Monthly Archives: April 2021

Vladimir Medjak, Belgrade: A long journey to Europe, model 2021

Maybe the service on the train is not the best, and the train may be late, but we are still standing at the same station as we did 30 years ago, believing that the departing train will fall apart and that ‘the Serb will outwit all the others at the

2021-04-13T21:50:19+00:00April 13th, 2021|Vicinities chronicles|0 Comments

Ljupcho Petkovski, Skopje: Is real democracy possible in the Balkans?

North Macedonia and Bosnia and Hercegovina are countries born captive - both are children of peace agreements (Dayton and Ohrid), in which ethnic elites (the inner circle of the model shown below) have incorporated their interests - to be able to control both money and the hearts and minds of

2021-04-13T21:49:58+00:00April 13th, 2021|Vicinities chronicles|0 Comments

Elvir Bucalo, Sarajevo: Misconceptions and hopes on the journey to Brussels

We would easily forget about EU integrations, but they are too close, the image and the difference in the treatment of them and us is too clear. And it concerns us too much... Although there is not much that concerns us. Elvir Bucalo I'll tell you a story I heard:

2021-04-13T21:54:37+00:00April 13th, 2021|Vicinities chronicles|0 Comments

Jovana Marovic, Kotor: EU membership, a long way away

Unquestionably, Montenegro must stop being its own captor on this long and painful journey.  Jovana Marovic Montenegro is at the top of the list of countries wanting to become members of the European Union. In 2012, the state began membership negotiations, opened all negotiating chapters and fulfilled at least some

2021-04-14T07:12:49+00:00April 13th, 2021|Vicinities chronicles|0 Comments

Klajda Gjosha,Tirana: The labyrinth of EU enlargement

The issues which Albania faces in the implementation of the integration process start with the lack of a functional democracy, the lack of rule of law, the economy that consumes itself without producing anything and the autocratic mentality of rule. Klajda Gjosha The European integration of Albania has been a

2021-04-13T21:48:54+00:00April 13th, 2021|Vicinities chronicles|0 Comments

Avni Mazreku, Prishtina: European Integration and the Western Balkans

Now, 19 years later, we can easily conclude that the Thessaloniki Agenda was too ambitious and impossible to be realized as it was projected, especially regarding the offer of the European perspective (EU membership) to the countries of the Western Balkans. Avni Mazreku If we view the Thessaloniki Summit of

2021-04-13T21:48:29+00:00April 13th, 2021|Vicinities chronicles|0 Comments
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