Search
Focus Balcani
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,...
Focus Balcani
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...
Focus Balcani
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...
Focus Balcani
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...
Focus Balcani
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...
Focus Balcani
The European Commission has allocated a €171 million aid package to promote infrastructure development and private sector growth in the Western Balkans. In particular, €91.8 million will be directed toward infrastructure projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, and North Macedonia...
Focus Balcani
Montenegro has provisionally closed accession negotiations on Chapter 31 (financial control). To date, Montenegro has opened all 33 chapters within the framework of its EU accession talks, closing five of them: Chapter 3 (right of establishment and freedom to provide services); Chapter 4 (free...
Evento
Ricorrevano quest’anno i cinquant’anni dal golpe argentino del 24 marzo 1976, uno dei momenti più bui della storia del Paese sudamericano. Il colpo di Stato, che portò al potere la giunta guidata da Jorge Rafael Videla, diede avvio a una stagione di repressione sistematica, segnata da migliaia di...
Focus Balcani
Truck drivers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and North Macedonia have launched a protest against EU measures that limit the maximum stay in the Schengen area to ninety days within a six-month period. They are asking to be exempted from the rules that apply to tourists, arguing...
Intervento
Il 31 ottobre 2000 il Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite approvò la Risoluzione 1325 su “Donne, Pace e Sicurezza”, un documento fondamentale che riconobbe il contributo decisivo delle donne nella prevenzione dei conflitti e nella costruzione della pace. Essa segnò un punto di svolta nel...