Southeastern Europe Web Links
Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information on Southeastern Europe. For related web links, see Regional Resources: Europe and NATO at Fifty: Web Links.
These links complement these Special Reports:
- De-Balkanizing the Balkans: Security and Stability in Southeastern Europe
- Taking Stock and Looking Forward: Intervention in the Balkans and Beyond.
These web links also support USIP's Balkans Initiative.
General Resources
- CIA
World Factbook
Country information, including a map, flag and discussion of geography,
people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military
and transnational issues for each of the six countries expressing
an interest in joining NATO and the European Union: Albania,
Bulgaria,
Macedonia,
Romania,
Slovakia,
Slovenia.
- Eastern
Europe Links and Central
Europe Links
From Texas Tech University's International Cultural Center (ICC)
Library, annotated links to government, internet search tools (with
automatic searches from three search engines), omnibus links sites,
language and ethnic minority information for the regions and individual
countries: Albania,
Bulgaria,
Macedonia,
Romania,
Slovenia,
Slovakia.
- Europa South East Information
Centre
A link from the Center for European Policy Studies, this information
centre contains a selection of documents, reports, links to organizations
and news sources for South Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
- REENIC: Russian
and East European Network Information Center (Univ. of Texas)
"REENIC is a collection of links to websites with information about
East and Central Europe, Russia, and the newly independent countries
of the former Soviet Union." Includes a site search engine. Information
is organized by type of resource and by country: Albania,
Bulgaria,
Macedonia,
Romania,
Slovakia,
Slovenia.
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
The Newsline daily
reports cover developments in the region: RFE/RL
Newsline for Southeastern Europe contains news from Albania,
Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania and Slovenia; RFE/RL
Newsline for Central and Eastern Europe contains news from Slovakia.
Related reports include the REF/RL
Balkan Report and a special section on NATO
and Yugoslavia with links to news broadcasts in four languages.
Subscription through e-mail is also available.
- REESWeb: Russian
and East European Studies Internet Resources (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
"The REESWeb is a comprehensive index of electronic resources on
the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Central
Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian Federation,
and the former Soviet Union." Information is organized by subject,
culture, region and time period and can be searched by browsing
for regional links to web sites covering Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.
Government Agencies
Albania
- Albanian Ministry of Information
Includes a map of Albania, lists and contact information for government
ministries, speeches of the Prime Minister of Albania and a government
bulletin with news items. In Albanian and English.
- President of Albania Home
Page
Contains press releases, speeches, interviews, most in English and
Albanian, concerning activities of the President.
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Romania
Slovakia
- Embassy of the Slovak
Republic-Washington, D.C.
Contains general information about Slovakia and its government,
newsletters and press releases, information about business, economy,
culture, travel and tourism, with links to other government web
sites and news sources. Currently under development as new features
are added.
- Slovak Republic
Government Office
Web site has an information
services section, with documents, speeches, presentations, photos,
as well as a special section on Slovakia
and the European Union with several documents, in Slovak and
English, regarding the progress of the Slovak Republic's integration
into the European Union.
Slovenia
International Organizations and Regional Initiatives
Black Sea Economic Cooperation Pact (BSEC)
Central European Initiative (CEI)
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
- The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
On the NATO web site, this web page brings together background information, full-text documents, articles, speeches, comments, events and press releases on the EAPC. Documents include treaties, protocols, actions plans, work plans, official statements and communiques. A list of EAPC member states, with links to each country's official institutions (if online), is available on the NATO web site.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Investment
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Investment (EBRD)
Web site of the organization operating in 26 countries to facilitate the transition to open-market economies in eastern and central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Provides information on activities and investments by country, business information, reports and other documents.
European Union (EU)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NATO Homepage
Homepage of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with links to members and officials, texts, speeches, topics, publications, operations and other related sites.
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Partnership for Peace (PFP)
- Partnership for Peace (PFP)
NATO web page describing the Partnership for Peace organization, its member states, links to documents concerning each country on the NATO web site and links to NATO documents concerning the Partnership for Peace, including the Framework Document. Elsewhere on the NATO site is a list of senior government officials from PFP member countries.
Royaumont Process
Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI)
United Nations (UN)
World Bank
- Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe
A joint web site of the European Commission and the World Bank created "as part of the international community's response to the Kosovo crisis," it contains a calendar of events/conferences, news releases, speeches and statements, documents issued by the EU, UN, IMF and IMF/WB, including the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe dated June 10, 1999, links to related sites, with other sections of the web site under construction. The announcement of the launching of the joint web site describes the scope and types of information that will be covered, including assessment of the economic impacts and costs of the Kosovo crisis, reconstruction needs, and register of donor assistance.
Primary Documents
- An
Alliance for the 21st Century
Communiqué issued by the Heads of State and Government participating
in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C.
on April 24, 1999.
- The
Alliance's Strategic Concept
Document approved by the Heads of State and Government participating
in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C.
on April 23-24, 1999. This updates the Strategic Concept adopted
by the Alliance in 1991.
- Defense
Capabilities Initiative
Text of the Initiative launched by the NATO Heads of State and Government
participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington
D.C. on April 23-24, 1999.
- Harmel
Report: The Future Tasks of the Alliance
This report is an attachment to a ministerial communique of the
North Atlantic Council from Brussels, December 13-14, 1967.
- Membership
Action Plan (MAP)
Issued by the Heads of State and Government at a meeting of the
North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on April 23-24, 1999,
this document addresses the question of adding new members to NATO.
- Stability
Pact for South Eastern Europe
Full text of the document adopted by numerous foreign ministers
and representatives of regional organizations meeting in Cologne
on June 10, 1999 under the aegis of the European Union in response
to the Kosovo crisis.
- Study
on NATO Enlargement
September 1995 NATO report on the purposes, principles, and implications
of NATO enlargement for new members and Euro-Atlantic security.
Updated: March 6 2002
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