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War in Ukraine will lend timid boost to EU enlargement

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BALKANS/EU

The Ukraine crisis could give a spur to EU enlargement following years of near-stagnation. However, the immediate implications for the Western Balkans, whose accession has been…

EU growth plan may boost Western Balkan economies

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EU/BALKANS

The EU has put aside EUR6bn (USD6.4bn) to advance the inclusion of Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia into the single market and to…

Critical EU report on Turkey may trigger 'Turexit'

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EUROPE/TURKEY

Turkey's faltering EU accession process looks more at risk than ever, following Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn's warning that Ankara had "clearly chosen to move away from…

Prospects for Central Europe and Balkans to end-2022

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PROSPECTS H2 2022

Prospects for Central Europe and Balkans to end-2022.

Western Balkans might seek new relationship with EU

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BALKANS

Non-economic priorities such as nation-building and partisan political interests have often shaped large developmental projects in the Western Balkans, facilitated by…

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…

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2016.

Serbian government’s judicial reforms are perfunctory

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SERBIA

The changes were aimed at strengthening the independence of and reducing political influence on the Serbian judiciary, and meeting a requirement for progress in EU accession…

Chinese BRI in Balkans will rouse West’s concerns

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BALKANS/CHINA

Chinese projects in Balkans.

East and West will divide over new Bosnian viceroy

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BOSNIA

The summit’s avowed aim was to renew the EU-US ‘Transatlantic partnership’, including committing to upholding the international rules-based order built around the UN. It called…