Macedonia: a superficial democracy in the shadow of crises. OSW COMMENTARY NUMBER 206/31.03.2016

Until 2008, Macedonia was leading the process of EU and NATO integration, and (after Croatia) was the fastest-reforming Western Balkan country. However, since Macedonia’s negotiations on joining the EU and NATO were blocked, in connection with its dispute with Greece, the Macedonian government has moved away from a policy of reform towards reinforcing its autocratic system and consolidating society behind nationalist slogans. Also the EU, which had hitherto been the driving force behind the changes, has due to its internal crises been paying little attention to violations of democratic standards in the Republic of Macedonia, tensions in relations between the Slavic Macedonians and the Albanian minority (which make up over 25% of the population), and the country’s permanent political domestic crises.

Palynological and stratigraphic record from Löddigsee in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

A Late Pleistocene and Holocene sediment core from the nowadays terrestrialised portion of the Löddigsee in Southern Mecklenburg, Germany was palynologically investigated. The lake is situated in the rarely investigated Young moraine area at the transition from the Weichselian to the Saalian glaciation. The high-resolution pollen diagram contributes to the establishment of the north-eastern German Late Pleistocene pollen stratigraphy. The vegetation distribution pattern after the end of the Weichselian is in good agreement with other studies from North-eastern Germany, but also has its own characteristics. The Holocene vegetation development reveals features from the north-eastern and north-western German lowlands. A special focus was laid on the environmental history of the two settlements on an island within the lake (Late Neolithic and Younger Slavic period), which were preserved under moist conditions. Both settlements were constructed during a period of low lake level. Although there is evidence of agriculture in the area during the respective periods, the two island settlements seem to have served other purposes.

Chips from a German workshop.

v.1 Recent essays and addresses -- v.2. Biographical essays -- v.3. Essays on language and literature -- v.4. Essays on mythology and folk-lore.

Rumania, a bibliographic guide /

Xeroxed.

Sumerian epics and myths /

Reproductions of tables from Nippur belonging to the Babylonian section of the University museum of the University of Pennsylvania. S. N. Kramer has grouped the plates in their present arrangement and has contributed the introductory descriptions of the text. Cf. Foreword.

Orpheus: myths of the world.

Illustrated t.-p.

A short grammar of Church Slavonic.

Mode of access: Internet.

Chan Kom, a Maya village,

Mode of access: Internet.

Ausgewählte schriften des Lucian /

Contains bibliographical footnotes.

Beschreibung der Gemälde des Polygnotos von Thasos in der Lesche zu Delphi /

Mode of access: Internet.

Oidipus, geschichte eines poetischen stoffs im griechischen altertum.

Mode of access: Internet.

Oidipus, Geschichte eines poetischen Stoffs in griechischen Altertum,

Mode of access: Internet.

Revue des études slaves.

Mode of access: Internet.

Griechische Mythologie /

Includes bibliographical references.

Über das von Anselm Schramb und Hier. Pez veröffentliche Breve chronicon austriacum authore Conrado de Wizzenberg abbate mellicense /

Breve chronicon Austriae mellicense is improperly ascribed to Konrad von Wizzenberg. cf. Potthast.