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2025 Corruption Perception Index

Western Balkans grapple with deepening corruption, Serbia hits regional low

The 2025 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reveals a troubling picture of systemic corruption across the Western Balkans.

2 min read

10.02.2026.

Dodik's candidate

Siniša Karan wins the repeat vote, securing the position of President of Republika Srpska

2 min read

09.02.2026.

Controversial legal changes

SNS MP Mrdić admits judicial laws were passed to prevent arrests

3 min read

04.02.2026.

Test for EU enlargement

EU’s decision on membership of Ukraine will affect enlargement in the Western Balkans

8 min read

02.02.2026.

Test for EU enlargement

EU’s decision on membership of Ukraine will affect enlargement in the Western Balkans

8 min read

02.02.2026.

New report on North Macedonia warns

Corruption seen as systemic as public tolerance rises

5 min read

28.01.2026.

Post-election landscape

What’s in store for Kosovo after the decisive victory for Kurti’s party?

10 min read

20.01.2026.

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.
Threats of boycott
Why are elections not a way out of the current Serbian crisis?
4 min read
20.02.2025.

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.

Western Balkans grapple with deepening corruption, Serbia hits regional low

Siniša Karan wins the repeat vote, securing the position of President of Republika Srpska

SNS MP Mrdić admits judicial laws were passed to prevent arrests

EU’s decision on membership of Ukraine will affect enlargement in the Western Balkans

Latest news

Pro-European opposition offers a “roadmap” for establishing the rule of law in Serbia

Measurable results will define the next phase of Albania’s EU accession reforms

McAllister: Montenegro and Albania are frontrunners, need to implement reforms

Protesters rally in Sarajevo, demand accountability for a fatal tram crash

“Concerning reports of pressures on academia and restrictions of media freedom”

Western Balkans Reform and Growth Monitor

Analyses

EU’s decision on membership of Ukraine will affect enlargement in the Western Balkans

Corruption seen as systemic as public tolerance rises

What’s in store for Kosovo after the decisive victory for Kurti’s party?

Explainers

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?

Why are elections not a way out of the current Serbian crisis?

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 Newsltter

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

Western Balkans Reform and Growth Monitor

Analyses

Explainers

Interviews

Opinions & Editorials

Balcanoscope

European Western Balkans Newsltter

Serbia Elects

Balkanoscope

European Western Balkans Newsltter