editor, Author at Center for Western Balkans Studies

Balkan Bluffs and Paper Alliances – Ljubomir Filipović

Balkan states are once again dramatizing their regional political landscape, revealing an overreliance on scandalous and alarming narratives to attract the attention of major powers. After all, more attention means…

March 31, 2025Opinions

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Western Balkans Overview March 26, 2025 – CWBS

Republika Srpska offers controversial ways out of crisis The Speaker of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, Nenad Stevandić, announced on March 21 that the RS authorities have declared the…

March 28, 2025Reports

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Kosovo: old government, new government, or another election?

On March 15, more than a month into the national vote, the Central Election Commission of Kosovo declared the final results of parliamentary elections. And these results promise some complex…

March 24, 2025Articles

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Western Balkans Overview March 19, 2025 – CWBS

Deadly nightclub blaze in North Macedonia kills 59 Fifty-nine people, mostly youths, tragically died in a fire at the Pulse nightclub in the eastern North Macedonian city of Kocani on…

March 21, 2025Reports

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Western Balkans Overview March 12, 2025 – CWBS

BiH Prosecutor's Office orders arrest of Republika Srpska leaders The Bosnian and Herzegovina Prosecutor's Office has issued arrest warrants for Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, Republika Srpska Prime Minister Radovan…

March 14, 2025Reports

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The Trump factor and (in)stability BiH

Bosnia and Herzegovina is going through another crisis of statehood. The entity within BiH, the Republika Srpska under the leadership of Milorad Dodik, is once again trying to expand its…

March 12, 2025Articles

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Western Balkans Overview March 05, 2025 – CWBS

Republika Srpska bans BiH law enforcement, judiciary On February 27, at a special session, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska (NSRS) adopted emergency laws prohibiting law enforcement and judicial bodies…

March 7, 2025Reports

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Albania’s Upcoming 2025 Elections

For nearly a decade, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party has not only steered the country through a myriad of post-communist challenges but has also steadily built a formidable institutional…

March 5, 2025Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Feb 26, 2025 – CWBS

Court sentences Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik On February 26, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina found Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik guilty of "disrespect for decisions" of the High…

February 28, 2025Reports

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Montenegro’s Path to Europe: The Ruling Coalition’s Dilemmas – Ljubomir Filipović

By all technical parameters, Montenegro leads the pack of candidates for European Union membership. The central party of the ruling coalition, formed by moderate leaders of the 2020 protest movement…

February 25, 2025Opinions