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Western Balkans Overview Jan 29, 2025 – CWBS
Serbian Prime Minister steps down amid massive protests In the last days of January, protests that unleashed in Serbia over a deadly accident at the Novi Sad train station, where…
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The Republic of Kosovo on the Eve of Parliamentary Elections – Orhan Çeku
Introduction Since 2008, Kosovo, formerly part of the socialist federation of Yugoslavia, has been an independent state, internationally recognized by more than 100 UN members. The creation of the new…
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Western Balkans Overview Jan 20, 2025 – CWBS
Student protests continue in Serbia Some 50,000 students and other citizens supporting their demands protested on January 17 outside the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) building in Belgrade. Armed with…
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What awaits “Oil Industry of Serbia”
On January 10, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a package of sanctions on the Russian energy sector. The restrictions affected dozens of companies,…
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Western Balkans Overview Jan 13, 2025 – CWBS
US Sanctions Against NIS AD Novi Sad The United States has imposed some of the toughest sanctions on the Russian oil industry, the US Department of the Treasury announced on…
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Albania’s 2024 Year in Review
This Balkan nation, nestled between Europe’s eastern borders and the Adriatic coast, has captured a few global headlines in 2024. Among the most prominent moments were the arrest of former…
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Western Balkans Overview Jan 06, 2025 – CWBS
Mass shooting in Montenegro on New Year's Day 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…
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Student Protests in Serbia – Balsa Bozovic
The History of Vučić's Rule in Serbia After twelve years of Vučić's autocratic rule, Serbia once again finds itself on the brink of dictatorship. Vučić has dragged the country back…
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The Western Balkans, 2024
The most high-profile events in the Western Balkans in 2024: • Intensification of the European integration process of the Western Balkan countries; old and new challenges of the EU integration…
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Western Balkans Overview Dec 30, 2024 – CWBS
Milanović and Primorac Advances to the Second Round of Presidential Election in Croatia Croatian incumbent President Zoran Milanović, supported by the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), won the first round…