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1 – 10 of 52The PD has started healing some of the rifts that have divided it for nearly three years. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party (PS) is favourite to win…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286244
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Council declared Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH) a potential EU member in June 2003, but withheld candidate status until end-2022. The 1995 Dayton peace agreement reconstituted BiH…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285624
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Baerbock used the occasion to push publicly for ambitious EU reform proposals on issues such as qualified majority voting (QMV) and making representation in the European…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283384
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Tensions between opposing political forces rose last month when the government triggered impeachment proceedings against the president. Although this failed, strains between the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283153
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After two inconclusive elections, GERB and PP-DB have conditionally agreed to cooperate. The cabinet headed by Nikolay Denkov (PP-DB) ends the long rule by a caretaker…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279679
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Prospects for the Western Balkans in 2023.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273934
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Three former ruling party blocs branded President Milo Djukanovic’s refusal to accept their proposed nominee for prime minister as unconstitutional, leading them to initiate…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273164
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Austria vetoed both countries’ accession, ignoring the European Commission’s positive recommendation. The Netherlands opposed only Bulgaria’s entry. Schengen’s non-enlargement…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276398
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The new law attempts to tackle pressing challenges such as unequal access to education, functional illiteracy, politicisation and corruption. Romania and its neighbour Bulgaria…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278508
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This follows the introduction of the Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act by a bipartisan group of US senators in early August. Washington is thus planning to increase its…