More: Balkans
Contradictions at the heart of an expanding Europe
Every new generation has refashioned the EU according to the politics of the age, notes Timothy Less, a lead researcher at the Centre for...
Enlarging the EU: Europe is going to “Sail on High Seas”
The newly released report by the German-French working group on EU institutional reform shows, the goal of the EU should be to get ready...
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 with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
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 and resultant sharp increase...
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 from the recession caused...
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 the immediate aftermath of...
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 of Europe”. Religious and...
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 the press to believe...
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 in Bosnia occurred for...
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 this clearer than in the...