Reducing average wait times at borders in the Western Balkans by three hours could add up to three per cent to GDP in each of the region’s six economies over the...
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Increasingly, the Western Balkans are ready for the EU. But is the EU ready for the Western Balkans?
The reforms required of EU candidate states to guarantee accession are only half of the equation to a sustainably enlarged bloc. With the possible addition of as many as...
EU Council President Charles Michel this week offered membership hopefuls plenty of sweet talk, but little substance. The bakery at the Park Hotel in the Slovenian...
NATO’s next boss, set to be chosen this summer, will need to be just as popular in Brussels as current secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg. One candidate –...
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
There may not be a way to fast-track Ukraine’s EU membership, but its formal application is a firm statement of intent. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on...
Ahead of the EU’s Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, which will take place without representatives of the Minsk regime, Alexander Lukashenko takes...
An underwhelming summit has left the Western Balkans further from EU membership than ever. An ’emergency’ EU-Western Balkans summit, convened by Slovenia...
Georgia’s local elections – scheduled for October 2 – are this year about far more than mayors and local councils. The stakes in Georgia’s upcoming...
What was behind the Georgian government’s decision last month to turn down an EU loan? Georgia’s government has pointed to a high level of economic growth...
The Crimea Platform – held by Ukraine on the 30th anniversary of the country’s independence – demonstrated that the world has not forgotten about...
As the West beefs up sanctions against Belarus, Georgia has begun cooperating with its repressive State Security Committee – still known as the KGB...
