by Dóra SZABÓ-THALMEINER | Apr 7, 2025 | Kiemelt, News, PastEvents
Zsolt Németh, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian National Assembly, opened the second half of the day of the Budapest Balkans Forum (BBF) with a keynote speech. He focused on the implications of the second Trump era for the Western Balkans...
by Dóra SZABÓ-THALMEINER | Apr 7, 2025 | Kiemelt, News, PastEvents
The first day of the Budapest Balkans Forum (BBF) ended with a high-level panel discussion titled, “Bridging the Divide: The Western Balkans as the EU and NATO’s Strategic Security Anchor”. The panelists included Péter Sztáray, State Secretary for Security Policy and...
by Dóra SZABÓ-THALMEINER | Apr 7, 2025 | Kiemelt, News, PastEvents
The Budapest Balkans Forum (BBF), the flagship conference of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA), began with a warm-up conversation with János Bóka, Minister for European Union Affairs of Hungary, Daniel Mitov, Minister of Interior of the Republic...
by Dóra SZABÓ-THALMEINER | Mar 27, 2025 | Kiemelt, News
Read the full volume here. This short conference volume aims to provide an overview of the geopolitical context and challenges facing the Western Balkans, the EU integration outlook with a special focus on gradual and economic integration, and the economic landscape...
by Dóra SZABÓ-THALMEINER | Apr 26, 2024 | Kiemelt, News, PastEvents
In the ministerial panel entitled, ‘Securing energy, Energizing security’ the ministers in charge of foreign affairs of Hungary and Albania, and the minister and deputy minister overseeing the energy sector of Serbia and Türkiye discussed the main challenges the...
by Dóra SZABÓ-THALMEINER | Apr 12, 2024 | Kiemelt, News
The Budapest Balkans Forum, the flagship conference of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA), started with a Warm-up conversation, which aimed to provide insight into the two most important policy areas of Hungarian–Western Balkan relations through a...