In this episode, Gunther Fehlinger welcomes Ekrem H. Krasniqi, a Kosovo-born journalist and long-time Brussels correspondent who runs his own news agency covering the Western Balkans and European affairs.
Together, they discuss the EU’s stalled enlargement process, Kosovo’s struggle for recognition, the future of Albania, Montenegro,
North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and their shared vision of a Balkan Benelux alliance to accelerate regional cooperation and European integration.
The conversation also explores Aleksandar Vučić’s political future in Serbia, Milorad Dodik’s connections in Washington, Russia’s destabilizing influence in the Balkans, and why EU enlargement should become a strategic and moral priority. Could a stronger and larger European Union finally bring lasting stability to the Western Balkans?