Instead of Enlargement, "Restern Balkans" in Consolidation
Full membership in the European Union is still an attractive foreign policy objective for political elites and large segments of population in all countries of...
Category : Opinions
The Philosophy of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue
The UN General Assembly Resolution that launched the Dialogue called for it to promote cooperation, to bring both Serbia and Kosovo closer to the European...
Tanja Fajon: Fake Empires
by EWB Archives
As I am writing this article, my thoughts are sneaking back to May last year. In Slovenia we had a demanding and dynamic campaign for...
Pejovic: European integration will improve the image of the region as a whole
by EWB Archives
It will be three years in June 2015 that Montenegro has started its negotiation process for the membership in the EU. So far, Montenegro has...
Mondekar: Croatian Parliament is committed to the enlargement policy
by EWB Archives
Since 1st July 2013 the work of the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) and especially European Affairs Committee has significantly changed. European Affairs Committee of the Croatian...
Charles Tannock EP Rapporteur on Montenegro for EWB
by EWB Archives
The leading country in the EU enlargement process; the poster child of the Western Balkans; a good news story – These are all epithets that...
Nikola Vuljanic for EWB: Albania on the brink of opening negotiations with EU
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When we consider the situation in Western Balkans, we usually tend to speak about the relations between Serbia and Croatia, about seemingly unsolvable mess in...
Bekim Çollaku for EWB: Paving the way for a successful year of EU integration for Kosovo in 2015
by EWB Archives
The last few years following the Declaration of Independence of Kosovo were marked by an increasing dynamic in the European Union (EU) integration agenda. The...
Lunacek: The more asylum seekers, the more difficult visa liberalisation will become
by EWB Archives
As everybody knows, on 9 December the Kosovo Assembly approved a new coalition government led by LDK leader Isa Mustafa, with former PM, PDK-leader Hashim...
Knut Fleckenstein: EU enlargement – why both the EU and the candidate countries need to stay committed
by EWB Archives
At its June 2003 summit in Thessaloniki the EU’s Heads of State and Government promised a “European perspective” to the countries of the Western Balkans...