Media reactions
2026
September
Der Standard
("And if war comes to Austria?")
Op-ed by Kristof Bender
8 September 2026
El Español
("Serbia buries Ratko Mladic, ‘the Butcher of the Balkans’ convicted of the Srebrenica genocide, with honours")
7 September 2026
Dnevni Avaz
("Ćerimagić on the European Commission’s reaction to Mladić’s funeral: This says more about Brussels than Belgrade")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
7 September 2026
CouchCrash
Podcast Interview with Gerald Knaus
6 September 2026
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
("'Why should we sacrifice the right to asylum when we can control irregular migration without breaking the law?', asks migration researcher Gerald Knaus")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
1 September 2026
Die Welt
("'The AfD has been playing both sides for a long time'")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
1 September 2026
FENA
("Enlargement is one of the EU’s strongest and, at the same time, least expensive foreign policy instruments")
1 September 2026
Politicki.ba
("Enlargement without illusions: Why the EU must offer the Single Market to the Western Balkans and Ukraine")
1 September 2026
August
Gazeta Wyborcza
("Expert: The migration crisis would have ended long ago if the governments of Sweden, France and Poland had not fallen into the trap of the right wing")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
31 August 2026
El Mundo
("The attempt to turn the Butcher of Bosnia into a hero: ‘Neither the state nor much of Serbian society has honestly confronted what was done’")
30 August 2026
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
("How can we put an end to irregular migration to Europe, Gerald Knaus?")
Podcast Interview with Gerald Knaus
27 August 2026
El Mundo America
27 August 2026
El Mundo
("Ratko Mladic, the butcher of the Balkans, convicted for the Srebrenica massacre, dies")
27 August 2026
Politico
("What the AfD means by ‘remigration’")
Podcast Interview with Gerald Knaus
26 August 2026
Correctiv
("“The EU currently has no strategy”: Migration researcher Knaus on Ceuta")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
19 August 2026
n-tv
("‘Disaster’ this autumn? Merz warns of a ‘treacherous course’")
TV Interview with Gerald Knaus
18 August 2026
n-tv
("In Saxony-Anhalt, ‘a disaster is set to occur’")
17 August 2026
Buka
("Ćerimagić: Bosnia and Herzegovina is last in line, and citizens are paying the price")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
15 August 2026
Die Welt
("Defenceless against migration? “The EU could simply blackmail them in return”")
14 August 2026
The Big Story
Podcast Interview with Gerald Knaus
13 August 2026
First Balkan Media
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
12 August 2026
RTCG
("Ćerimagić for RTCG: Montenegro is meeting expectations and strengthening its position in the region")
12 August 2026
Web.de
("Migration expert Knaus: ‘The status quo is deadly for migrants’")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
12 August 2026
Klix.ba
("Zelensky’s visit to Belgrade: Vučić has not made a U-turn but is continuing his established tactic; there is no rift with Dodik")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
11 August 2026
Plenum
("Bursać: Vučić embraces Zelensky, Dodik Putin, while together they build the ‘Serbian world’")
11 August 2026
Slobodna Bosna
("'Vučić has not turned his back on Russia’: Ćerimagić explains what lies behind the meeting with Zelensky")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
11 August 2026
RND
("Europe needs a ‘Project Zero’: no more deaths and no more irregular arrivals in the Mediterranean")
Op-ed by Gerald Knaus
11 August 2026
RTV BN
("While making noise in the media to score cheap political points, SNSD deliberately handed Bosnia and Herzegovina’s foreign ministry over to Konaković")
10 August 2026
Profil
("The rush on Ceuta: The Chancellor’s limits")
10 August 2026
Alo Online
("EU considers admitting Montenegro by the end of the decade")
9 August 2026
Nezavisne Novine
("Is Merz opening the door to EU enlargement to the Balkans?")
Interview with Adnan Ćerimagić
9 August 2026
n-tv
("‘Ethnic nationalism and the Identitarian movement: that is the new AfD’")
Interview with Philipp Sandmann
8 August 2026
Pravda.sk
("The EU was not under threat in Ceuta. Expert: The Union has a tool to tackle migration")
Interview with Kristof Bender
5 August 2026
Focus
("We can learn from Merkel here. You should read her 2015 speech")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
4 August 2026
Tagesschau
("Blaming Spain was irrational")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
4 August 2026
Watson
("'"Would be a real turning point' – Migration expert calls for new course in EU asylum policy")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
4 August 2026
SRF
("Irregular migration must be made futile")
Radio interview with Gerald Knaus
4 August 2026
Augsburger Allgemeine
("Is Europe’s asylum system capable of coping with crises such as the one in Ceuta?")
4 August 2026
The Rest Is Politics
Podcast interview with Gerald Knaus
4 August 2026
Welt TV
("Yes, the idea is sound, but it all depends on how it’s put into practice")
TV interview with Gerald Knaus
4 August 2026
Tagesschau
(""Of course" full solidarity with Spain")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
4 August 2026
Deutsche Welle
(" Ceuta – A move by Morocco with US backing?")
TV interview with Gerald Knaus
3 August 2026
Der Standard
("The rush on Ceuta: what’s behind it? | Gerald Knaus")
Podcast interview with Gerald Knaus
3 August 2026