Pandemic measures further complicate problems with human rights in the Western Balkans
State of emergency has been introduced in all Western Balkan countries except Montenegro in order to fight the epidemic. In Serbia, its leaders are accused...
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Perception of EU aid amidst the pandemic faces challenges across the Western Balkans
A diplomatic bomb thrown by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić last month has taken up most of the attention in the discussion about the...
COVID-19 pandemic as a threat to the rule of law in the Western Balkans
In order to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and lower the burden on healthcare systems, governments of the Western Balkans have imposed restrictive...
Reforming public procurement crucial for fighting corruption in the Western Balkans
Public procurement system in the Western Balkans is one of the critical corruption zones – as the government mechanism for buying everything “from a needle...
Financing parties and elections in the Western Balkans: Irregularities occur from cycle to cycle
Even though current circumstances might put them on hold, parliamentary elections are expected to take place this year in North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro. Parliamentary...
Corruption acceptable for a third of WB citizens, 70% don’t believe it can be reduced
How many of us in the WB were pressured to give bribe, how involved we were in petty corruption, whether we see corruption as acceptable...
[EWB Interview] Milićević: Fight against corruption is not sufficiently supported by the public
Citizens of Serbia marked the Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December this year with numerous unresolved affairs, among which the most prominent is the arms trade...
Corruption pressure on the rise in the Western Balkans since 2016
by EWB
SKOPJE – Members of the Southeast Initiative for Development and Integrity (SELDI) attended the Policy Forum “Delivering on the Promise of EU Enlargement: 30 Years...
Vetting process in Albania – the marching failure
by Filip Lukić
The biggest judicial reform since the fall of communism, a good example for the rest of the Western Balkan states that are in the process...
The Fallen Anti-Corruption Heroine – Katica Janeva
by Filip Lukić
The new star of the Macedonian reality show “Extortion Affair” is the Chief Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. Handcuffed and with allegations for abuse of authority...