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...
Tag - Western Balkans
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...
Originally dubbed Mini-Schengen, a Western Balkans economic collaboration initiative now known as Open Balkans will offer free movement across Serbia, Albania, and North...
Open borders in the Western Balkans need infrastructure that allows everyone – tourists, citizens and businesses – to make the most of them. The subject of borders in...
In the early hours of Sunday, July 25, a bus travelling from Frankfurt, Germany, to Kosovo’s capital Prishtina rolled over at a highway in Croatia, killing 10 and...
Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania, alongside Cyprus and Ireland, represent the only EU member states outside of the border-free Schengen area. In early July, the European...
Start-ups across the Western Balkans are working in a variety of green tech fields, such as agriculture, sustainable design, and eco-friendly alternatives for packaging...