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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 for electing the head of state. Although the Parliament, elected at the end of December, had managed...
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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 stability, emphasizing that the integration of the Western Balkans is a strategic priority to prevent...
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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 EU funding are actually translating into cleaner air on the ground. Charles Szumski's full article...
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The creation of the Board of Peace, launched by U.S. President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22, 2026, has sparked mixed reactions in the international community. Presented as a new international organization for conflict management and the promotion of global peace,...
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After 12 months of political deadlock, the Kosovo Parliament has confirmed Albin Kurti for a third term as Prime Minister. The December general elections had seen Kurti’s party, Vetevendosje, emerge as the leading party, but without the necessary majority to form a government. Photo credits: https...
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Seasonal rains carry waste from illegal landfills into the Drina River, where it accumulates against the barrier of a hydroelectric plant. The waste originates from illegal dumps upstream in Bosnia, as well as from neighboring Serbia and Montenegro. Representatives from all three countries have...
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Sinisa Karan, member of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNDS), has been confirmed as the new President of Republika Srpska (RS). Karan had previously won an early election in November 2025, but the results were partially annulled by the Central Electoral Commission due to widespread...
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Serbian Culture Minister Nikola Selaković appeared in a Belgrade court in connection with a hotel project linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump. According to prosecutors, the minister, along with other officials, allegedly falsified key documents to allow the...
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In recent years, foreign investments have become one of the main drivers of transformation in the Western Balkans. Between 2020 and 2023, foreign direct investment flows averaged 6.4 percent of the region’s GDP, more than four times the EU average, with the majority directed to Serbia, Montenegro,...
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The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has signed a package of laws proposed by SNS MP Uglješa Mrdić, commonly referred to as the “Mrdić laws,” which were previously adopted by the National Assembly on January 28. The opposition has criticized the new legislative package as a “crackdown on...