Analyzes
Ambassador: I am 100% sure that Kosovo will not set a precedent
Nikola Đukić: We expect the visa-free regime in autumn at the latest
Pál Schmitt: Croatia is going to be a member state by 2012
Ambassador: Iceland ready to complete EU talks by 2011
Iceland: questions of joining the EU
"Iceland´s politicians need to conduct an open and transparent debate with the public and with the interest groups concerned, so that the final decision [on whether to join the European Union] is taken on the basis of the best possible information about the EU and what membership means," wrote Graham Avery, a senior advisor at the European Policy Centre, in a September analysis.
The West Balkans: Between the EU, the USA and Russia
"The realization of the South Stream project would help consolidate EU-Russian co-operation in the West Balkans," writes Dušan Reljić, a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, in an August paper.
Iceland’s path to EU membership may be a rocky one
The Icelandic parliament´s recent vote "to apply for membership [of the European Union] was a close run thing – 33 in favour, 28 against – and it would certainly be wrong to underestimate the negotiating difficulties which lie ahead," writes Michael Berendt, a former European Commission official and current public affairs adviser, in a July post on Blogactiv.
