The Non-Aligned Movement is alive and kicking and has just celebrated its 60th anniversary. But what role does it now play? And why is Russia taking an interest? Sixty...
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An underwhelming summit has left the Western Balkans further from EU membership than ever. An ’emergency’ EU-Western Balkans summit, convened by Slovenia...
Relations between Kosovo and Serbia are at their lowest ebb for years, with the border between the two countries blocked by Serbs unhappy over new licence plate rules. ...
Angela Merkel’s Germany was one of the first countries to recognise Kosovo’s independence, but failed to convince Serbia, and others, to do likewise. After...
The appointment of a new bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro has inflamed tensions in the Western Balkans. In a truly secular country, religion and...
A controversial move by the outgoing High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, which bans the denial of genocide in the country, has triggered yet...
Could hosting a banned Iranian dissident group compromise Albania’s security? Some 30 kilometres west from Albania’s capital Tirana, nestled between a...
Originally dubbed Mini-Schengen, a Western Balkans economic collaboration initiative now known as Open Balkans will offer free movement across Serbia, Albania, and North...
Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin has courted controversy with several statements about the so-called Serbian World, an idea that Serbs living in the Western...
Albanians no longer need residence permits to live and work in Kosovo. Analysts say the move brings Kosovo closer to joining the so-called Western Balkans Mini-Schengen...
Redrawing borders in the Western Balkans usually means war, which makes a recent comment by Slovenia’s president somewhat troublesome. A diplomatic row has broken...
Russia wants to prevent Bosnia and Herzegovina joining NATO and the EU at all costs. In December 2020, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was publicly snubbed by two...
The Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU drew to a close on June 30, with Germany taking over the reins for the next six months. Assessing the success – or...