“Laws adjusted to fit projects, exceptions justified as progress, and oversight replaced by political discretion.” Lots to learn here for Tbilisi’s own planned Eagle Hills project. On @carnegieeurope.bsky.social w/ support from @boell-s-easteurope.bsky.social carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

⚖️🌍 #Rules or #Deals? #Montenegro is at a constitutional crossroads - and the choice matters for the whole region. Read my new piece for @boell.de 👇 boell.de/en/2025/12/1... #EUenlargement #RuleOfLaw #Montenegro

NEW | The UAE has become a major investor in the Western Balkans. With enlargement back on the agenda, the EU must ensure that foreign capital meets its governance standards, write @ilirianagjoni.bsky.social, Iva Čukić, Alba Çela, & Aleksandër Trajçe. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Green members of parliament in Serbia are being beaten & threatened with death by cronies of President Vučić. Violence against democratically elected representatives endanger Serbia's future in the EU—and are simply intolerable, as our co-leader @felixbanaszak.bsky.social makes clear in this video.

Who‘s responsible for #Bosnia 🇧🇦's deadlock? Join us for SARTRs Don‘t Dream Dreams Monday, Dec 15th, 19:30h at Gorki Kiosk. Few tickets left at the door. calendar.boell.de/en/event/dec...

🟢 Wir laden ein zur Buchvorstellung 📖 "Das Versagen – Eine investigative Geschichte der deutschen Russlandpolitik" I 📅 Mi, 10. Dezember 2025 I 🕕 19.30 – 21.00 Uhr I 📍 Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin oder im Livestream 🎬 I Infos & Anmeldung ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/de/event/das...

2025 marks 30y after the Dayton Peace Agreement. Its Constitution ties political rights to affiliation with one of the three constituent peoples. This idea for🇧🇦as a state was no new Dayton invention, but rather a mis/reinterpretation of ZAVNOBiH interview: Nerzuk Ćurak ba.boell.org/en/2025/12/0...

The Dayton Peace Agreement defined Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state of three constituent peoples, linking political participation to ethnic affiliation. How did we arrive at this point? Interview @judith-sarajevo.bsky.social w: Tahir Herenda for @boell.de in 🇧🇦 ba.boell.org/en/2025/11/2...

Gegen die Co-Vorsitzende der serbischen Grünen Partei, Biljana Djordjevic, wurden gestern öffentlich Todesdrohungen ausgesprochen. Serbien ist in der Pflicht alle politischen Vertreter*innen zu schützen. EU und Europarat müssen sich dafür gegenüber der Regierung Vučić stark machen. #Serbien

📚 ThinkPeace #3 is out now! The paper sheds light on the widespread and systematic, yet largely underreported crime of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions of Ukrainian civilians by Russian authorities.

🔴 Now live from @boell.de: Day 2 of 20th #kyivdialogue. Join the panel "Decentralisation vs. Re-centralisation: State of local democracy in wartimes" here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgFN...

2nd day of Kyiv Dialogue starting now: Panel on State of Local Democracy at times of war - follow online youtu.be/xgFND9TNfNQ

The 20th Annual Conference of Kyiv Dialogue stars today! Follow us in Livestream in English & Ukrainian, all details & links below 👇🇺🇦 @kyivdialogue.bsky.social calendar.boell.de/en/event/res...

heute Abend 19:00 live in der @boell.de 📍Berlin oder im🔴 livestream, Buchvorstellung: Der Westbalkan im Wartezimmer der EU Wir freuen uns auf die Diskussion mit @tschinderle.bsky.social @krstorevic.bsky.social @danijelmajic.bsky.social und @dorisakrap.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/C6H5flr...

🟢 Seit 2003 warten die Staaten des Westbalkans auf ihren EU-Beitritt. Doch wo steht der #Westbalkan im Jahr 2025? Welche Chancen, welche Blockaden, welche Einflüsse prägen heute die Perspektive auf Europa? Das besprechen wir auf unserer Veranstaltung: 👉🏽 https://sohub.io/0p2w

Looking forward to welcoming you at @boell.de in less than 2 weeks! Registration is still open 👇

2025 marks 30 years since the war in BiH 🇧🇦 and the genocide. "Europe allowed the legacy of Srebrenica to become mere ceremonial rhetoric." Historians Edin Omerčić & @draganpopovic.bsky.social reflect on memory politics⤵️ full interview by @boell.de Sarajevo & Belgrade ba.boell.org/en/2025/10/2...

#RigaConference Baltic partners LATO and Western Balkan 6 Strategy Group @boell.de explored new avenues for security and democratic resilience for value-based EU integration. Baltic model proves small states can punch above their weight, a key lesson for the WB6 ba.boell.org/en/2025/10/1...

Follow in livestream rigaconference.lv Today 12:00 EET🕞11:00 CEST

🌍 How can the Baltics help the Western Balkans on their path to EU integration, and what role does NATO play? 🟢 Join this special side event of #TheRigaConf2025, organized by LATO in cooperation w/ @boell.de & the Western Balkans 6 Strategy Group 🇽🇰🇧🇦🇦🇱🇷🇸🇲🇪🇲🇰 9. October, 12:00 EET/ 11:00 Berlin/Sarajevo

Great start to the @boell.de 25th Annual Foreign Policy Conference. Excellent inputs by Pavlo Klimkin, Olha Aivazovska, Gustavo Westmann, Marvin Jerzewski and others. In the words of @agnieszka-brugger.de: “We need to build alliances with everyone who is not willing to let the bully win.” 💪

Ex-Außenminister der Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, fordert im Gespräch mit @simonsagt.bsky.social am Rande unserer 25. Außenpolitischen Jahrestagung @boell.de u.a.: Europa muss nicht nur seine Abwehrfähigkeiten verbessern, sondern seine ganze Mentalität ändern. Zum ganzen Interview: short-url.org/1c8RH

"Europa hat alle Mittel, um Russland unter Druck zu setzen", sagt Ex-Außenminister Klimkin (🇺🇦) im Interview mit @t-online.de. Er war Keynote-Speaker bei unserer Außenpolitischen Jahrestagung #ReclaimingPeace. Und er rät zu taktischer Ambiguität: www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...

