European Western Balkans (sometimes abbreviated EWB) is web portal that focuses on the Western Balkans countries and reports on development of the European Union's enlargement policy towards these states – Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. Croatia, which is the only Western Balkans state member of the EU, is also included in this project, as a good role-model for other states. The project is a joint collaboration of young academics with European experience who are from Western Balkan countries.
The objective of European Western Balkans is to enhance understanding, raise awareness and further dialogue surrounding issues facing the democratization of Balkan nations and the desire for its integration in the European Union. European Western Balkans website takes a more journalistic than scholarly approach with interviews and analysis from journalists, experts, analysts, writers, historians, as well as leaders and political figures from the European Union and Western Balkan states.
European Western Balkans is entirely independent and it is owned and run Centre for Contemporary Politics (Центар савремене политике) based in Belgrade
European Western Balkans has a series of interviews with key people from Western Balkans countries which are involved in European integration process of their countries and interviews with politicians and specialists in a wide range of fields especially in European Politics and European integration. Notable interviews include:
Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs and IntegrationAleksandar Andrija Pejović, Chief Negotiator for negotiations over Montenegro’s accession to the European UnionJadranka Joksimović, Serbian Minister without portfolioPeter Sørensen, Danish diplomat, European Union Special Representative to Bosnia and HerzegovinaSamuel Žbogar, Slovenian diplomat, European Union Special Representative to KosovoBiljana Borzan, Croatian Member of the European ParliamentKlajda Gjosha, Albanian Minister of European IntegrationMitja Drobnič, Slovenian diplomat, Head of Delegation of the European Union in MontenegroMajor General Dieter Heidecker, Commander of EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and HerzegovinaDavid McAllister, German Member of the European Parliament, standing Rapporteur on SerbiaBorko Stefanović, Head of the Democratic Party parliamentary group in the Serbian Parliament, former Serbian representative during the Belgrade-Pristina negotiationsTeuta Sahatqija, Chairwoman of Committee for European Integration of the Assembly of Republic of KosovoMajlinda Bregu, Chairwoman of European Integration Committee of the Parliament of AlbaniaBranislav Borenović, Chairman of the Committee for European Integration of National Assembly of the Republika SrpskaChristian Danielsson, Director General for Enlargement at the European CommissionJohannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement NegotiationsEduard Kukan, Slovakian Member of European Parliament, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of SlovakiaCristian Dan Preda, Romanian Member of the European Parliament, standing Rapporteur on Bosnia and HerzegovinaAymeric Chauprade, French Member of the European ParliamentJozo Radoš, Croatian Member of the European ParliamentAndrey Kovatchev, Bulgarian Member of the European Parliament and European Parliament QuestorJean-Eric Paquet, Director for Western Balkans in the Directorate General for EnlargementAida Ćorović, NGO activist and member of Serbian ParliamentMladen Ivanić, Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and HerzegovinaJurriaan Kraak, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Bosnia and HerzegovinaJames Ker-Lindsay, London School of Economics and Political Science and LSE's Research on South Eastern Europe research unit,Josip Juratović, SPD member of the BundestagAngelina Eichhorst, Director - Western Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey in the European External Action ServiceHannes Swoboda, Austrian social democratic politician, former President of S&D GroupAxel Dittmann, Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Republic of SerbiaGunther Krichbaum, CDU member of the Bundestag, Chairman of Committee for European AffairsNotable contributing op-eds include:
Igor Vidović, Minister of Economic relations and Regional cooperation of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaIvan D. Leković, Head of Mission of Montenegro to the European UnionTitus Corlățean, Romanian Minister for Foreign AffairsDuško Lopandić, Head of Mission of Serbia to the European UnionKnut Fleckenstein, German Member of the European Parliament, standing Rapporteur on AlbaniaUlrike Lunacek, Vice President of the European Parliament, Austrian Member of the European Parliament, standing Rapporteur on KosovoBekim Çollaku, Kosovar Minister of European IntegrationNikola Vuljanić, Member of Croatian Parliament, former Croatian Member of the European Parliament, former standing Rapporteur on AlbaniaCharles Tannock, British Member of the European Parliament, standing Rapporteur on MontenegroDaniel Mondekar, Member of Croatian Parliament, Chairman of the European Affairs Committee of the Croatian ParliamentAleksandar Andrija Pejović, Chief Negotiator for negotiations over Montenegro’s accession to the European UnionTanja Fajon, Slovenian Member of the European ParliamentSir Robert Cooper, British diplomat and adviser, former Special Adviser at the European Commission, former EU mediator during the Belgrade-Pristina negotiationsDejan Jović, Professor of International Relations at University of Zagreb, 2010-2014 Chief Political Analyst in the Office of the President of CroatiaBrankica Janković, Serbian Commissioner for Protection of EqualityAnneliese Dodds, British Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeMarko Đurić, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the Government of SerbiaDitmir Bushati, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of AlbaniaLubomír Zaorálek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czech RepublicVioleta Bulc, European Commissioner for TransportMiroslav Lajčák, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia
