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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26 March 2026
Kosovo may return to the polls for the third time in just over a year, after on March 6 President Vjosa Osmani dissolved the National Assembly due to the failure to meet the constitutional deadline...
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20 March 2026
The paper by Julian Hodaj and Filippo Marinoni examines the role of Italian foreign direct investments (FDI) in Albania within the broader framework of EU enlargement dynamics. As Albania’s main...
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17 March 2026
EU enlargement to the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe may profoundly reshape the Union’s economic and fiscal architecture. The analysis distinguishes between a “consolidation” scenario, limited to...
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11 March 2026
The European Parliament has adopted Resolution 2025/2110(INI) on the EU enlargement strategy. The resolution reaffirms enlargement as a geopolitical tool for ensuring the continent’s security and...
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7 March 2026
On 5 March 2026, CeSPI – Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale and the EFDS – European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity hosted a joint webinar dedicated to the economic dimension of EU...
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20 February 2026
Air pollution has become one of the deadliest threats to public health in North Macedonia, overshadowing the country’s path toward European Union membership and raising doubts about whether years of...
