Thursday, 25th December 2025

Interview

Damien Sorrell, EIB

The Western Balkans Reset

Damien Sorrell on why EU accession has become an investment strategy, which projects will reshape the region,...

Tim Lardner, UNOPS Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia

The 2030 Test for the Region

Why delivery, not ambition, will determine the Western Balkans’ path to a more integrated and prosperous decade. At the “Western Balkans 2030” conference in Belgrade,...

Zoran Milovanović, MTEL’s CEO

MTEL’s Big Shift

MTEL’s CEO Zoran Milovanović on the shift from telecom operator to regional force in cloud, fintech, cyber defence and AI-ready innovation. MTEL Montenegro isn’t simply...

Dušan Živković, General Manager, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)

EPS at the Turning Point

How Serbia’s state power utility is reshaping its role in the energy transition — from renewables and storage to long-term system resilience. Europe’s energy map...

Aleksandar Goračinov, Director of the SME HUB

Switzerland’s discipline, Adria’s drive

How Swiss-Serbia public-private partnership is rewriting the growth playbook for Adria’s SMEs In the Adria region, ambition has never been in short supply — structure...

Dialogue: Japan and the Western Balkans

Japan’s Vision‚ for the Western Balkans

Japan’s role in the Western Balkans is no longer an afterthought of diplomacy — it has evolved into a deliberate strategic engagement with economic,...

Darko Lukić, CEO, Nelt Group

Nelt at Full Speed

Inside the Regional Giant Redefining Logistics, Distribution and Growth For a company spread across three continents and operating in some of the most fragmented markets...

Gerhard Schlattl, Director, Advantage Austria Croatia

Austria and Croatia Partners in Progress

Few bilateral business relationships in Central Europe are as steady — or as full of momentum — as that between Austria and Croatia. From...

Gordan Kolak, KONČAR’s President of the Management Board

The Quiet Powerhouse of Europe

How a Central European industrial leader is quietly building global scale For much of its history, KONČAR was seen as a national industrial pillar, closely...

Founder and CEO of Sustineri Partners, and Executive Director of the Adria Future Summit

Biljana Braithwaite

What Does It Take to Bring the Right People Into the Same Room — and Make Them Speak Honestly? It takes trust — not only...

Director, Sarajevo Business Forum; Director of Marketing and Communications, BBI Bank

Amra Babić

What Does It Take to Bring the Right People Into the Same Room — and Make Them Speak Honestly? Honest dialogue doesn’t happen by chance...

Secretary-General, Bled Strategic Forum; National Coordinator for the Western Balkans, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia

Peter Grk

What Does It Take to Bring the Right People Into the Same Room — and Make Them Speak Honestly? Transparency is the starting point. When...

President, Serbian Association of Economists; Founder, Kopaonik Business Forum

Aleksandar Vlahović

What Does It Take to Bring the Right People Into the Same Room — and Make Them Speak Honestly? For more than three decades, the...

Novica Vuković, Ministry of Finance of Montenegro

The Price of Stability

Montenegro’s Finance Minister on Foresight, Reform, and the Future of Trust At dawn in Podgorica’s Ministry of Finance, Novica Vuković’s team is already poring over...

H.E. Wada Mitsuhiro, Ambassador of Japan in Croatia

From Tokyo to the Adria

As Japan deepens its footprint in Croatia and the wider Adria region, Ambassador Wada Mitsuhiro speaks on trade, innovation, and trust in uncertain times. Japan...