Eurasia

Sporna upotreba JMBG: Da li i Srbija nakon Hrvatske treba da prestane da koristi matični broj?

Već decenijama unazad, Srbija koristi JMBG pri identifikaciji građana ove zemlje, uprkos tome što pomenuti broj sam po sebi otkriva brojne lične podatke osobe, iako te informacije najčešće nisu neophodne identifikatoru. Ostavljanje JMBG-a na svakom koraku često otvara prostor za zloupotrebe i kompromitovanje podataka, čime se otvara pitanje da li …

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Hungary in 2023: Orban Faces Perfect Storm

While 2023 could represent the most difficult year yet for Hungary’s national-populist government, there is only a slim chance the opposition will be able to capitalise on this. Viktor Orban’s 13th year in power will put the prime minister’s political skills to the test, as a perfect storm looms.

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Serbia in 2023: Against Backdrop of War, Pressure for Deal on Kosovo

Pressure is building for Serbia to strike a deal on Kosovo, but Aleksandar Vucic faces other challenges too in 2023. Russia’s war in Ukraine will continue to cast a long shadow over Serbia well into 2023. Still wrestling with the collective memory of being bombed by NATO in 1999, the …

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Moscow Seen Resorting To All Kinds Of ‘Tricks’ To Expand Military – OpEd

The Kremlin wants to expand the Russian military by 350,000 men but is constrained by two factors that limit its options. On the one hand, demographically there are only a few more than half as many potential draftees now as there were only a decade ago; and on the other, …

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Crypto Contagion Underscores Why Global Regulators Must Act Fast To Stem Risk – Analysis

The already volatile world of crypto has been upended anew by the collapse of one its largest platforms, which highlighted risks from crypto assets that lack basic protections. The losses punctuated an already perilous period for crypto, which has lost trillions of dollars in market value. Bitcoin, the largest, is …

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NATO Secretary General Calls For More Support To Ukraine At World Economic Forum

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday (18 January 2023), where he called for more support to Ukraine. In the plenary session on “Restoring Security and Peace”, the Secretary General stressed that NATO Allies have provided unprecedented support to …

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US, Germany Pressured To Send Tanks To Ukraine After Britain Breaks Taboo

Ukraine says the West must speed up the delivery of weapons as its troops come under increasing pressure from invading Russian forces, ahead of a key meeting of the Ukraine Défense Contact Group of NATO allies in Ramstein, Germany on Friday. Dozens of civilians have been killed in recent days …

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Ukraine Interior Minister Killed In Helicopter Crash Near Kyiv

Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday that a helicopter crash outside the country’s capital, Kyiv, claimed the lives of at least 17 people, including the interior minister. The aircraft fell near a kindergarten in the town of Brovary, some 20 kilometers northeast of Kyiv, while children and staff were inside the building, …

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Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine: A Stronger NATO – OpEd

The NATO military alliance of 30-country regional security coalition post Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in becoming stronger and is on the verge of a further expansion. Sweden and Finland are seeking immediate induction into NATO. The Russia-Ukraine conflict is not a confrontation between only Ukraine and Russia, but …

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Kosovo: Yes In NATO – OpEd

Mr. Gerard Gallucci, exactly on January 15, on the 23rd anniversary of the Serbian Massacre in the village of Reçak, not far from Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, published an opinion entitled: Kosovo: Not Up To NATO. The first sentence of this opinion, as a quote from a January 12 …

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