🔔New BiEPAG blog ✍️Author: BiEPAG's Programme Manager Samir Beharić 🔷Eleventh Stage of Genocide: Srebrenica Is Remembered Once a Year, Denial Happens Every Day Read it at👇 tinyurl.com/49dvdr3w #Srebrenica #Srebrenica30 #SrebrenicaGenocide #BosniaandHerzegovina #EU

🔊BiEPAG in the Media📰 BiEPAG member @jomarovic.bsky.social in an interview for the Montenegrin News Agency MINA "The #EU should issue a political declaration by the end of this year committing to concluding an accession treaty with #Montenegro". #EUIntegrations mina.news/vijesti-iz-c...

🔔BiEPAG policy brief by @jomarovic.bsky.social "From Norms to Noise: Why the EU Talks Reform but Fuels Decline in the Balkans" offers a timely and sharp analysis of the EU’s approach to enlargement in the Western Balkans, highlighting inconsistencies between rhetoric and practice. #EUEnlargement

🔈BiEPAG in the Media📰 Our BiEPAG member @vedrandzihic.bsky.social contributed to KOSOVO 2.0 regional overview on "Protecting the environment in the Western Balkans" Read the article in English, Albanian and B/C/S. #Environment #Minning #EU #WesternBalkans kosovotwopointzero.com/en/protectin...

🔊New BiEPAG blog by Alessandro Ieranò 🔹When Authoritarianism Turns Uncompetitive: Local Elections at the Crossroads of Serbian Democracy likely lose power to genuine democratic change." #LocalElections #Serbia #Kosjerić #Zaječar #Vučić #EU #WesternBalkans Read it at👇 biepag.eu/blog/when-au...

🔔Ep.16 of Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks 🔷The Evolving Role of the European Political Community Host: Donika Emini, BiEPAG member Guests: Odeta Barbullushi, Resident Professor @collegeofeurope and BiEPAG member Tristan Aureau, Director, Centre for Analysis, Planning and Strategy, MFA France

📣BiEPAG in the Media📰 Our BiEPAG Progamme Manager Samir Beharic wrote an op-ed for @haaretzcom.bsky.social on the recent visit of Milorad Dodik to Israel. 🔹The Bosnian Serb President Is a Genocide Denying Fugitive. So Why Did Israel Welcome Him? Read it at👇 www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

🔉 BiEPAG was actively represented at the recent Engaged Democracy Initiative (EDI) Convention Vol. 3 in Skopje (May 21-23), which brought together over 100 regional actors to discuss key issues for the #WesternBalkans, as #environment #civicengagement #media #decentwork #humanrights.

🔔Meet our new BiEPAG members! We recently welcomed five new members to strengthen our expertise on the Western Balkans. 🔎Check their bios👇 tinyurl.com/m3rxav98 #EU #WesternBalkans #EUEnlargement #EUIntegration #Democratisation #Democracy

🔔BiEPAG blog by our members Frauke M. Seebass and Marina Vulović 🔹Addressing local needs in the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo 🔗https://tinyurl.com/6y7329ra #BelgradePristinaDialogue #Serbia #Kosovo #WesternBalkans #EU

📣New BiEPAG blog📝 Rama’s Foreign Policy Paradox by Dr. Des. Rigels Lenja 🔹Everyone’s Friend (except Russia) Read it at👇 tinyurl.com/5hcck9m8

🔔Great news from our Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group 👏Congratulations to our BiEPAG Member Milica Delević for being appointed as Secretary General of the @ebrd.bsky.social. Well deserved. Onwards and upwards!

ℹ️Our BiEPAG Member @dimitarbechev.bsky.social is one of the authors of the latest Carnegie Europe article on #Kosovo and the various obstacles on its EU path. 🔹 Overcoming Inertia in Kosovo Read the whole analysis and potential scenarios and ways forward👇 #Kosovo #EU #EUEnlargement

📰 BiEPAG in the Media Our BiEPAG Member @jomarovic.bsky.social with a comment for @newunionpost.bsky.social. 🔸 Montenegro’s path to the EU is not all smooth sailing Read the whole article 👇

🔔 New blog post by our BiEPAG Member Donika Emini 🔹 Crisis-Born, Purpose-Seeking: Can the EPC Define Europe's Strategic Future? "The EPC is still a work in progress, but if it can evolve from a diplomatic stage into a strategic force, its potential is far from symbolic...👇 #EPC #Albania

🔔New BiEPAG blog on the results of the elections in #Albania 🔶Hope in the Capital, Silence in the Villages: The Limits of Albania’s New Alternatives ✍️Lutjona Lula #Albania #AlbaniaElections #EdiRama #EU #WesternBalkans Read it at👇 biepag.eu/blog/hope-in...

