Kosovo will enter the Council of Europe, BiH received the green light from the EC
The Belgrade-Prishtina dispute and the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina are the points in the Balkans that, according to the latest intelligence report made public, are of concern to Western partners. Diplomatic efforts to resolve at least some of the open issues have intensified. High representatives of the USA and the EU visiting Prishtina with recommendations, but also with conditions. Kurti's government ordered the return of the land to the Visoki Decani monastery, and in return it will receive membership in the Council of Europe. Journalist Ilir Aydini from Prishtina talks about these topics in
Labyrinth.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the other hand, received the green light from the European Commission, but that recommendation remains to be passed by the Council at a summit scheduled for March 21 and 22. With the journalist Adisa Imamović from Sarajevo, we talked about the expectations of the citizens, about the lack of possibility of an agreement between the political actors in BiH, but also about the political moves of Milorad Dodik that go in the direction of destabilizing the already fragile situation in Bosna and Herzegovina.
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Jessen: The exhaustion from the two-year war is visible – the lack of weapons is the reason for the loss of Avdiivka
Interview with the war reporter Jan Jessen
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Trump Takes Office – Optimism for Lasting Peace grows in Gaza
Reports from the US and Gaza
Donald Trump officially takes office as President of the US. The inauguration ended with the sensational signing of numerous decisions that have international implications. One of them is the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. From the US, we include reporter Jallysa Dugrot with an analysis of Trump's inauguration day.
In Gaza, meanwhile, the ceasefire is being celebrated and hopes for a lasting peace are growing. Humanitarian aid has begun to arrive in the strip, and the first hostages have already been exchanged. The second exchange is expected to take place this weekend. Journalist Rakan Abed El Rahman joins us from central Gaza, with whom we discuss the situation there after the long-sought ceasefire.
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The challenges before the European Union in the post-covid era
Analysis of the developments in Europe in the face of military conflicts, economic problems and social post-covid consolidation.
The Ervopeum forum, which was organized by the Institute for European Politics, gave an overview of the current situation with the mechanisms for the rule of law in the EU and the mechanism for the growth of the union, within which the progress of many aspirants on the way to the EU was considered when it comes to governance of law.
Such events have for the overall promotion of the reforms that even more candidates can undertake before the membership, making the forces candidates for implementing reforms with the aim of Europeanizing the social-institutional environment in these countries.
The road to the Union is paved with the successfully implemented reform, but is Macedonia on the road to the EU?
Can Macedonia defeat corruption, which is the main problem of the state when it comes to Europeanization?
How to free the judiciary from the chain of political and business entrapment - Laws are in powers, but how are they implemented?
Watch the new edition of Labyrinth and find out what's next in the battle for EU membership, where Macedonia is on the map and will the right path to integration emerge? Our guest in this issue is Beba Žagar from the Institute for European Politics.
