Despite decades of EU political support and financial assistance, fundamental problems persist in many Western Balkan countries. European Union action has had little...
Tag - Western Balkans
Unless Serbia finds a way to resolve its long-running dispute with its former province, Kosovo, its path to the EU will remain blocked. Serbia on December 14 took a...
EU enlargement in the Western Balkans is currently blocked by politics. But that does not mean economic criteria should be neglected.
Covid-19 hit tourism in the Western Balkans hard, but Gazmend Haxhia, boss of Landways International, one of the region’s leading tourism companies, is confident that...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
An increase in irregular migration from several Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries is unlikely to see the region lose its right to visa-free travel to the...
An underwhelming summit has left the Western Balkans further from EU membership than ever. An ’emergency’ EU-Western Balkans summit, convened by Slovenia...
A recent report by Europol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) highlights the extent of Western Balkans involvement in the trade of cocaine from...
Since 2020, Bulgaria has been vetoing the start of North Macedonia’s EU accession talks. Albania, a country with strong and widespread support for EU integration...
Montenegro, which unilaterally adopted the euro in 2002, might – somewhat ironically – have to introduce its own currency before it can join the European...
The European Union has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2050, and so have the countries of the Western Balkans. But as air pollution in the region gets worse, its...
Devastating wildfires have engulfed large swaths of land across the Balkan peninsula, with most countries in the region affected. While multiple Balkan states have...
