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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27 September 2023
The EU Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Miroslav Lajcak, met with the new commander of the NATO mission in Kosovo (KFOR), Major General Özkan Ulutaş, who will take the place of General...
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24 September 2023
On the night of 24 September, a firefight took place between the Kosovar police and an unidentified terrorist armed group blocking access to the village of Banjska, north of Kosovo. In the clash a...
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21 September 2023
The 2030 target for accession of Western Balkan countries to the EU could be a welcome boost to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s EU accession process, but the problem with constitutional change and lack of...
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19 September 2023
After the BRICS members (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) announced that they would welcome six new members, a resolution was presented to the Serbian parliament to ask the country to...
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15 September 2023
The European Union and Albania have signed a new agreement on operational cooperation in border management with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).
The agreement forms part of the...
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13 September 2023
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, gave the traditional "State of the Union Address" before the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
The President began her speech by...