South-East Europe Programme

The South-East Europe Programme of ELIAMEP was set up in 2011.

Research and policy analysis on Balkan affairs has a long tradition in ELIAMEP going back to its early days in 1988.

The Programme intends to follow that legacy of high–quality scholarly and policy work.

The South-East Europe Programme publishes policy analyses and research findings through the standard publishing outlets of ELIAMEP.

It also reaches wider audiences by publishing short articles and op-eds in prominent Greek and international media and its news are communicated to several thousand subscribers through the mailing lists of ELIAMEP and the South-East Europe Programme as well as through social media.

Last but not least, the South-East Europe Programme is associated with the academic journal Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, published by ELIAMEP in partnership with Taylor & Francis.

Media

ERT presents the interactive map created by the South-East Europe Programme - An interview with I. Armakolas

May 13, 2020

Media

Historical disputes threaten North Macedonia – Bulgaria rapprochement - By Yorgos Christidis

May 14, 2020

Media

Y. Christidis on the strained bilateral relations between Bulgaria and North Macedonia - Interview with radio station 9.84

May 11, 2020

Media

The relations between Sofia and Skopje are strained - an article by Y. Christidis

May 8, 2020

Balkans COVID-19 Mapping and Response Analysis

Our project maps the health implications of the global pandemic for Southeast Europe and juxtaposes the spread of the coronavirus to countries’ health system capacities. Our platform includes an interactive map that visualizes the pandemic’s toll on the region, but also quantitative and qualitative data about the governments’ emergency political and economic measures, social distancing, travel restrictions and all other relevant decisions in twelve countries of Southeast Europe. Our interactive map is updated daily with data and visuals on the basis of our of dozens of official governmental portals and reliable non-governmental sources of information.

We aim to generate information about the multiple effects of the crisis on health systems, the democratic institutions and civil liberties, the economies and the geopolitics of the region. We also plan to monitor the gradual relaxing of the measures and the plans for the region’s recovery efforts. We will complement our platform with online discussions and webinars, teaming up with prominent experts to debate the effects of the crisis and the future of the region and its peoples.

For the project’s methodology and data sources click here.

The team

Key Researcher: Bledar Feta

Researcher and Spatial Analysis Expert: Kalliopi Amygdalou

Research Assistants: Nteivis Tsaka, Iakovos Tsalikoglou, Panagiota Bertsima, Thodoros Vavikis, Tina Alyssandraki

Spatial Analysis Assistant: Apostolis Karabairis

Media Relations: Odin Linardatou

Head of South-East Europe Programme: Ioannis Armakolas

Directions for use: Click on each country's set of orange bullet points for country data; click on each regional unit for local data. We are committed to adapting the tracker to keep pace with the evolution of the epidemic, hence color classifications are reviewed every week and updated if needed, to account for the overall rise in cases and deaths in the region. For more information see the methodology section above.

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