Erdoğan in Sarajevo: It’s my Party and I’ll campaign in Europe if I want to
Strolling through Baščaršija, Sarajevo’s old bazaar and cultural legacy of the Ottoman Empire, on any given day, you will probably encounter more Turks than any...
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Sofia Summit: The case for optimism or disappointment?
BELGRADE – The recently concluded EU – Western Balkans Summit in Sofia, the first of this kind after the 2003 Thessaloniki Summit, drew a lot...
Tzifakis: “Ilindenska Makedonija” the least acceptable solution for Athens
BELGRADE – One of the more positive news to come out from the EU – Western Balkans Summit in Sofia was undoubtedly the announcement of...
Montenegro well prepared for reform simulation, European Commission for imprecise reporting
When the European Commission released a new credible enlargement perspective strategy for the Western Balkan countries in February, the clear language that was used to...
Spot the difference – Kosovo at an early stage
by Shpend Emini
Last week, the European Commission published its yearly country reports for all countries of the Western Balkans, including Turkey. While Turkey seems to stride away...
New partnership for a better future
by EWB
BELGRADE – The Declaration of a European Balkans Partnership – a visionary document created by influential individuals from the region and Europe was presented last...
[EWB interview] Flessenkemper: Among new priorities for EU – new German government committed to the Western Balkans
by Vuk Velebit
Interview with Tobias Flessenkemper, Senior Fellow and Balkans project Director at the Centre International de Formation Européenne (CIFE) in Nice, Adjunct Professor at the University...
The New EU Strategy For The Western Balkans: What’s In Store For Bilateral Disputes
The long anticipated new EU strategy for the region opens with the statement that “the six Western Balkans partners are a part of Europe, geographically...
EU Western Balkans Strategy: On Named and Unnamed Elephants in the Room
by Marko Kmezić
The much-awaited new Enlargement Strategy, entitled “The Credible Enlargement Perspective for the Western Balkans” was presented earlier today by the High Representative Vice-President Federica Mogherini...
No Silver Lining as Balkans Lose Another Moderate Politician
by Rok Zupančič
In his last interview, published in the magazine Vreme in September 2017, Oliver Ivanović stated: “Let me be clear. The people (the Serbs in the northern Kosovo) are...