Baltikum

The second of three volumes in this comprehensive study of social security in the Balkan states.Social security is presented from a broad perspective as a mechanism that addresses human needs, provides protection against social risks, reduces social tensions and secures peace. Various sectors of social policy, pension systems, health care systems, disability insurance, labor policy as well as social risks, such as poverty and unemployment, have been analyzed from historical, economic, political, sociological and security perspective. This book offers recommendations for improving the level of social security in the region.This volume focuses on the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Montenegro.Contributors are: Maja Bacovi¿, Agata Domachowska, Dorota Domalewska, Tomasz Ferfecki, Afet Mamuti, Katerina Mitevska Petrusheva, Natalija Periši¿, Kire Sharlamanov, Katerina Veljanovska Blazhevska, and Marzena ¿akowska.

To Hang Out the Washing is a remarkable account by a man whose memories of World War II are as vivid today as they were authentically lived more than seventy-five years ago.The young soldier's journey begins in Birmingham UK in 1940 during the Battle of Britain and concludes in Germany in 1945.

Die "Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte" sind das führende wissenschaftliche Periodikum mit einem Fokus auf der Geschichte der drei Staaten Estland, Lettland und Litauen. In diesem Heft geht es um die baltischen Archivalien im Geheimen Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Hungerwellen im 17. Jahrhundert und um ideologische Auseinandersetzungen in der deutschsprachigen Presse Est-, Liv- und Kurlands zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Drei der Beiträge befassen sich mit der Sowjetzeit und analysieren Stalins Idee der "Selbständigkeit" der Sowjetrepubliken im Jahre 1944, die Deportation von Deutschen aus der Estnischen SSR 1945 sowie die Frage der wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung der Jagd in der Estnischen SSR. Kürzere Beiträge behandeln die Viehhaltung in Reval im 17. Jahrhundert und Witterungsanomalien zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts. Zudem werden neueste Schriften zum estnischen Freiheitskrieg 1918-1920 sowie zum außergewöhnlichen Alltag in der UdSSR besprochen.

Ausgangspunkt der Arbeit ist die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Demokratie und Nationalismus in der Sprachenpolitik seit Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion. In diesem Politikfeld wurden wichtige Schlüsselentscheidungen der postsowjetischen Transformation getroffen, die den Umgang mit den russischsprachigen Minderheiten in den jungen Staaten betrafen. Die Bedeutung der Sprachenpolitik für die politische Transformation wird zunächst anhand vier Länder mit großen russischsprachigen Minderheiten - Estland, Lettland, Moldau und Ukraine - herausgearbeitet. Im Anschluss wird in einer Tiefenanalyse des lettischen Falls geprüft, ob Kriterien für eine Vereinbarkeit von Nationalismus und Demokratisierung in Lettlands Sprachenpolitik seit Wiedererlangung der Unabhängigkeit gegeben waren. Auf Grundlage der Auswertung eines umfangreichen Korpus originalsprachlicher Primärquellen wurden die politischen Meinungsbildungs- und Entscheidungsprozesse im Feld der Sprachenpolitik herausgearbeitet und analysiert. Melanie Frank zeigt auf, inwiefern die Kriterien für eine Vereinbarkeit von Demokratisierung und Nationalismus nicht erfüllt wurden und in der lettischen Sprachenpolitik demokratische Anforderungen hinter den Zielen einer nationalisierenden Politik zurückstanden. Die Arbeit schließt mit einer Einordnung der Ergebnisse vor dem Hintergrund zweier Ereignisse, die in Verbindung mit der Sprachensituation und einem geringen Vertrauen der Bevölkerung in die politischen Institutionen eine besondere Herausforderung für die lettische Demokratie darstellten: die Corona-Pandemie, die im März des Jahres 2020 Lettland erreichte, und der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine am 24. Februar des Jahres 2022.

Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

The book provides a comprehensive picture of the Finnish and Lithuanian minority policies between the World Wars. The work also offers an opportunity to compare Finland and Lithuania as well as individual minority groups in this respect. Both countries opted for a policy that was quite tolerant by the standards of the time, but not all minorities were treated in the same way. It is evident that changes in political governance also affected the relationship between the majority (titular) population and national minorities.

