🔴Watch our livestream Friday marking 30 years of the Dayton Peace Agreement, with @wouterzweers.bsky.social and guests. Co-organised with @hcss.bsky.social and the BiH-NL Thinktank. What are the complex challenges for Bosnia and Herzegovina? ℹ️Details and stream: www.clingendael.org/event/dayton...

He engaged in a conversation with Clingendael researcher Wouter Zweers and an audience that included students, journalists, policymakers, and researchers. They discussed topics such as Albania’s EU candidate status, the country’s role in NATO, organised crime, and migration.

Clingendael director Monika Sie welcomed Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama today.

[Analysis] #EUEnlargment & #EUPolitics: Do the #Dutch #election outcomes affect the #Netherlands position on #EU Enlargement? by @wouterzweers.bsky.social | @clingendael.bsky.social www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

🔔BiEPAG member Frauke M. Seebass and @wouterzweers.bsky.social on the recent elections in Netherlands 🔶Do the Dutch election outcomes affect the #Netherlands position on #EUEnlargement? 🔎 possible coalitions, as well as the public perceptions and attitudes👇 🔗 www.biepag.eu/blog/do-the-...

Renewed discussion in Brussels on majority decision-making in EU enlargement after a proposal by European Council President António Costa. A report written in 2024 by, among others, @wouterzweers.bsky.social on perceived risks and feasibility. www.clingendael.org/publication/...

''Moldavië maakt deel uit van de regio waar Rusland vindt dat het de meeste invloed zou moeten hebben en waar de EU en de NAVO zich niet mee zouden moeten bemoeien", zegt @wouterzweers.bsky.social in aanloop naar de parlementsverkiezingen in Moldavië. www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/b...

Explore an interactive geopolitical map of the Western Balkans, highlighting relationships with key regional and global powers, like the EU, China and Russia. A complex web of positive and tense relations.🕸️ 🔎Map and report by @wouterzweers.bsky.social: www.clingendael.org/publication/...

Kosovo faces hurdles on its EU path. To move forward, Prishtina must revive its dialogue with Belgrade, write @dimitarbechev.bsky.social, @ilirianagjoni.bsky.social, Lukáš Macek, @milanninberlin.bsky.social, @nikoxw.bsky.social, and @wouterzweers.bsky.social. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

@politico.eu takes note of the latest Kosovo paper written by @wouterzweers.bsky.social, among others. “Although Kosovo’s caretaker government seems to be in denial, the country has an EU problem on its hands.'' Read the advice by Wouter and his co-researchers: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

New paper on #Kosovo's political dynamics, EU integration path and stalled dialogue with Serbia is out now with #CarnegieEurope! Link: carnegieendowment.org/research/202... @clingendael.bsky.social

Verkiezingsuitslag #Albanië laat op zich wachten, pro-Europese premier Rama stevent af op winst www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... in @nrc.nl

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I am back from an incredibly rewarding week in #Kyiv, where I had the privilege of delivering intensive training to Ukrainian civil servants — alongside my fantastic @clingendael.bsky.social colleagues @jsoldatiuk.bsky.social and Max Eleveld

New @clingendael.bsky.social report out on the situation in Ukraine and the consequences for refugees in the Netherlands and other EU member states: 'Between Deals and Threats'. Read it here (NL): www.clingendael.org/publication/...

Informatief @eenvandaag.nl item over de grote protesten in Servië eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/embed/549548/

Security threats in the Western Balkans arise from tensions between Serbia and Kosovo. Concerns about broader unrest in the region remain. @wouterzweers.bsky.social and his co-authors present potential scenarios. www.clingendael.org/publication/...

New Report @clingendael.bsky.social about gradual integration. Can the EU sustain the geopolitical enlargement momentum without compromising its stringent accession criteria? #transport #labourmigration #gradualintegration #eu 1/5🧵

🚨 Nieuw @clingendael.bsky.social: Security and Stability Scenarios for the Western Balkans – Are the EU, NATO and the Netherlands Prepared?" 📖💡 www.clingendael.org/publication/... #NAVO #EU #WestelijkeBalkan

Goed artikel over georganiseerde misdaad en corruptie in Servië in @nrcnl.bsky.social gisteren: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Hoe moet Europa reageren op de 'elektroshock' van Trumps Amerika? Met 15 @clingendael.bsky.social collega's reageer ik op die vraag in de Clingendael Spectator - Saskia Hollander en ik gaan daarbij in op het thema EU uitbreiding. Lees het hier: spectator.clingendael.org/nl/publicati...

New ELIAMEP report on 'The rise of radical right and Eurosceptic political forces and the impact on the EU’s enlargement policy' by Ioannis Alexandris shows how radical right parties share thematic concerns shaping their views on #EUenlargement which may further politicise the issue in years to come

Paar observaties voor wat betreft de #protesten in #Servië. #draadje Sommige bronnen spreken over 100.000+ mensen op de been gisteravond. De afgelopen jaren zijn er eerder grote demonstraties geweest maar dit lijkt groter en breder gedragen. Bron foto: Boris Malagurski (op X).

Great article providing context to current protests in Serbia (in German) with insights from @fbieber.bsky.social www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

BREAKING: Visa-free travel for Georgian diplomatic passports has been suspended. The decision will come into effect in the coming days. Per RFL/RL’s Rikard Jozwiak from Brussels

Students protesting in #Serbia for months now after the collapse of Novi Sad railway station canopy that left 15 casualties in November, are joined today by workers and pensioners, showcasing wider dissatisfaction with Serbia's state of democracy, corruption etc.