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BELGRADE – SERBIA

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500+ participants / 80+ speakers
20+ panels and side sessions

17-19 November / SAVA CENTER
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The Lighthouse Award 2025 Ceremony

November 17, 2025 BSC

Since 2023, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy awards the “Lighthouse” prize to individuals who demonstrate exceptional courage, integrity, and commitment to the public good. Previous laureates include Katarina Petrović (2024) and Aleksandar Obradović (2023). This year, the award went to Irena Joveva, member of the European Parliament from the Republic of Slovenia. The award was presented by Igor Bandović, director of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, whose full speech you may find below.

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Greater and Better EU: 20 years from Thessaloniki Summit 

October 13, 2023 BSC

 

The last panel of the Belgrade Security Conference 2023 titled “Greater and Better EU: 20 years from Thessaloniki Summit” was moderated by Milica Delević, Director for Competitiveness, Governance and Political Affairs, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and was focused on discussing the challenges of the future of the enlargement process and the new candidates’ readiness for the membership. 

 

 

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The European Political Community: A broad discussion platform beyond the EU

October 12, 2023 BSC

 

A panel discussion on the role of the European Political Community (EPC) took place on 12th October, debating the role of the EPC as a contributor to the security of the continent, the current trends in European integration, and ways in which various non-like-minded actors can come together and make decisions, through the EPC. Through the moderation of Isabelle Ioannides, Senior Policy Analyst, European Parliament’s Research Centre, the panelists agreed on the potential of the EPC to bring diverse actors to the table, giving equal opportunity to all states to discuss matters of joint concern.

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