FÄLLT DIE UKRAINE, FÄLLT AUCH EUROPA! Seit dem Einmarsch der russischen Armee im Februar 2022 ist Wolodymyr Selenskyj zum Protagonisten des Widerstands gegen Putins Angriff geworden, der nicht nur die Ukraine zerstört, sondern auch alle europäischen Demokratien bedroht. In seinen Reden, mit denen er sich kurz vor und direkt nach der Invasion an die eigene Bevölkerung wie auch an andere Staaten und sogar an die Russen richtete, erweist er sich als standhafter Verteidiger seines Landes und der durch diesen Krieg gefährdeten Werte wie Freiheit,Demokratie und Menschlichkeit.

When Gustav II Adolf and his troops began to conquer parts of Livonia at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War and successfully took Riga in 1621, no one knew if the Swedes would stay or if Poland would retake the land. However, the Swedes remained in control for over 90 years, until 1710, when Russia took over. During this time, Livonia experienced many events that shaped the country, including the prosperous times under Queen Christina, the shilling catastrophe caused by incredibly large quantities of counterfeit copper shillings from Wallachia and the repeated outbreaks of plague. These events had a significant impact on the small circulating coins of the region."1000 Shillings Vol. 1" provides a detailed examination of the incredible variety of shillings and farthings (dreipölker) that were used in Livonia during this time. The book also considers the equivalent coins from Swedish-occupied Elbing and the associated shilling counterfeits. It takes a top-down approach, starting with the material-specific features of the coins and then moving on to the manufacturing and minting processes. The coins are identified down to the level of individual dies. The applicability of the book contents to coins from other regions and times is emphasized.As results of this study, a number of previously undescribed coin varieties have been identified and observations resulting from the comparison of the coins are combined with historical events. Additionally, a new method for estimating the quantities of coins produced at the time and a new, universally applicable structuring system for coins are introduced. The findings are supported by a large number of detailed photos and illustrations.The separate catalogue "1000 Shillings Vol. 2" supplements this volume by presenting the entire database with more than 1400 coins and summarises the results for each coin in tabular form with photos.

Especially during the first half of the Swedish occupation of Livonia and Elbing, huge quantities of small coins were needed in the region for trade and payment of the military. In the course of time, this money was distributed over large parts of Eastern Europe and is nowadays rediscovered both as stray finds and as hoards. The great variability of the features shows how many dies were used for minting at the time and gives an idea of the true quantities produced. Their extent would be impressive even today when modern minting methods are taken into account.This catalogue is the supplement to the first volume of 1000 Shillings, in which the many characteristics of the coins covered are discussed in detail. In fact, it offers more than a third more content than the title suggests, but it is strongly recommended to have the first volume on hand to follow the examinations and descriptions of numerous cross-references. Together, the two volumes offer such a comprehensive overview of these coins as has not been described before and many variants are described for the first time.

In 2011 at the age of sixty-nine, Gerard Catherin hung up his chef's whites for the last time to full time on his main passion, his fifteen-year-long dream of finding the elusive diamond pipe in the barren country of northern New South Wales Australia. But still simmering away in his brain was a chance discovery made in 2003 on his way to Rennes-le-Château; the little village in the south of France which shot to fame in the 1980s after the story of Father Berenger Saunière, the local priest who became a millionaire, was published in the international best seller The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. For over ninety years, the mystery of Rennes-le-Château has sparked a wealth of speculation involving theories about lost treasure, societies, death cults, portals to other dimensions, sacred geometry and even aliens. Just how Father Saunière became rich is still a mystery today. But have other investigators overlooked the most obvious explanation? Gerard joins forces with retired research librarian Jennifer Sinclair and together they set out to re-examine the mystery through a new lens, the lens of geology. 38 Specks: The Proposition is a fresh look at the mystery which continues to fascinate millions of people worldwide. Freed from his previous life organised around the demands of commercial kitchens, Gerard takes us on a journey from the ancient beauty of Australia to the stunning wine region of the south of France on his quest and discovers a simple truth: geology doesn't lie.

