Explainer
The winners and losers of the EU’s Growth Plan for the Western Balkans
The EU’s €6 billion Growth Plan for the Western Balkans (2024–2027) is now roughly halfway through. Here are six key takeaways from its implementation so far.
Limitations of a simulation
Cluster 3: The lessons from a failed opening
Strengthening conditionality
What the Growth Plan signals for the future of gradual integration and pre-accession funding
Latest news
- "Politically motivated case"
Interpol rejects Serbia’s request for international arrest warrants against activists
22.07.2026. - Kosovo institutions
EU concerned over decision to confirm resignations of Serb prosecutors
22.07.2026. - Bilateral partnership
US and Serbia hold first Strategic Dialogue
20.07.2026. - Magyar announces
Budapest–Belgrade passenger trains to launch within one or two months
20.07.2026. - Key findings
What are the findings of the Rule of Law reports on the Western Balkans?
17.07.2026.
Re-form for Growth: Small Grant Facility
Open call for CSOs in the Western Balkans! Secure a small grant to monitor public spending and drive implementation of national Reform Agendas.
Analyses
Explainers
- From silence to scandal
How shooting in Belgrade’s restaurant exposed ties between Serbia’s police and organized crime?
Interviews
Interview
EWB Interview Reuten: Albania and Montenegro can be accommodated within the existing EU structure
Opinions & Editorials
- Limitations of a simulation
Cluster 3: The lessons from a failed opening
Strengthening conditionalityWhat the Growth Plan signals for the future of gradual integration and pre-accession funding
- Blueprint for enlargement
The Future of EU (Enlargement) Is Already Being Written in Montenegro
Balcanoscope
European Western Balkans Newsletter
What lies behind the trends shaping the Western Balkans? Twice a month, we bring you what daily news often misses, straight to your inbox.
Serbia Elects
Complete overview
Parliamentary groups in the new Serbian National Assembly
International reactions
Serbia to implement ODIHR recommendations without delay
