In the period 2003 to 2008, Western Balkan countries have made the average budget deficit of 0.8% of GDP and an average public expenditures of 38% of GDP. The public debt of the Western Balkans in the period was
The perpetrators of sexual violence are also different for adolescent boys and girls. In the VACS, the main perpetrators for sexual abuse against boys were neighbors, schoolmates, and friends, whereas between 45% and 77% of sexual violence against girls was perpetrated by a romantic or intimate...
What impact did Serbia's sense of nationalism have on tensions in Europe prior to World War I? What were the effects of the Bosnian genocide? How did Greece fare in the Balkan Wars? How did the Bosnian Crisis cause WWI? What is nationalism in the Balkans, and how did religion impact it...
Each Jubilee year has a theme, and this year’s is “Pilgrims of Hope,” encouraging pilgrims at a time when the world is racked by war, political division and the climate crisis. “It’s an opportunity of renewal, allowing us to embrace forgiveness and look ahead to a brighter future,...
What have we learned from different species about the factors that may have triggered or limited resilience? Which evolutionary processes are at stake during recovery from the contemporary ecological crisis? Finally, we will conclude by addressing current challenges and future prospects. II. Lessons ...
Pan-Slavism in the Balkans Austria feared that nationalists would endanger the empire. Pan-Slavism in the south was vastly different, instead it often turned toRussiafor support. The Southern Slavic movement advocated the independence of the Slavic peoples in Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman...
Since September, 1991, the U.N. Security Council has adopted more than 100 resolutions and statements dealing with the crisis in the former Yugoslav federation, almost all focusing on Bosnia. There is little doubt that most were passed in order to quiet public opinion rather than out of any ...
Another surprising but reasonable fact is that a number of post-Cold War democracies in central and eastern Europe, especially in the Balkans, rank high in the COVID-19 death rate. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, ...
“The power of relationship building from a crisis is extreme,” Bersano says. “It’s building a relationship based on trust with the employees.” Put simply: investing in employees’ health and safety through diligent emergency planning results first in resiliency, agility, and business continuity...
She sits down with monocle in Nairobi. Q&A How did the experiences of migration shape you? I was born into displacement. I have always been an alien so the fact I was in Finland didn’t make me feel any different. I knew I’d reached the land of opportunities. The first night in ...