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Slovenian Minority in Austria Tereza Smejkalová1
Slovenian minority in Austria Tereza Smejkalová1 Abstract: This paper will analyse the issue of the Slovenian minority in Austria and focus on its history, development and contemporary concerns as well as attitudes on both sides of this disputed subject. It also stresses the importance of tolerance, democracy and the respect of people’s values, which should be part of the contemporary world and especially of the European Union. If the language and culture of a minority are not adequately respected, the European Union should be concerned and act accordingly. However, in the case of the Slovenian minority this does not occur. Keywords: Slovenia, minority, language policy, and bilingual signposts The autochthonous Slovenian ethnic minority, which is a remnant of former Slavic groups that populated the entire south and east of today’s Austria, now lives in the south Austrian provinces of Carinthia and Styria. Although this minority has had its rights guaranteed by two international treaties – the Saint Germain Peace Treaty of 1919 and the Austrian State Treaty of 1955 – and European conventions, Austria has failed to fully implement them. The Slovenian minority in Styria is not even officially recognised, while ethnic Slovenians in Carinthia have had to fight for every benefit that should have been taken for granted. This status is also indisputably linked to the fact that the former head of the Freedom Party, who has been criticised for his xenophobic and racist statements, is currently the governor of Carinthia. Jorg Haider used the so-called bilingual signpost dispute (“Ortstafelsturm”) in the pre-elections campaign in the summer of 2006 and his actions have dramatically worsened the tensions between the two neighbouring countries. -
Health Systems in Transition: Slovenia (Vol. 18 No. 3 2016)
Health Systems in Transition Vol. 18 No. 3 2016 Slovenia Health system review Tit Albreht • Radivoje Pribakovic´ Brinovec Dušan Jošar • Mircha Poldrugovac Tatja Kostnapfel • Metka Zaletel Dimitra Panteli • Anna Maresso Anna Maresso and Dimitra Panteli (Editors) and Ewout van Ginneken (Series editor) were responsible for this HiT Editorial Board Series editors Reinhard Busse, Berlin University of Technology, Germany Josep Figueras, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom Elias Mossialos, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom Ellen Nolte, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Ewout van Ginneken, Berlin University of Technology, Germany Series coordinator Gabriele Pastorino, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Editorial team Jonathan Cylus, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Cristina Hernández-Quevedo, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Marina Karanikolos, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Anna Maresso, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies David McDaid, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Sherry Merkur, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Dimitra Panteli, Berlin University of Technology, Germany Wilm Quentin, Berlin University of Technology, Germany Bernd Rechel, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Erica Richardson, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Anna Sagan, European -
Territorial and Socio-Economic Analysis Interreg Programme Slovenia-Austria 2021-2027
Territorial and Socio-Economic Analysis Interreg Programme Slovenia-Austria 2021-2027 Consortium ÖAR GmbH Manfred KOJAN (Project Manager) Lindengasse 56, 1070 Wien/Vienna, Austria ZaVita svetovanje, d.o.o. Tominškova 40, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Vienna/Ljubljana; October 12, 2020 1 Territorial and Socio-economic Analysis, Interreg SI-AT 2021-2027 Contracting Authority: Kotnikova 5 1000 Ljubljana Contracting Authority’s representative: Mojca Muršec Service Provider: OeAR GmbH Lindengasse 56 1070 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 664 502 6897 email: [email protected] www.oear.at ZaVita, svetovanje, d.o.o. Tominškova 40 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Project Manager: Manfred KOJAN, ÖAR GmbH Deputy Project Manager: Matevž Premelč, ZaVita, d.o.o. Key and additional experts: Karl Reiner, OeAR GmbH Herwig Langthaler, OeAR GmbH Michael Weber, OeAR GmbH Matjaž Harmel, ZaVita, d.o.o. Klemen Strmšnik, ZaVita, d.o.o. Sabina Cepuš, ZaVita, d.o.o. Julija Marošek, Nov’na razvoj, d.o.o. Aleksandra Krajnc, ZaVita, d.o.o. Project: Programming of the Interreg Programme Slovenia-Austria 2021-2027 Contract number: C1541-20P410001 Date: 12 October 2020 2 Territorial and Socio-economic Analysis, Interreg SI-AT 2021-2027 Table of Contents Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 7 PO1 – A more competitive and smarter Europe ..................................................................................... 