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Vojvodovo Sketches
Jakoubek, Marek ; Horský, Jan (advisor) ; Moravcová, Mirjam (referee) ; Penčev, Vladimir (referee)
The dissertation "Vojvodovo Sketches" thesis consists of an introduction and further of published texts related to Vojvodovo. Vojvodovo, a Czech village in north-western Bulgaria founded in 1900 by about twenty Czech evangelical families from the village of Svatá Helena in what is today the Romanian part of Banat, which they left because of religious disputes and a shortage of land. Although Bulgaria engaged in several armed conflicts in the first decades of the twentieth century, the village flourished economically and the population rose steadily during that period. Eventually, however, its economic prosperity, based almost exclusively on agriculture, was curtailed by a land shortage. As a result, some villagers emigrated to Argentina in 1928. By 1934/5 the village was again overcrowded and suffering serious land shortage. This time some of its inhabitants moved to the Turkish village of Belinci in north-eastern Bulgaria (Isperich region). The history of Czech settlement in Vojvodovo, as well as Belinci, effectively ends in 1949-1950, when the overwhelming majority of their Czech inhabitants left as a part of post-war migratory processes organized under inter-state agreements and resettled in several villages in the South Moravia region of the Czechoslovak Republic. Vojvodovans were renowned for their...
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Selective adjustment to EU regulatory provisions in new member states : the case of electricity market liberalization in Bulgaria and Czech Republic
Neofitov, Alexander ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
The present work aspires to provide a comprehensive analysis of the policy developments through which European-level prescriptions regarding the liberalization of national electricity markets have been accommodated within the domestic policy contexts of two new member states of the European Union: Bulgaria and Czech Republic. Despite being subjected to uniform demands, adaptation to community regulatory provisions in the two countries has prompted divergent patterns of policy change, resulting in full compliance in the Czech Republic and a failure to meet EU objectives in Bulgaria. In order to address the observed inconsistency the envisaged research identifies a causal link between the outcomes of regulatory compliance and the influence of utility regulation as a sector-specific EU governance pattern on the dynamics of resource re-distribution at the domestic level. A major concern of the research is how contextual factors, such as incumbent power balances across actor populations in the target policy area condition the impacts of EU inputs on domestic policy decisions. In this respect the work hypothesizes that due to transition "sediments" in the new EU member states external rules may be selectively applied in order to match the existing realities and lead to outcomes that diverge from the...
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Production of Armament for Wehrmacht and German Allied Armies in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 1939 -1945.
Pojikar, Pavel ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
The Thesis with title " Armament production for Whermacht and the Army of Aliance in Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939 - 1945) is interested in detailed description of armament production within quality and quantity armoured of vehicles and infantry weapons made in war years 1939 - 1945 in Czech munition factories. Foreword part deals with Czech production efore Munich agrément,suitable conditions for militarization and empowerment German Army nor the use in industry either for strategy location. In following chapters the work describes main munition factories (Škoda Plzeň - Skoda Werke, ČKD Praha - BMM, Munition faktory Brno)and due to occupation our country,Czechoslovakia,maximal use of technical and human potenciál in Protectorate.The same it documents sale of spare weapons (cannons and munition) and presents German production,too. In other chapters it directs to confrontal of weapons,thein improvement,following development,army tanks, (mainly tank ŠKODA vz. 35, tank ŠKODA vz. 35,light tank LT vz. 38 and later fighter tank and offensive cannons from útočná ČKD Prague , Marder III, Hetzer, Grille), infantry weapons made in Brnopěchotní (Carabine Mauser K98 and gunmachine MG34, MG42, MG131). It mentios the biggest problem of German armament industry during War,that was critical shortage of raw...
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Europeanization of Political Parties in Bulgaria
Bursová, Denisa ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Pikal, Kamil (referee)
The thesis aims to analyze Europeanisation of party system in Bulgaria. In the introduction are presented the basic definitions and approaches to Europeanisation, which are used in the thesis as a theoretical basis. The basis for this analysis derives from the theory of Robert Ladrech, which examines the party programs, organizational structure, party system, relations between political party and government and reflects political parties beyond the party competition. The first part of thesis deals with the transition process and shows the development of party system since the fall of communism, including characteristics of various political parties that established themselves in democracy. The second part focuses on the relation between the European Union and Bulgaria. Main focus of this chapter is to present a short exposure of Bulgaria in the EU, an election to the European parliament and an analysis of political parties in the context of their attitudes towards European integration and European issues in their program. Framing previous information into the theoretical framework of Robert Ladrech is the last - analytical - part of the work. According to the last part it can be proved or disproved whether it has been Europeanisation of party system in Bulgaria established or not.
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Islam and Communist regimes in the Balkans
Šimek, Petr ; Pikal, Kamil (advisor) ; Tejchman, Miroslav (referee)
The purpose of this academic paper is to describe and understand the existence of Muslim communities within communist states in the Balkans region. Three states in particular are subject of research- Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania. All these states have significant Muslim population and Islam has played an important role in their history. Based on study of sources and relevant literature, this paper answers five fundamental questions: 1. How did communist states of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania treat their Muslim population and their religion? 2. What influence did the development of individual countries within the world communist movement have on the fate of their Muslim minorities? 3. Did the development within these countries have any influence on their Muslim populations? 4. Was there some influence of Islam on the policies of these communist states? 5. Can we trace any influence of internal religious policies in Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria in relations with third party states? This paper concludes that: 1. The best quality of life for Muslim communities was found in communist Yugoslavia. In Bulgaria the situation of the Turkish minority that represents Islam in the country was continually worsening during the whole of communist period. The development in Albania was very specific as...
