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Serbia and Cluster 3

Policy brief: EU Members should approve next step with Serbia only after genuine progress

Centre for Contemporary Politics (CSP) has evaluated the pledges the Serbian Government made in an attempt to get a green light for the opening of new chapters.

2 min read

30.04.2026.

A new political crisis

Kosovo goes to the third snap election after parliament failed to elect the president

2 min read

29.04.2026.

EWB Interview

Reuten: Albania and Montenegro can be accommodated within the existing EU structure

12 min read

27.04.2026.

Rhetoric versus reality

Serbia’s half-hearted reform promises fail to rebuild trust in Brussels

7 min read

27.04.2026.

Rhetoric versus reality

Serbia’s half-hearted reform promises fail to rebuild trust in Brussels

7 min read

27.04.2026.

Bulgarian election

What does Radev’s victory mean for the Western Balkans?

7 min read

23.04.2026.

“A volatile political landscape”

What’s the future of OHR in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Schmidt leaves?

7 min read

22.04.2026.

Serbian judiciary
Why did the Serbian authorities adopt controversial laws curbing judicial independence?
6 min read
04.03.2026.
Montenegro
How “environmental” protests in Botun evolved into identity questions?
6 min read
23.01.2026.
The case of the General Staff buildings
How did Jared Kushner’s company project pit the Serbian ruling party against the judiciary?
12 min read
10.12.2025.
Incidents and police brutality
What is behind the recent escalation of Serbian protests?
6 min read
20.08.2025.

EWB Interview

Reuten: Albania and Montenegro can be accommodated within the existing EU structure

12 min read

27.04.2026.

Interview

EWB Interview

Gorčević: Drafting of the Accession Treaty will further reinforce our reform efforts

10 min read

19.12.2025.

Interview

Blockmans: EU citizens need to be persuaded that enlargement is in their self-interest

12 min read

27.11.2025.

Resolving the deadlock
Why constitutional change alone leaves bilateral conditionality intact in North Macedonia’s EU Accession
8 min read
By Ognen Vangelov
Security links to Russia
Europe’s blind spot: Serbia is now Moscow’s intelligence bridgehead
7 min read
By Igor Bandović
Making enlargement deliver
EU’s enlargement to the Western Balkans no longer just about membership: The Case for Operational Integration
9 min read
By Group of authors
Ukraine's corruption reckoning
A wartime lesson the Balkans and Brussels must heed
8 min read
By Group of authors

Complete overview

Parliamentary groups in the new Serbian National Assembly

7 min read

21.03.2024.

International reactions

Serbia to implement ODIHR recommendations without delay

3 min read

01.03.2024.

European Parliament

Official support for an expert mission to investigate electoral irregularities

4 min read

09.02.2024.

Policy brief: EU Members should approve next step with Serbia only after genuine progress

Kosovo goes to the third snap election after parliament failed to elect the president

Reuten: Albania and Montenegro can be accommodated within the existing EU structure

Serbia’s half-hearted reform promises fail to rebuild trust in Brussels

Latest news

Serbia and Bosnia among Europe’s worst, Montenegro leads

“Pržino government” mechanism abolished despite opposition criticism

Policy brief: EU Members should approve next step with Serbia only after genuine progress

Soreca: Time is running out for Bosnia and Herzegovina to implement reforms

“New elections expected to yield similar results, some decline for Kurti anticipated”

Re-form for Growth: Small Grant Facility

Analyses

Serbia’s half-hearted reform promises fail to rebuild trust in Brussels

What does Radev’s victory mean for the Western Balkans?

What’s the future of OHR in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Schmidt leaves?

Explainers

Why did the Serbian authorities adopt controversial laws curbing judicial independence?

How “environmental” protests in Botun evolved into identity questions?

How did Jared Kushner’s company project pit the Serbian ruling party against the judiciary?

What is behind the recent escalation of Serbian protests?

Interviews

Reuten: Albania and Montenegro can be accommodated within the existing EU structure

Gorčević: Drafting of the Accession Treaty will further reinforce our reform efforts

Blockmans: EU citizens need to be persuaded that enlargement is in their self-interest

Opinions & Editorials

Why constitutional change alone leaves bilateral conditionality intact in North Macedonia’s EU Accession

Europe’s blind spot: Serbia is now Moscow’s intelligence bridgehead

EU’s enlargement to the Western Balkans no longer just about membership: The Case for Operational Integration

A wartime lesson the Balkans and Brussels must heed

Balcanoscope

European Western Balkans Newsletter

Serbia Elects

Parliamentary groups in the new Serbian National Assembly

Serbia to implement ODIHR recommendations without delay

Official support for an expert mission to investigate electoral irregularities

Latest news

Re-form for Growth: Small Grant Facility

Analyses

Explainers

Interviews

Opinions & Editorials

Balcanoscope

European Western Balkans Newsletter

Serbia Elects

Balkanoscope

European Western Balkans Newsltter