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TIRANA – Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office (SPAK) is investigating a luxury tourism project in Albania linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, Politico reports. The project concerns the uninhabited Adriatic island of Sa…

SARAJEVO – European Council President António Costa, who is on a tour of the Balkans, said today in Sarajevo that the European Union’s commitment to the Western Balkans is real, as is the opportunity for the EU enlargement. After the meeting with BiH Presidency member…

PODGORICA – Minister of European Affairs of Montenegro, Germany and France held a joint press conference in Podgorica, sending the message that Montenegro is making the fastest progress in the EU accession and enjoys strong support from Germany and France in the final stage…

Albania became only the second EU candidate country, after Montenegro, to obtain the Interim Benchmark Assessment Report (IBAR). This major step was taken on 26 May 2026, at the Eighth Intergovernmental Conference in Brussels. The successful IBAR confirms Albania’s fulfillm…

BELGRADE – European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos stated that the EU must change the accession system to respond to Ukraine’s needs. Kos assessed for Financial Times that the Union “must be innovative, but, regardless of the possible reform of the enlargement…

PARIS – “Montenegro can count on the full political support of France in the final stage of the negotiation process, and the preparation of the Treaty of Accession to the European Union”, French President Emmanuel Macron said during his meeting with Prime Minister Milojko Spajić …

BRUSSELS – The eighth Intergovernmental Conference between the EU and Albania was held last night in Brussels. The meeting served to confirm the fulfilment of the interim benchmarks by Albania and to set closing benchmarks for Cluster 1 ‘Fundamentals’, including Chapters 23…

BRUSSELS – The eighth Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) between the EU and Albania will be held tonight in Brussels, marking a new step in Albania’s accession process after the country fulfilled the interim benchmarks for Cluster 1 “Fundamentals”. At the conference, the EU is ex…

Saturday’s protest in Belgrade gathered between 180.000 and 190.000 people. The police, in line with the government’s usual understanding of mathematics, claimed there were only around 34.000. It was not only one of the largest gatherings Serbia has seen in recent years, but it w…

BELGRADE – Up to 190 thousand people gathered at Belgrade’s Slavija Square on 23 May in the second largest protest in Serbia since the fall of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000, underscoring the scale and persistence of the student-led movement that emerged as a political actor …

BELGRADE – Hungary’s MOL Group has received approval from the United States to continue on the purchase of the Russian stake in Serbian Oil Company (NIS), Dubravka Đedović Handanović, Serbian Mining and Energy Minister stated on Friday. The new deadline for concluding…

BRUSSELS – The eighth EU-Albania Accession Conference will be held on 26 May to confirm Albania’s fulfilment of the interim benchmarks and to set closing benchmarks for Cluster 1 ‘Fundamentals’, the Council announced today. This means that Albania will be able to begin closing ne…

VIENNA – New Hungarian Prime Péter Magyar stated that the EU must admit long-standing Western Balkan candidates before Ukraine, because otherwise it could lose credibility in the region. “As for EU membership in principle, I want to encourage European countries to, be…

BELGRADE – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka discussed strengthening economic cooperation today, continuing negotiations on a free trade agreement, and the possibility of further increasi…

PODGORICE – “No one reaches this stage of the enlargement process without enormous effort, nor becomes a member of the European Union without even greater national determination and unity in the final stretch of that journey”, said European Commissioner for Enla…

BERLIN – Ukraine should get an “associate Membership” in the European Union as a decisive step on its path towards full membership, while Western Balkans and Moldova could also be brought closer to the EU and their accession process accelerated, Chancellor of Ge…

BRUSSELS – Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia circulated a confidential document among other European Union Member States last week, proposing a “merit-based access – if necessary, step by step – to the European single market”, Euractiv re…

SKOPJE – “At a time of major geopolitical and economic challenges, the region needs more coordination, stronger connectivity and more joint investments”, stated Bekim Sali, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs of North Macedonia, in his opening remarks at…

BRUSSELS – EU Member States are close to reaching a consensus on the draft EU Common Position related to Albania’s Interim Benchmark Assessment Report (IBAR), European Western Balkans learns from sources in the Council. Discussions within the Council Working Party on …

SKOPJE – Albanian students in North Macedonia gathered in Skopje, continuing protests demanding that they be allowed to take the judicial exam in the Albanian language. According to media reports, five students were arrested during yesterday’s protest, while students …

BELGRADE/ PODGORICA – Relations between Belgrade and Podgorica have been strained again, and the reason for the latest friction is marking of the 20th anniversary of the restoration of Montenegro’s independence. The heated public debate began with the statement of Serbian P…

BELGRADE /PRISTINA – European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said today in Pristina that a constructive engagement in the dialogue with Serbia is a prerequisite for opening formal EU accession negotiations with Kosovo and advancing its European integration. “This also mea…

New disagreements are complicating efforts to finalize the sale of the majority share of Serbian energy company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) to Hungary’s MOL Group. The Serbian government, which holds a 29.9 percent stake in NIS, has rejected a new proposal by MOL amid ongoing …

SARAJEVO – On 13 May, the Commander of EUFOR, Major General Maurizio Fronda, co-hosted an Ambassador’s Roundtable at Camp Butmir alongside the Commander of NATO Headquarters Sarajevo, bringing together key international representatives for high-level discussions on the security e…

BRUSSELS – On 13 May, the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU held the inaugural meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group for the drafting of Montenegro’s Accession Treaty – a landmark milestone in Montenegro’s EU accession journey. “This important step sends a stro…