini-Schengen: gamesmanship or true breakthrough?» by N. Hodžić. #eu #europeanunion #Albania #Kosovo #NorthMacedonia #Macedonia #Serbia #Visegrad #Kosovo

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article “As in war, we will support one another” by G. Peduto. #eu #europeanunion #poland #abortion #abortionban #policy #visegrad

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article "Evolvement of Women Rights in Kosovo – an Interview with UN Women Kosovo" by E. Zemzadja. #East #Europe #Foreign #Security #Policy #Balkans #Kosovo

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article “Kyrgyzstan, the only democracy in Central Asia is in turmoil after a rigged election…” by S. Demspey. #East Europe #Foreign #Security #Policy #Kyrgyzstan #Southeast #Central

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article "Lithuania: A Country with Strong Support of Belarusian Civil Society" by L. Kotulová.

Forty years ago, the independent trade union Solid

Forty years ago, the independent trade union Solidarnosc was founded in Poland. It paved the way for the end of communism in Europe. But the country is divided on whether Lech Walesa, its leader, was a hero or a traitor.

#Poland #Europapolitik #Solidarnosc #European #europeanunion #communism

Source: www.dw.com

Wie Sie wissen, ist FOMOSO eine überparteiliche u

Wie Sie wissen, ist FOMOSO eine überparteiliche und gemeinnützige Organisation, die die Meinungsbildung über Mittelost- und Südosteuropa fördert. Wir veröffentlichen verschiedene Notizen, Meinungen und Nachrichten zu diesem Thema. Zu Ihrer Information stellen wir Ihnen die wichtigsten Punkte aus den Texten unserer wunderbaren Autoren vor. Die Vollversionen sind auf der Website fomoso.org zu finden.
Swipe für eine Sammlung der Stichpunkte des Textes "Belarus: Point of no return" von G. Hutter.

#Belarus #Europapolitik #Osteuropa

Dear Friends! Belarusians have created a website

Dear Friends!

Belarusians have created a website where they publish daily translations of important articles and reports about what is happening in Belarus after the elections.

https://www.voiceofbelarus.com/

The site is made for the international audience with texts published in 6 languages. We believe it is very important to draw the global community's attention to the hell that is happening in Belarus right now. Belarus is a European country, and not a place for Middle Age style atrocities and lawlessness.

P.S. If you, one of your friends or relatives faced the latest events in Belarus and want(s) to share stories, please DM us on Facebook or Instagram.

If you are a friend or even a fan of the region of

If you are a friend or even a fan of the region of Central-Eastern and Southeastern Europe, then we have the perfect gift for you. We created a scratch map which exactly covers all the region which we work with.

By the way and most important, 100% of the sale of each sold scratch map goes into Central-Eastern and Southeastern Europe for supporting projects!

Free-shipping within whole Europe!

#moso #fomoso #albania #bosniaandherzegovina #bulgaria #estonia #greece #croatia #latvia #lithuania #northmacedonia #moldova #montenegro #poland #romania #serbia #kosovo #slovakia #slovenia #czechrepublic #ukraine #hunagry #belarus

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article "Conflict between Hungary and Ukraine: fault of the “education law”?"
#European #Policy #Hungary #EU #Ukraine #language

Wie Sie wissen, ist FOMOSO eine überparteiliche u

Wie Sie wissen, ist FOMOSO eine überparteiliche und gemeinnützige Organisation, die die Meinungsbildung über Mittelost- und Südosteuropa fördert. Wir veröffentlichen verschiedene Notizen, Meinungen und Nachrichten zu diesem Thema. Zu Ihrer Information stellen wir Ihnen die wichtigsten Punkte aus den Texten unserer wunderbaren Autoren vor. Die Vollversionen sind auf der Website fomoso.org zu finden.
Swipe für eine Sammlung der Stichpunkte des Textes "Völkerwanderung in MOSO? – Hunnen und Awaren: zwei expansive Reitervölkerr" von M. Haderer.

#Balkan #MOSO #Osteuropa #südosteuropa

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-prof

As you know, FOMOSO is an independent and non-profit organization that promotes the opinion-forming about East-Central and Southeast Europe. We publish various notes, opinions and news regarding this topic. For your convenience, we will present you the main points from the texts of our wonderful authors. Full versions can be found on the website fomoso.org. Swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints of the article "Brain Drain and the unhappy generation of the Western Balkans" by M. Mamaj.
#Albania #Balkans #bosniaandherzegovina Herzegovina #Kosovo #Montenegro #NorthMacedonia #Macedonia #Serbia #Kosovo #SoutheastEurope

Poland's top court has ruled the country's preside

Poland's top court has ruled the country's presidential election in July was valid.

The decision on Monday came after a legal challenge brought by the opposition, which had cited numerous alleged irregularities.

In its judgement, the Supreme Court said none of the claims gave rise to question the validity of the election after touching upon each one in the ruling.

It is a first big test for the Supreme Court since its new president was appointed in May with the backing of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.

The July 12 runoff vote brought victory by a narrow margin for Poland's conservative incumbent president, the Pis-backed Andrzej Duda. He received 51.03% of the vote ahead of his liberal rival Rafal Trzaskowski, the Mayor of Warsaw, on 48.97%.

