Economist Democracy Index for 2023: Montenegro advances, Albania declines
LONDON – Montenegro improved its democracy in 2023, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina saw no changes, while Albania and North Macedonia declined, according to Democracy...
Tag : Albania
Greece stalls Albanian EU accession talks due to Beleri case
by EWB
ATHENS – Greece has declined to approve a joint letter from the 27 European Union member states on the opening of negotiations on the first...
2023 European Commission Report on Albania: Tendency to soften criticism could undermine the credibility of EC Reports
This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog. EC reports have been often criticized for their soft wording and tendency to sweeten the progress of enlargement countries in...
How much each of the WB countries increased their level of preparation for membership since 2022?
by EWB
BRUSSELS – Annual European Commission reports, released yesterday, show that, compared to 2022, Albania increased its level of preparation in six negotiating chapters, while Kosovo...
Key findings of the 2023 European Commission Report on Albania
by EWB
BRUSSELS – European Commission has published the 2023 country reports for the ten candidate and potential candidate countries. Here we present the key findings in...
Várhelyi presents the state of play in each of the Western Balkan countries to MEPs
by EWB
BRUSSELS – European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi presented today the annual 2023 Enlargement Package to the members of the European Parliament Foreign...
Berlin Process Chair’s conclusions welcome EU Growth plan, encourage engagement with Kosovo and Serbia
by EWB
TIRANA – Chair’s Conclusions, released after the Berlin Process summit in Tirana, held on 16 October, welcomed the EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans,...
EU Growth Plan for the Western Balkans to include €6 billion of grants and loans, conditioned on reforms
by EWB
TIRANA – President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen presented new details about the European Union Growth Plan for the Western Balkans during...
Family photo controversy: Brnabić denies that she refused to take a photo with Berlin Process leaders
by EWB
TIRANA – A controversy arose today at the Berlin Process summit in the capital of Albania when the Prime Minister of Serbia Ana Brnabić did...
[EWB Interview] Hackaj: Paradoxically, the challenges in the Western Balkans remain in bilateral cooperation, not in the regional one
This weekend, Tirana hosts the Civil Society and Think Tank Forum of the Western Balkans, which will be followed by the leader’s summit of the...