The dangers of keeping Western Balkans in a limbo
Postponement of the opening of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia, unwillingness to grant visa liberalization to Kosovo and repeated messages that Serbia’s path to EU...
Author : Aleksandar Ivković
Cvijić: Right wing will not take over the protests in Serbia
“Obradovic and Dveri don’t stand a chance of taking over the protests. If this happens, the protests will collapse”, states Srđan Cvijić, senior policy analyst...
EPP finally does something about Orban. Should his Balkan allies be worried?
“The dictator is coming!”, said the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker jokingly while he greeted Prime Minister of Hungary Victor Orban at the 2015 Eastern...
Who is leading the escalating protests in Serbia?
BELGRADE – “As you can see, I am very scared”, said the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić with irony, as the sounds of protests outside...
Protests in Serbia, Albania and Montenegro continue, demonstrators take more radical steps
BELGRADE/TIRANA/PODGORICA/- Anti-government protests have continued over the weekend in the capitals of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro, as well as smaller places in these Western Balkan...
[EWB Interview] Meleșcanu: EU also benefits from the enlargement process in the Western Balkans
It has already been assessed that Romania’s first Presidency of the Council of the EU will be everything but a formality. With the exit of...
The Art of the Deal: Washington’s push for a final agreement between Serbia and Kosovo
“I look forward to hosting you in the White House to celebrate what would be an historic accord”, wrote the President of the United States...
[EWB Interview] Rusi Popovska: North Macedonia’s EU accession process will accelerate
Interview with the Ambassador Agneza Rusi Popovska, Head of Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the EU. European Western Balkans: Now that the 28-year long...
Protests in the WB amidst democratic decline: Can the EU change its approach?
Democracy in Western Balkans is backsliding. Civil society, international organizations and independent experts have been reporting on unfair election practices, rising corruption, lack of accountability...
[EWB Interview] Peterle: North Macedonia now needs to focus on the rule of law and freedom of the press
This month, Macedonia has completed the implementation of the Prespa Agreement, renaming itself to the Republic of North Macedonia. Now that the one of the...