9 PO2 – A greener, low carbon Europe .................................................................................................. -
1954, Addio Trieste... the Triestine Community of Melbourne
1954, Addio Trieste... The Triestine Community of Melbourne Adriana Nelli A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Victoria University November 2000 -^27 2->v<^, \U6IL THESIS 994.5100451 NEL 30001007178181 Ne 1 li, Adriana 1954, addio Trieste— the Triestine community of MeIbourne I DECLARATION I hereby declare that this thesis is the product of my original work, including all translations from Italian and Triestine. An earlier form of Chapter 5 appeared in Robert Pascoe and Jarlath Ronayne, eds, The passeggiata of Exile: The Italian Story in Australia (Victoria University, Melbourne, 1998). Parts of my argument also appeared in 'L'esperienza migratoria triestina: L'identita' culturale e i suoi cambiamenti' in Gianfranco Cresciani, ed., Giuliano-Dalmati in Australia: Contributi e testimonianze per una storia (Associazione Giuliani nel Mondo, Trieste, 1999). Adriana Nelli ABSTRACT Triestine migration to Australia is the direct consequence of numerous disputations over the city's political boundaries in the immediate post- World War II period. As such the triestini themselves are not simply part of an overall migratory movement of Italians who took advantage of Australia's post-war immigration program, but their migration is also the reflection of an important period in the history of what today is known as the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.. 1954 marked the beginning of a brief but intense migratory flow from the city of Trieste towards Australia. Following a prolonged period of Anglo-American administration, the city had been returned to Italian jurisdiction once more; and with the dismantling of the Allied caretaker government and the subsequent economic integration of Trieste into the Italian State, a climate of uncertainty and precariousness had left the Triestines psychologically disenchanted and discouraged. -
2Nd Report by the Republic of Austria
Strasbourg, 1 December 2006 ACFC/SR/II(2006)008 [English only] SECOND REPORT SUBMITTED BY AUSTRIA PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 25, PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES Received on 1 December 2006 ACFC/SR/II(2006)008 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I...................................................................................................................................5 I.1. General Remarks..............................................................................................................5 I.2. Comments on the Questions and the Resolution of the Council of Europe ........................7 PART II ...............................................................................................................................17 II.1. The Situation of the National Minorities in Austria .......................................................17 II.1.1. The History of the National Minorities .......................................................................18 The Croat minority in Burgenland ........................................................................................18 The Slovene minority ...........................................................................................................19 The Hungarian minority .......................................................................................................21 The Czech minority..............................................................................................................21 The Slovak minority.............................................................................................................22 -
