The European Commission revealed that it has started working on a "gradual, conditional and reversible" lifting of the measures introduced...
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US President has announced tariffs on all imported goods, effective from 5 April, affecting almost 200 countries worldwide. In Europe,...
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With the new Return Regulation, the European Commission has proposed a legal framework enabling Member States to outsource detention centres...
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Prime Minister Kurti's Vetëvendosje has claimed victory, but preliminary results indicate a significant drop in support. With challenging years ahead,...
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Starting on 1 February, Danish diplomat Peter Sørensen, a former Head of Delegation in North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina,...
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Requested by the authorities in Pristina, the mission's presence "is aimed at contributing to an inclusive, credible and transparent election...
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The annual meeting between the European Union and Western Balkans leaders highlighted the "new momentum" in the EU enlargement process,...
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The Chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia agreed in Brussels on the Terms of Reference for the EU-chaired Joint Commission,...
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On the sidelines of the informal dinner with Western Balkans leaders, the new EU High Representative met with Kosovan Prime...
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At the start of his mandate, European Council President António Costa hosted the six leaders in Brussels to reaffirm his...
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Which countries are included in the EU’s free roaming area
Since 15 June 2017, 32 EU and non-EU countries have joined the 'Roam Like at Home' area, allowing their citizens to call, text and use mobile data in other participating members without paying extra charges....
Montenegro “can share the 28th place” with Iceland as a future EU member
Interview with Ambassador Marković, Head of Mission of Montenegro to the EU, on Podgorica's challenges in closing all negotiating chapters by the end of 2026 and beginning the drafting of the Accession Treaty. Should Reykjavík...
How far are candidate countries along the path of EU accession negotiations?
An infographic explaining the current status of each candidate country by negotiating chapter
Montenegro’s progress on its EU path now counts 14 chapters closed
At the 26th Accession Conference, Chapter 21 (Trans-European Networks) was provisionally finalised. Prime Minister Spajić rejoiced that Podgorica "is becoming increasingly integrated into the fabric of the European Union." Progress is still required in the...
Ten years on, Switzerland is still not interested in joining the EU
The signing of a broad package of agreements represents the deepest form of integration reached since Bern withdrew its EU application in 2016. Covering areas from trade and transport to health and energy, the two...
Which EU countries do not recognise Kosovo
Almost all of the 27 member states have recognised Pristina's sovereignty following its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain have not. An interactive map
The Commission pushes for the Western Balkans to join the EU’s free roaming area
The opening of formal talks has been proposed to the Council, which must now authorise negotiations with each partner. People from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia may soon be able...
Ukraine and Moldova open all accession chapters – but informally
At two separate informal meetings in Brussels, technical guidance was provided to both candidates to continue work on EU reforms across all six negotiating clusters, until "political conditions" allow the opening of the formal process...
North Macedonia has “no clear path forward” on EU accession
With the bilateral dispute with Bulgaria carried into the accession process and Skopje's unwillingness to make concessions, the stalemate is not expected to be resolved any time soon. However, if Albania and Montenegro were to...
Iceland, Greenland, Norway. The Arctic wind sweeps over EU enlargement
While EU membership is not a central topic in public debates across the three Nordic countries, geopolitical uncertainty and the burden of passively accepting decisions from Brussels could lead to a strategic shift. The fisheries...
