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Monument to a World War II War Criminal as Part of a Russian-Serbian Influence Operation (Ljubomir Filipović)

On August 7, 2025, in the village of Gornje Zaostro, Berane municipality, in northern Montenegro, a monument to Pavle Đurišić, commander of the Chetnik movement in Montenegro during World War…

August 13, 2025Opinions

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Can Courts Defeat Autocrats? (Boris Varga)

The Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime of Serbia has taken an important step toward fulfilling the primary demand of the students that sparked the months-long protests. On August 1, two…

August 12, 2025Opinions

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Expansion of Chinese Influence in the Western Balkans

Introduction Since the founding of the global "Belt and Road" initiative in 2013, the People’s Republic of China has gradually expanded the scope of its presence in the Western Balkans.…

August 11, 2025Articles

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Access to the Sea. How Russia “Punished” Serbia (Vitaliy Portnikov)

The beginning of the 2000s. Under pressure from popular protests, Slobodan Milošević’s regime yields power to opposition politicians. The President of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, who in recent years had conflicted…

August 6, 2025Opinions

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Bad News for Dodik, Vučić, and Orban

Two scandalous stories that have been unfolding over the past few months have reached a new stage of development. These are the trial of Milorad Dodik in Bosnia and Herzegovina…

August 5, 2025Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Aug 04, 2025 – CWBS

The Court Confirmed One Year of Imprisonment and Six Years of Ineligibility for Milorad Dodik On August 1, the Appeals Panel of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued its…

August 4, 2025Reports

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Russian training camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina are a threat to the security of the Western Balkans (Nino Bilajac)

The research on Russian camps in the Balkans, jointly published by BIRN and the Moldovan research center CU SENS, opens up space for a much broader reflection on the role…

July 31, 2025Opinions

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Kosovo: a non-working parliament

A young and emerging European country, Kosovo continues trying to balance between consolidating its independence and appeasing international actors who call for cooperation with Serbia. Some significant process is being…

July 30, 2025Articles

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Western Balkans Overview Jul 28, 2025 – CWBS

Kosovo’s Parliament failed to convene The inaugural session of Kosovo’s parliament, which a vote was attempted for the 54th time late on the evening of July 26, again ended in…

July 29, 2025Reports

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Western Balkans Overview Jul 22, 2025 – CWBS

Serbia, Hungary, and Russia Plan Construction of a New Oil Pipeline On July 21, Serbia’s Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Đedović Handanović, and Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and…

July 23, 2025Reports