{"id":32723,"date":"2023-11-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliamep.lncdoo.com\/activity\/ekdilosi-russias-and-chinas-presence-in-the-western-balkans-perceptions-vs-realities-focus-on-serbia-dimitar-bechev\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:00:00","slug":"ekdilosi-russias-and-chinas-presence-in-the-western-balkans-perceptions-vs-realities-focus-on-serbia-dimitar-bechev","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/activity\/ekdilosi-russias-and-chinas-presence-in-the-western-balkans-perceptions-vs-realities-focus-on-serbia-dimitar-bechev\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRussia\u2019s and China\u2019s Presence in the Western Balkans: Perceptions vs Realities &#8211; focus on Serbia\u201d \u2013 Dimitar Bechev"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p><strong>Dimitar Bechev<\/strong>, Senior Research Fellow at the South-East Europe Programme of ELIAMEP, participated as the keynote speaker in the European Contexts event titled <strong><em>\u201cRussia\u2019s and China\u2019s Presence in the Western Balkans: Perceptions vs Realities &#8211; focus on Serbia\u201d<\/em><\/strong> which took place in Vienna and was organized by the ERSTE Foundation, Presseclub Concordia, Europe\u2019s Futures (IWM) and Fjum.<\/p>\n<p>  Dr. Bechev introduced the audience to the topic by giving an overview of the current situation in the Western Balkans regarding the presence and activities of Russia and China.<\/p>\n<p>  Overall, the speakers addressed the issue of Chinese and Russian influence in Serbia from different angles including the public perceptions, media coverage, economic investments, and political presence.<\/p>\n<p>  You can watch the video of the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6v_fJ0-aL6U&#038;ab_channel=PresseclubConcordia\">here<\/a> (Dr. Bechev\u2019s speech starts at 4:18\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>  You can follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/topics\/southeast-europe-programme\/\">South-East Europe Programme<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SEE.eliamep\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/see_eliamep\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":32724,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"program":[23],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/32723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=32723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}