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Taking a break from blogging
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Not really a news, since my last post dates to December 2008. However, I owe apologies to those that hoped for more. In any case, I hope to be back one day. Until then enjoy reading others… Marko...
Madoff and Greece – why there are no protests on Wall Street?
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I’ve spent the last few days 16 hours on planes and airports and had quite some time to read. There have been many interesting issues – the outcome of the last (hopefully) European Council under Monsieur Sarkozy, the spill-over from the f...
Slovenia : Croatia – a lose-lose game
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So, we are heading towards an full-scale diplomatic war among Slovenia and Croatia. Which is a pity. If Slovenian really blocks the progress of negotiations with Croatia, this will do no good to our bilateral relations and also will not bring us clos...
Pahor employs Rupel – open to criticism
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I have been rather silent of Slovenian politics recently. One of the reasons is that there is a brilliant blog about Slovenian politics in English by Pengovsky and I enjoyed reading it, instead of writing on my own. And I’ve been unusually lazy...
Elections – the European way
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European democracy can just get better. We’ve been witnessing one of the most interesting US elections ever, that after over 2 years of campaigning resulted in Barack Obama becoming President. We have first followed a deeply political and tough...
Back from Berlin & alumni meetings
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I’m back from a cold weekend in Berlin. I love the city, I’ve spent some 5 month living there in 2003, when I did the internship with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). I’ve previously also spent 2 weeks attending the s...
Macedonia goes to court
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This is an interesting development. For those out there following the case of Macedonia (too long to call it the Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia + countries should be allowed to call themselves as they see fit), this is a development of conside...
TV on-line – why bother with subscriptions?
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I have started to watch TV more often again. Normally, if you would want to watch TV as an expat, you would need to install a satellite dish on the roof and buy a decoder that would bring you your channels home. However, nowadays, there are other opt...
The Balkan Monitor and “Copenhagen minus”
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During the Slovenian EU Presidency we did some nice things on the Balkans – some credit goes to us (thanks Uroš) for the drafting of the final Declaration on the Western Balkans (PDF) that was part of the European Council conclusions in June 2...
Sorting out is finished, back to writing!
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So, life is now almost back to normal. As I’ve written before I’ve spent almost 12 months back in Slovenia working for the EU Presidency and the time there was very precious. This blog was the first victim. I’ve then moved back to B...
Short on time
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People, people, I do feel bad. It has been so long that I haven’t written anything that I feel a bit ashamed. When we got seriously into the Presidency business it was simply impossible to write meaningful posts…And I hope I’ll get...
Short on time
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People, people, I do feel bad. It has been so long that I haven’t written anything that I feel a bit ashamed. When we got seriously into the Presidency business it was simply impossible to write meaningful posts…And I hope I’ll get...
Slovenia: quick update - fronts are open
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So, Slovenia has been rushing towards the electoral season, almost no presence of the EU Presidency in the press. In fact, this surprises me a lot, the government in my opinion has not managed to make a positive story out of the Presidency - somethin...
Slovenia: quick update - fronts are open
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So, Slovenia has been rushing towards the electoral season, almost no presence of the EU Presidency in the press. In fact, this surprises me a lot, the government in my opinion has not managed to make a positive story out of the Presidency - somethin...
Spain: EU as part of the political discourse and an annoying Rajoy
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I’m just watching the evening debate between Mariano Rajoy and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero just ahead of the elections of this weekend. It’s all about the Partido Popular or Partido Socialista, the Spanish politics in time of national...
Spain: EU as part of the political discourse and an annoying Rajoy
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I’m just watching the evening debate between Mariano Rajoy and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero just ahead of the elections of this weekend. It’s all about the Partido Popular or Partido Socialista, the Spanish politics in time of national...
Britain and the EU - a brilliant post by the Economist
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This is one of the most difficult subjects to blog about or discuss in on-line political forums. There are always enough ardent supporters to get you bored. They want the UK to quit and have a free trade area with the EU and would not listen to your...
Britain and the EU - a brilliant post by the Economist
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This is one of the most difficult subjects to blog about or discuss in on-line political forums. There are always enough ardent supporters to get you bored. They want the UK to quit and have a free trade area with the EU and would not listen to your...
Slovenia comes in 2nd: Lisbon Treaty Ratified, but left unreadable
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So, a glorious 2nd place. I’m only happy that we’ve managed to beat the French. Sarkozy was arrogantly sure that they will ratify before anyone else does. Wanting to be first is intellectually questionable in the first place. This is no O...
