editor, Author at Center for Western Balkans Studies

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

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Local elections: Vučić personally against the youth of Serbia – Boris Varga

On one side, beautiful and intelligent young people, and on the other, the President of Serbia and figures with the appearance of thugs The local elections in ten municipalities left…

April 4, 2026Opinions

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North Macedonia between European fatigue and the question of identity

In European politics, it is difficult to find an example of such a long, exhausting, and nerve-wracking path as that of North Macedonia. The raw figures here speak for themselves:…

April 3, 2026Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Mar 27, 2026 – CWBS

The decree on the dissolution of the Parliament of Kosovo declared invalid The Constitutional Court of Kosovo declared invalid the decree of the current President Vjosa Osmani on the dissolution…

March 28, 2026Reports

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Tirana gaining momentum: what is currently happening with Albania’s European integration

In Albania — which just three decades ago was one of the poorest countries in Europe and which at one time experienced one of the harshest communist regimes of Enver…

March 24, 2026Articles