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Internal EU reform

Fewer vetoes, clearer paths to membership: How Brussels plans for a bigger EU

An overhaul of EU decision-making and roadmaps setting out a clearer timeline for future members are the two key elements of Brussels’ preparations for the next round of enlargement, due to come to the table in October.

6 min read

30.09.2026.

Serbia Elects

Vučić resigns as President to run for Prime Minister

2 min read

27.09.2026.

Explainer

Von der Leyen’s SOTEU speech sidesteps tough questions on enlargement

4 min read

17.09.2026.

First-instance verdict

Thaçi and Krasniqi sentenced to 25 years, Veseli to 18, and Selimi to 13 years in prison for war crimes by the Trial Panel in the Hague

3 min read

16.09.2026.

Latest news

  • Sejdiu remains Kurti's candidate

    Kosovo has six days to elect president and avoid new elections

    30.09.2026.
  • Five days before general elections

    Dodik meets Putin in Moscow

    30.09.2026.
  • European People's Party

    “Mladić’s funeral cannot be ignored in the framework of the ongoing scrutiny of SNS”

    29.09.2026.
  • Cross-party vote

    Parliament of Kosovo declares verdict against KLA leaders “unacceptable”

    28.09.2026.
  • Following Vučić's resignation

    Ana Brnabić becomes Acting President of Serbia

    28.09.2026.
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Analyses

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Internal EU reform

Fewer vetoes, clearer paths to membership: How Brussels plans for a bigger EU

6 min read

30.09.2026.

Moldova's European path

When a government is serious about EU membership

8 min read

11.09.2026.

Vote scheduled for 4 October

Ethnic division and polarization to dominate electoral campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina

11 min read

04.09.2026.

Explainers

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  • Explainer

    Von der Leyen’s SOTEU speech sidesteps tough questions on enlargement

    4 min read

    17.09.2026.

  • Explainer

    The winners and losers of the EU’s Growth Plan for the Western Balkans

    5 min read

    20.07.2026.

  • Explainer

    How much would Montenegro’s accession cost the European Union?

    5 min read

    03.07.2026.

  • From silence to scandal

    How shooting in Belgrade’s restaurant exposed ties between Serbia’s police and organized crime?

    5 min read

    18.05.2026.

Interviews

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EWB Interview

Zakonjšek: Implementation of transport reforms depends on having stable and capable institutions

11 min read

17.06.2026.

Interview
EWB Interview

Marta Kos: Montenegro and Albania are clearly moving into the next phases of their accession process

9 min read

05.06.2026.

Interview
EWB Interview

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

12 min read

27.04.2026.

Opinions & Editorials

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  • Change or continuity?

    Human rights no longer the focus of US foreign policy towards Serbia 

    15 min read

    By Sebastian Greenawalt

  • EWB Angle

    A tale of two Danube cities: What is pressure in Bratislava becomes a partnership in Belgrade

    6 min read

    By N. T. Štiplija

  • EWB Angle

    Snežana Paunović – Vučić’s most honest minister

    3 min read

    By Sofija Popović

  • Limitations of a simulation

    Cluster 3: The lessons from a failed opening

    6 min read

    By Srđan Majstorović

Balcanoscope

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Serbia Elects

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Serbia Elects

Vučić resigns as President to run for Prime Minister

2 min read

27.09.2026.

Serbia Elects

Student List activists forced to stop campaignign in Republika Srpska

3 min read

25.09.2026.

Serbia Elects

[EXPLAINER] Tilted playing field: How Serbian elections unfold under unfair conditions

6 min read

14.09.2026.

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