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The European Union stands for a well-structured and successful institution that is bound by the Euro-pean identity. The core of the European identity is built from Christianity; a secular state with highly developed democracy, rule of law and market economy; and ancient culture. Although the institution of the European Union is well-organized, it has not remained untouched by the global economic crisis of the 21st century. The aim of this paper is to try to address current questions that the institution of the European Union is faced with. It also focuses on the emerging issues and problems regarding the future of this organization by looking into its past and present. Furthermore, it aims to provide some possible solutions and suggestions to the problems concerning the improvement and development of the European Union. Despite the phenomenon of euroscepticism that is highly present in the society, one of the crucial issues that today's Europe is face with is the aging of its population. The focal point of this paper is put on this very problem, since it can lead to other problems, such as, decline in the labour force and even to the decline in the population of the European Union. By giving detailed descriptions of the potential issues the European Union may be face with in the future, this paper aims to come up with possible suggestions for overcoming these emerging problems in order to indicate that the European Union has the abili-ty for improvement and development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the influence of the direct object on verbal aspect and Aktionsart in English and Romanian. The structure of the noun phrase functioning as the direct object may introduce the notion of telicity to atelic verbs consequently altering the type of verb situation. Furthermore, the paper will analyze the influence of semantic features such as telicity and boundedness on aspect and Aktionsart. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pavel Gataiantu is a fascinating poet who transformed his unique multicultural experience into true literary masterpieces. As a representative of the Romanian minority in Serbia, he transferred the challenges and difficulties, as well as the magic of living in a clash of cultures to the pages of the poetry volume "Poems from Novi Sad". All this is expressed in a beautiful but direct manneremotions and thoughts are deep and naked, nothing is concealed or unnecessarily embellished. The following paper will analyze Gataiantu's thoughts about his homeland, experience of living in exile, as well as his reflections on the cultural influence of the distant United States of America contained in his sophisticated poetry. This analysis will help the reader of his poetry answer the question about the author's cultural self-positioning in the face of living in the multicultural Serbian province of Vojvodina on the one hand and in the world highly influenced by the United States on the other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present paper focuses on the affective and cognitive impact a new culture has on the individual. Culture shock is a very controversial term in today's society. Some of the factors that cause such feelings of alienation, helplessness, irritation or confusion are language, food, climate, social roles or values. In the globalization context, people have to be able to cope with stress, with accepting a new identity and with developing a new dimension for understanding social contexts. Multiculturalism should be regarded as a positive aspect and the individual must focus on integration rather than segregation. The papers also researches ways of facilitating the adjustment process, of helping people to adapt to unfamiliar cultural settings. The key to getting over culture shock is to understand and assimilate the new culture while preserving one's own values and principles intact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In light of the positive decision of the Council of the European Union, Serbia is awaiting the start of membership negotiations. After the signing of the historic agreement with the authorities in Pristina, Serbia is preparing for the opening of the first chapters. At the beginning of the process there are very sensitive issues, such as the judiciary and fundamental rights and justice, freedom and security. Yet despite that, Serbia with great anticipation waiting to see how the application of negotiating chapters 35 will be realized. The European decision to use this chapter as a platform for monitoring the progress of relations between Belgrade and Pristina (Serbia and Kosovo) is a real test for all participants in the process: Serbia, Kosovo and the European Union, that this difficult political issues must solve if it wants to stabilize the situation throughout the European region. This paper deals with the analysis of the current situation in the political field, both Serbia and the European Union, when it comes to this sensitive political issue. In this regard, the question is whether Serbia on its European path is about to become a "lex specialis" and whether it is possible to replay another "Turkish scenario", and whether stricter criteria can slow down the negotiating process and distance Serbia from its European aspirations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the ethical aspect of the process of constituting history that is problematized in Julian Barnes's A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. The reduction mechanism of interpreting in the sole act of history/truth and fiction as labeling systems of a certain culture questions the nature of history/truth as the object of our knowledge. The ethical character of this reduction is connected to the question of the relation of power and knowledge that Barnes particularly provokes in his History of the World. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work combines the reading of Adorno's essays in literary criticism and his aesthetic theory with the atonal music principle and dodecaphony that was as much advocated as it was appreciated by the philosopher, to present in 12 notes some fundamental ideas of the new critical tradition formulated by Adorno. The paper also studies Beckett's play End-game, related concepts used by Adorno to Beckett's regressive play. Moreover, it offers insights into critical theory conceived by Theodor Adorno. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper addresses the problem of form, particularly the problem of the prose poem of René Char's collection ,"Furor and Mystery". Each great linguistic artistic endeavor formally confirms its profound intention. Therefore, in an attempt to think through the prose poems of René Char, attention is specifically drawn to the genre itself based on Heraclitus's unity of opposites, as well as the principle of antistatic the poet uses to build upon the basic notions of his poetry [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper underlines the differences between the two notions: culture and subculture. It will be shown a brief overview of the meanings of the word. subculture' from different sources. In this paper our aim is to emphasize some examples of ways how new spelling rules and newly created words which are used in 'e-chatting' by the Romanian youth. The youth from Romania tries to differentiate themselves from the adults, creating and using their own Romanian language [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is meant to be a short introduction of the reader into a domain, which, lately, has become interesting for the Romanian Academic Society and not only, namely, the Roma Subculture. The European Academic Projects of the Faculty where the three authors come from were always composed of, in a small or big part the topic of the Roma. The existing wish of the European Union to include Academically and Socially this Subculture, proved itself to be a real challenge, out of which the project organisers need to smart enough, and take only the best, not having big expectations from an unpredictable subculture [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses a study which examined the features of the concept of Balkanism, which are illustrated in the use of anthroponyms in contemporary Romanian public space. Topics discussed include the geographical areas of Transylvania and Balkania, the characteristics of the so-called meridional discourse, and the use of anthroponyms in contemporary Romanian public space. The two different facets of Romania are explored.

