westernbalkanswire09·Oct 26Serbia's Stolen-Vehicle trade is europe's growth industry.Europol flags Serbia as a regional hub for stolen cars and Balkan trafficking networks as Berlin pushes a six-billion-euro reform package…
Billy Staples·Oct 21Why the EU's enlargement promise now runs through countries that keep breaking itThe European Commission's own 2024 rule-of-law report found serious deficits in five candidate and member states, yet accession talks…A response icon1A response icon1
Billy Staples·Oct 2The EU's eastern enlargement has a Rule-of-Law problem it refuses to nameTwenty years after the 2004 accession wave, the Commission is preparing to admit new members while two existing ones face Article 7…
Balkan Crossroads·Sep 28Kosovo's parliament blockade leaves EU accession talks without a governmentSix months after the February 2025 election, Kosovo still has no government, and the EU's €6 billion growth plan for the Western Balkans is…
Balkan Crossroads·Sep 21Serbia's russian gas contract expires in december and brussels knows itWith the TurkStream supply deal ending and EU enlargement stalled, Belgrade's energy leverage is becoming the real accession negotiation.
westernbalkanswire09·Sep 20Western balkans illicit finance costs up to €5 billion a year, report finds as EU talks stallGlobal Financial Integrity puts trade misinvoicing losses at $5.4 billion in 2015, and a 2024 RCC survey found 74 percent of Montenegrins…
Billy Staples·Sep 16The EU's eastern enlargement has become a policy of running to stand stillTwenty years after the big bang, the union is negotiating with countries whose governments are dismantling the very rule of law they are…
Billy Staples·Sep 13The EU's eastern enlargement is being undone from withinHungary is no longer classed as a democracy byFreedom House, and the same watchdog downgraded Poland's civil liberties rating in 2021.
Billy Staples·Aug 23Georgieva's warning exposes EU's enlargement dilemma with ukraineThe IMF chief's call for a "two-speed Europe" comes as polls show Ukrainian EU accession support falling to 61 percent from 91 percent in…A response icon1A response icon1
Balkan Crossroads·Aug 19Balkan military blocs harden as NATO members arm kosovo's security forceA trilateral Albania-Croatia-Kosovo defense pact signed in Shkodra on February 11 has pushed Serbia's response beyond rhetoric, with…
