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PRISTINA – “The Single Market is more than a market, it is full European citizenship – not being an immigrant in your own European Union. This is why I have advocated the Single Market as a flagship of the EU enlargement”, said Enrico Letta in his keynote …

PRISTINA – Justina Shiroka-Pula was elected President of Kosovo with 81 votes in the parliament last night, three minutes after the deadline set by the Constitutional Court for the election of the President expired. Shiroka-Pula was one of the two candidates in the final vote, al…

STRASBOURG – Fewer decisions requiring unanimity, new powers to withhold EU funding and restrict voting rights for new members that breach rule-of-law commitments – these are among the measures proposed by the European Commission to prepare the bloc for its next enlar…

PRISTINA – Implementation and accountability remain the key challenges of the energy transition in the Western Balkans. The countries do not need a new set of commitments, but finances and coordination in order to carry out the existing ones, stressed the participants of to…

PRISTINA – Civil society across the Western Balkans Six is facing growing pressures, including very restrictive NGO laws, and smear campaigns targeting activists, warned the participants of the discussion entitled “Safeguarding Civic Space and Democracy: From Commitments to Condi…

PRISTINA – Security has become a defining frame of EU enlargement, shaped by the war in Ukraine, hybrid warfare, and the erosion of rule-of-law structures across parts of the Western Balkans, stated the participants of the panel entitled “Resilient Democracies, Safer Region”, whi…

PRISTINA – Twelve years after its founding in 2014, the Berlin Process is facing questions about its future role as the gap between frontrunner countries in the Western Balkans – Montenegro and Albania – and the rest is growing, while trust between countries in …

PRISTINA – At uncertain times like these in the world, there is a temptation to prirotise stability – but stability without values is weak and will eventually fail, said Lars Castellucci, German Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistan…

While the latest general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina featured innovative safeguards, such as biometric voter identification and electronic ballot scanner, aimed at curbing fraud, the fact that the nationalist political forces – the Party of Democratic Action of BiH (SDA) …

Dear readers, Welcome to the Weekly Campaign Overview, the news digest that our team at Serbia Elects has relaunched for the upcoming parliamentary election. In the coming weeks, we will be sending you regular updates on the election campaign, as well as alerts on major potential…

PRISTINA – The 2026 edition of the Civil Society and Think Tank Forum of the Western Balkans, under the motto “Proofs, Not Promises”, opened tonight in the capital of Kosovo. The event is organised by the Open Society Foundations – Western Balkans and the Govern…

Preliminary results from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s general elections show Željka Cvijanović leading the race for the Serb seat on the country’s Presidency, while SNSD candidate Savo Minić is ahead in the contest for president of Republika Srpska. Denis Bećirović leads the race for…

BELGRADE – The Republic Electoral Commission of Serbia adopted a decision on Sunday evening designating polling stations for voters residing abroad. Representatives of the Student List, the main opposition force in Serbia, strongly criticised the decision, claiming that it …

Dear readers, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was back in the Western Balkans this week. You could follow her messages from across the region on our website. Two stops on her tour in particular showed where EU enlargement policy currently stands. In Tirana, she…

SARAJEVO – The general elections will be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 4. The election silence period will begin at 7 a.m. on October 3, and will last until the closing of polling stations, i.e. until Sunday, October 4, at 7 p.m. During this period, political subjects…

SKOPJE – President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen visited North Macedonia today as the final stop on her Western Balkans tour. The focus of talks in Skopje was on the EU accession process of the country. “North Macedonia belongs with us in the EU. There is one ke…

PRISTINA – The Civil Society & Think tank Forum (CSF) 2026 will take place in Pristina from 5 to 7 October under the slogan “Proof, Not Promises”, bringing together civil society organisations and think tanks from all six Western Balkan countries to access p…

PODGORICA – “You can count on us, which is why I have come to Montenegro three times this year”, stated Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission last night in Podgorica. She stressed that Montenegro had made progress in reforms “and that is why it had so many cl…

PRISTINA – Today, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has urged Kosovo to establish fully functioning institutions as soon as possible. After her meeting with Prime Minister Albin Kurti in Pristina, she noted that the “institutional stability is crucial for …

BUDVA – A ministerial meeting of the Berlin Process, which brings together the foreign ministers of the Western Balkan countries, the representatives of the member states which participate in the initiative, as well as the EU and regional organizations, began today in Pržno near …

Tirana – On September 30, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen started her Western Balkans tour by visiting Albania. At a joint press conference with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, she described Albania as one of the leading countries in the European Union…

PRISTINA – Kosovo has six days left to elect a new president and avoid another parliamentary election, Prime Minister Albin Kurti said today, KoSSev reports. He announced further talks with the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK…

The European Commission is expected on October 6 to propose significant changes to the way the EU takes decisions – without reopening the treaties – alongside an entirely new set of safeguards against democratic and rule-of-law backsliding in future member states. For…

MOSCOW – Milorad Dodik, president of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and RS Prime Minister Savo Minić met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday. The meeting took place five days before general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina scheduled…

PRISTINA – The parliament of Kosovo adopted a declaration today concerning the verdict of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague against four former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The declaration was adopted with 99 votes in favor, with no votes against a…