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ASEAN institutional headwinds mean national answers

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ASEAN

Outlook for ASEAN's institutional development.

East-west EU divides will persist under new Commission

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EU

CEE influence in the new Commission.

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…

Four disintegration risks may threaten the EU’s future

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EU

Four European disintegration risks.

Court appeal will delay Bosnian government formation

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BOSNIA

Bosnia after elections.

Albanian crisis will hold off reform needed for EU

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ALBANIA

In the political battle between Prime Minister Edi Rama and President Ilir Meta, parliament -- which is dominated by Rama’s Socialist Party (PS) -- wants to impeach the president…

Industry needs may prompt East European school reform

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EASTERN EUROPE

PISA measures, internationally, 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. For the Visegrad Four (V4 -…

Russian aid keeps Georgian breakaway regions in line

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GEORGIA/RUSSIA

Russian financial support for the Georgian breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

IMF funding delay would hit Bosnian Serbs more

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BOSNIA

Blockages holding up Bosnia's EU accession process and new IMF arrangement.