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Connecting The Region
Power
Shaping Adria
No.8

Ana Novčić

Inside the Power Shift

From the Editor

Ana Novčić

Inside the Power Shift

Ana Novčić

Inside the Power Shift

POWER LOOKS DIFFERENT TODAY. Not just in who holds it, but in how it works. Across the Adria region, the traditional symbols of authority—titles, offices, inherited institutions—are losing their pull. In their...

Regional Power

The Leaders Defining Adria

Power, purpose, and the people shaping a region in transformation There comes a point in every region’s story when the conversation shifts—from who we once were to who is shaping what comes next. The Adria region has reached that point. What was long described...

The Succession Test

Keeping Power in the Family

Adria’s family businesses face their greatest challenge yet — passing the torch without losing their soul. In the Adria region, the most delicate transfer of power isn’t happening in parliaments — it’s happening in kitchens, conference rooms, and board offices still bearing their founders’...

The Algorithm Age

The Minister Who Isn’t Human

When an Avatar Joins the Cabinet, Politics and Algorithms Collide In a world still debating AI’s limits, Albania simply acted — granting a seat at the table to artificial intelligence. Her name is Diella — a minister with no body, no salary, and, as...

Foresight

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 debt-maturity charts — not to find space for spending,...

Roundtable

Roundtable

The Age of Conveners

In a world saturated with noise, convening has become one of the rare acts that still create meaning. The ability to...

Bussines Stories

Nelt Group

An Investment That Shapes Generations

Nelt and UNICEF: Building Education for the 21st Century In a world where...

Končar Group

Končar Group – From Industrial Symbol to Global Leader

Throughout more than a century of excellence, KONČAR has transformed from a...

Luštica Bay

A New View on Coastal Life & Golf-side Living

A limited collection of townhouses at The Peaks There are some mornings when...

Ursula von der Leyen’s Balkan Tour

Ursula von der Leyen’s Balkan Tour

When Europe Visits

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’s Balkan Tour

When Europe Visits

Feature

By Edin Mehic

The 1% Rule That Transformed My Business

Ive failed more times than I’ve succeeded. My entrepreneurial journey wasn’t built...

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,...

By Mila Jović

Women Who Lead A New Balance of Power

In a luminous hall in Belgrade earlier this autumn, more than four...

By Marko Nikolić

Europe’s Quiet Power Game in Adria

How Brussels and Vienna view the region’s next chapter of investment and...

Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders

Five Roads That Redefine Adria

From mountain passes to coastal ribbons of light. The Adria is usually seen...

Beyond Borders

Adria 2030

The New Growth Map

Adria 2030

The New Growth Map

How a coastline once divided by borders is quietly building Europe’s next...

Adria 2030

The New Growth Map

Foundations

Foundations

Legacy Projects That Will Outlast Us

From rail corridors to renewable megaprojects — how the region is building for the future On a mild morning in...

Tourism

The Legacy of Mila Gojsalić

The Woman Who Blew Up an Empire

The Legacy of Mila Gojsalić

The Woman Who Blew Up an Empire

She was young. She was outnumbered. And she was not going to...

The Legacy of Mila Gojsalić

The Woman Who Blew Up an Empire

Beyond Borders

Five Roads That Redefine Adria

From mountain passes to coastal ribbons of light. The Adria is usually seen...

Wildscope

Wildscope

The Return of the Wolves

Once hunted to the edge of extinction, the wolves of the Adria...

Bookshelf

Bookshelf

Stories Worth Your Attention

Selected by a reader who believes that great books don’t have borders...

Roast

Gordana Mićić, Comedian, Observer, Occasional Truth-Teller

Integrity Not Included

Nobody said integrity was easy… and boy, isn’t that the understatement of the year? Integrity today is like a Nokia 3310 — everyone remembers it...

Gordana Mićić, Comedian, Observer, Occasional Truth-Teller

Integrity Not Included

Gordana Mićić, Comedian, Observer, Occasional Truth-Teller

Integrity Not Included

Connecting The Region
Power
Shaping Adria
No.8
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