Rule of law in Serbia: Modest reform efforts since October 2020, serious problems remain
BELGRADE – Since the election of the new government in October 2020, which coincided with the annual report of the European Commission, Serbia has taken...
Tag : Chapter 23
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...
Application of the new methodology to Montenegro and Serbia: Principles remain the same, more emphasis on interim benchmarks
After the publication of the new EU enlargement methodology last year, numerous commentators stated that its application to Montenegro and Serbia will not dramatically change...
Tensions in the Montenegrin parliamentary majority over prosecutorial laws
PODGORICA – The new parliamentary majority in Montenegro, which won in the elections at the end of August 2020, announced on February 3 that it would...
Kordić and Popa: The Montenegrin government continues its pro-European course
by EWB Archives
PODGORICA – The new government will continue the pro-European course guided, above all, by the best interests of all citizens and the aspiration for Montenegro to...
How the EU candidate countries in the Western Balkans stand with fight against corruption?
The overall pace of fighting corruption has slowed down and the track record in most countries is far from meeting the requirements for membership –...
Constitutional changes in Serbia lead to the loss of judicial independence
The completion of the constitutional reform, which should ensure the independence of the judiciary, was planned for 2017, when the citizens of Serbia were supposed...
EC non-papers note pressures on judiciary and media in Serbia and Montenegro
by EWB
BRUSSELS – In its latest six-month report on the state of the Chapters 23 and 24 , the so-called “non-paper”, the European Commission notes the...
Serbia’s fall on media freedom list: “If it continues like this, there will no longer be anything to measure”
Serbia welcomed World Press Freedom Day by falling again on the recently published media freedom ranking list by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF). After falling...
Montenegro’s Chief EU Negotiator: The new accession methodology is an incentive to intensify reforms
by EWB
PODGORICA – The new accession methodology is based on lessons learned from previous enlargements and may provide an additional incentive for countries aspiring to EU...