Western Balkans twenty years later – the same problems still remaining?
PARIS – Celebrating its 20th birthday, French newspaper Le Courrier des Balkans organized a conference in Paris titled “EU-Western Balkans: 20 years of staring at...
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Public support for EU enlargement: A round table in Brussels
by EWB
BRUSSELS – A two-part round table discussion on the public support for the EU accession of the Western Balkans, organised by the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and...
How to convince the public that the EU enlargement is a good idea?
Despite its mostly technical nature, the process of EU enlargement to the Western Balkans will ultimately be concluded by the „ordinary“ people – first and...
What is holding Kosovo’s visa liberalisation back?
After the European Commission confirmed that Kosovo had fulfilled all required benchmarks for visa liberalisaiton on 18 July this year, it seemed that the process...
[BSF] Balkans 2025: Reforms more important than dates
by EWB
BELGRADE – Speakers at the first Belgrade Security Forum (BSF) plenary panel titled „Balkans 2025“ have stated that both the Western Balkans and the EU...
Panel discussion on the CSOs in NATO and EU integrations in Skopje on Thursday
by EWB
SKOPJE – Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje, in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, is organizing a panel discussion fully titled „The Role of the...
Generational decision: Will Macedonia’s citizens accept Agreement with Greece?
On 30 September 2018, citizens of Macedonia will have an opportunity to strongly influence their country’s future. By voting for or against the Athens-Skopje agreement,...
At the London Margins: What does the Next Decade hold for the Western Balkans?
by EWB
LONDON – At the margins of the London Summit, which will be held in the framework of the Berlin Process on July 9 and 10,...
Albania and Macedonia – a ray of hope and a warning for Balkans
by EWB
This op-ed was originally published on Euractiv and can be accessed here. Everyone was taken by surprise on Tuesday (26 June) when EU ministers agreed...
The Skopje-Athens agreement: A view from (North?) Macedonia
by Zoran Nechev
A week ago, the Macedonian and Greek prime ministers, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, came out with a detailed proposal to end their countries’ near-three-decade-long...