We would like to bring your attention towards the “III Interuniversitary Seminar on the European Union“, organized by the prestigious Jean Monnet Chair “Strengthening the European Union by reinforcing its values” (ReinforcEU) – with Prof. Elena Crespo Navarro as Chair Holder – as part of the Specialized Seminars of the Ph.D. Program in Social and Legal Sciences of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Spain) and co-funded by the European Union.

ReinforcEU convened a first session of the Seminar on 12 March 2025 at the University of Elche, that will be also streamed online via Google Meet. The Seminar is open to the participation of Ph.D. students from both Spanish and international universities and the Candidates may submit papers that are related to the central theme of the seminar “The Values of the European Union”, including papers that may deal with how these values have been transferred to other regional areas.

As member of the Scientific Committee for the Seminar, EUVALWEB Chair Holder – Prof. Teresa Russo – is delighted to support the initiative and commends its organization.

EUWEB Legal Essays. Global & International Perspectives, Issue 1/2025 is out (and completely free)!

This is a Special Issue on the Concluding conference of the second Jean Monnet EUVALWEB Chair, hosted by Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research of Belgrade (Serbia) on 30 May 2024, and co-organized also by the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Salerno, the Institute of Comparative Law of Belgrade, and the University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies of Belgrade.

The purpose of the conference on “Promoting Public Awareness on the Fight Against Transnational Crimes, the Role of Police and Judicial Cooperation and Respect for Fundamental Rights in the Prospect of the EU Enlargement,” which included prominent speakers from the academic, diplomatic, and professional worlds as well as civil society and the general public from Italy and the Western Balkans, was to provide a forum for discussion on the process of joining the Union and the major reforms put in place in the Western Balkan countries, as well as in the Union for its future.

The Special issue, introduced by the Editorial of Marina Matić Bošković & Jelena Kostić and by the Preface of Teresa Russo, features:

– Essays by Ivana P. Bodrožić, Olga Koshevaliska & Elena Maksimova, Heliona Miço Bellani & Bojana Hajdini, Aleksandar Mihajlović, Darko Simović & Radomir Zekavica

– Focus by Aleksandra Ilić, Miomira Kostić

– Comments by Gaetano Calcagno, Benedetta Minucci, Rosita Silvestre, Elena Trajkovska

Go and check it out at the following LINK: https://www.euweb.org/euweb-legal-essays-2025-1/