Talk at COWEB in Brussels on visa free travel for the countries of the...
I gave a presentation advocating the abolishment of the visa regime for the Western Balkans to COWEB, the Council working group with Western Balkan experts from the EU member states. The Balkans in...
View ArticleTalk in Brussels – European Policy Centre – “Energy in the Balkans – the...
I briefed on the EFT investment in Doboj, an official from the Stability Pact spoke about the EU/Southeastern Europe Energy Community, and Luan Shlaku from OSF Kosovo warned of the numerous problems...
View ArticleTalk in Sarajevo – presentation at the Bosnian parliament – “A European...
Since 1999, ESI has published a large number of reports on Bosnia-Herzegovina, many of which have created wider public debates about the state of the country. During the past year, ESI and the Bosnian...
View ArticleTalk in Brussels – Adding momentum to the next EU enlargement
My colleague Alexandra and attended a session of the EPC Balkans Task Force in Brussels, a group of experts assembled by the European Policy Centre. There, I spoke about the Bulgarian experience and...
View ArticleTalk at the Red House in Sofia: Does the EU have a strategy for South Eastern...
I held a public lecture at The Red House in Sofia on EU soft power in the Balkans. Ever since the dramatic events in Kosovo in 1999, the European Union saw the EU membership prospect for the Balkan...
View ArticleTalk in Vienna – Radio Kulturhaus (ORF) – “International symposium Talking...
I gave a presentation during the international symposium “Return to Europe – Talking Balkans”, organised by ERSTE Foundation and ORF RadioKulturhaus, the first season of the TV documentary “Balkan...
View ArticleTalk in Paris – Club Grande Europe – “Learning from Bulgaria”
In the seminar entitled “A European failure or European miracles? Enlargement stories from Bulgaria and Romania”, I gave a detailed analysis on the case of Bulgaria and its adhesion to the European...
View ArticleTalk in Paris – Espace Saint Martin – Presentation to South East European...
Read more on the event on ESI’s news pages.
View ArticleTalk in Ankara – METU and Turkish Foreign Ministry – Presentation on “The...
I was invited to speak on the Balkans at the “Austria and Turkey’s Neighbourhood Workshop” in Ankara on 21 April 2008. H.E Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey and H.E Ursula Plassnik,...
View ArticleTalk in Brussels – European Policy Centre (EPC) – “Albania at the Gates of...
With more than 100 guests, the ESI/EPC event was very well attended. Other participants in the debate included Axel Wallden from the European Commission; Glori Husi, Albania’s NATO coordinator; Erion...
View ArticleTalk in Brussels: Bosnia – A miracle that does not shine
Together with the Slovenian EU Presidency and the Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the EU, ESI showed the film “Bosnia – A Miracle that does not shine”, part of the documentary series “Return to...
View ArticleBrainstorming in Paris – Bertelsmann Foundation conference “The EU and its...
In June, I was invited to discuss and exchange ideas among decision-makers and experts on the developments and the policy agenda with regard to the challenges in the EU Neighbourhood. The conference...
View ArticleSeminar in Stockholm – Eurasia Partnership Foundation conference “Georgia’s...
The seminar “Georgia’s Post-Rose Revolution Challenges and Civil Society’s Response” was organised by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation, hosted in cooperation with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign...
View ArticleTalk in Visby (Sweden) – Jarl Hjalmarson foundation’s Round table discussion...
Carl Bildt – Boris Nemtsov – Teija Tiilikainen I moderated a panel on “Neighbourhood policies – Russia, Europe and the frozen conflicts” at a conference in Visby (Sweden) organized by the Jarl...
View ArticleTalk in Barcelona – CIDOB/ESI – “The EU and South East Europe in 2008″
Read more on this conference on ESI’s news pages.
View ArticleTalk in Visby (Sweden) – Jarl Hjalmarson foundation’s Round table discussion...
Carl Bildt, Temuri Yakobashvili, and Yuliya Tymoshenko I was invited to Visby, Sweden, for the annual conference arranged by the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation on developments in Eastern Europe. This...
View ArticleSpeech at the Council of Europe: Turkey’s europeanisation and false ideas...
On 10 February I was invited to speak at an informal meeting of policy planning directors from the foreign ministries of the Council of Europe member states in Strasburg. In my presentation I focused...
View ArticleAmazing Azerbaijan? Clips from a film and a presentation in New York
When Azerbaijan was admitted to the Council of Europe, despite well documented democratic failings, it was with the idea that Council of Europe membership would gradually transform Azerbaijan. Sadly,...
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