Information on "Ethnic Minorities" and "Southern Europe"
September 2012
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10 Sep 2012
Setting Kosovo Free: Remaining Challenges
Author: International Crisis Group
Publisher: International Crisis Group
Kosovo has implemented much of the Ahtisaari Plan – the minority rights-providing blueprint for its democracy – and deserves to be fully independent, argues this analysis. More on «Setting Kosovo Free: Remaining Challenges» -
Sep 2012
Self-Determination and National Minorities
Author: Tove H Malloy
Publisher: European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
Drawing on the experience of the 1920 referendum in the Danish-German border region, this issue brief puts the problem of self-determination for the Serbs in Northern Kosovo in an historical perspective as a basis for contemporary analysis. More on «Self-Determination and National Minorities» -
Sep 2012
Reopening the Kurdish Question
Author: Pamela Urrutia, Ana Villellas
Publisher: Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF)
This paper analyses the challenges in each of the four countries with significant Kurdish minorities. More on «Reopening the Kurdish Question»
June 2012
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Jun 2012
A Dangerous Inter-Ethnic Balance in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Author: Ioannis Armakolas, Bledar Feta
Publisher: Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
This policy brief discusses the difficult coexistence between Slav-Macedonians and Albanians in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). More on «A Dangerous Inter-Ethnic Balance in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia»
May 2012
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May 2012
Hearing Turkey’s Armenians
Author: Günay Göksu Özdoğan, Ohannes Kılıçdağı
Publisher: Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
The aim of this report is not only to introduce the problems that the Armenian population has been living with, but also the opinions of the different segments of Armenian society about the democratization process in Turkey. More on «Hearing Turkey’s Armenians»
April 2012
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Apr 2012
The Re-Politicization of European Minority Protection
Author: Tove H Malloy
Publisher: European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
This study examines the increasingly politicized process of drafting resolutions regarding the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) adopted by the Council of Europe. More on «The Re-Politicization of European Minority Protection»
January 2012
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2012
Life Stories: Greek Cypriot Community (Report 1)
Author: Olga Demetriou
Publisher: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
This report is part of a project that brings together the life stories of both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots who underwent displacement. More on «Life Stories: Greek Cypriot Community (Report 1)» -
2012
Life Stories: Turkish Cypriot Community (Report 2)
Author: Rebecca Bryant
Publisher: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
This report is part of a project that brings together the life stories of both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots who underwent displacement. More on «Life Stories: Turkish Cypriot Community (Report 2)»
October 2011
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14 Oct 2011
The Escalation of Conflict Between the Kurdistan Workers Party and Turkish Authorities
Author: Karol Kujawa
Publisher: Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)
In response to terrorist attacks carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish authorities have adopted a new strategy to fight terrorism in which the main goal is to eliminate all the military bases of the PKK outside Turkish territory. More on «The Escalation of Conflict Between the Kurdistan Workers Party and Turkish Authorities»
September 2011
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20 Sep 2011
Turkey: Ending the PKK Insurgency
Author: International Crisis Group
Publisher: International Crisis Group
This report argues that the PKK must immediately end its new wave of terrorist and insurgent attacks and the Turkish authorities must control the escalation with the aim to halt all violence. More on «Turkey: Ending the PKK Insurgency»
