From disappointment to indifference: EU’s failure to deliver to Skopje and Tirana dominates Prespa Forum
The inaugural Prespa Forum Dialogue, held on 1 and 2 July 2021 in North Macedonia, marked the three years since one of the most significant...
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The Regional Roaming Agreement – A success story that the Western Balkan needs
by EWB
“Roam-free from today, everywhere in the Western Balkans“, it was declared at the Prespa Forum Dialogue. The Regional Roaming Agreement was greeted by the countries...
Conference with Serbia: The public left guessing what exactly Member States make of reforms
The first political Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC) between the EU Member States and Serbia took place on 22 June, marking the start of the application of...
Vučić repeats the same messages on Kosovo as two years ago, political impact unlikely
For the second time of his presidency, Aleksandar Vučić publicly addressed the National Assembly of Serbia on the state of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue. His Tuesday...
Schmidt’s appointment: A sign of structural problems of international community’s engagement with BiH?
Christian Schmidt has not yet started working as a High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is already under attack by official Banja Luka. “The...
Western Balkan institutions continue to lack resilience to corruptive business contracts
by EWB
Recently, the Government of Montenegro requested the EU’s assistance in repaying the debt taken from the Chinese Export-Import Bank for the construction of the section...
Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media: The key for media freedom and Inter-Party Dialogue in Serbia
by EWB
Media experts say for EWB that they are not surprised that the request for a radical reform of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM)...
Warning signs for the process of amending Serbia’s Law on Free Access to Information
The new deadline for amending Serbia’s Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance is expected to be the fourth quarter of 2021, but...
Delays, controversial criteria for election of new members of Board of Agency for Prevention of Corruption
After a six-month delay, the National Assembly of Serbia elected members of the Board of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. For citizens, whose...
Albanian 2021 election: Typical example of Western Balkan electoral standards
Parliamentary election in Albania was competitive, but the ruling party enjoyed the advantages of the incumbency. The opposition failed to attract enough undecided voters and...