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About the Foundation

To support the struggle for freedom, that was set off by the fall of the Berlin wall, the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation was founded in 1994. The objective is to promote development and European integration on the basis of freedom, democracy and market economy. Activities are principally funded through the Swedish International Development Authority (Sida).

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Jarl Hjalmarson Stiftelsen
Stora Nygatan 30
Box 2080
SE-103 12 Stockholm

Phone: +46-8-676 8000
Fax: +46-8-676 8086

info@hjalmarsonstiftelsen.se

Turkey belongs to Europe

On June 2, 2010, the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation in cooperation with the Olof Palme International Center and the Swedish Consulate General in Istanbul arranged a conference on Turkey’s membership to the European Union. While agreeing that Turkey should, indeed, join the Union, the participants disagreed on when and how this could be accomplished. Although Turkey is in the process of changing in the right direction, much remain unsolved, especially regarding human rights, corruption and the military influence in the civil society.

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Principles for a Free Society

This book is commissioned by the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation and written as a study guide by Nigel Ashford, an expert in political science.
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High Level Conference about Balkans and the EU

May 7-8, the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation arranged a round table conference on the EU integration of the Balkan countries. The participants were high level politicians from the Foundation’s sister parties in four Balkan states. The group consisted of some 20 politicians including two ministers – the Macedonian Minister for Foreign Affairs Antonio Milošoski and Genc Pollo, Albanian Minister for Innovation and ICT.

Among the issues discussed at the conference were membership and security in the Balkan region. Göran Lennmarker, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs and the Chairman of

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Rwanda from Another Perspective

“A discussion on the development in Rwanda” was the topic set for a seminar arranged by the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation on April 28, 2010. Paul Rusesabagina whose story inspired to the film Hotel Rwanda and Christian Holm, MP, who recently returned from a study trip to Rwanda both participated in the seminar. The seminar turned out to illustrate the difficulties of getting opponents to settle around a negotiation table.

On one hand, it has been claimed that although Rwanda remains one of the world’s poor nations, the country has, in the last fourteen years, undergone a significant positive development in the