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The globalisation phenomenon led to the relaxation of borders all over the world. But, at the same time it generated the appearance of invisible frontiers which may create deeper fragmentations inside the society. Apart from the national states, the cities are also markers of identity and places where the ethnic, religious, social, economic differences are more sensible. The present article tackles the issue of frontier / border cities in order to highlight the differences between them and to analyse how the border / frontier affect their development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on the literature of paradiplomacy or sub-state diplomacy, we have sought a link between the concepts of good governance, sub-state diplomacy and border. In a context of great changes, both at the international and internal level, and before the questioning of several concepts and preconceptions, the transformation of the nation state, leads us to explore dimensions that in the past have been neglected or considered "second rate", but that every day become more relevant in human relations and state. The boundaries and dimensions that arise from them as well as the evolution of actors in the international arena, open a space of interest to specialists in international relations and for policy makers. The globalisation and integration processes -above the state- and internal claims -under it- will influence the intensification of the international activity of the sub-units in which cross-border cooperation is dynamic and multifaceted. Good governance, as a response to the challenges of managing public affairs in a world in transformation and subject to the uncertainty that it implies, is in the sub-dimension level. With more porous borders and multiple governance at this level, it is even more complex. Europe, with its construction process and its regional policy, as a scenario of changes, is an example of this - not always easy - relationship between good governance / sub state diplomacy / border. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The image of the European culture is given by the association of the concepts people - culture - history - territory, which provides certain local features. From this relation, we identify a cultural area with local, regional and national features beyond a certain European culture. Thus, we identify at least two cultural identity constructions on the European level: a culture of cultures, that is a cultural area with a particular, local, regional and national strong identity, or a cultural archipelago, that is a common yet disrupted cultural area. Whatever the perspective, the existence of a European cultural area cannot be denied, although one may speak of diversity or of "disrupted continuity". The paper is a survey on the European cultural space in two aspects: 1. Europe with internal cultural border areas; 2. Europe as external cultural-identity border area. From a methodological point of view, we have to point out that despite the two-levelled approach the two conceptual constructions do not exclude each other: the concept of "culture of cultures" designs both a particular and a general identity area. The specific of the European culture is provided precisely by diversity and multiculturalism as means of expression on local, regional, or national levels. Consequently, the European cultural area is an area with a strong identity on both particular and general levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cooperation seems strictly necessary, and from this perspective the media can bring, with direct involvement of authorities, a contribution to strengthening the connections and the relationship between people and institutions. A company located in a process accentuated by globalization can not be conceived without taking into account the role of the media, to influence and control exercised by it. The impact of media is different, depending on which a public nature, but according to the typology and the different forms of media. The impact is different when we take into consideration the press, radio or television. The cultural contact are the importance of media in promoting common, human values, is very high. If this cultural space is doubled by a politic delimitated area, the media's role is even more significant. Cross-border cooperation and joint initiatives involves the development of interstate relations but also people. As a result of developing relations of good neighborliness in space requires new definition and the reclassification of border. Good Neighborhood is a basic condition for maintaining security in the border area, it is a principle of international law, legal form of the formulation containing the principle of the obligation to make, and the obligation not to do. Thus, the obligation to make can be expressed by the rule which requires subjects of international law to act as good neighbors. Media Action appears in this perspective as an important factor for the transmission and control of legal or social rules. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]