Balkans

Fifth report on the EU visa-free regime with Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries

What is the Commission presenting today? Today, the Commission reports on results of its monitoring of the EU visa-free regime…

4 months ago

Western Balkans Need Policies that Protect Most Vulnerable, Reforms that Boost Growth

Economic performance in all six economies of the Western Balkans continues to be impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine…

5 months ago

Western Balkans Face New Economic Headwinds Despite Strong Post-Pandemic Recovery

The six countries of the Western Balkans region are facing a new range of economic challenges, despite a better-than-expected rebound…

11 months ago

Eastern Balkans Economic update: New government, but even more problems in Bulgaria

Over the last two years, Bulgarian politics has manifested chronic instability, extreme fractiousness and scarce capacity for reform. Nevertheless, in…

1 year ago

Reflections on Russia and the Slavic Balkans

The Balkans, which lie at the crossroads of roads and civilisations, have established themselves throughout history as the “powder keg…

1 year ago

Is Kosovo Threatened by the European Far-Right? A Commentary on Forza Nuova and its Balkan Connections

The success that the Italian centre-left party Partito Democratico obtained in the administrative elections on October 3 and 4, led…

1 year ago

Achilles heel of Republic of Srpska

Serb member of Bosnia’s tripartite Presidency, Milorad Dodik recently re-aroused great attention among the public political scene in the Balkans.…

1 year ago

Germany and its Neo-imperial quest

In January 2021, eight months ago, when rumours about the possibility of appointment of Christian Schmidt as the High Representative…

2 years ago

From Powder Keg to Power House: Engineering the Western Balkans for Success

Authors: Joseph Vann and Valbona Zeneli The Biden administration has made clear to Europe that America is back. Nowhere is…

2 years ago

American diplomacy’s comeback and Bulgaria’s institutional trench war

Even though many mainstream media outlets have not noticed it, US diplomacy has staged a gran comeback in the Balkans.…

2 years ago