FES: Reopening accompanied by spike in COVID-19 cases in WB, no support for new lockdowns
BELGRADE – The fight against the Corona pandemic is clearly back on the agenda in the Western Balkans, but the robust measures seen at the...
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The Daring Six? Why the Western Balkans should have a word when it comes to the future of Europe
Ordinary citizens from the Western Balkans often look at their future ex negativo, claiming that “without war, our country would be more developed than Switzerland”....
Democracy and the state of emergency in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Institutional response of BiH authorities to COVID-19 treat, enforced under the state of emergency declarations, brings challenges for BiH fragile democracy. Generally positive citizens perception...
Kosovo was not adequately prepared for the pandemic
The Republic of Kosovo (RKS) has already lost 20 people to the COVID-19 pandemic, 731 cases have tested COVID-19 positive and the Kosovo National Institute...
Juratović: The arranged situation in the Western Balkans means the arranged situation in the EU
by EWB
“My impression is that the European Union is Yugoslavia in the 1980s. The European Union needs more sovereignty against nationalism in response to right wing...
FES: Social rights should be prioritised in EU accession negotiations
by EWB
SARAJEVO – The enlargement toolbox should include more incentives for governments of the region to pursue strategic social reform, write Felix Henkel and Mirna Jusić...
Fleckenstein: Conservatives support their friends in the WB much more than Social Democrats
by Max Brändle
With accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania delayed and elections looming in 2020, former MEP Knut Fleckenstein considers the next steps for EU integration...
Young Generations for the New Balkans 2030: Towards Alternative Horizons
by EWB
The International Institute for Peace (IIP), in collaboration with the Austrian Institute for Foreign Affairs, Renner Institute, Admovere and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung – Pristina is...
Western Balkans Civil Society Forum begins in Skopje on Sunday
by EWB
SKOPJE – Following the main edition of this year’s Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans Summit Series that took place in London in July,...
Democracies of SEE unsuccessful in integrating youth in fabric of their societies
by EWB
TIRANA – Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and RYCO will present the results of major regional youth survey. On the occasion of the Western Balkans Youth Conference “Active Citizens” that...