Balkan.Perspectives#18

Western Balkans’ Road to the EU? Dealing with the Past and EU integration

The European Union has played and still plays an important role in the context of transitional justice and dealing with the past processes in the aftermath of the violent conflicts in the former Yugoslavia countries in the 1990s and early 2000s. After over twenty years of strong involvement of the European Union in the region, where do the countries of the Western Balkans stand in regard to integration into the EU institutions and becoming full members? Which role do transitional justice processes and comprehensive dealing with the past policies play in the context of the European integration of the Western Balkans?

The latest public opinion polls on the European Union show that an EU membership still has high priority in most Western Balkan countries and especially free movement, peace and security are mentioned as main motives to join the club. The current Balkan.Perspectives edition explores these motives and places the transitional justice and dealing with the past in the special focus of the analysis, reports, and discussions of the collection of articles, podcasts, and analysis.

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The Prespa Agreement – three years later

More than three years have passed since the signing of the Prespa Agreement, which ended the 25-year long dispute between Greece and North Macedonia that had disrupted the bilateral relations between neighbours for decades. Macedonia officially became the Republic of […]

Impressum 18 – 11/2021

Editor in Chief: Alexander Vojvoda

Editorial Team: Sunita Dautbegović-Bošnjaković, Martin Filipovski, Ana Pejović

Authors: Berina Bukva Alibašić, Aidan Hehir, Hata Kujrakovic, Sladjana Lazić, Dushica Nofitoska, Dragan Popović, Ognen Vangelov, Anton Vukpalaj

Podcasts: Bosnia and Hercegovina: media platform Naratorium, Đorđe Krajišnik, Lejla Gačanica and Nerzuk Ćurak. Kosovo: TILLT Radio team, Labinot Greiçevci and Serbeze Haxhiaj. North Macedonia: Radio MOF and Ognen Vangelov. Serbia: radio show Ženergija on Radio Aparat, Zoe Gudović and Marijana Toma.

Design (Cover page): Envinion

Translation: LBG Communications (Albanian), Luna Đorđević (BHCS), Martina Kimovska (Macedonian)

Proofreading: LBG Communications (Albanian/English), Zinaida Lakić (BHCS), Zanet Ristoska (Macedonian)