European Western Balkans 🇪🇺
@EWB_eu
Web portal focusing on the Western Balkan countries and EU enlargement policy. #EWB #WesternBalkans 🇲🇰🇲🇪🇷🇸🇦🇱🇧🇦🇽🇰
This week in Brussels, we celebrated our 10th anniversary. @Stiplija and @NikolaBurazer addressed our friends and partners emphasizing that EWB's mission remains clear: to deliver reliable information and promote the 🇪🇺 future for the #WesternBalkans. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2024/12/06/eur…
[OPINION] "For the Western Balkans Six (WB6), the urgency to align with the European Union’s cybersecurity framework is more than technical; it is existential", ✍️@MentorV and dr Igli Tafa. ⤵️ europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/11/531…
![EWB_eu's tweet image. [OPINION] "For the Western Balkans Six (WB6), the urgency to align with the European Union’s cybersecurity framework is more than technical; it is existential", ✍️@MentorV and dr Igli Tafa.
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[OPINION] "Despite the criticisms of the speeches on 28 June, no liberal or pro-EU organisation has withdrawn support for the student movement. This cannot be understood without recognising the complexity of the movement itself",✍️@ivkovic_al. 👇 europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/09/no-…
[INTERVIEW] "If money flows regardless of actual reform progress, it risks sending the wrong message to citizens in the region." We talked to Stefan Ristovski @epi_skopje about the initial implementation of the Reform Agendas. ⤵️ europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/23/ewb…
The Policy Brief @BiEPAG underlines that the 🇪🇺 should close the gap between rhetoric and reality, reward genuine reform, and reaffirm the EU’s standing as a credible normative power in the WB, a region still looking to Brussels for a European future. 👇 europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/22/bie…
[INTERVIEW] "Without a fundamental shift in political priorities and accountability for the current lack of results in Montenegro 🇲🇪, the 2028 membership target will inevitably be pushed back", said @NikoletaDj_ for EWB. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/21/ewb…
[INTERVIEW] "The Growth Plan has injected fresh energy into our region’s EU path. Yes, with funding but also with giving a structure and urgency to reforms that matter to people and businesses", said @amer_kap @rccint for EWB. ⤵️ europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/18/ewb…
"There is a specific clause which says that if there is an accession of a candidate country, there will be a revision”, von der Leyen said at today's presentation of the EU's next long-term budget. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/16/von…
Today marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide. Several thousand people, including @eucopresident and @MartaKosEU, gathered in Potočari to honor over 8,300 Bosniak men and boys killed by Bosnian Serb forces, led by Ratko Mladić in July 1995. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/11/the…

[ANALYSIS] Internal reforms of the EU 🇪🇺 have long been mentioned as a process that must run in parallel with negotiations on the admission of new member states. How far has this process come? europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/11/wil…
![EWB_eu's tweet image. [ANALYSIS] Internal reforms of the EU 🇪🇺 have long been mentioned as a process that must run in parallel with negotiations on the admission of new member states.
How far has this process come?
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🇷🇸 pro-government tabloids falsely claim that @MartaKosEU accused Serbs of committing genocide. Kos published a video on X marking the 30th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide, calling for remembrance and unity — without mentioning Serbs or Serbia. ⬇️ europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/11/ser…

[ANALYSIS] Eight months after the Novi Sad tragedy, there's been no progress in multiple investigations, the sluggish judicial response suggests decisions are being made elsewhere, while numerous signs point to systemic corruption. @SELDI_Network ⤵️ europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/10/no-…
The EP adopted the reports on Albania 🇦🇱, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 and North Macedonia 🇲🇰. MEPs praised Albania’s “steadfast commitment to the EU”, called for unity in BiH, and noted worsening trends in high-level corruption in North Macedonia. 👇 europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/10/eur…
There are still great pressures on the judicial systems in 🇦🇱🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸, note the Rule of Law Reports 2025, published yesterday by the @EU_Commission. In addition, the widespread corruption remains a matter of great concern. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/09/rul…
The Court lifted the detention order against Dodik, at the same time imposing “mandatory periodic reporting to a state authority”. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/07/arr…
Protests across Serbia 🇷🇸 continue amid daily arrests and police violence. Just yesterday, more than 157 protests took place across the country 👇 europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/04/pro…
“The future of Europe will be determined by no one but the Europeans themselves, the EU 🇪🇺 is not complete without the Western Balkans”, said @MartaKosEU during the EU-Western Balkans summit in Skopje🇲🇰. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/07/01/the…
Marta Kos congratulates Bosnia and Herzegovina on adopting the Reform Agenda europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/06/27/kos…
.@EUCouncil conclusions state that “the EU will continue to work closely with the Western Balkans and support their reform efforts on their paths towards EU membership”. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/06/27/eur…