Civil society strength in Slovenia

Slovenia declared its independence from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. Looking at the history of the Slovenian civil society, as asserted by Rakar et.al (2011), Slovenia has a long and extensive tradition of people’s interest associations and self-organisation. In the period of an undeveloped welfare state until the end…

Arguments in support of EU accession for Western Balkans

EU accession happens to be a topic of high interest especially to countries of the western Balkans. This article attempts to gather and inculcate arguments by notable scholars. Balfour and Stratulat (2015) have presented 3 arguments in support of EU accession for the Western Balkans which circle around enlargement as a means of improvement and…