europa ethnica

This article intends to examine the different legal and institutional factors that have contributed to the fluidity of the minority protection system in Trentino Alto Adige/South Tyrol, referring to the contribution of the EU, the Council of Europe...

The paper analyses the impact of the so-called “major favour clause”, introduced by the 2001 reform of ordinary regionalism, in order to prevent the new Title V from being a step backwards for the special Regions. Its 20-year application has...

The end of WW1 caused the origin of the “South Tyrolean question” represented by the status of the German speaking population since ever living in the territory that had been annexed to the Kingdom of Italy first and then to the Italian...

This paper provides an overview of the contemporary legal framework of the refugee policy in Russia and illustrates its practical implementation based on the most recent cases of Ukrainian and Syrian forced migration flows. The analysis is based on...

Russians’ collective ethno-cultural identity in Latvia is concentrated around the values of the Russian language in the private and public life of this ethnic group. At the same time, nation-building in Latvia is focused on the dominance of the...

In Estonia, persons belonging to a national minority must have Estonian citizenship. For most non-Estonians with longstanding territorial ties, this can only be acquired by naturalisation, in particular after successful language and legal...

During the 1990s, the Baltic states were considered a potential hotspot of ethnic tension and possible conflict, primarily because of sizeable Russian-speaking populations that had become minorities after the collapse of the Soviet Union. By the...

The politicization of ethnic minority is a common phenomenon despite the fact that its manifestation may differ in different contexts. The configuration of the factors that have an impact on the politicization of ethnic minorities varies in...