Michel’s proposals for the Western Balkans: A faster EU accession or an alternative to membership?
Last week, President of the European Council Charles Michel delivered a speech in which he proposed a reform of the EU enlargement process. The key...
Tag : Gjergji Vurmo
[EWB Interview] Vurmo: Open Balkan ignores the region’s most serious challenges – the rule of law and democracy
In the closing months of 2021, Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama and President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić intensified their activities around the Open Balkan...
The 2021 Enlargement Package – similar conclusions as last year
by EWB
BELGRADE / BRUSSELS – Disappointment with the failure to open negotiations in Skopje and Tirana spills over into the region’s enthusiasm for continued European integration, concluded...
EU enlargement in the Western Balkans hostage of bilateral issues
by EWB Archives
The last attempt of the German Presidency to unlock membership negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania at the end of the year ended unsuccessfully. Due...
China’s presence in the Western Balkans: Multilevel strategy moving beyond the economic influence
by EWB
SOFIA – Chinese influence in the Western Balkans is currently purely economical, but it has a perspective to become very political, said Zoran Nechev, from...
China’s presence in the Western Balkans: Multilevel strategy moving beyond the economic influence
by EWB Archives
SOFIA – Chinese influence in the Western Balkans is currently purely economical, but it has a perspective to become very political, said Zoran Nechev, from...
EC report on Albania – Credible or not?
The article was originally published on BiEPAG Blog. Many of us in Albania had very mixed feelings when reading the last EC report. Let me explain why. If...