Category: EU Western Balkans

BELGRADE – The fight against high-level corruption requires an independent judiciary, free from political pressure, it was concluded during the panel “Supporting judicial reforms “, within SELDI Regional Policy Forum. The countries of the Western Balkan use different legal solutions to free the judiciary from political pressure. However, legal solutions to the selection of judges […]

In the existing challenges for Serbia’s progress in the accession negotiations with the European Union, the biggest of which is currently harmonization with The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), it is hard to believe that by the end of this year could happen some sudden turn that would bind Serbia more firmly to the […]

Although the European integration of the Western Balkan region has lasted for more than two decades, corruption still permeates all spheres of the region’s societies, it was said at the opening of the regional conference „Good governance and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe in Times of Geopolitical Uncertainty“, organized within SELDI Network. EU Ambassador in Serbia […]

BELGRADE – A two-day conference on good governance and anti-corruption policies in times of geopolitical uncertainty will take place in Belgrade on Monday. The conference Regional Policy Forum will be organized by Centre for Contemporary Politics (CCP) on behalf of the Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI) network. Among others, the conference will […]

In the last days of July, the decision of the Serbian Regulatory Authority of Electronic Media (REM) to again grant all four national frequencies to the same television stations close to the government, caused indignation of one part of the public. Before the tender announcement, the same quartet – TVs Pink, Prva, Happy, and B92 […]

This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog At the eleventh hour, as the deadline of the 1st of September set by the Government of Kosovo was approaching, the EU’s foreign policy chief posted the news on twitter: Josep Borrell announcing ‘we found a European solution that facilitates travel between Kosovo and Serbia’ averted tensions in the northern part of Kosovo, […]

BELGRADE – WB2EU network organizing in Belgrade public debate in the 5th Ideas go public Lab framework. Two panels will discuss inequality in the Western Balkans and the situation of young people in the labor market and education. According to the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index, Serbia is at the bottom of Europe and 84th on the list of […]

BRUSSELS – The special envoy of the European Union for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajčák, says that there is a deadline of two months for both countries to find a solution to the issue of vehicle license plates, Exit.Albania reported. Lajčák, commenting on the statement of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić who said he is not optimistic about […]

BELGRADE / PRISTINA – The agreement’s implementation on personal documents started on Thursday. In the future, Serbs from north Kosovo can travel with Serbian ID cards. At the same time, Belgrade will cancel the issuance of additional documents for Kosovo citizens traveling through Serbia. As the agreement between Kosovo and Serbia on crossing borders using […]

This piece was originally published on BiEPAG blog. By Aleksandra Tomanić and Katarina Tadić     Everybody is talking about regional cooperation. Yet, few fully understand it or agree on its meaning. It comes in various forms – inclusive and non-inclusive, intergovernmental, political, economic, externally driven or locally owned…. Much has undoubtedly been done, but not […]