February 12, 2012
Following intense talks of late 2011, the leaders of the six biggest parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) finally agreed on the regulations according to which the country-wide census will be carried out. This agreement was part of an overall package, which was reached after considerable pressure by the international community on 28th December, aiming […]
Posted by Apostolis Karabairis
February 8, 2012
Albania has just entered its 100th year of independence. But does the internal political scene offer enough reasons for celebration? The picture is mixed. On the one hand the country has experienced almost two years of bifurcation and polarization of the political space that endangered social stability. The country experienced successive waves of political standoffs, […]
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February 1, 2012
The Kosovo conundrum has made it again into the top news stories in the region and beyond, due to the strained atmosphere and tensions taking place in the North since last summer. In July 2011, while the EU-brokered dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina continued with the two sides negotiating freedom of movement of people, vehicles […]
Posted by Apostolis Karabairis
July 15, 2011
Thomas Friedman, the father of Neoliberalism, was an intelligent man without doubt. Already in 1982 he had realized that in order for the citizens of any given state to be persuaded to give up on the welfare provisions they were enjoying, a kind of an emergency situation had to be created: “a crisis –real or […]
Posted by Oikonomakis Leonidas
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November 8, 2010
Read the speech of Mr. Kofos entitled ‘Prospects for resolving the name issue’ and delivered to the 75th Rose-Roth Seminar. The Seminar entitled ‘South Eastern Europe: Creating New Momentum’ has been organized by ΝΑΤΟ Parliamentary Assembly in Skopje. Read the interview with FYROM’s President, Mr. Gjorgje Ivanov, by Dr. George Tzogopoulos. Political disputes between countries […]
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This year’s Progress Report on Turkey, released on the 14th of October, surely came at a critical juncture for Turkey. Over the last year, accession negotiations have been proceeding at a snail’s pace and run the risk of coming to a complete standstill unless there is some substantive progress on Cyprus. In addition, at the […]
Posted by Kotsiaros Athanassios
November 6, 2009
The last twelve months have been difficult for the European Union’s policy towards the Western Balkans. Slovenia held up Croatia’s membership talks for ten months, Greece continued preventing the opening of negotiations with FYROM, and several countries attempted to block Kosovo on its European path. Across the region, the receding prospect of accession has weakened […]
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June 9, 2009
VP Biden’s speech at the State dinner in Belgrade last week included a reference to Serbia’s leading role as a regional stabilizer. Newspaper articles in the US used phrases like “new relations” and a “new page”. “Serbia Welcomes Biden on Balkan Tour” stated The New York Times.
To many in DC this was a surprise. […]
Posted by Tsorbatzoglou Ioannis
The Brussels-based “International Crisis Group” (ICG) issued a new report on the so-called “name dispute” between Athens and Skopje[1]. Its alleged aim is to provide a set of proposals for the two parties to reach an agreement, thus clearing the way for “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (FYROM) to join NATO and eventually the… » read more
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