A long standing wrong is righted as the EU agrees to allow Kosovo’s citizens visa-free access to the bloc. Finally. On April 18, the European Parliament voted to...
Tag - Western Balkans
Bosnia and Herzegovina this week became a formal EU candidate, while Kosovo filed an application for EU membership. Neither country will be an EU member anytime soon...
While the energy transition is slowly taking off the ground in the six countries of the Western Balkans, the threat of a delayed coal phase-out is looming. The...
Emerging Europe’s start-up scene is thriving: new money and new ideas are coming onto the market all the time. To keep you up to date with the latest investments...
Avoiding a recession could be as good as it gets for much of the region this year. The war in Ukraine is clearly having negative effects on the economies of the 23...
Ukraine grabbed the headlines at last week’s EU summit in Brussels when its status as an EU candidate country was confirmed by the European Council. For several...
The Western Balkans should also not lose sight of their long-term goals to achieve energy security and resilience as part of the green reform agenda The six countries of...
For Albania’s share of employment in high-skilled occupations to reach the Western Balkans average, more than 100,000 people (nine per cent of the workforce) need to...
Serbia may be sitting on 10 per cent of the world’s lithium, but the country’s government this week decided it will stay in the ground. Anglo-Australian...
Despite decades of EU political support and financial assistance, fundamental problems persist in many Western Balkan countries. European Union action has had little...
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.