BSC Leaders Meetings Tirana: No more missed opportunities for the EU integration
TIRANA – Under the title “Albania and the Western Balkans in the EU by 2030: Tackling the Obstacles Ahead”, the third in a series of BSC...
Tag : Nikola Dimitrov
The Commission’s important but flawed Growth Plan for the Western Balkans
By: Florian Bieber, Nikola Dimitrov, and Michael Emerson In its ‘Enlargement Package’ of November 2023 the European Commission published a significant new Growth Plan initiative...
With fear returning to the Western Balkans, the EU should not lose momentum to reform enlargement
by EWB
TIRANA – Many deficiencies of the current EU enlargement process, including the loss of transformative power and the inability of the EU to set its...
[BSC] Relations between Serbia and Kosovo should be normalized
by EWB
BELGRADE – Relations between Serbia and Kosovo should be normalized but their opinions differed in the way how the future of relation should be comprehended...
Opening accession negotiations for North Macedonia: A symbolic step forward with many worries
Last week, the European Union agreed, after two years of Bulgarian blockade, to open accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia. The green light came...
Opinion: French proposal will encourage extreme nationalists
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The French proposal for resolving bilateral issues between Bulgaria and North Macedonia will bury the enlargement process and seriously hurt the already tattered...
Open Balkan: Leaders commit to a more effective implementation of the freedom of movement measures
by EWB
BELGRADE – Leaders of Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia met with the business community representatives in Belgrade today in the context of the Open Balkan...
[BSF] The Western Balkans still need the Berlin Process
by EWB
BELGRADE – The Berlin process reconciled political leaders, found ways for their communication and the continuation of the Berlin process is necessary, it was concluded...
[EWB Interview] Dimitrov: This cycle of hope and disappointment is risky and not helpful
One of the most important questions for North Macedonia, following the repeated delays of its EU accession process, is how it will proceed – both...
From disappointment to indifference: EU’s failure to deliver to Skopje and Tirana dominates Prespa Forum
The inaugural Prespa Forum Dialogue, held on 1 and 2 July 2021 in North Macedonia, marked the three years since one of the most significant...