📣New BiEPAG Blog 📝 by @gresahasa.bsky.social 🔹What Is There To Know About The Upcoming Parliamentary Elections In Albania? Continue reading it at👇 biepag.eu/blog/what-is... #Albania #AlbaniaElections #ParlamentaryElections2025 #WesternBalkans #EdiRama

🔊Listen to the ep.15 of 🎙️Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks 🔹What the new German Government means for the Balkans Host: @fbieber.bsky.social Guests: Frauke Seebass, Fellow at @swp-berlin.org & Researcher @dgap.org Adnan Ćeramagić, Senior Analyst, ESI 🎧 tinyurl.com/5n9y55u8

🔔New BiEPAG blog ✍️ Richard Grieveson, BiEPAG Member and Deputy Director at @wiiw.ac.at 🔹SEPA for the Western Balkans: Useful but not a game-changer #SEPA #WesternBalkans #EU #GrowthPlan ℹ️https://tinyurl.com/msm8m35m

📣Check the event report from our panel discussion in Zagreb, organized in cooperation with Institute for Development and International Relations IRMO. 🔸Geopolitical Shifts and Security in the Western Balkans: What’s Next? For more, go to👇 www.biepag.eu/news/geopoli...

📣BiEPAG blog with focus on #TrumpsTariffs 🖊 Branimir Jovanović @wiiw.ac.at "The current situation looks like a black swan – an unpredictable shock for which standard models offer limited guidance – meaning that the impact might be much bigger." More data-driven insights👇 tinyurl.com/mt2kfwhr

🔔Join us on Thursday in Zagreb! IRMO and BiEPAG will host the panel discussion: 🔸Geopolitical Shifts and Security in the #WesternBalkans: What’s Next? Panelists: 🔹Matija Očuršćak, MFEA Croatia 🔹Senada Šelo Šabić, IRMO 🔹@fbieber.bsky.social and Donika Emini, BiEPAG ℹ️👇

#REUNIRPressRelease As part of the ongoing REUNIR research initiative, our experts have been conducting interviews and focus groups across the Balkans. Read full press release and news about #REUNIR on our website: reunir-horizon.eu/reunirs-balk... @horizoneu.bsky.social @biepag.bsky.social

🔔Register and join the discussion on Wednesday at 18h👇 🔎 #Serbia #StudentProtests @markokmezic.bsky.social @vedrandzihic.bsky.social

Make no mistake: this is not just about a collapsed railway canopy. It’s about a deeply corrupt system sustained by #corrosivecapital and #kleptocracy. @sonjasg.bsky.social and I break it down in our latest @biepag.bsky.social blog. www.biepag.eu/blog/serbias...

#REUNIRfieldtrip 📌 #REUNIR experts are in Balkans this week, conducting insightful interviews & focus groups with stakeholders & citizens. Engaging discussions are already shaping our research findings! #REUNIRfieldtrip #Balkans #Research #StakeholderEngagement @horizoneu.bsky.social

📌 Event Recap: Now is the time of monsters: The Collapse of the World Order & What it Means for the Balkans From security challenges to democratic resilience, the discussion shed light on how the Balkans navigate these uncertain times @horizoneu.bsky.social Stay tuned for more events & insights

O našoj diskusiji večeras u Podgorici @reunir.bsky.social @biepag.bsky.social @jomarovic.bsky.social www.vijesti.me/vijesti/poli...

📣Happening tomorrow in Podgorica! Wednesday, 19 March 2025 18:00, Ceremonial Hall Rectorate of the University of Montenegro Join the discussion organised by INS @Univerzitet_CG which will host our BiEPAG members @jomarovic.bsky.social and @fbieber.bsky.social as speakers.

💥 Corruption kills. The Novi Sad station collapse exposed Serbia’s kleptocracy, fueling mass protests. State capture, corrosive capital, and foreign enablers sustain Vučić’s grip—will the EU keep looking away? Read more: www.biepag.eu/blog/serbias... #Serbia #Corruption #Kleptocracy

🔔New BiEPAG policy brief📝 ⚒ Mining in the Western Balkans The Rise of Dangerous Transactionalism @vedrandzihic.bsky.social is mapping the significant aspects and dilemmas of mining projects in the Western Balkan by offering insights into the current dynamics and debates. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2azyz69v

My text for radar.rs on why the EU doesn't support student protests and what it could do. @biepag.bsky.social

