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Western Balkans Overview Dec 24, 2025 – CWBS
The EU decided not to open Cluster 3 in negotiations with Serbia, and Serbia decided not to participate in the EU–Western Balkans summit On the evening of 16 December, the…
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Women are targets of dictatorship in Serbia – Boris Varga
Professor of sociology Marija Vasić from Novi Sad is the first political prisoner in Serbia since the democratic changes of 2000. She was arrested together with activists and members of…
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Montenegro and the EU: A Window That Must Not Close – Ljubomir Filipović
What is currently happening with Montenegro in the context of European integration is qualitatively different from anything we have witnessed over the past decade. After more than twelve years of…
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Western Balkans Overview Dec 17, 2025 – CWBS
Montenegro Closed Five Chapters in EU Accession Negotiations Montenegro has achieved a breakthrough on its path toward the European Union, officially closing five negotiation chapters at once. This significant progress…
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Eurointegration of “Brotherhood and Unity”
As of December 2025, the European integration of the Western Balkans is in an active phase and is a priority both for the region and for the EU. But while…
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How We Infiltrated Telegram Channels Recruiting for the Russian Army – Nino Bilajac
For several months, we monitored Telegram channels that recruit citizens from the region into the Russian military. In a four-month investigation, we infiltrated a private recruitment channel on Telegram, intended…
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Western Balkans Overview Dec 08, 2025 – CWBS
The United States did not grant permission for NIS to continue operating The sanctioned “Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), whose majority stake is owned by Russian companies, failed to receive…
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The “General Staff” Case as an Exam for Vučić
The project for the reconstruction of the former General Staff complex in the center of Belgrade, which the Serbian government planned to implement together with the son-in-law of U.S. President…
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Western Balkans Overview Nov 29, 2025 – CWBS
Hungary and Serbia strengthen energy cooperation Against the background of U.S. sanctions against the company “Naftna Industrija Srbije” (NIS), controlled by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, Budapest has taken on a key…
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Walk on the edge (Balsa Bozovic)
The 2025 European Commission Report arrived at a moment when Aleksandar Vučić appeared to have temporarily consolidated his authoritarian rule after a year of the most severe political crisis of…