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...
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Kotor Summit within the Growth Plan: New, better, faster?
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog. Today, a new summit was held in Kotor within the framework of the Growth Plan, an instrument...
The importance of a strong opposition in North Macedonia
The elections held in North Macedonia on May 8 brought two significant changes, the return of VMRO-DPMNE to power, winning both the presidential and the...
Anatomy of a fall
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog. The Macedonian citizens cast their votes in North Macedonia’s presidential and parliamentary elections yesterday. The election day...
Bakoyannis: Everyone was aware of my special ties with the Serbian people
This op-ed was published in cooperation with Serbian weekly Radar It doesn’t take a seasoned expert to understand that Serbia belongs in Europe. The country is...
The Serbian Coordination Directorate Passport Holders are the only people in the Western Balkans who are not allowed free travel to Europe
In early January, Dušan B., a 24-year-old student of medicine from Mitrovica North was accepted by the Maribor University Medical Centre for a three-month student...
Much Ado about Nothing? Party positioning in North Macedonia and what to expect from the 2024 elections
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog. The 2024 presidential elections in North Macedonia are shaping up to be the closest contested elections in...
BiEPAG reacts: EU’s decision to open accession talks with BiH could help silence secessionist rhetoric
The European Union agreed to open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, eight years after country first applied for EU membership. Last week European Commission said BiH...
The Commission’s important but flawed Growth Plan for the Western Balkans
By: Florian Bieber, Nikola Dimitrov, and Michael Emerson In its ‘Enlargement Package’ of November 2023 the European Commission published a significant new Growth Plan initiative...
Energy transition and accession to the EU: „Fundamentals first“ principle’s application in energy transition in the Western Balkans
by RERI
The current year, 2023, has brought a number of novelties in the process of accession of the countries of the Western Balkans to the European...