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Western Balkans Overview May 07, 2025 – CWBS

Vučić’s participation in Moscow’s May 9 parade could halt Serbia’s European integration Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić arrived in Moscow on May 7 to attend the May 9 parade. The Serbian…

May 9, 2025Reports

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Western Balkans Overview Apr 30, 2025 – CWBS

Montenegro, Albania join Three Seas Initiative. Croatia takes over 3SI chairmanship from Poland. Initiative participants express their support for Ukraine At the 10th summit of the Three Seas Initiative, held…

May 2, 2025Reports

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Dodik, Porfirije and Putin’s school of subversion (Dragan Bursać)

Don't ask if there will be a war. It's already here. It doesn't smell like gunpowder, but like incense and petroleum. And while the Patriarch kisses the Moscow throne And…

April 29, 2025Opinions

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Western Balkans Overview Apr 23, 2025 – CWBS

SIPA fails to arrest Dodik Inspectors of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina attempted to arrest Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik in the administrative center…

April 25, 2025Reports

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Stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the Western Balkans (Nino Bilajac)

1. INTRODUCTION The stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the broader Western Balkans region remains one of the key challenges of modern European security policy. Although more than two…

April 23, 2025Opinions

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Russian black knight in the Balkans (Danilo Kalezic)

Russia is not unknown in the Balkans, but its growing influence remains a worrying element for those countries that aspire to democratic reforms and accession to the EU and NATO.…

April 21, 2025Opinions

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Western Balkans Overview Apr 16, 2025 – CWBS

Serbian Parliament elects new government 153 of the 199 members of the Serbian National Assembly voted in favor of the new government, 46 against it, and 51 were absent. The…

April 18, 2025Reports

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Western Balkans Overview Apr 09, 2025 – CWBS

Germany, Austria impose sanctions on Republika Srpska leaders These include Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, Radovan Višković, Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, and Nenad Stevandić, Speaker of the Parliament…

April 11, 2025Reports

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New military alliances and security in Western Balkans

Global geopolitical turbulence, the destruction of stable international partnerships, and increasing security challenges facing Europe, primarily related to Russian aggression against Ukraine, are affecting the geopolitically sensitive Western Balkans. A…

April 7, 2025Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Apr 02, 2025 – CWBS

Serbia, BiH, North Macedonia hit hardest in region by new U.S. tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed “reciprocal tariffs” on goods from almost every country in the world, citing…

April 4, 2025Reports