Belgrade and Pristina: Will a territorial exchange really happen?
The European Union is dialing up pressure on Serbia and Kosovo in an effort to convince Belgrade and Pristina to sign an agreement on...
EU playing a zero-sum game in Kosovo
When it comes to Kosovo settlement, the European Union is clearly trying to regain the initiative. It was with poorly concealed jealousy and irritation...
Montenegro’s turnaround: Outcomes and prospects
Montenegro is entering a new chapter of its political history. For the first time in the past 30 years the Democratic Party of Socialists,...
Germany: CDU – three in one
Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will hold
an extraordinary congress on April 25 to elect its new chairperson,
who is almost certain to lead the party to next...
Republika Srpska preparing Brexit
The precedence of the UK’s withdrawal from the
European Union naturally allows other European organizations and individual
countries to contemplate the previously inconceivable exit option. While...
U.S. is militarizing Europe
While
pushing its NATO allies in Europe to increase their spending on joint defense,
the United States is simultaneously moving its own troops to Europe. According...
US threatens Europe with “gas war”
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has
said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be launched irrespective of the
US sanctions. Envisaged by the draft...
“Balkan Stream”: Romania instead of Bulgaria?
With the export leg of the Turkish Stream
(TurkStream) gas pipeline, designed to bring Russian natural gas along the
Balkan route further to Europe, slated to...
Balkans move away from the EU
The European Union is set to radically
re-consider its enlargement strategy. This could somewhat soften the criticism
coming from the eurosceptics who are dissatisfied with the...
Balkans splitting EU apart
The European Union is going through a serious
internal crisis over the prospects of its further expansion, with the main line
of confrontation running between Paris...