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BTI 2026 Report

Serbia classified as moderate autocracy, other WB countries as defective democracies

BTI measures the quality of democracy, economic development and governance. Albania is the best-ranked country in the region in the first category, followed by North Macedonia and Montenegro.

4 min read

27.03.2026.

Election results

Slovenia’s Liberal Party Edges Past Right-Wing in Tightly Contested Election

5 min read

24.03.2026.

US lawmakers worried

Talk of KFOR Drawdown Reveals a Changing US Approach to the Balkans

6 min read

21.03.2026.

Energy shock

Gas prices surge across the region as the war in the Middle East continues

6 min read

20.03.2026.

US lawmakers worried

Talk of KFOR Drawdown Reveals a Changing US Approach to the Balkans

6 min read

21.03.2026.

Discussions in Brussels and member states

The EU eyeing three scenarios for enlargement process reform

12 min read

16.03.2026.

Harsh reactions from Belgrade

Military cooperation between Croatia, Albania and Kosovo prompts harsh reactions in Serbia

7 min read

04.03.2026.

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

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.

Interview

Petkov: Corruption and Russian interference are two major problems in the Balkans

8 min read

21.11.2025.

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.

Serbia classified as moderate autocracy, other WB countries as defective democracies

Slovenia’s Liberal Party Edges Past Right-Wing in Tightly Contested Election

Talk of KFOR Drawdown Reveals a Changing US Approach to the Balkans

Gas prices surge across the region as the war in the Middle East continues

Latest news

Serbia classified as moderate autocracy, other WB countries as defective democracies

Constitutional Court rules that parliament has another month to elect the President

Kos: “Montenegro may be the first country to join the EU under the new conditions”

Aco Đukanović released from custody on a bail worth 5 million euros

EC: ”The reaffirmation of the EU’s support for the Montenegro’s accession process”

Re-form for Growth: Small Grant Facility

Analyses

Talk of KFOR Drawdown Reveals a Changing US Approach to the Balkans

The EU eyeing three scenarios for enlargement process reform

Military cooperation between Croatia, Albania and Kosovo prompts harsh reactions in Serbia

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

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

Petkov: Corruption and Russian interference are two major problems in the Balkans

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

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