Media reactions

2009

June

Vijesti
("Do something by the autumn")
4 June 2009
Vjesnik
("ESI in favour to abolish visa for BiH citizens")
4 June 2009
Albania
("Failure with visas - experts propose a new scenario for Albania in 2010: ESI says another assessment of the reforms should be made in 2010")
3 June 2009
Deutsche Welle
("Green light for the whole Western Balkan region?")
3 June 2009
Monitor
("Visas: Is Europe creating a ghetto for Bosniaks?")
3 June 2009

May

Dnevni Avaz
("Visa: Alexandra Stiglmayer for Dnevni Avaz: The RS is not responsible for everything")
31 May 2009
Danas
("Ministers of justice and police will decide, but not soon")
29 May 2009
Dani
("Bosniak ghetto in the middle of Europe")
29 May 2009
Radio Television of Vojvodina
("EU Council: no visa abolition for the 15 of June")
29 May 2009
Blic
("Kosovo will remain a 'visa ghetto'")
28 May 2009
Borba
("Kosovo Albanian and Bosnian Serbs are obstacles for Serbia on the road to the white Schengen")
28 May 2009
Danas
("Belgrade didn't reach all the standards")
28 May 2009
Deutsche Welle
("Grades for the countries of the Western Balkans")
28 May 2009
E15 Ekonomický
("European Union likely to lift visa restrictions for three Balkan states")
28 May 2009
Politika
("White Schengen: Serbia might overtake Macedonia")
28 May 2009
Radio Television of Vojvodina
("Does Kosovo remain a visa ghetto in the Balkans?")
28 May 2009
Radio Television of Vojvodina
("Strasbourg: green light for Serbia, will the decision change?")
28 May 2009
SEEbiz.eu
("Alexandra Stiglmayer: Kosovo will remain a visa ghetto")
28 May 2009
TV Klan
28 May 2009
Blic
EU decides on visa suspension
27 May 2009
Borba
("Heads of EU diplomacies to discuss visa liberalisation on 15 June")
27 May 2009
Danas
("Serbian under strict scrutiny until the end of July")
27 May 2009
Deutsche Welle
("Who will reach when the visa-free regime?")
26 May 2009
Eleutherotypia
("Macedonians without visa restrictions to enter EU countries")
26 May 2009
Kitekintő
("Only Macedonia is ready for the lifting of visa obligation")
26 May 2009
Nafteboriki
("EU: Plan to abolish visa for Macedonian citizens")
26 May 2009
Tageblatt/AFP
("Visa-free travel in the EU: Macedonia ready, Serbia and Montenegro not yet")
25 May 2009
Dnevnik
("There is nothing that could postpone the abolishment of the visa requirement")
23 May 2009
Kanal 5
("Visa-free travel for Macedonia will not be a favour from the European Commission, but has been deserved by Macedonia")
22 May 2009
Radio Evropa e Lirë
("ESI: Commission to remove visas for the Balkans")
22 May 2009
Sarajevo X
("Only Macedonia fulfils the conditions for abolishing the visa regime")
22 May 2009
Noyan Tapan
18 May 2009
Osservatorio Balcani
18 May 2009
Dnevnik
("Macedonians will travel to the EU without visa from January 2010")
9 May 2009
Danas
("Pierre Mirel in Belgrade on 11 May")
4 May 2009
SEE TV
TV interview with ESI Senior Analyst Alexandra Stiglmayer
4 May 2009