Western Balkans Overview Jan 13, 2025 – CWBS
The United States has imposed some of the toughest sanctions on the Russian oil industry, the US Department of the Treasury announced on January 10. In particular, the Russian Gazprom…
Western Balkans Overview Jan 06, 2025 – CWBS
On New Year’s Day 2025, 45-year-old local resident Aco Martinović killed 12 people, including two boys aged 9 and 14, in the Montenegrin town of Cetinje. Most of the victims…
Western Balkans Overview Dec 30, 2024 – CWBS
Croatian incumbent President Zoran Milanović, supported by the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), won the first round of the presidential election with 49 % of the vote, contrary to his…
Western Balkans Overview Dec 23, 2024 – CWBS
Tens of thousands of students, as well as farmers, actors and citizens, gathered at a central Slavija Square in Serbia’s capital Belgrade on December 22 to demand accountability for the…
Western Balkans Overview Dec 16, 2024 – CWBS
On December 16, Montenegro, for the first time in seven years, closed three negotiation chapters – Chapters 7 (Intellectual Property), 10 (Information Society & Media), and 20 (Enterprise & Industrial…