Duda's supporters claimed he won a clear mandate as the turnout was high at just under 70%.

But Trzaskowski’s team and his Civic Platform party lodged the protest with the Supreme Court arguing that the whole electoral process was “not fair”.

The party claimed that Duda got an unfair campaign boost from the government and from state-run media, who were allegedly praising the president and trying to discredit his opponent.

It also said that many voters abroad were not able to cast their ballots because they did not get them on time, due to poor organization by some of Poland's diplomatic missions.

Source: euronews.com

#Poland #Duda #election #Supreme #Court #Trzaskowski #mandate #pis

Poland is to withdraw from a European treaty aimed

Poland is to withdraw from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women, the country's justice minister announced on Saturday.

Zbigniew Ziobro said the document, known as the Istanbul Convention, was "harmful" because it required schools to teach children about gender.

He added that reforms introduced in the country in recent years provided sufficient protection for women.

Thousands of women have protested at the move in cities across Poland.

Mr Ziobro said the government would formally begin the process of withdrawing from the treaty, which was ratified in 2015, on Monday.

He argued that the convention violated the rights of parents and "contains elements of an ideological nature".

The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and its coalition partners are closely aligned to the Catholic Church, and the government has promised to promote traditional family values.

President Andrzej Duda was re-elected earlier this month following a campaign in which he described the promotion of LGBT rights as an "ideology" more destructive than communism.

Source: bbc.com

#Poland #Istanbul #Convention #Warsaw #Violence #Women #Gender

Continuing the theme of prominent women in politic

Continuing the theme of prominent women in politics on the territory of #FOMOSO countries, it is necessary to pay attention to Hanna Suchocka, first woman prime minister of Poland. Learn a little more about basic information of her political life in our "cards", swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints.

Source: britannica.com

#europe #EuropeanPolicy #europeanunion #FOMOSO #MOSO #Poland #hannasuchocka

EU External Action Service spokeswoman Nabila Mass

EU External Action Service spokeswoman Nabila Massrali announced on Monday that intensive work at the expert level in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue would continue this week in Brussels.

“Kosovo and Serbia are called upon to send their experts to continue dealing with the issues raised at the leaders’ meeting last Thursday”. Asked by Tanjug how they view the assessment of Kosovo Prime Minister Avdulah Hoti that “there is no technical dialogue but only a dialogue for mutual recognition”, he replied that Brussels “does not comment on the statements of others”, stressing that the EU Special Representative for Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajcak announced an “expert meeting” for this week, and the next “high-level political meeting” for early September, Massrali said.

As for the details of the expert talks, the European External Action Service does not want to give details of the plan and agenda of the talks, as was the case with the technical talks in the previous years of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels.

EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajcak announced that the experts would “continue the work” that began during the highly political meeting between Serbian Presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti.

At a meeting on 16 July in Brussels, Vucic and Hoti discussed the issue of missing and internally displaced persons, as well as economic relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

Source: balkaneu.com

#Balkans #Kosovo #Brussels #Belgrade #Pristina #Vucic #Hoti #PrimeMinister #EU #EuropeanPolicy #europeanunion

Hello! We, the FOMOSO, are interested in developi

Hello!

We, the FOMOSO, are interested in developing a podcast to enrich the communication of information about MOSO countries.

For that purpose, we want to identify the preferences for such a podcast among the FOMOSO audience.

Please take 2-3 minutes to complete the survey so that we can provide you with the content that interests you :)

A link to the survey is in the descpription.

Thank you in advance!

#MOSO #FOMOSO #survey #podcast #EuropeanPolicy #EastEurope #European #elections #EU #Balkans

The campaigns of three opposition figures involved

The campaigns of three opposition figures involved in Belarus’s upcoming presidential election have issued a joint statement on cooperation in the controversial poll.

The campaigns of Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, former Belgazprombank head Viktar Babaryka, and prominent businessman Valer Tsapkala on June 16 announced a joint program comprising five points.

The program includes urging Belarusians to vote in the August 9 election, a call for the release of all “political and economic prisoners” and new trials for each of them, a pledge to hold “an honest repeat election after August 9,” and a pledge to cooperate on a program to combat electoral fraud and to monitor the presidential poll.

On July 14, the Central Election Commission registered five candidates for the presidential poll, including Tsikhanouskaya and incumbent President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.

Babaryka, who was viewed as a potential rival to Lukashenka, was denied registration and subsequently jailed on suspicion of money laundering, bribery, and tax evasion.

Tsapkala’s attempt to register was foiled after election officials disqualified at least 38,000 of the signatures he had submitted in support of his candidacy. Amnesty International has proclaimed Babaryka and his son, Eduard, who was arrested with his father on June 18, to be prisoners of conscience.

After the registrations were announced, a wave of protests rocked the country and hundreds of people have been detained.

Source: rferl.org

#Belarus #elections #European #EastEurope #EuropeanPolicy #FOMOSO #MOSO

Voting is under way in North Macedonia in parliame

Voting is under way in North Macedonia in parliamentary elections that may determine the pace of the Balkan state’s Euro-Atlantic trajectory.

