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The EU–Western Balkans summit held in Tivat brought together more than thirty European leaders and confirmed Montenegro as the most advanced country in the EU accession process. Podgorica has recently closed several negotiating chapters and has entered the phase of drafting its accession treaty,...
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NATO has announced that it will gradually reduce the presence of its KFOR peacekeeping mission in Kosovo over the next year, in response to improved security conditions in the country. The Alliance specified that the process will be gradual, coordinated with troop rotation cycles, and based on...
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Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has won the snap parliamentary elections, securing around 43% of the vote according to near-final official results, but failing to reach the absolute majority needed to form a government independently and end the ongoing political crisis. The vote took place amid...
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The European Union has approved the opening of negotiations with the six Western Balkan countries to extend the EU’s free roaming system, “Roam Like at Home,” to the region. The decision marks one of the most concrete steps in the gradual integration of candidate countries into the EU single market...
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The possible succession of Christian Schmidt as head of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina is fueling political debate in the country and among international partners. Among the main candidates are Italian diplomat Antonio Zanardi Landi, former Slovenian president...
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U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated new ambassadors for Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, pending confirmation by the U.S. Senate. The nominations are Michael Young for Serbia, Ronald Johnson for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Peter McCoy for Montenegro. Michael Young, a lawyer and...
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The “Memorandum on Kosovo and Metohija” published by the Serbian student movement has sparked controversy due to its nationalist language, reaffirming the position that Kosovo is an integral part of Serbia and referring to the Serbian Constitution, without however proposing concrete solutions to...
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Initially born as an environmental mobilization against a large tourism project backed by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, the protests in Albania have quickly turned into a broader challenge to the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama. At the center of the mobilization is...
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Although a greater interest of the diaspora in the election processes in Serbia can be noticed in public, especially after the student rebellion, our interlocutors point out that citizens in the diaspora are, on the one hand, often neglected by the authorities, while during voting they also face...
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In April and May 2026 protests by students of Albanian nationality took place in Skopje, demanding that the bar exam be taken in Albanian. In North Macedonia, studying is possible in Albanian language at several state and private universities. On the other hand, the Law on the Bar Exam stipulates...