Inter-party dialogue in Serbia: Which outcomes are falsely presented as improvements?
As the second phase of the inter-party dialogue in Serbia mediated by the European Parliament approaches, some of the measures adopted in the first phase...
Tag : Elections
This year’s election in Serbia was the most controversial in the last 20 years, a new report finds
by EWB
BELGRADE – Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, in cooperation with the Centre for Contemporary Politics, has published an analysis of the electoral process in Serbia 2020, which...
Renew Europe MEPs write to Várhelyi: “We believe that elections in Serbia will be far from democratic”
by EWB
BRUSSELS – Eleven Members of the European Parliament from the Renew Europe group sent a letter to the Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi,...
Elections in the Time of Corona: Democracy on Life Support
by Maja Bjeloš
Following vacillations over the scheduling and the drumming up an atmosphere of a snap election, the date for Serbia’s regular parliamentary election was set on...
North Macedonia postpones elections, Serbia suspends electoral activities
by EWB
SKOPJE / BELGRADE – Snap elections in North Macedonia, originally scheduled for 12 April, will be postponed, leaders of the political parties agreed today. In...
North Macedonia not postponing elections on 12 April
by EWB
SKOPJE – Political leaders of North Macedonia on Thursday said they would not postpone the April 12 elections over concerns about the global pandemic –...
“The Catch 22”. What could the new enlargement methodology mean for Albania?
by EWB
TIRANA – After Albania and North Macedonia did not get a date for the start of accession negotiations in November 2019, a move received with...
Bilčik and Fajon call for plurality of media for fair elections in Serbia
by EWB
BELGRADE – MEPs Tanja Fajon (S&D) and Vladimir Bilčik (EPP) called for Serbia to improve its electoral conditions, especially when it comes to the freedom...
Várhelyi and Fajon send different messages on electoral conditions in Serbia
by EWB
BELGRADE – While the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi believes that Serbia is close to the conditions for free and fair elections,...
Western Balkan countries dangerously close to electoral crises in 2020
The year 2019 began with the strong anti-government protests that shook Albania, Montenegro and Serbia. It is ending with mostly unsuccessful talks between government and...