The long-serving leader of Montenegro’s ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), Milo Đukanovic, will run for president in the elections on April 15. Đukanovic reportedly defeated the former defence minister... read more →
Montenegro’s prime minister, Duško Marković, recently announced that the country expects to open two new chapters in its EU accession negotiations by the end of 2018. Marković made the proclamation... read more →
Kosovo’s celebrations last month for the tenth anniversary of its independence peaked with a free concert headlined by the popular British singer Rita Ora, who was born in Kosovo. In... read more →
A confluence of events in and around Kosovo over the past few months has brought renewed scrutiny on the small republic and its neighbours. On January 16, moderate Kosovar Serb... read more →
In a recent interview with the European Western Balkans website Dušan Reljić, who heads the Brussels Office of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, made the eye-catching point... read more →
The sentencing of an organised crime boss from Kosovo to six years in prison will undoubtedly come as welcome news to a region in which his gang’s activities have wreaked... read more →
The European Commission announced its new strategy for the Western Balkans, plotting the path towards eventual EU membership for six southeastern European countries. Of those six countries, Serbia and Montenegro... read more →
The long-suffering people of Kosovo must be wondering what they did to deserve their government, and what their government did to deserve the steep pay increase they tried to gift... read more →
For ardent supporters of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, Brexit presents an opportunity to revive a buccaneering approach to trade that has, under EU membership, been chastened by burdensome regulations.... read more →
The assassination of Oliver Ivanović, the leader of the Serbs of Kosovo, last week marked a major step backwards in the painfully slow road towards stability in the Balkans. Critically,... read more →
