Media reactions
2018
April
BNR
("Gerald Knaus: The corruption scandal in Council of Europe is the largest in the history of the organization")
28 April 2018
Cicero
("Democracy with open borders will not work")
27 April 2018
European Western Balkans
25 April 2018
B92
("Bender: Kosovo has no prospect for EU membership")
25 April 2018
Alicante Plaza
("Prostitutes in luxury hotels, 500 Euro bills, and caviar in a report on Pedro Agramunt")
24 April 2018
El País
("The Council of Europe charges People's Party senator Pedro Agramunt with corruption")
24 April 2018
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
("Nobody should be left hanging in the air")
Interview with Gerald Knaus
23 April 2018
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
("Caviar Diplomacy with Azerbaijan")
23 April 2018
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
("Suspicion of corruption against Council of Europe MPs being substantiated")
23 April 2018
Trouw
("Corruption scandal in the Council of Europe is widening")
23 April 2018
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
23 April 2018
Der Standard
(""Strong suspicion" of corruption by Azerbaijan in the Council of Europe")
23 April 2018
Deutsche Welle
("The EU's fear of enlargement to the Balkans")
19 April 2018
Deutsche Welle
("Western Balkans: 'There won't be a return to the 1990s!'")
18 April 2018
Süddeutsche Zeitung
("Refugee policy - difficult terrain")
16 April 2018
Dnevnik
("Why did Balkan leaders have dinner in Mostar "without Bosniaks"?")
11 April 2018
Faktor
("Bulgarian media: Why Balkan leaders dine without Bosniaks in Mostar")
11 April 2018
Jung & Naiv
("Gerald Knaus, architect of the EU-Turkey "Refugee Deal"")
8 April 2018
The New York Times
6 April 2018
Süddeutsche Zeitung
("The success? At least less people are drowning")
interview with Gerald Knaus
3 April 2018
March
Bloomberg TV Bulgaria
("Basic principles of the Brussels-Ankara agreeement on refugees are not implememented - says Kristof Bender")
27 March 2018
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
26 March 2018
De Standaard
("Is the refugee crisis under control?")
26 March 2018
Bulgarian National Radio
("Kristof Bender: The agreement on refugees between the EU and Turkey works, because both sides have an interest")
24 March 2018
De Groene Amsterdammer
("The Turkey deal two years on, deplorable conditions")
21 March 2018
Deutsche Welle
("Merkel's deal does not work")
also available in Polish: Umowa UE-Turcja ws. migrantów: sukces czy porażka?
18 March 2018
AD
("Two years after the Turkey deal: 'The refugee crisis can flare up again'")
18 March 2018
NOS
("The Turkey deal reduced numbers but the Balkan route is still wide open")
18 March 2018
TA NEA
("Greece has no plan regarding the migration issue")
16 March 2018
iefimerida
("German Press: The EU-Turkey agreement on refugees in Greece is at risk")
16 March 2018
Die Presse
("Migration: Turkey deal doesn't work")
16 March 2018
DPA
("Architect of the EU-Turkey refugee deal warns of failure")
15 March 2018
Der Standard
("Riots in Moria refugee camp on Lesbos")
15 March 2018
Zetland
("The architect behind the EU's major refugee agreement now calls it a bluff")
14 March 2018