Newsletter no. 24 - December 2010 pdf 

Event

The 10th Anniversary Conference of the European Institute of Romania
In partnership with the Representation of the European Commission in Romania, the European Institute of Romania organized on 14 December 2010 the international conference entitled Redefining Europe ... For the full text of the interview please see the pdf file

Participation of the European Institute of Romania in ARCADIA’s first international conference (25-26 November 2010)
On 25 and 26 November 2010, the Romanian Association for International Cooperation and Development (ARCADIA) organised the first annual international conference, under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on: Development, trade, foreign and security policies: which is the added value of the new emergent donors? ... For the full text of the article please see page 3

Publication

Working Paper no. 27 Towards a dynamic model of terrorist radicalization has appeared
The European Institute of Romania has published the Working Paper no. 27 Towards a dynamic model of terrorist radicalization written by Clara Volintiru, in English. The work aims to develop a theoretical evaluation of the radicalization phenomenon ... For the full text of the article please see page 3

Analysis | Opinion

The European Union’s Strategy for the Danube Region
On 8 December 2010, the European Commission has adopted the European Union’s Strategy for the Danube Region. It is an extended strategy covering several Community policies, having a macro-region as its object. The strategy comprises a communication and an action plan that will be periodically reviewed ... For the full text of the article please see page 4

Conclusions of the Winter European Council (16 – 17 December 2010)
The end of the Belgian presidency semester of the EU Council was marked by the pursuit at Brussels of the winter European Council’s works.
The agenda of the winter Council’s meeting comprised the subject of the external relations of the European Union, namely the subject of the economic policy ... For the full text of the article please see page 5

The Hungarian Presidency
The Member States of the European Union hold, by rotation, for a term of six months, the Presidency of the Council, the main decision-making body of the EU. During the first half of 2011 this role will be taken up by Hungary, according to the planning, while Romania’s turn will come up in the second half of 2019 ... For the full text of the article please see page 6

Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports 2010
On 9 November 2010, the European Commission adopted its annual strategy document detailing its policy on EU enlargement. The document is also likely to include a summary of the progress made over the last year by Croatia, Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo. In the case of Albania and Montenegro, the progress reports were replaced by Opinions ... For the full text of the article please see page 7

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