🟢 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 🇲🇩🇪🇺 @jmlanfranco.bsky.social asked 3 Questions on the election aftermath to @boell.de's Robert Sperfeld ➡️ eu.boell.org/en/2025/09/3... #Moldova #Elections @nicustefanuta.bsky.social @lenaats.bsky.social @europeangreens.eu @janalbrecht.bsky.social

🔴 highly recommended, livestream now: www.youtube.com/live/y6FlDsq... @verabenatar.bsky.social

Unklare Lage vor der richtungsweisenden Parlamentswahl in #Moldau von Paula Erizanu www.boell.de/de/2025/09/2...

🟢 Einladung: 25. #Außenpolitische Jahrestagung: „Reclaiming #Peace? #Freiheit und #Sicherheit in einer fragmentierten Welt“ – Am 29.9.2025 in der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Berlin & online U.a. mit: @franziskabrantner.de Jetzt anmelden: sohub.io/v76g

#Serbia: From discontent to disobedience to a hot autumn. Despite brutal repression by the regime, the protests demand accountability, far-reaching reforms and new elections - not less than a democratic future. By Bojan Elek+ @balshone.bsky.social www.boell.de/en/2025/09/0...

Die Stus-Ausstellung wandert weiter: Eröffnung im Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus in Düsseldorf am 4. September! Vor knapp einem Jahr wurde bei uns die Ausstellung „Stus“ eröffnet – die erste internationale Schau über einen in Europa lange vergessenen ukrainischen und europäischen Freiheitskämpfer.

Save the Date! 📅 18.–19. Nov. 2025 📍 Berlin, @boell.de & online 20. Jahreskonferenz der #KyjiwerGespräche: Resilienz & Reformen in der Ukraine – Rolle der lokalen Selbstverwaltung @kyivdialogue.bsky.social Anmeldung & Program ab Ende September online👇 calendar.boell.de/de/event/res...

🇦🇲In Armenien spitzt sich der Konflikt zwischen Regierung und Kirche zu: Zwei ranghohe Geistliche wurden festgenommen – wegen mutmaßlicher Putschpläne. Eine Analyse unserer Kollegin, Irina Ghulinyan-Gerz: www.boell.de/de/2025/07/0...

Heute gedenken wir gemeinsam der Opfer des Völkermords von Srebrenica vor 30 Jahren – dem massivsten Kriegsverbrechen während des Bosnienkrieges @bpb.de. Unser Gedenkprogramm auf YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/ccg1QPY...

#WesternBalkan6StrategyGroup calls on all governments of the Western Balkans to ensure appropriate commemoration of the victims of the #Srebrenica #Genocide and to fully implement the #UnitedNations Resolution adopted on May 23 2024. #Srebrenica30Years #NeverForget ba.boell.org/en/2025/07/1...

Interessante Analyse meiner Kollegin Irina Ghulinyan-Gerz zum Konflikt zwischen Regierung und Kirche in #Armenien www.boell.de/de/2025/07/0...

#Srebrenica: Contested Memory Tonight, June 30 Berlin 📍@BoellStiftung & @bpb.de 🕔 5pm – Memorials in polarized context 🕖 7pm – Artist talk w/ Aida Šehović & Hana Bajrović “You cannot heal from genocide, still you can do something.” #ŠTOTENEMA #ArtAndMemory ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/en/event/sre...

We approach the 30th anniversary of the #Srebrenica #genocide on 11 July and remember over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys murdered in 1995 for having the 'wrong' names. In memory and honor to the victims and survivors, we invite you to a series of events on 29/30 June calendar.boell.de/en/event/sre...

💡 Dream job alert!! Büroleitung #Belgrad @boell.de @boell-s-easteurope.bsky.social www.boell.de/de/2025/06/2...

The EU decision to approve #Jadar as a #StrategicProject undermines #EU confidence and supports authoritarian government, ignoring mass protests and environmental risks @johannasydow.bsky.social @boell.de in interview with N1 TV Serbia n1info-rs.translate.goog/vesti/sidov-...

EU backs controversial Serbian lithium project, risking environment, democracy & trust. #Jadar #CRMA #Serbia #EurovisionRTVE boell.de/en/2025/06/0...

First post by our East-/Southeast Europe division @boell.de! 💡💡💡 You should follow them 👉 @boell-s-easteurope.bsky.social

Across the #SouthCaucasus, democratic spaces are shrinking at an alarming pace. Join us for an urgent conversation about #authoritarianism, #resistance, & the future of #democracy in the South Caucasus. Wed, 09 July / 6:30 – 8:00 pm At @boell.de Berlin & online! calendar.boell.de/en/event/aut...

Last chances to see the exhibition: ➡️30. June Those tempered at daybreak: #LGBTQ* eyewitness reports of the war in #Ukraine #GayAllianceUkraine #muniqyiv #PlusUkrDe 📍@boell.de calendar.boell.de/en/event/tho...

30.06.📍@BoellStiftung Contested memory: #Srebrenica the first #Genocide in Europe after WW2 was 30y ago. We discuss what forms of memory politics is possible today in polarised societies in 🇧🇦&🇩🇪? W/ Srebrenica Memorial Center, @buchenwald-dora.bsky.social, @bpb.de ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/en/event/sre...