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The First Bulgarian State in Historical Memory of the Byzantine Rule and the Second Bulgarian Tsardom
Kulhavý, Adam ; Příhoda, Marek (advisor) ; Čermák, Václav (referee)
This thesis deals with the historical memory in the context of Bulgarian medieval history. Its main objective is to evaluate the role played by the historical memory of the first Bulgarian state in the period of Byzantine domination and the Second Bulgarian Empire. In the first part of this work the current view of the Bulgarian historiography on this topic is critically reviewed. A section, which focuses on historical memory during period of the Byzantine rule aims to assess how and in what form could the historical memory of the First Bulgarian state preserve. It tries to describe this memory as a dynamic process. It aims at the causes that led to the gradual disintegration of historical memory after the end of the First Bulgarian State, such as the decay of higher domestic political elites and loss center. It also analyzes the factors that helped to store memory about the state. In the third part of the thesis deals with the way how was the historical memory of the first Bulgarian state treated in the Second Bulgarian Empire. It examines the way in which historical memory has been used to legitimize the very existence of the Second Bulgarian State. It also describes on the basis of contemporary sources the scope and knowledge of the history of the First Bulgarian State in the Second Bulgarian...
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Ilija Trojanow's Reception in Bulgaria
Kratochvílová, Markéta ; Grigorov, Dobromir (advisor) ; Černý, Marcel (referee)
This thesis is aimed at Ilija Trojanow's reception in Bulgaria. Ilija Trojanow is Bulgarian born author who writes his works in German. The thesis researches his reception through book reviews published in newspapers in Bulgaria and for a constractive point of view in Germany. At first there is the work of Trojanow presented in the thesis, particular focus is put on the following three books: the novels Die Welt ist groß und Rettung lauer überall, Der Weltensammler and the literary travelogue Hundezeiten. Heimkehr in ein fremdes Land. Consequently, the Bulgarian and the German reviews are analysed. The reception of Ilija Trojanow in Bulgaria is based upon the analysis. Key words: Ilija Trojanow, Bulgaria, reception in Bulgaria, Germany, Die Welt ist groß und Rettung lauer überall, Der Weltensammler, Hundezeiten. Heimkehr in ein fremdes Land, literature, publicism
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CEZ's affair from the point of view of Czech and Bulgarian press
Kraevská, Markéta ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Hanzal, Jaromír (referee)
The diploma thesis The CEZ affair from the perspective of the Czech and Bulgarian press deals with the media portrayal of the unrests in Bulgaria in February and March 2013, which were caused by the high prices for electricity that had been supplied, among others, by the parastatal Czech company CEZ. This company became a symbol of the protests. The basis for the analysis and comparison consists of the Czech dailies Mladá fronta Dnes, Právo, Hospodářské noviny and the Bulgarian dailies Trud, 24 chasa and Standart. The reference period is February 2013, when the protests began and subsequently culminated at the end of the month. This work aims to describe how the whole affair was depicted in selected examples of Czech and Bulgarian press. Subsequently, these two approaches are compared. In addition to the analysis, the thesis also touches the topic of modern history of Bulgaria and an outline of Czech-Bulgarian relations. The individual periodicals used for the analysis, as well as the energetical concept of Bulgaria are introduced in order to achieve easier understanding of the entire problem.
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Evaluation of Macroeconomic Development and State of Economics of Bulgaria
Iliev, Pavel Sashev ; Stará, Dana (advisor) ; Burian, Stanislav (referee)
The graduation thesis is focused on the macroeconomic development of Bulgaria
and on its current economic position. The theoretical part of the thesis defines the main
macroeconomic categories and describes the fiscal and monetary policies of the country, the functions of the Bulgarian National Bank, the currency regime, the tax system and the
historic development of the Bulgarian economy.
The current macroeconomic position of Bulgaria is relatively stable. The annual
growth of the country's GDP was 1.6% in 2014 and 3.1% in 2015, according to
preliminary data. The GDP per capita of Bulgaria has increased by more than 80% since
the year 2000. 2014 and 2015 were marked by deflation. The unemployment rate started
decreasing in 2014, but is still quite high. Foreign direct investments are increasing
relatively slowly, but are otherwise oriented on important export sectors of the economics.
All balance of payments accounts in Bulgaria were positive in 2014. The state budget in
the past 5 years has been in deficit, which passed the 3% of GDP mark in 2014. Slow
reforms in the judiciary and administrative systems are the most significant difficulties the
country's macroeconomic development is facing.
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Entry of selected Czech company to the Bulgarian market
Martínek, Václav ; Gullová, Soňa (advisor) ; Švehlík, Josef (referee)
This thesis focuses on form of entry of specific czech stock company to bulgarian railway market. Thesis is divided into four chapters. First one deal with the forms of entry to foreign markets, the second chapter using SWOT and PEST analyses analyzes Bulgarian environment. The third chapter presents the concrete Czech stock company, its entrance to foreign markets with emphasis on the form of entry into the Bulgarian market. The fourth chapter describes the history of the concrete Czech stock company on the Bulgarian railway market and then outlines new possibilities of cooperation on the Bulgarian market.
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