March Melanges at IDM! 💻 Our meetings this month have been a whirlwind of insightful exchange! At the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), we believe the best ideas are brewed over great conversation.
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📢 April is almost here – Check out our upcoming events! IDM is looking forward to another month full of exciting events and fascinating insights.
Almost two weeks until Hungary elects a new parliament 🇭🇺 But what happens next? What potential consequences could this election entail?
Last week, the IDM took part in the CAST Project Steering Committee Meeting in #Serbia 🇷🇸
Am Vorabend seines 85. Geburtstags gedachten wir gemeinsam mit der Diplomatischen Akademie Wien (DA) Erhard Busek, dem ehemaligen Vizekanzler und langjährigen IDM-Vorstandsvorsitzenden, der sich stets unermüdlich für den mitteleuropäischen Gedanken eingesetzt hat.
⏰ Reminder: Upcoming Event Tomorrow! From Challenge to Capability: Shared Security in a Changing Europe
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March 18, 2026 @ 10:00 - 12:00 - Parliamentary Election in Slovenia Panel Discussion / Joint Event by IDM, Karl Renner Institute & Campus Tivoli 18 March 2026 10:00 – 12:00 CET Online Event Zoom Link ...
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IDM Vienna@idmvienna.bsky.social · 5mo agoWho will govern in Slovenia? 🇸🇮 On March 22, Slovenia will elect a new parliament. Can the current center-left government stay in power, or will the right-conservative SDS party led by Janez Janša return?
🛡️From Challenge to Capability: Shared Security in a Changing Europe Gain insights on how Europe can strengthen its collective security and defense in response to current geopolitical challenges.
Last week, the IDM was in Budapest for the final event of the project 'Central Europe and Future EU Enlargement'. During a roundtable discussion, think tankers from 🇦🇹, 🇨🇿, 🇵🇱, 🇸🇰, 🇭🇺, 🇷🇸, 🇦🇱, 🇲🇩, 🇺🇦 shared best practices and talked about how to continue the cooperation beyond the scope of the project.
All eyes on 🇭🇺! With the Hungarian Parliamentary elections approaching fast, the IDM is organizing an event where the Director Sebastian Schäffer and Research Associate Péter Techet will present their publication on six potential scenarios for these elections and the days after.
Who will govern in Slovenia? 🇸🇮 On March 22, Slovenia will elect a new parliament. Can the current center-left government stay in power, or will the right-conservative SDS party led by Janez Janša return?
Last week, the IDM visited the Budapest Balkans Forum 2026. IDM Research Associate Rebecca Thorne presented the results of the project ‘Central Europe and Future EU Enlargement’.
🇭🇺🗳️ One month to go until Hungary’s parliamentary elections on 12 April and the stakes couldn’t be higher. What comes next? IDM Director Sebastian Schäffer and Research Associate Péter Techet map out six possible scenarios for the outcome and what reactions to expect in the aftermath.
Serbia has been on the path toward EU membership for two decades, yet public opinion in the country remains highly divided over support for this process.
At the 11th Danube Salon in Berlin, IDM Director Sebastian Schäffer delivered a keynote on the role of EU enlargement in strengthening economic resilience and cohesion in the Danube Region. 🇪🇺 🌍
As in previous years, IDM was once again represented at Café Kyiv - Europe's most outstanding event on Ukraine. 🇺🇦💡
💡Check out February’s highlights at IDM: 🔹We published our new policy paper “Enlargement through Integration: Aligning Pre-Accession and EU Instruments”. 🔹Sebastian Schäffer and Sophia Beiter represented IDM at Cafè Kyiv in Berlin with the panel discussion.
🇺🇦🇲🇩 Sebastian Schäffer and Sophia Beiter report from Cafe Kyiv in Berlin!
Four years ago today, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine pushed the Eastern European country into the centre of the EU's attention. As accession negotiations pick up pace, how can we ensure that Ukraine does not become a periphery again?
Wohin steuert Kosovo nach Monaten politischer Blockade? 🇽🇰
IDM is looking forward to a week full of exciting discussions! Join us at the following events: 🇺🇦🇲🇩 Cafe Kyiv – When Ukraine and Moldova Are Ready but Europe Is Not: Why Enlargement Needs EU Citizens
From ecoliteracy to EU accession: all in one afternoon's activities at a think tank.💡 On Monday we hosted a workshop on how different forms of communications can overcome the nature-culture binary.
#IDMBlog 40 Jahre Schengen: Wohin steuert Europa? 🤝 Unbürokratisches Reisen, wirtschaftliche Vorteile und mehr Freiheit für mittlerweile über 450 Millionen Menschen – das bietet der Schengenraum. 2025 wurden auch Bulgarien und Rumänien volle Mitglieder.
The next Erhard Busek Ambassador Talks event is coming up! 🇲🇪🇪🇺 If you’re interested in how Montenegro’s path toward the European Union has evolved, join us this Thursday at 6 pm CET – on-site at IDM or online. Find more information and register via the link in the comments.
Two exciting upcoming events ahead! 🔹Ukrainian Parliament in Wartime: Key Tendencies and Challenges
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2026 has kicked off — and so has IDM! 💪 Here’s a quick look at our January activities. Stay up to date with what we’ve been working on. 🔍
Die Wachaubahn gilt als touristisches Juwel in der UNESCO-Welterbelandschaft der Wachau. 🚞 Christian Hanus zeigt in seinem #IDMBlog-Artikel auf, wie die Bahn einst Wirtschaft, Fremdenverkehr und lokale Entwicklung belebte und dabei von Beginn an Landschafts- und Denkmalschutz berücksichtigte.