The July 15 vote is the country's first poll under its new name, with opinion polls showing the pro-EU Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and right-wing VMRO-DPMNE in a tight race.

The vote was originally scheduled for April but postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the outbreak resurging, the decision was made to hold the vote on July 15 and keep polling stations open for two additional hours, until 9 p.m. local time, to reduce crowding and risks.

After months of delay due to opposition from France, the EU in March finally gave North Macedonia a green light to start formal talks to join the bloc.

Zaev, the SDSM leader, has done more in a short time than any of the country’s leaders to mend fences with neighbors and advance integration with the West.

Since becoming prime minister in 2017, he reached a landmark deal with neighboring Greece to change the country’s name, clearing the way for Athens to lift its veto over Skopje’s membership in NATO.

He also signed a friendship deal with neighboring Bulgaria, removing another impediment to prepare for EU membership.

Zaev’s is telling voters that his party has achieved results and promises a brighter, more prosperous future for one of the poorest countries in Europe.

#Macedonia #NorthMacedonia #europeanunion #EuropeanPolicy #europe #NATO #membership #voting #elections #coronavirus

President Duda, 48, is a lawyer by training. He wo

President Duda, 48, is a lawyer by training. He won a surprising victory in 2015 representing the young, moderate face of the Law and Justice party, which had lost a string of elections under all powerful party leader and candidate, Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

He is a socially conservative Roman Catholic, who says he wants to defend the traditional family model.

On the one hand, he supports the government's popular and generous welfare scheme, symbolised by the 500+ programme, under which families receive 500 zloty (€110) per month for each child until the age of 18.

On the other hand, he has vowed to protect Polish families from what he calls an imported "LGBT ideology" that is aggressively trying to sexualise Polish children.

President Duda is also a supporter of the government's legislative changes to take greater control over independent institutions, most prominently the public media and judiciary.

But in 2017 the European Commission took the unusual step of launching a rule-of-law case against Poland, accusing PiS of undermining basic EU values - a procedure that could lead to Poland's EU voting rights being suspended.

Poland is the largest net recipient of EU budget funds, and some in the EU favour tying those payments to Polish compliance with EU principles, as enshrined in the treaties.

Polish President Andrzej Duda is a loyal ally of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) and his re-election means the party's socially conservative programme can continue unhindered for another three years.

Source: bbc.com

#Duda #Poland #President #europe #EuropeanPolicy #europeanunion #election #PiS #Law #Justice #President #Election

Kosovar President Hashim Thaci has arrived in The

Kosovar President Hashim Thaci has arrived in The Hague, where he is set to be interviewed by international war crimes prosecutors.

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers (SPO) announced on June 24 that Thaci and other prominent Kosovars were the subject of an indictment on suspicion of serious crimes including "nearly 100 murders," enforced disappearances, and torture.

Thaci was a top commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK), which fought a guerrilla war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s.

"Today I am here out of respect for what I dreamed and fought for. A free, independent Kosovo based on equal rights, a multiethnic society based on the rule of law," Thaci said upon arrival at the Specialist Prosecutor's Office.

Thaci’s indictment forced the cancellation of U.S.-sponsored talks scheduled to take place last month at the White House between Kosovar and Serbian leaders.

But the European Union appears to have breathed new life into long-stalled EU-sponsored talks, announcing on July 12 that they were “back on track” after a video meeting between Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic mediated by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

EU-mediated negotiations between Pristina and Belgrade broke down in 2018 over reports of a proposed land swap and after Kosovo imposed a 100 percent tax on Serbian imports.

Both Kosovo and Serbia, which aspire to join the EU, have been facing mounting pressure from the West to reboot negotiations.

Source: rferl.org

#Serbia #EU #europeanunion #EuropeanPolicy #europe #Kosovo #Hague #Thaci #US #Hoti #Vucic #war #crime #suspicion

Continuing the theme of prominent women in politic

Continuing the theme of prominent women in politics on the territory of #FOMOSO countries, it is necessary to pay attention to Dalia Grybauskaite, first female president of Lithuania. Learn a little more about basic information of her political life in our "cards", swipe for a collection of the bulletpoints.

Source: britannica.com

#europe #EuropeanPolicy #europeanunion #FOMOSO #MOSO #Lithuania #Grybauskaite #vilnius

Wie Sie wissen, ist FOMOSO eine überparteiliche u

Wie Sie wissen, ist FOMOSO eine überparteiliche und gemeinnützige Organisation, die die Meinungsbildung über Mittelost- und Südosteuropa fördert. Wir veröffentlichen verschiedene Notizen, Meinungen und Nachrichten zu diesem Thema. Zu Ihrer Information stellen wir Ihnen die wichtigsten Punkte aus den Texten unserer wunderbaren Autoren vor. Die Vollversionen sind auf der Website fomoso.org zu finden.
Swipe für eine Sammlung der Stichpunkte des Textes "Draginja Stanković-Stanković: Politik ist seit Langem keine Männersache mehr" von A. Dimitrov.

#Balkan #Montenegro #südosteuropa #moso #fomoso

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