The author presents, in this article, the philosophical views on state and law, on the power and political values regulating society, held by Vasile Goldiş, - one of the masterminds of the Great Union of December 1, 1918, by the agency of which the national unitary Romanian state was forged, a great multivalent thinker and scholar, attached to the universal values of culture and civilization, to the fundamental rights of people and peoples. From a humanistic philosophical, rationalistic and praxeological position, Goldis developed an outlook on political power, state and rights, based on his vast knowledge of culture, history, economy, sociology, law, and theology, on the analysis of the real situation of peoples and nations in his time - whether in Europe or other parts of the planet, and on the use of interdisciplinary measures throughout his entire work. His option for a democratic, sovereign, independent, constitutional state, of a social-Christian tradition, which would guarantee human rights regardless of group-related particularities, for humanistic, just and equitable practices in politics, law, administration and education, pertains to a transient, objectively determined historical era. According to the principle of historicity, the nation-state shall integrate itself into more complex, better-knit formations {such as the creation of the United States of Europe), in order to meet the needs of people and peoples, until a universal state is attained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From a sociolinguistic perspective, the language that teenagers use seems to be more complex, in the sense that it combines both the literary and the co-loquial styles, the first one promoted by the pre-universitary and universitary educational systems, through all their fields, and the latter used by the close ones. The urban side of oral language is used by youngsters, among other things, to verbalize music, more exactly, to produce lyrics which accompany the musical background of songs, music being present in almost any activity involving the young generation. From the various musical genres-pop, rock, ethno and so on-we have chosen hip-hop, since it has the most generous lyrics from a quantitative point of view which offer an extensive linguistic analysis. Therefore, the lyrics belonging to bands such as BUG Mafia, La Familia and Parazijii, bands chosen for this analysis, shock through the colourful language, which lacks any prejudice. Slang is rather abundant, especially the gross or vulgar language, used in order to express their protest against a society which is not really prudish, but also to inden-tify their friends from the hood, who are left out by society. Among all the aspects of the Romanian language present in modern rap music, we might remember the lexical ones, the excess of Anglicisms mixed with neologisms or technical terms, the phonetic aspects, the apocope, the elision or the syncope.'All these characterise the coloquial style and add rhythm and rhyme when attached to structured syntactic utterances. Anyhow, all these are atributes of the "hood language", promoted by youngsters nowadays, either due to their feeling of being left out, or due to a rebelious attitude [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sustainable development of hunting is a process that allows its optimal implementation and progress, without degradation and exhaustion of natural factors on which it is based, and these are primarily the game (wild animals) and hunting grounds. Common to all areas relevant to the concept of sustainable development are the principles that proclaims that protection should be comprehensive, unified, rational, scientifically based, and that priority is given to long-term plans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the qualitative programme of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina (MoCAV) in 2013 including its organization of 12 exhibitions as it welcomed 6 exhibitions organized by partner institutions of the Museum. Topics discussed include its launching and presentation of digitalized collection through its web portal, the exhibition "Close-Up & Bow-Up: Re-constructing the Photographic Image" which explored the space of photography and its Cargo East project.

European integration has became an important part of the national agenda of the Balkan countries, as well a "hot topic" in the newsrooms of the media all over the Balkans. Free media considered as one of the most important characteristics of democratic societies, is now becoming a task to fulfill for these countries that aspire to join the union. As the matter of fact, media in the Balkan countries has failed so far. to be rated as totally free. The latest European Commission progress report stated that the media in the Western Balkan countries is still facing with dependence from the politics, nationalism and hate approach, lack of professional and ethical standards. Nonetheless, this is a process that will take time and a lot of effort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]