The Mainstream Right, the Far Right, and Coalition Formation in Western Europe by Kimberly Ann Twist a Dissertation Submitted In
The Mainstream Right, the Far Right, and Coalition Formation in Western Europe by Kimberly Ann Twist A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Jonah D. Levy, Chair Professor Jason Wittenberg Professor Jacob Citrin Professor Katerina Linos Spring 2015 The Mainstream Right, the Far Right, and Coalition Formation in Western Europe Copyright 2015 by Kimberly Ann Twist Abstract The Mainstream Right, the Far Right, and Coalition Formation in Western Europe by Kimberly Ann Twist Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science University of California, Berkeley Professor Jonah D. Levy, Chair As long as far-right parties { known chiefly for their vehement opposition to immigration { have competed in contemporary Western Europe, scholars and observers have been concerned about these parties' implications for liberal democracy. Many originally believed that far- right parties would fade away due to a lack of voter support and their isolation by mainstream parties. Since 1994, however, far-right parties have been included in 17 governing coalitions across Western Europe. What explains the switch from exclusion to inclusion in Europe, and what drives mainstream-right parties' decisions to include or exclude the far right from coalitions today? My argument is centered on the cost of far-right exclusion, in terms of both office and policy goals for the mainstream right. I argue, first, that the major mainstream parties of Western Europe initially maintained the exclusion of the far right because it was relatively costless: They could govern and achieve policy goals without the far right. -
Kärnten, Austria, Download Unter Carinthia II M 192./112
©Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, Austria, download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Carinthia II M 192./112. Jahrgang J Seiten 487-510 M Klagenfurt 2002 487 Zum Landschaftswandel in Unter- kärnten - Das „Landschaftsfenster Feistritz ob Bleiburg 1830-2020 Von Michael JUNGMEIER & Judith DRAPELA Schlagworte: Key words: Landschaftswandel, Kulturlandschaft, Landnutzung, Regionalentwicklung. Landscape change, cultural landscape, landuse, regional Zusammenfassung: development. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird die Landschaftsentwicklung des südkärntner Grenzraumes am Beispiel der Gemeinde Feistritz ob Bleiburg (Bezirk Völker- Summary: markt) analysiert. Ausgehend von der Situation vor der Industrialisierung The paper focuses on the changes (1830) wird die Entwicklung der Landschaft bis heute nachvollzogen und die of a cultural landscape in the South weitere Entwicklung bis zum Jahr 2020 prognostiziert. Die Bearbeitung er- of Carinthia by example of the com- folgt mit dem Analysetool „Landschaftsfenster". munity Freistritz ob Bleiburg (district Für den konkreten Landschaftsausschnitt in Feistritz ob Bleiburg ist die cha- of Völkermarkt). Beginning from the rakteristische „Schere" von Intensivierung der Gunstlagen und Extensivie- pre-industrialised situation in the rung bzw. Aufgabe der Ungunstlagen zu konstatieren. Dies bedeutet in den 1830ies the change of the land- randlichen Lagen das Zurückweichen von Acker- und Grünland zugunsten scape until nowadays is being des Waldes. In den Gunstlagen ist eine Intensivierung des Ackerbaus sowie analyzed; the further development eine dramatische Zunahme von versiegelten Flächen festzustellen. Ver- up to 2020 is forecasted. The ana- zeichnenswert ist jedoch, dass die Grundstruktur der Talbodenlandschaft lysis is carried out by the methods seit fast zwei Jahrhunderten nahezu unverändert ist. of „Landscape-windows". Generell muss ein Rückgang an Nutzungsarten und Nutzungsintensitäten For the landscape of Feistritz ob festgestellt werden. -
Mag. Rudi Vouk
