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EU ambassadors approve working group for Montenegro accession treaty
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 22. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BRUSSELS – Ambassadors of EU member states approved today the establishment of an ad hoc working group to draft the Accession Treaty with Montenegro, Radio-Television of Montenegro (RTCG) reported. The information was confirmed by the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of th…

What’s the future of OHR in Bosnia and Herzegovina after Schmidt leaves?
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 22. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

While the tenure of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, is not strictly fixed by a calendar, there has been ongoing speculation that he will leave the post following the October 2026 general elections. The discourse surrounding his potential resi…

What’s next for Hungarians in Serbia after Orbán’s defeat?
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 21. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

One of the many questions raised by the landslide election victory of the opposition Tisza party on 12 April, which ended the 16-year rule of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, concerns the impact of the change of government in Budapest on Hungarian communities in neighbouring countries, inc…

Western Balkans risk losing over 700 million euros from Growth Plan due to delayed reforms
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BRUSSELS – The European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, has warned the six Western Balkan countries that they risk collectively losing more than 700 million euros from the EU Growth Plan by mid-year due to a failure to implement reforms, Radio Free Europe (RFE) has…

What has to happen for Nikola Gruevski to face extradition from Hungary?
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 20. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BUDAPEST – The extradition of former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski remains legally blocked, as the formal mechanisms needed to initiate the process are currently not in place. According to Hungarian Telex, the extradition request submitted by the previous Govern…

Kos: The EU cannot afford to get a new member which will make us weaker
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 17. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – “We cannot afford to get someone, a new EU member state, who will make us weaker. We are not a bunch of friends, but a community of values”, remarked EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, at a yesterday’s discussion organised by the Atlantic Council, during…

Sørensen and Kurti discussed the EU path of Kosovo
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 16. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

PRISTINA – Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, hosted a Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, Peter Sørensen, at a working dinner on 15 April in Pristina. The Government of Kosovo stated that they discussed the European Union integration process, “includin…

US Investment in Western Balkan Energy and Infrastructure Reflects Shifting Security Priorities
Balkan · European Western Balkans · SAD · 16. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

U.S. commitment to the Western Balkans has looked shaky under the second Trump administration. Washington has been vocal about pulling back its security commitments and shifting more responsibility to Europe, diplomatic posts remain unfilled, and the administration has drawn crit…

Pásztor invited to Budapest by Magyar for consultations
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 16. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – Hungary’s election winner, Péter Magyar, posted on X that he had talked by the phone with President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ), Bálint Pásztor, on 15 April. He noted that on the same day he had also spoken to László Gubík, President of the Hungarian…

Milatović: My impression is that Macron would support admission of new members
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 15. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BERLIN – The accession of Montenegro to the EU by 2028 is still realistic, and the country’s goal is full membership, in contrast to recent proposals from the region that advocated for a lower level of integration. These were the points made by the President of Monten…

Possibility of ex-Prime Minister Gruevski’s extradition raised after Hungarian election
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 15. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BUDAPEST / SKOPJE – The winner of the Hungarian parliamentary election, Péter Magyar, hinted earlier this week that he could extradite former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who was granted political asylum in Hungary in 2018. The Ministry of Justice of North Mac…

Government and opposition still without concrete moves to elect Kosovo President
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 14. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

PRISTINA – Fifteen days remain until the constitutional deadline for electing a new president, but there are still no indications on the political scene that a consensus can be reached on the issue, KoSSev reports. The Constitutional Court has set April 28 as the deadline f…

First frictions between Magyar and Vučić in post-election public statements
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 14. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BUDAPEST / BELGRADE – At an international press conference held on 13 April, the winner of the Hungarian election, Péter Magyar, commented to Serbian N1 television on the discovery of an explosive device near the Serbian–Hungarian pipeline during the final week of the elect…

Peter Sørensen: Good meetings with Vučić and Petković
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 9. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – Peter Sørensen, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, talked to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Director of the Office for KiM Petar Petković today in Belgrade. Sørensen wrote on X that he had “good meetings” with Vučić and Petković…

Prebilič and Gozi call on the EC to urgently react to the erosion of democracy in Serbia
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 9. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BRUSSELS – Members of the Greens/EFA and “Renew Europe” groups in the European Parliament, Vladimir Prebilič and Sandro Gozi, call on the European Commission to urgently react to “the erosion of all norms and rules” in Serbia.  In a public letter to President of the EC, Ursu…

Serbia plans to produce drones with Israeli Elbit Systems
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 8. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – Israeli Elbit Systems and Serbia’s main state-owned import-export company, SDPR, will co-own a drone factory that is going to be built in Serbia, with the Israeli partner having a majority stake of 51 per cent. This was revealed in a joint article by BIRN and Haa…

Albania’s IBAR still at preliminary stage, no timeline for next steps
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 8. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BRUSSELS – The process of adopting the European Union’s position regarding Albania’s Interim Benchmark Assessment Report (IBAR), a crucial next step in the country’s EU accession process, remains at an early stage, and it is not yet possible to specify whe…

European Commission and European Federation of Journalists react to developments at N1
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 8. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BRUSSELS – Spokesman Guillaume Mercier said on Wednesday for N1 that the European Commission is following the developments regarding this media outlet. Journalists and citizens gathered on 7 April in front of the N1 television to protest the removal of Igor Božić as the tel…

Suspicious timing suggests a false flag operation on the Serbian-Hungarian border
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 7. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – The detection of explosive devices near the critical energy infrastructure in the town of Kanjiža, which Serbian and Hungarian officials described as a foiled terrorist attack, is widely interpreted as “a false flag operation” by security experts. Independent observers…

Serbian authorities: The search could last days or months
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 6. travnja 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE / BUDAPEST – Director of the Serbian Military Security Agency (VBA) Đuro Jovanić addressed the media on Sunday following the announcement that explosives had been found near the Serbian-Hungarian gas pipeline in the north of the country. According to Jovanić, VBA &…