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Serbia will not become a BRICS member in 2024, but Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic thinks about it every day. To seek an answer to the dilemma, he will go to the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, in October this...
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Election Overview
Albania will hold parliamentary elections on May 11, 2025, to elect 140 MPs. The Socialist Party (PS), led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, is currently in power after securing 74 seats in 2021. The Democratic Party (PD-AN) improved...
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Balkan Union 1
Kosovo, Albania and Croatia signed a trilateral declaration on a military alliance on March 18 in Tirana, Balkan media reported.
The declaration was signed by the defense ministers of Albania, Piro Vengu, Croatia, Ivan Anušić and Kosovo, Ejup...
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According to media reports from early 2024, Serbia may have received a second set of FK-3 air defense missile systems (out of a total of four purchased) from China.
The set of the first Chinese FK-3 battery was transported by...
The European commission’s staff presented its assessment on economic development and new economic reform programs (2024-2026) for the Western Balkan countries.
We separated the WB countries to three groups based on the level of their integration to the European Union:
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Timčo Mucunski, a deputy chairman of VMRO-DPMNE, was sworn in as a member of the new government of the Republic of North Macedonia (RNM) on Sunday evening, June 23. At just 34 years old, he immediately jumped into his...
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Political relations
Germany was one of the first countries to officially recognise and establish diplomatic relations with the Republic of Kosovo after the country declared its independence in 2008.
Germany is actively supporting the country in its efforts to integrate...
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Part II
Started negotiations – Albania and Republic of Northern Macedonia.
The European commission’s staff presented its assessment on economic development and new economic reform programs for the Western Balkan countries.
The main conclusions of the staff for started negotiations countries are...
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In its Statement of estimates for the financial year 2025 from 17 of June 2024, the European Commission presented its proposal for the budget of the EU for the year 2025.
It is an extremely important proposal not only for...
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According to the document of the European Commission, the 2024 report is presented in a renewed format and structure. Main findings of the report, together with the recommendations are brought together at the beginning of the report.
Following the first...
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