EU and the Western Balkans in 2023: Fear of Instability and Cautious Optimism
A year ago, while analysing the main events and developments to be expected in 2022, our portal mostly focused on regional and European integration, elections...
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Serbia-Kosovo relations after the Brussels meeting: What do we know so far?
On Thursday, 18 August, the public received scarce information about the content of the high-level round of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue held in Brussels, leaving the...
Can the war in Ukraine lead to a faster EU integration of the Western Balkans?
The war in Ukraine has gotten the talk of accelerating the EU integration of the Western Balkans going. After two months, however, the talk has...
[EWB Interview] Tzifakis: EU lacks a plan for the region beyond immediate troubles
A recent publication of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) Geopolitically irrelevant in its “inner courtyard”? concluded that the non-Western countries have gained ground...
EU is losing the PR battle and the soft power in the Western Balkans
by EWB
LONDON – The latest results of the survey published by the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) paint a negative picture of the European...
Policy Brief: Weak rule of law in the Western Balkans affects the quality of FDI
by EWB
VIENNA – Common features in the Western Balkan countries are inconsistency in the law application, the absence of a solid regulatory framework equal for all,...
SDSM loss caused by blockade of EU path and disappointment with government’s record
In 2017 local elections, Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) won in 57 out of 80 municipalities and the capital of Skopje, while VMRO-DPMNE was...
WB2EU: Citizens need some re-branding of the idea of what the rule of law is
by EWB
Democracies are under pressure, the rule of law in the Western Balkans and some EU countries has weakened and the current health and economic crises...
Western Balkans overwhelmingly in favour of EU membership, but EU needs to show more commitment
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BELGRADE – The public opinion in the region continues to be overwhelmingly in favour of membership to the European Union (82.5% on average), and even...
EPC and BiEPAG event “Public opinion on European integration in the Balkans: Still a story of passive consensus?”
by EWB Archives
BRUSSELS – Are the people from the Balkans still supportive of European integration, are they content with the progress made by their countries in the...