Podcast with Ivan Vejvoda about "new approaches towards EU enlargement", 28 June 2023.
in the media
Seznam Zprávy (Prague), Žadatelů o azyl je stále víc. EU zpátky jen tak někoho nepošle, říká expert (There are more and more asylum seekers. The EU can't just send someone back, expert says), interview, 3 March 2024
La via libera (Torino), Elezioni, occasione per ripensare l'Unione europea (Elections, an opportunity to rethink the European Union), 29 February 2024
bpb - Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Bonn), EU-Osterweiterung, die Zweite? Chancen und Risiken einer neuen EU-Osterweiterung (EU eastern enlargement, the second? Opportunities and risks of a new EU eastward expansion), essay, 21 February 2024
Независен Весник - Nezavisen Vesnik (Skopje), Македонија го заслужи отворањето на 23 поглавја: Интервју со Кристоф Бендер (Macedonia deserves the opening of 23 chapters: interview with Kristof Bender), 14 November 2023
Eurozine (Vienna), EU enlargement: A new approach, essay, 4 October 2023
Независен Весник - Nezavisen Vesnik (Skopje), ЕУ нема друг избор освен да се прошири. Секоја поранешна комунистичка земја која беше примена во ЕУ е жив споменик на нејзината трансформативна моќ (The EU has no choice but to expand. Every former communist country that has been admitted to the EU is a living monument to its transformative power), essay, 19 September 2023
IWM Europe's Futures (Vienna), EU Enlargement and Europe’s Future. How to Revive One of the EU’s Most Successful Policies, essay, 14 September 2023
Vienna coffeehouse conversations with Ivan Vejvoda (Vienna), New Approaches to EU Enlargement with Kristof Bender, podcast, 28 June 2023
BIRN - Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (Belgrade), Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence – Winners Chosen, 2 June 2023
Der Falter (Vienna), Im Schatten des Krieges (In the shadow of the war), op-ed, 30 May 2023
Albanian Post (Pristina), Vonesa e pa ndodhur kurrë më parë – Kosovës ia lidhën rrugëtimin në KiE me Asociacionin (The delay that never happened before - Kosovo’s journey to Council of Europe connected with the association), 25 April 2023
Tipping Point (Vienna), Der Westbalkan, die Ukraine und die EU (The Western Balkans, Ukraine and the EU), essay, 16 March 2023
Tipping Point (Vienna), The Western Balkans, Ukraine and the EU, essay, 16 March 2023
Mediapool (Sofia), Кристоф Бендер: Нереалистично е България да построи по-ефективна ограда с Турция (Kristof Bender: It is unrealistic for Bulgaria to build a more effective fence with Turkey), interview, 11 March 2023
ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (Vienna), Europajournal: Kosovo-Serbien, Türkei, Polen, Georgien ("Europajournal": Kosovo-Serbia, Turkey, Poland, Georgia), radio interview, 3 March 2023
Die Furche (Vienna), Kristof Bender: "Es braucht einen Klub der Demokraten" (Kristof Bender: "A club of democracies is needed"), podcast, 2 January 2023
Die Furche (Vienna), Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft: Was 2023 zu tun ist (Politics, economy, society: what has to be done in 2023), podcast, 30 December 2022
IWM Post (Vienna), Der Westbalkan, die Ukraine und die EU: Zwei Vorschläge (The Western Balkans, Ukraine and the EU: two proposals), essay, 1 December 2022
Transitions Online (Prague), European Union, Kosovo: Knock, Knock, Knockin' on the EU’s Door, 22 November 2022
EuroEFE Euractiv (Brussels), La ruta migratoria de los Balcanes vuelve a máximos no vistos desde 2015 (The Balkan migration route returns to highs not seen since 2015), 29 October 2022
MSN (Madrid), La ruta migratoria de los Balcanes vuelve a máximos no vistos desde 2015 (The Balkan migration route returns to highs not seen since 2015), 26 October 2022
Fjala (Tirana), Cilat janë kërkesat e reja për liberalizimin e vizave? (What are the new requirements for visa liberalization?), 15 October 2022
Radio Free Europe (Prague), Bender: Sistemi ETIAS, justifikim për vonimin e liberalizimit të vizave (Bender: ETIAS system, justification for delaying visa liberalization), 14 October 2022
Bota Sot (Pristina), Bosch: Nëse kërkesat për viza janë të vërteta, atëherë turp për Francën që synon kryesinë e BE-së (Bosch: If the visa requirements are true, then shame on France for the EU presidency), 14 October 2022
tpz.al (Tirana), Kristof Bender: Sistemi ETIAS, justifikim për vonimin e liberalizimit të vizave (Kristof Bender: ETIAS system, justification for delaying visa liberalization), 14 October 2022