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This paper represents comparative study of territorial governmental organization in constitutions of Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy and Serbia. In the introductory part we unlade basic legal and political reasons for this comparative analysis of territorial organizations in the named modern constitutions. In the second part of the paper we illustrate how territorial organization looks like in German Constitution (Grundgesetz). In the third segment we describe the vertical governmental structure in Austria, while the fourth and the fifth part of the paper deal with the territorial organization of Spain and Italy, respectively. In the seventh segment we analyze the territorial principle in the newest Serbian Constitution. The final part of the paper contains conclusions concerning comparative analysis of territorial governmental organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we are presenting Ortega's theoretical approach to novelistic literary works of Spanish Generation '98, in regard to Pío Baroja and Azorín. We will present Ortega's and Baroja's ideas on the novel as a literary gender in an attempt to look at their basic differences. The aim is to present the proces of modernization of Spain at the beginning of the twentieth century whisc has strongly influenced on novelistic creation of the Generation '98. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

EU member states have long sought to improve police and judicial cooperation among themselves as part of the Union drive toward further political integration and its desire to create a European area of freedom, security and justice. Since the attacks on the United States, Eu leaders have demonstrated a renewed political commitment to boosting police and judicial cooperation both among member states and with U.S. law enforcement counterparts. The March 11, 2004, terrorist bombing in Madrid , Spain, have further energized EU efforts to combat terrorism. The bulk of EU initiatives in the police and judicial fields set forth in September 2001 and march 2004 focus on establishing greater cross-border compatibility among EU members states criminal law and improving cooperation among national police, intelligence and judicial authorities. Key measures, which are the subject of this article, include: establishing a common EU definition of terrorist and common penalties, defining a common EU list of terrorist organizations, creating an EU-wide arrest warrant, strengthening EU police and judicial institutions, increasing cooperation among police and intelligence services, establishing an EU counterterrorism czar and intelligence capacity. Major efforts in suppressing terrorist funding have focused on: expanding the EU money-laundering directive, establishing an EU-wide asset-freezing order, facilitating asset confiscation. In this article the author also deals with strengthening external EU border controls, enhancing U.S. - EU cooperation with special accent on internal EU obstacles and obstacles to closer U.S. - EU cooperation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]