🔔BiEPAG blog on the #GermanElections ✍️Frauke Seebass 🔹CDU-Led Government to Focus on European Security: What Role for the Western Balkans? #Germany #EU #US #WesternBalkans #FriedrichMerz #CDU 🔗 tinyurl.com/3n32rkca

Thank you to my @biepag.bsky.social colleagues, who’ve done a lot throughout the years to keep the attention high on the rule of law in the Balkans — domestic issues and foreign linkages alike. If you don’t follow their work yet, now is a great moment to start: BiEPAG.eu

Congrats to our BiEPAG member @tenaprelec.bsky.social on her book 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙆𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮, co-authored w/ @jheathershaw.bsky.social and Tom Mayne. 🔎 Examining the dangerous patterns of corruption that have enabled Russian and Eurasian kleptocratic elites. 📔 tinyurl.com/2dyvzja6

About 🇩🇪 #elections taking place today, likely results and what it means for 🇧🇦 and Western #Balkans for Oslobođenje na BHS. oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/...

📣New BiEPAG blog written by📝 @gresahasa.bsky.social 🔹Albania’s Rule of Law on Trial and the EU’s Compliance #Albania #SPAK #ErionVeliaj #Corruption #WesternBalkans #EU #RuleofLaw Read it at 👉 shorturl.at/tlq29

🔊Listen to the ep.14 of 🎙️Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks 🔹Kosovo’s 2025 Parliamentary Elections and the Shifting Geopolitical Landscape 🗣️ @damirkapidzic.bsky.social with Donika Emini and Gëzim Krasniqi #KosovoElections #Kosovo #WesternBalkans #EU #USA 🎧 tinyurl.com/skmff53c

✍️ A joint BiEPAG blog by Donika Emini and @lurapo.bsky.social 🔹#KosovoElections: A Step Toward Pluralism, but Stability Remains Elusive 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵? #Kosovo #EU #Vetëvendosje #AlbinKurti Read it at 👉 tinyurl.com/34av47tx

🔔New BiEPAG policy brief 📝Authors: @fbieber.bsky.social@markokmezic.bsky.social @lurapo.bsky.social and @Claudia Laštro. 🔹The Future of the Protests and Democracy in Serbia 𝙍𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙐 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤. #StudentProtests #Serbia #EU Find it at👇 tinyurl.com/4u49kkzr

🔊Listen to the new podcast episode of Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks 🔹Croatia’s Role in the Region: Continuity or Change? Is #Croatia a stabilising force, a destructive influence, a self-interested actor, or something else entirely? 🎧 tinyurl.com/452re7m9

🔊New podcast episode of Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks. 🔹#StudentProtests in #Serbia 🎙️BiEPAG Coordinator @fbieber.bsky.social discusses the demands, the protests themselves and the atmosphere with two students from University of Belgrade. #SerbiaProtests 🎧 tinyurl.com/59y3ae6z

📣 @jomarovic.bsky.social with a new BiEPAG blog📝 🔹EC’s Agenda for the Western Balkans: who can make it to the club in next five years – one or none? Read the text with a list of potential scenarios for the #EUEnlargement to the #WesternBalkans👇 #EUCommission #EU 🔗https://tinyurl.com/yzj4bvdv

Ponosna svoje koleginice i kolege iz BiEPAG-a budući da zajedno potpisujemo pismo podrške studentkinjama i studentima u Srbiji, a u svjetlu kontroverznih izjava iz EU, te podsjećanja na ulogu koju EK i EP imaju u očuvanju demokratije. Uvijek na pravoj strani istorije!

Please join me in supporting the students in Serbia by signing the following petition: www.change.org/p/solidarity...

Belgrade tonight.

WMCES released a collective volume with dozens of papers articulating ideas and policy prescriptions on different EU policies. My chapter discusses the EU enlargement policy. A short 🧵with my main points.

📢BiEPAG stands with the students in #Serbia fighting for justice, equality, and democracy. Student voices matter, and their courage inspires us all. A bold call to #EU institutions: take action now! #StudentProtests #Serbia 📝Read our open letter of support here👇 www.biepag.eu/news/letter-...

Our BiEPAG Member @srdjanmajstorovic.bsky.social with an interview for New Union Post - emerging news platform that covers EU Enlargement. In the focus🔎 #Serbia #EU #WesternBalkans #SerbiaProtests #StudentsProtest #RuleofLaw #EUAccession Read the whole interview👇 newunionpost.eu/2025/01/24/s...

📢A new BiEPAG blog by @markokmezic.bsky.social 🔷Student protests in Serbia: The eleventh hour for EU fundamentals #StudentProtests #SerbiaProtests #WesternBalkans #EU #Serbia ✍️ www.biepag.eu/blog/student...