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Colombia's ELN ceasefire is fragile step towards peace

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COLOMBIA

The arrangement, which will come into effect nationwide from August 3, is intended initially to last for six months. It represents the furthest that any government has managed to…

Colombia’s local elections may prompt violence spike

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COLOMBIA

Despite government efforts to negotiate ceasefires and peace agreements with non-state armed groups, attacks on social leaders, candidates and activists in areas where these…

Prospects for Colombia to end-2023

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PROSPECTS H2 2023

With political opposition and public dissatisfaction showing no sign of abating, the government's reform agenda is unlikely to pass Congress. The administration’s ‘Total Peace’…

Lagging Albanian reforms overshadow EU accession talks

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ALBANIA

The code would incorporate controversial constitutional amendments favouring the governing Socialist Party (PS). The slow pace of judicial reform has held back Albania’s EU…

Lack of reform will impede Kosovo’s EU bid

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KOSOVO

The EU and Kosovo signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) in 2015 but Kosovo has not taken the next step, of applying for membership, out of a well-founded fear of…

Albania’s EU accession talks will be step on long road

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ALBANIA

The Dutch government requested ending visa-free travel for Albanians on May 31, saying it was facilitating Europe’s penetration by criminal gangs. The complaint contradicts the…

Social leader killings threaten Colombia’s security

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COLOMBIA

Killings of social leaders.

Duque brings relief and risks for Colombian oil sector

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COLOMBIA

Not least among the fundamental disagreements between the rightist Duque and his leftist election opponent, Gustavo Petro, was the matter of how to steer the future of Colombia’s…

Colombia's future rests on justice talks

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COLOMBIA

As Colombia's peace talks approach their apparent end date, justice issues are a major sticking point.