Mag. Rudi Vouk let 7. člena Jahre Artikel 7 60 Years of Article 7 Avtor I Autor I Author: Mag. Rudi Vouk Prevod I Übersetzung I Translation: Prof. Mag. Jože Wakounig Frank de Boer Izdajatelj I Herausgeber I Publisher: Narodni svet koroških Slovencev I Rat der kärntner Slowenen I Council of Carinthian Slovenes Viktringer Ring 26 I a-9020 Celovec/klagenfurt Tisk I Druck I Printed by: Mohorjeva I Hermagoras I adi-dassler-gasse 4 I a-9073 Vetrinj/Viktring © 2015, Narodni svet koroških Slovencev I Rat der kärntner Slowenen I Council of Carinthian Slovenes AVSTRIJSKA DRŽAVNA POGODBA – ČLEN 7 1. Avstrijski državljani slovenske in hrvatske manjšine na Koroškem, Gradiščanskem in Štajerskem uživajo iste pravice pod enakimi pogoji kakor vsi drugi avstrijski državljani, vštevši pravico do svojih lastnih organizacij, zborovanj in tiska v svojem lastnem jeziku. 2. Avstrijski državljani slovenske in hrvatske manjšine na Koroškem, Gradiščanskem in Štajerskem imajo pravico do osnovnega pouka v slovenskem ali hrvatskem jeziku in do sorazmernega števila lastnih srednjih šol; v tej zadevi bodo šolski učni načrti pregledani in bo ustanovljen oddelek šolske nadzorne oblasti za slovenske in hrvatske šole. 3. V upravnih in sodnih okrajih Koroške, Gradiščanske in Štajerske s slovenskim, hrvatskim ali mešanim prebi - valstvom je slovenski ali hrvatski jezik dopuščen kot uradni jezik dodatno k nemškemu. V takih okrajih bodo označbe in napisi topografskega značaja prav tako v slovenščini ali hrvaščini kakor v nemščini. 4. Avstrijski državljani slovenske in hrvatske manjšine na Koroškem, Gradiščanskem in Štajerskem so udeleženi v kulturnih, upravnih in sodnih ustanovah v teh pokrajinah pod enakimi pogoji kakor drugi avstrijski državljani. -
Review of European and National Election Results 2014-2019 Mid-Term January 2017
Review of European and National Election Results 2014-2019 Mid-term January 2017 STUDY Public Opinion Monitoring Series Directorate-General for Communication Published by EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Author: Jacques Nancy, Public Opinion Monitoring Unit PE 599.242 Directorate-General for Communication Public Opinion Monitoring Unit REVIEW EE2014 Edition Spéciale Mi-Législature Special Edition on Mid-term Legislature LES ÉLECTIONS EUROPÉENNES ET NATIONALES EN CHIFFRES EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS RESULTS TABLES Mise à jour – 20 janvier 2017 Update – 20th January 2017 8éme Législature 8th Parliamentary Term DANS CETTE EDITION Page IN THIS EDITION Page EDITORIAL11 EDITORIAL I.COMPOSITION DU PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN 6 I. COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 6 A.REPARTITION DES SIEGES 7 A.DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS 7 B.COMPOSITION DU PARLEMENT 8 B.COMPOSITION OF THE PARLIAMENT 8 -9-9AU 01/07/2014 ON THE 01/07/2014 -10-10AU 20/01/2017 ON THE 20/01/2017 C.SESSIONS CONSTITUTIVES ET PARLEMENT 11 C.CONSTITUTIVE SESSIONS AND OUTGOING EP 11 SORTANT DEPUIS 1979 SINCE 1979 D.REPARTITION FEMMES - HOMMES 29 D.PROPORTION OF WOMEN AND MEN 29 AU 20/01/2017 ON 20/01/2017 -30-30PAR GROUPE POLITIQUE AU 20/01/2017 IN THE POLITICAL GROUPS ON 20/01/2017 ET DEPUIS 1979 AND SINCE 1979 E.PARLEMENTAIRES RÉÉLUS 33 E.RE-ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT 33 II.NOMBRE DE PARTIS NATIONAUX AU PARLEMENT 35 II.NUMBER OF NATIONAL PARTIES IN THE EUROPEAN 35 EUROPEEN AU 20/01/2017 PARLIAMENT ON 20/01/2017 III.TAUX DE PARTICIPATION 37 III. TURNOUT 37 -38-38TAUX DE PARTICIPATION -
A State of the Art Report on the Italo-Slovene Border
EUROREG Changing interests and identities in European border regions: A state of the art report on the Italo-Slovene border Jeremy Faro Kingston University United Kingdom INTERREG IIIA ITALY/SLOVENIA PROGRAMMING REGION 6th Framework Programme Priority 7: Citizens and Governance in Knowledge Based Society Contract no. FP6-506019 Table of Contents 1.0 The Italo-Slovene borderland: an introduction to the frontier, its population, and EU-led cross-border cooperation 1 2.0 An overview of Italo-Slovene borderland and minority relations, 1918-2004 2 2.1.1 The ethnicity and geography of the Italo-Slovene borderland, 1918-1945 2 2.1.2 The ethnicity and geography of the Italo-Slovene borderland, 1945-2004 6 2.1.3 Ethno-linguistic minority issues in the Italo-Slovene frontier, 1994-2005 12 2.2 Socio-economic development and EU regional policy in the Italo-Slovene borderland 14 2.3 The institutional geography of Italo-Slovene cross-border cooperation 17 2.4 Overall assessment 19 3.0 Literature review 20 3.1 An overview of the political economy and anthropology of borderlands 20 3.2 Ethnic-national identities and the politics of culture and identity: Typologies of borderland identity and development 23 