Balkan International Affairs

The LSE IDEAS Balkan International Affairs Programme aims to understand the region's often troubled past and challenges of today, in order to assist in defining the common vision of the future. More »|

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• Mladena and Dianko Sotirov Visiting Fellowship
  The LSE IDEAS Balkan International Affairs Programme is pleased to invite Applications for the 2012 Mladena and Dianko Sotirov Visiting Fellowship.
• Bulgarian Finance Minister receives Forbes award
  The Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov was given the Forbes – Romania award for “exceptional contribution to maintaining financial and economic stability throughout one of the most severe crises in decades.” Bulgaria and Poland were the two states which received the prestigious award this year. In the Romanian capital, Dyankov gave speech on how the Bulgarian government dared cut public spending by 15 per cent in the height of the crisis in 2009 but didn’t raise taxes. “Currently, the internal debt runs up to 15 per cent of GDP and our country is not threatened by the financial crisis,” he pointed out
• Dr Svetozar Rajak will chair the panel on 'Serbia's European Challenges'
  The panel is part of the 'Days of Alternative Culture, Art and Science at LSE'|, presented by the Serbia LSE Alumni Association and the Fund for Social and Democratic Initiatives (FoSDI).

The end of an era? Not really. A Post-mortem of the Greek elections
By Dr Eirini Karamouzi  & Dr Dionysios Chourchoulis On 6th May 2012, the Greek nation punished its political establishment for the country’s financial, economic and political meltdown. The election’s result put an end to the dominance of the two major … Continue reading →

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU Momentum
By Maria-Antoaneta Neag Last autumn, the European Commission issued a rather pessimistic country progress report for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since then, positive developments took place. The surprise came in December 2011, when, after 15 months of political deadlock,Bosnia and Herzegovina managed … Continue reading →

In the Land of Blood and Honey, or How Angelina Jolie Adopted Bosnia
By Karlo Basta Angelina Jolie’s In the Land of Blood and Honey, a film about the Bosnian war, is neither particularly good, nor unbearably bad. But you might not know this if you got most of your information about it from … Continue reading →

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