Friday, 26th December 2025

Opinion

What 2030 Really Asks of the Region

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

Ana Novčić, Editor-in-Chief The Region

The 2030 Wake-Up Call for Adria

Europe has set the clock — but the Adria region must decide whether it is preparing for an open door… or a moving target. For...

Green Transition: From Commitments to Action

or years, the green transition in the Western Balkans has been framed as a moral imperative or an environmental aspiration. At the Western Balkans...

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...

Labour & Demographics

The Adria Workforce Crunch Has Arrived

The story of the Adria region’s economy in 2025 comes down to a simple truth: growth now depends on finding people, not ideas. What...

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...

By Ivana Babić

Austria’s Enduring Influence in Adria

How a small Alpine nation still shapes the sea it once ruled Evening settles over Rijeka’s port, cranes glinting against a violet horizon. Freight trains...

By Edin Mehic

AI and Small Countries: Why Size is no Longer a Disadvantage

Small countries have always lived with a quiet disadvantage. Their disadvantages include limited capital, narrow markets, and modest political influence. In the industrial economy,...

Technology & Power

The Year Tech Became the System

AI stopped being a clever add-on and became the backbone—of power grids, regulation, capital, and national strategy. For years, artificial intelligence was discussed like software:...

Energy Transition:

Albania’s Energy Pivot

The Moment the Region Finally Took Notice For years, Albania’s renewable ambitions were treated as an interesting promise rather than an unfolding reality. That changed...

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...