Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG Talks

On April 12th, 2026, parliamentary elections in Hungary resulted in a landslide victory for the opposition Tisza party of Peter Magyar, ousting the incumbent Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party after 16 years in...

More than a year of protests, resistance and demonstrations have confronted the authoritarian rule of Aleksandar Vučić. This episode of Seriously Balkans reflects on the status of the resistance, the prospects for...

In 2025 we saw fractures emerging in the transatlantic alliance as the second Trump administration pushed a new foreign policy vision focused on a sovereigntist understanding of spheres of influence. Repeatedly Europe...

<p>Dayton at 30: Bosnia’s Post-War Generation</p><br><p>This year marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Since then, a whole generational change has happened, but in terms of...

<p>The Predicament of Media and Press Freedom in the Balkans</p><br><p>During 2025, press freedom and independent journalism have come under sustained attack. The war in Ukraine, the genocide in Western Asia, and the...

<p> A Change in Republika Srpska?</p><br><p>Host: Damir Kapidžić, BiEPAG member</p><p>Guests: Dženeta Karabegović, Associate Professor at the University of Salzburg, and Vedran Džihić, a member of BiEPAG</p><br><p>This...

<p>Kosovo on the Edge: Democracy, Deadlock, and Geopolitics</p><br><p>It’s been an eventful year in Kosovo. New general elections are a possible scenario while the country is still navigating local elections, with the...

<p>The Evolving Role of the European Political Community</p><br><p>Host: Donika Emini, BiEPAG Member</p><p>Guests:</p><p>Odeta Barbullushi, Resident Professor at the College of Europe, Tirana Campus, and BiEPAG...

<p>What the new German Government means for the Balkans?</p><br><p>Host: Florian Bieber, BiEPAG Coordinator</p><p>Guests: Frauke Seebass,Visiting Fellow, SWP & Associate Researcher, DGAP and Adi Ćeramagić, Senior...

<p>Kosovo’s 2025 Parliamentary Elections and the Shifting Geopolitical Landscape</p><br><p>Host: Damir Kapidžić, member of BiEPAG </p><p>Guests: Donika Emini, member of BiEPAG and Gëzim Krasniqi, Lecturer at the...

<p>Student Protests in Serbia</p><br><p>Host: Florian Bieber, BiEPAG Coordinator</p><p>Guests: Danica (anonymous based on the request of the student plenum), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade</p><p>Student...

<p><br></p><p>Croatia’s Role in the Region: Continuity or Change?</p><p> </p><p>Host: Tena Prelec, BiEPAG Member</p><p>Guests: First part: Oliver Kannenberg (Research associate at IParl, Berlin) and Željko Poljak (PhD...

<p><br></p><br><p>How do geopolitical interests impact democracy in the Balkans?</p><br><p>Discussing how geopolitical interest shape the democracy in the Balkans, specifically the role of economic and informal...

BiEPAG's Coordinator Florian Bieber is hosting his guests Majda Ruge (Senior Policy Fellow, ECFR Berlin) and Milan Krstić (Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Belgrade) to discuss the possible...

<p>What do the results of the 2024 EU elections mean for the Western Balkans?</p><br><p>Host: Damir Kapidžić, BiEPAG Member </p><br><p>Guests: Dušan Reljić, Independent consultant and former Head of Brussels office for...