Every man has a story - his own life story. It starts in his father's home, in the fields and meadows of a man's childhood. This, undoubtedly, is the nucleus. This nucleus is well preserved, and it blossoms on rare occasions in the conditions which stimulate growth. The development of the story is not continuous. It has its breaks and winter slumber, but it awakens and presses on with some changes. Occasionally, it repeats itself but in other cases sails on to unexpected destinations. This is the way my story moves too. It opens in the small township of Kupishok, which, for me, includes the whole of my Lithuania, the Jewish Lithuania, the Lithuania that is gone forever.The Lithuanian stories started in my hometown. When I left the country, the stories continued to accompany me. Nevertheless, the story inclination has become even stronger after the great ruin. Moreover, the experiences that I used to consider meaningless and unimportant appear today as significant and worth describing.

The countries surrounding the Baltic Sea - Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden - have experienced immense social and political change, from the territorial maneuverings of Sweden, Russia, and Denmark, the reunification of Germany, to more recent moves towards independence of Eastern Bloc countries as the Soviet Union crumbled. Tensions surrounding the Baltic Sea have not dissipated but rather new challenges and contentions have emerged, resulting in a multicultural and multilingual region. Dance in the region has been tightly interwoven with political trends and events, yet the dance history of the region to date has focused almost entirely on state sponsored folk and classical dance. <BR><BR>Dance, Diversity and Difference presents contemporary stories of dance, revealing the diverse voices of dance practitioners and demonstrating the ways in which dance has connections with families, societies, governments, the economy and can offer fresh insights into cultural and political change.

Born in the twilight of the Russian Tsar's Empire, Karlis is raised on the fertile plains of Courland. Though poor, through hard work and good farming sense, the family becomes wealthy, only to lose everything when Russia and Germany invade Latvia.Between two Giants is a moving historical novel that spans Karlis Kohler/Kelers and his extended family's journey through life. It is a tale of the ultimate triumph of human spirit over ideological fanaticism and evil.Based on true events full of danger, hardship, anguish and betrayal as the family endeavours to escape the tyranny of two warring nations, this is a tale that, once heard, will not be forgotten.

Combines personal accounts with insights from psychology to understand the continuing impact of Holocaust trauma in Lithuania.A Survivor Named Trauma examines the nature of trauma and memory as they relate to the Holocaust in Lithuania. How do we behave under threat? How do we remember extreme danger? How do subsequent generations deal with their histories-whether as descendants of perpetrators or victims, of those who rescued others or were witnesses to genocide? Or those who were separated from their families in early childhood and do not know their origins? Myra Sklarew's study draws on interviews with survivors, witnesses, rescuers, and collaborators, as well as descendants and family members, gathered over a twenty-five-year period in Lithuania. Returning to the land of her ancestors, Sklarew found a country still deeply affected by the Nazi Holocaust and decades of Soviet domination. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book will appeal to readers interested in neuroscience and neuropsychology, Holocaust studies, Jewish history, and personal memoir.

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With the Balkans being a small tourist destination, not many know of the horrors that plagued the people living there. The traumas of the Bosnian War (1991-1995) can be seen surfacing through the war letters written by brother and sister, Denis and Amela, who were only fifteen and eleven years old at the time. Trees without Roots provides a historical account of their journey as refugees coming from a dual-religious background. As this trauma transcends through generations, these letters give a glimpse into the reality of war, war-torn families, and the struggle for survival.The hidden war letters have resurfaced over 20 years later to tell you their story. Brother and sister, Denis and Amela, were forced to abandon their youth after the Bosnian War struck their hometown, Tesli¿. Diving deep into the complexities of their life, this book will give you the opportunity to analyze the political, psychological, and philosophical impact of war on dual-religious refugees.

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In an innovative effort to situate Baltic testimonies to the Gulag in the broader international context of research on displacement and memory, scholars from the Baltic States, Western Europe, Canada, and the United States seek answers to the following questions: Do different groups of deportees experience deportation differently? How do the accounts of women, children and men differ in their representation? Do various ethnic groups remember the past differently: how do they use historical and cultural paradigms to structure their experience in unique ways? The scholars researched the archives, read testimonies, interviewed former deportees, and examined artifacts of memory produced since the late 1980s, applying crossdisciplinary approaches used at the study of the Holocaust testimonies; the testimonies of women have received a particular emphasis. The essays in the book also examine the issues of transmittance, commemoration and public uses of the memory of deportations in contemporary social, cultural and political contexts of Baltic societies, including the reflection of Gulag legacy in literature, the cinema and museums.