“[Mini Schengen] is actually a request to go quicker and to go deeper into integration.” 

Looking at the map of Europe, the Western Balkan countries appear as a non-EU enclave surrounded by EU-member states; between Greece and the rest of the EU but outside of the Schengen area. 

This episode focuses on the challenges at the borders of the EU by putting light on the cooperation in the Western Balkans.

For this, Emma Hontebeyrie (Podcast Producer for IDM) talks with Goran Svilanović, among others a member of the International Council of IDM, former Secretary-General of the Regional Cooperation Council, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro.

CEE - Central Europe Explained, an IDM podcast series powered by Erste Group.

With Goran Svilanović and Emma Hontebeyrie.

Goran Svilanović is currently Country Manager for Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Montenegro at Abkons but also a member of the International Council of IDM, former Secretary-General of the Regional Cooperation Council, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro.

Production: Emma Hontebeyrie

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