Andrea Petkovic

Articles de cet auteur (10)

20 Years After Sarajevo’s Siege : Peace Holds, but Conflict Continues

Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, marked on 6 April 20th anniversary of the beginning of its siege that lasted almost four years and during which 11,541 women, children and men were killed. However, 16 years since the end of the war, the country is divided more than ever, but there (…)

lundi 9 avril 2012

Serbia’s flirt with EU is turning into a full-blown relationship

After three years of difficult, tough negotiations and painful concessions from Serbia, the EU has finally granted it formal EU candidate country status. However, this is only the first major step towards Serbia’s full EU membership as there are still years of negotiations ahead. In addition, (…)

dimanche 25 mars 2012

Croatian Citizens Endorse European Integration

While 66 per cent of Croatian voted in favor of the country’s accession to the European Union, enthusiasm was tempered by fears that the accession will end up in loosing country’s sovereignty, natural resources as well as the have negative impact on local industries. When on 22 January (…)

mercredi 25 janvier 2012

EU Referendum : Croatia Remains Divided

After many delays, Croatia finally closed its almost six years of long accession talks with the European Union and it is expected that the country will formally become the 28th EU member state on 1 July 2013 if Croatians vote in favor of the EU membership on 22 January when the referendum is (…)

dimanche 22 janvier 2012

I rallentamenti nel processo di adesione della Serbia all’UE

Dopo la presentazione della candidatura per entrare nell’Unione europea nel Dicembre 2009 e dopo aver estradato tutti i criminali di guerra all’inizio di quest’anno, provando la piena cooperazione con il tribunale internazionale sui crimini di guerra de L’Aia, ci si sarebbe aspettato che la (…)

mardi 27 décembre 2011

Serbia’s EU Bid and the delays

After Serbia presented its application for the EU membership in December 2009 and after it finally extradited all war criminals earlier this year thus proving that it fully cooperated with the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague, it has been widely expected that Serbia will gain (…)

vendredi 16 décembre 2011

The Karadzic Trial in front of the ICTY and its Influence on Serbia’s EU Bid

Radovan Karadzic, one of the highest ranking officials indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, decided to boycott the start of his trial on the claims that he was denied a fair trial. As a result, the trial has been postponed until March 2010 and the Court (…)

samedi 5 décembre 2009

Commission’s new « Joint EU Resettlement Programme » : EU plans to admit more refugees within the European boarders

The European Commission proposed the establishment of a Joint EU Resettlement Programme which aim is to maximize the efforts among member states regarding refugee resettlement in order to provide protection for more refugees and to discourage them from trying to reach Europe illegally. Until (…)

jeudi 17 septembre 2009

Beginning of the End of China’s One-Child Policy ?

For the first time in 30 years, the authorities in Shanghai have started to urge the parents, who are themselves only children, to start planning their second child. This came as a result of increasing demographic imbalance which caused rising number of elderly people in the city and fears of (…)

lundi 10 août 2009

Biden in the Balkans : United States Supports European Balkans

US Vice-President’s three-day tour of the Western Balkans is being interpreted as the confirmation of the increased interest of the new American administration in the region. Biden’s visit has a great political significance for the whole Balkans and it is expected to change relationships among (…)

mardi 7 juillet 2009