curated by CeSPI
The Balkan Focus is a gateway for analysis on the Balkan region and its links with the European Union. It is a space to be up to date on the central issues, political appointments, and status of the accession negotiations to increase the understanding of the enlargement process and keep alive the attention on it.
This project, centered around the strategic role, both current and future, of the European integration process, stems from the extensive experience gained by CeSPI in European integration and the Balkan region.
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1 August 2025
The 2024–2025 student protests, sparked by the Novi Sad station collapse, are Serbia’s strongest civic challenge to authoritarianism. Over five phases, the movement evolved from spontaneous rallies...
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31 July 2025
Over the past thirty years, the economies of the Western Balkans have benefited from the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) from various international partners. This flow appears to be...
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25 July 2025
The Council has adopted the second bilateral assistance measure under the European Peace Facility.
The European Peace Facility was established in 2021 to finance actions under the common foreign and...
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15 July 2025
In 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina was granted EU candidate status, and in 2024 accession negotiations officially began. Yet its path remains one of the most complex in the region: the political system...
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11 July 2025
The European Parliament, in a joint statement, commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, “strongly condemning any denial, distortion, or minimization of the Srebrenica genocide.”...
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10 July 2025
Serbia stands at a critical political and societal crossroads. What began as a student-led protest has evolved into a wider civic movement, exposing two sharply contrasting visions of the country’s...
