Enlargment

Before revealing itself in its vastness and fragility, Europe evoked to poet Nikola Madžirov nothing but the sweetness of chocolate from a factory in Skopje.

Stability in the Balkans depends on the success of North Macedonian statehood. This in turn can only be guaranteed by European integration.

In a region that is no stranger to instability, neither the EU’s existing Eastern Partnership programme nor its ambiguous accession process will cut it.

An analysis of the Zelensky presidency and Ukraine’s recent relationship with the EU and NATO.

Prospects of EU membership are on hold in North Macedonia, despite it going as far as to change its name to resolve a dispute with Greece.