What does Kurz-Strahe coalition in Austria mean for EU and the Western Balkans?
Austria has got a new government. Sebastian Kurz, former Foreign Minister and frequent guest in the Western Balkans, has become the youngest Chancellor in Europe...
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Montenegro’s accession to the EU
by David Martin
Montenegro applied for EU membership in 2008, two years after becoming independent from the Union State of Serbia and Montenegro. After the Commission’s green light...
(Not) Trading land for freedom of movement – Another wasted year for Kosovo
by Artan Murati
We are heading towards the end of the year, and yet there are numerous issues which have not really changed with regard to Kosovo’s path...
How the EC’s strategy for Western Balkans’ accession could boost reconciliation
After his last visit to the Western Balkans, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, expressed his concern that “reconciliation has stalled...
BiH and the EU: The politics of „almost“ does not deliver anymore, Hahn loses patience
The pictures are telling – Commissioner Hahn smiling and celebrating the next step in Bosnia’s EU integration back in late 2016 while delivering the EU...
Whom to rely on: Serbia between East and West
In the turbulent era of NATO-Russia relations, paratroopers of the Serbian Armed Forces (AF) had an exercise with their Russian counterparts in June 2017, and...
Reverse the Trend of ‘Stabilitocracy’ Promotion
by Marko Kmezić
Serious backsliding in terms of democracy and the freedom of media can be observed throughout the region over the past decade. Yet, the EU has...
Reconciliation must be among the London Summit priorities
The issue of reconciliation, as a process of restoring peaceful and friendly relations between formerly conflicted parties, appears to be slipping down the Western Balkans...
Stability requires commitment from EU and WB leaders
by EWB
* The authors are Annemarie Peen Rodt, Associate Professor at Royal Danish Defence College and Johannes Tvilling, Project Officer at Royal Danish Defence College. Since the violent...
Serbian EU accession on a side track
The former Croatian PM Jadranka Kosor, who concluded the accession negotiations and brought the country to the EU doorstep, tweeted “If this had happened in...