Alignment with Chapter 27 (Environment and Climate Change) by the end of 2026 seems almost impossible without concessions on transition...
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Tuesday, 19 May 2026
EU ambassadors endorsed the establishment of the Ad Hoc Working Party, which will be responsible for outlining the legally binding...
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Commissioner Kos warned all the partners in the region that part of the funds under the Growth Plan are "at...
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Investment channelled through Eagle Hills Properties, a real estate developer headquartered in Abu Dhabi, is tilting the rule of law...
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Interview with Ambassador Marković, Head of Mission of Montenegro to the EU, on Podgorica's challenges in closing all negotiating chapters...
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At the 26th Accession Conference, Chapter 21 (Trans-European Networks) was provisionally finalised. Prime Minister Spajić rejoiced that Podgorica "is becoming...
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According to a report by Bojana Zorić (EUISS) and Iliriana Gjoni (Carnegie Europe), enlargement partners have a role to play...
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The opening of formal talks has been proposed to the Council, which must now authorise negotiations with each partner. People...
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While the Commission considers "measures to mitigate" the negative impacts from the Entry/Exit System – which prevents Balkan truckers from...
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In short, no, according to the estimates of Zsolt Darvas, a Senior Fellow at Bruegel. While the Western Balkans would...
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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....
The size of NATO and non-NATO military forces in Europe
An interactive infographic on active and reserve personnel by country: NATO–EU members, EU-only or NATO-only members, and countries that are members of neither
The drafting of Montenegro’s EU Accession Treaty can finally begin
EU ambassadors endorsed the establishment of the Ad Hoc Working Party, which will be responsible for outlining the legally binding agreement between the 27 member states and the candidate country. "For the first time since...
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
The EU accession negotiations explained, in clusters and chapters
Since the introduction of the new methodology in 2021, EU accession negotiations have been structured into 33 negotiating chapters grouped into six clusters
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...
The first-ever EU-Armenia Summit will be held in Yerevan on 4–5 May
European Council President Costa, European Commission President von der Leyen, and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan will attend the summit after the European Political Community meeting. Connectivity, security in the South Caucasus, global challenges, and visa...
Ukraine aims to close negotiating chapters “already this year” and sign the Accession Treaty by 2027
Deputy Prime Minister Kachka set out "a tentative calendar for what is feasible" in an accelerated EU accession process, provided that clusters are formally opened "by May or June." The ratification process could take "several...
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...
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...
