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Western Balkans Overview May 03, 2026 – CWBS

The EU has suspended payments to Serbia under the Growth Plan due to controversial justice laws The European Union has suspended financial tranches for Serbia within the Growth Plan for…

May 5, 2026Reports

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Western Balkans Overview Apr 24, 2026 – CWBS

Verdict Delivered in the “Banjska” Case The Basic Court in Pristina delivered a first instance verdict in the “Banjska” case, sentencing two defendants — Blagoje Spasojević and Vladimir Tolić —…

April 25, 2026Reports

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Kosovo Back in Political Circulation: How Moscow and Belgrade Are Synchronously Heating Up an Old Conflict

In the second half of April 2026, the issue of Kosovo — the former Serbian autonomous province that declared independence on 17 February 2008, and one of the potential flashpoints…

April 24, 2026Articles

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Cancellation of the Brdo–Brijuni Summit as a breakdown in regional communication

The cancellation of this year’s Brdo–Brijuni Summit by the President of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, shocked many, first and foremost in the region. This is something more than just another diplomatic…

April 21, 2026Articles

Opinions

The End of Orbán’s Autocracy, Vučić Should Brace Himself – Boris Varga

Serbia does not know where it wants to be, and this is already an inherited generational problem The victory of Peter Magyar and his party Tisza in the parliamentary elections…

April 19, 2026Opinions

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Western Balkans Overview Apr 16, 2026 – CWBS

Bosnia and Herzegovina will implement an American project for diversification of gas supply On 15 April, the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,…

April 18, 2026Reports

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Spring Wind* in the Western Balkans

The victory of the “Tisza” party led by Péter Magyar and the defeat of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz have the potential to become one of the most notable political shifts in…

April 15, 2026Articles

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Serbia between the street and the ballot box: will Vučić call snap elections this year

For several years now, the socio-political life of Serbia — one of the key states for stability and security in the Western Balkans, as well as a country with an…

April 10, 2026Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Apr 06, 2026 – CWBS

Explosives found near a gas pipeline in Serbia Two backpacks containing explosives and detonators were found on 5 April during a patrol a few hundred meters from the Balkan Stream…

April 8, 2026Reports

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The sabotage that did not come to be

On 5 April, explosives and devices for their activation were found not far from the Balkan Stream gas pipeline (the continuation of TurkStream in the Balkans). Components of the suspected…

April 7, 2026Articles