3.3 Minority-majority relations in the borderland: Toward a theoretical context for cross-border cooperation 26 4.0 Conclusion 29 Bibliography 31 Annex I: Policy report 41 Annex II: Research competence mapping 50 1.0 The Italo-Slovene borderland: an introduction to the frontier, its population, and EU- led cross-border cooperation The ‘natural’ boundary between Italy and Slovenia—the summit line of the Julian Alps— arrives suddenly, just north of metropolitan Trieste, amidst the morphologically non-linear Karst: those classical, jagged limestone hills, caves, and pits created over millennia by underground rivers which have given their name to similar geological formations around the world. -
Uef-Spinelli Group
UEF-SPINELLI GROUP MANIFESTO 9 MAY 2021 At watershed moments in history, communities need to adapt their institutions to avoid sliding into irreversible decline, thus equipping themselves to govern new circumstances. After the end of the Cold War the European Union, with the creation of the monetary Union, took a first crucial step towards adapting its institutions; but it was unable to agree on a true fiscal and social policy for the Euro. Later, the Lisbon Treaty strengthened the legislative role of the European Parliament, but again failed to create a strong economic and political union in order to complete the Euro. Resulting from that, the EU was not equipped to react effectively to the first major challenges and crises of the XXI century: the financial crash of 2008, the migration flows of 2015- 2016, the rise of national populism, and the 2016 Brexit referendum. This failure also resulted in a strengthening of the role of national governments — as shown, for example, by the current excessive concentration of power within the European Council, whose actions are blocked by opposing national vetoes —, and in the EU’s chronic inability to develop a common foreign policy capable of promoting Europe’s common strategic interests. Now, however, the tune has changed. In the face of an unprecedented public health crisis and the corresponding collapse of its economies, Europe has reacted with unity and resolve, indicating the way forward for the future of European integration: it laid the foundations by starting with an unprecedented common vaccination strategy, for a “Europe of Health”, and unveiled a recovery plan which will be financed by shared borrowing and repaid by revenue from new EU taxes levied on the digital and financial giants and on polluting industries. -
Utilization of Communal Autonomy for Implementing Additional Bilingual Names of Populated Places and Streets in Carinthia (Austria)
GEGN.2/2021/71/CRP.71 15 March 2021 English United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names Second session New York, 3 to 7 May 2021 Item 12 of the provisional agenda * Geographical names as culture, heritage and identity, including indigenous, minority and regional languages and multilingual issues Utilization of communal autonomy for implementing additional bilingual names of populated places and streets in Carinthia (Austria) Submitted by Austria ** Summary An improved political climate between the German-speaking majority and the minority of Slovenes in the Austrian Province of Carinthia now allows the utilization of communal autonomy (a principle of the Constitution) to implement additional bilingual town signs and new bilingual street names. While that possibility always existed, implementation was not previously possible because the German-speaking majority in all bilingual communes but one would not have passed such a decision in favour of the minority. Now, the opportunity to implement bilingual place names in addition to the 164 defined in amendment No. 46/2011 to the National Minorities Act has been used by three communes in various ways. Experience has shown that the introduction of street names replacing bilingual names of populated places poses new challenges to bilingual communes. The recommendations of the Austrian Board on Geographical Names regarding the naming of urban traffic areas in 2017 (see E/CONF.105/21 and E/CONF.105/21/CRP.21) referred explicitly to the value of using field names and/or other traditional local names when applying new names. Those recommendations contributed to the conservation of traditional local place names of the minority as street names.