brussels bureau EU commits €9 billion to Western Balkans but divisions persist EU leaders met in Slovenia to reaffirm their intention to welcome the six Western Balkan countries but failed to deliver major political breakthroughs. 06/10/2021
brussels bureau Where do Western Balkan nations stand with their EU membership bids? As a summit is held on expanding EU membership to the Western Balkans, we look at where each country is with its bid to join. 05/10/2021
World Kosovo-Serbia: Can the EU really broker a peace deal? Serbia refuses to recognise its former province, Kosovo, as a sovereign nation which hinders both their access to the European Union. 30/09/2021
View Afghan crisis shows the Balkans is a geopolitical backwater | View "Sadly, the Afghan episode does not offer any geopolitical wisdom or policy prescriptions for the Balkans and the people living there. It is just a painful acknowledgement that the region remains a geopolitical backwater on the Western periphery." 24/08/2021
Series North Macedonia is The Balkans' 'best kept secret', says Eva zu Beck Watch as Eva visits Ohrid in North Macedonia and tries to uncover the secrets of how to make pearls out of fish skin. 27/05/2021
