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Regional Resources

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 two Institute Special Reports:
(1) De-Balkanizing the Balkans: Security and Stability in Southeastern Europe
(2) Taking Stock and Looking Forward: Intervention in the Balkans and Beyond.
These web links also support the activities of the Institute's Balkans Initiative.


General Resources


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

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 activies 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 reponse 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 attachement 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.

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Updated: March 6 2002

 


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