If Podgorica negotiates a document that combines full membership with stronger accountability and safeguard mechanisms, "this could very well become...
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Alignment with Chapter 27 (Environment and Climate Change) by the end of 2026 seems almost impossible without concessions on transition...
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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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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
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland eye independence from the UK and rejoining the EU
The nationalist leaders of the three countries signed a memorandum committing to working towards the common goal of constitutional change that will bring Westminster's time "to an end." One of its four pillars focuses on...
The unexpected alliance between Vučić and Zelensky finds its balance in EU accession
The meeting in Belgrade showed that the enlargement dossier is "the only real common ground" between Serbia and Ukraine, although "both are currently, for various reasons, some way off full membership," says Giorgio Fruscione (ISPI)....
Serbian students have presented their 250-member List for the parliamentary elections
The candidates representing the student movement in the 25 October elections were chosen through a decision-making process developed over more than a year. "The mandate belongs to the citizens, and whoever receives it must know...
EU support in Norway rises slowly as gap with opposition narrows
The most recent poll from August 2026 shows that the anti-EU camp has shrunk to below 50% (from 56% in August 2024), while the pro-EU camp has reached 37% (from 30%). The undecided could now...
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....
Twenty years after independence, Montenegro may soon become the third post-Yugoslav country to join the EU
"We will write the next chapters of our common history together," said European Commissioner for Enlargement and Slovenian diplomat Marta Kos at the event near Podgorica, marking the 20th anniversary of the 21 May 2006...
The political voice in Albania that builds a bridge between environmental protest and the EU path
Interview with Marjana Koçeku, the youngest and only independent member of the Albanian Parliament, on how demands for nature protection, transparency, and accountability reflect EU values. "They remind us that European integration is not only...
Iceland is ready for its “most emotional vote” on reopening EU accession talks
The 29 August referendum will be centred on sovereignty, the economy and fisheries. Experts note that although it will not be a decision on joining the EU, the fundamental question is whether voters will exclude...
EU enlargement can still go in very different directions
The peace process in Ukraine, candidate countries' capacity to implement reforms, and the outcome of the 2027 French presidential election. "The credibility of the accession process will depend heavily on its results," says Maria Gargano...
