The European Union must uphold the Copenhagen Criteria else its reputation will be damaged. What are the reasons for Albania and other Western Balkans states to strive...
Tag - Western Balkans
Despite some improvement in recent years, levels of state capture in the Western Balkans remain “unacceptably high”, according to a new policy brief from...
Six Western Balkan capitals – Belgrade, Skopje, Prishtina, Tirana, Podgorica and Sarajevo – and 400 trees planted simultaneously. One goal – to prove that, by taking...
The Sharr is home to a diverse number of West Balkan communities, including the Gorani, but the mountain range is also known for its impressive biodiversity, which...
The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting North Macedonia hard, with lockdowns, disrupted supply chains, and a prolonged, adverse epidemiological situation darkening an already...
With the European Commission last week releasing its 2020 Enlargement Package and an investment plan for the Western Balkans, European integration has once again risen...
Last week the European Commission issued its latest ‘Enlargement Package’ for the Western Balkans (WB) and Turkey. This means that the six WB countries (Albania, Bosnia...
Economies in the emerging Europe and Central Asia region are on course to contract by 4.4 per cent this year, the worst recession since the global financial crisis of...
The European Commission has reiterated its commitment to the countries of the Western Balkans, setting out a number of clear and precise recommendations for states...
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...
Twenty years of the European Union trying to drive political reconciliation in the Western Balkans through regional economic integration has delivered disappointing...
A fire two weeks ago at the Greek Moria refugee camp left more than 13,000 people homeless and without access to basic necessities. Bulgaria is one of few EU countries...