Wednesday, 31st December 2025

Analysis

What 2030 Really Asks of the Region

The Western Balkans has accumulated more plans and strategic frameworks than almost any region of its size....

Connectivity – The Region’s Most Underrated Competitive Advantage

Few words are used as loosely in regional development as “connectivity.” At the Western Balkans 2030 conference, it finally regained its true weight. Rather...

Digitalisation & Modernisation — Smart Economies, Stronger Region

mid discussions of energy security, climate adaptation and long-term investment, the Western Balkans 2030 conference revealed one domain where the region can move not...

EU Accession 2025

What It Really Means for Adria’s Business Climate

The EU’s 2025 Enlargement Reports aren’t just political documents — they’re market signals. They shape investor confidence, regulatory timelines, cross-border financing, and the future...

by Maja Lalić

Who Will Design Our Future?

Every decision we make—from the layout of our living room to the design of national policies—shapes the life we will inhabit tomorrow. Design is...

Energy & Geopolitics

The Day Serbia Hit the Energy Wall

Hit the Energy Wall Washington said no. Moscow won’t sell. And now Serbia’s biggest refinery is going dark. For years, Serbia treated its energy sector...

Where Infrastructure Stops

Infrastructure is usually discussed as an achievement: kilometres built, capacity added, targets reached. In official language, progress appears neat, sequential, and irreversible. Once a...

Geopolitics & Strategy

A New Transatlantic Vocabulary

What Washington’s New National Security Strategy Really Signals for Europe — and for Adria Released on the White House website in November 2025, Washington’s newest...

By Dragana Đermanović

If This Region Were a Company, What Kind of CEO Would It Need?

This region—our region—is a peculiar formation. Its form is stunning: mountainous and sunlit, rough and radiant, with valleys that open like palms and coastlines that...

Ursula von der Leyen’s Balkan Tour

When Europe Visits

Ursula von der Leyen’s Balkan Tour and the Stakes of Integration In October, Ursula von der Leyen set out on a journey that could redefine...

Excise Policy

Not Every Fish Finds the Net

The delicate balance between excise duty policy and effective tax administration will present a key challenge for policymakers in the years ahead The countries of...

By Novica Mihajlović, Journalist

The Green Deal is a Big Deal

The number of climate change sceptics has fallen dramatically over the last year. Last August saw large swathes of Slovenia devastated by catastrophic floods,...

By Dejan Azeski, Jurnalist

“Greening” Without Enthusiasm

Certain progress has been achieved over the past two years when it comes to advancing the Green Agenda in North Macedonia, as is particularly...

By Željka Radulović, Journalist

Much Talk, Few “Green” Policies

A whopping 32 and a half years have elapsed since Montenegro was first declared an ecological state. And yet, just like that first day,...

By Adriano Milovan, Journalist

Carelessness is Costly

It was almost 15 years ago that a huge dump appeared suddenly in the vicinity of the village of Biljani Donji near Croatia’s fifth...