IBAR for Montenegro: A more political than a merit-based decision
Yesterday, Ambassadors of the EU Member States (COREPER) approved the EU’s Common Position on Chapters 23 and 24 in negotiations with Montenegro. At the Intergovernmental...
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When will the new EP Rapporteurs for the Western Balkans Six be appointed?
A decision on the European Parliament’s new Rapporteurs for the Western Balkan Six is once again likely to be made in the early autumn, sources...
[EWB Interview] Buggenhout: EU enlargement is politically agreed and no one will stop it
At the end of June, Belgium concludes its six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union. Among the priorities of the Belgian presidency were...
Which “familiar faces” in the Western Balkans retained their seats in the European Parliament, and which were not re-elected?
Last week, voters in the 27 EU member states elected 720 lawmakers to the European Parliament for the next five years. Many of the members...
Serbian Elections: No Democracy Before 2027
by Srđan Cvijić
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog A Sore Defeat Last Sunday, on June 2 2024, Serbia held repeated Belgrade elections and municipal...
Johanna Deimel: The new Enlargement Commissioner should come from a country like Sweden
Johanna Deimel, an independent German analyst for Western Balkans and Southeast Europe, states for European Western Balkans that the European Commission’s enlargement portfolio “under no...
European Commission to publish rule of law reports on EU and candidate countries on 3 July?
The European Commission is drafting the reports on the rule of law for both the member and four candidate EU states – Serbia, Montenegro, Albania...
Serbian government uses UN Resolution on Srebrenica for a pre-election nationalist frenzy
The Resolution on Genocide in Srebrenica, adopted by the UN General Assembly on Thursday, served as another opportunity for the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to...
Deciphering the oath: What would the new executive duo bring in Skopje
The presidential and parliamentary elections which took place last week in North Macedonia shook the country’s inert political scene. The country got its first female...
Western Balkans summit in Kotor: Growth Plan will bring results in the region
by EWB
KOTOR – Leaders of the Western Balkans and representatives from EU and the USA met on Thursday at the Summit in Kotor to discuss the...