Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)
Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) is a group of policy analysts, scholars and researchers from Western Balkans and EU.
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- Reposted by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)My latest article for @biepag.bsky.social looks into the 56th World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, and the challenges of small countries in the WB6 in navigating power and diplomacy in an era of unstable alliances. I invite you to take a look! 👇🏻
- ✍️BiEPAG blog by @gresahasa.bsky.social 🔹Navigating Power Without Power: The Western Balkans in an Era of Unstable Alliances As global alliances shift and multilateral norms weaken, Western Balkan states are forced into pragmatic diplomacy to protect their interests. 📖 Read here tinyurl.com/BiEPAG
- ✍️BiEPAG blog by @gresahasa.bsky.social 🔹Navigating Power Without Power: The Western Balkans in an Era of Unstable Alliances As global alliances shift and multilateral norms weaken, Western Balkan states are forced into pragmatic diplomacy to protect their interests. 📖 Read here tinyurl.com/BiEPAG
- 🔔 New BiEPAG blog ✍️ Donika Emini 🔹 Snap Election in Kosovo: The one when Vetëvendosje takes it all Kosovo’s snap elections ended a year of political deadlock, delivering Vetëvendosje a rare one-party majority and reshaping the country’s political landscape. 📖 Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/5n9yvrvc
- Reposted by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)Throughout 2025, Europe, and foremost the EU, have been sidelined as partners and often depicted as adversaries of the US. A new @biepag.bsky.social discussion explores the implications of this emerging transatlantic rift on the #WesternBalkans. open.spotify.com/episode/4ntK...
- 🔔 Seriously Balkans – The BiEPAG Talks ep.21 🔹 The Western Balkans under Trump 🎙️ Our BiEPAG member @damirkapidzic.bsky.social is hosting his guests: 🔸@filipejdus.bsky.social 🔸Biljana Kotevska #WesternBalkans #TransatlanticRelations 👇 Tune in for more 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/4ntK...
- 🔔 This year's last episode is out 🎙️ Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG talks ep. 20 30 years after the Dayton Peace Agreement, a whole generation has grown up under a frozen constitutional system. What does “Dayton” mean for those born after the war? Listen here 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/6tUG...
- 🔔Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG talks ep.19 🔹The predicament of media and press freedom in the Balkans 🎙️Our BiEPAG member Giorgio Fruscione is hosting his guests: Lejla Mazlic and @slobageorgiev.bsky.social #MediaFreedom 👇Tune in for more on this topic👇 open.spotify.com/episode/5thu...
- ▪️In 2025, press freedom and independent journalism face growing challenges globally ▪️In the Balkans, governments continue to exert pressure on independent media, contrary to EU standards ▪️Declined support with USAID shut down and outlets like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe were affected.
- ▪️The closure of Al Jazeera Balkans and pressure on regional media raise concerns about media pluralism and public access to information ▪️In #Serbia, #N1 and #NovaTV continue to operate under intense political pressure ▪️These developments raise questions about the #mediafreedom in the region.
- Listen to the whole episode at all streaming platforms! open.spotify.com/episode/5thu...
- 🔔New BiEPAG policy brief: 🔹Resetting the EU’s Approach to Serbia: Lessons from the 2024-25 Protests 📝Authors: BiEPAG members Nikola Burazer, Marina Vulović, and Jelena Vasiljević. #Serbia #EU #StudentProtests #StudentLedProtests #EUAccession ⬇️ tinyurl.com/ya2eyrk8
- 🔹Serbia’s mass protests after the Novi Sad tragedy mark the most serious challenge yet to Vučić’s rule—and a clear democratic tipping point.
- 🔹Citizens have mobilized at scale, public opinion is shifting, and the government response is becoming increasingly authoritarian.
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View full thread🔹Serbia stands at a crossroads: without decisive action, the current crisis risks accelerating democratic backsliding. This BiEPAG's brief lists the recommendations for getting out of this gridlock, insisting on a urgent reset in EU-Serbia relations. www.biepag.eu/publication/...
- 🔔Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG talks ep.18 🔹A Change in #RepublikaSrpska? 🎙️Host @damirkapidzic.bsky.social Guests: @dzenetakarabeg.bsky.social University of Salzburg @vedrandzihic.bsky.social @infooiip.bsky.social / BiEPAG #BiH #Dodik 🎧Tune in👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1GK0...
- 📣BiEPAG in the Media 📰 Our BiEPAG Member Richard Grieveson in an interview for the @newunionpost.bsky.social 🔹Full EU membership is the only “real game changer” for the Western Balkans’ economies Read it at👇 newunionpost.eu/2025/11/25/w... #SEPA #EUSingleMarket #EU #WesternBalkans
- Reposted by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG).@jomarovic.bsky.social for @biepag.bsky.social: "Years were lost. No — decades. Twenty-two years since the Thessaloniki promise, and the #WesternBalkans is still orbiting the EU like a satellite nobody wants to land." www.biepag.eu/blog/why-the...
- In her latest BiEAPG blog, @jomarovic.bsky.social takes on the EU’s approach to the Western Balkans: "For 30 years, the EU has promised the Western Balkans a European future — while quietly backtracking, shifting excuses, and delivering too little, too late." Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/5arus2py
- Read the new BiEPAG blog by Lutjona Lula Albania’s Gen Z overwhelmingly supports EU membership and expect integration to improve daily life. But enthusiasm without knowledge is fragile: if reforms stall, optimism may turn into frustration. 📖Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/46jkeazw
- Reposted by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)Today, on the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement, ISPI has published a dossier "Dayton at Thirty: The Peace That Froze Bosnia". It also includes my contribution on the lessons the world has (not) learned after the Srebrenica genocide: www.ispionline.it/en/publicati...
- Reposted by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)Despite the positive approach of gradual integration of the region into the Single Market, full membership is the only “real game changer” for the #WesternBalkans economies, says Richard Grieveson, Deputy Director at the @wiiw.ac.at and @biepag.bsky.social member newunionpost.eu/2025/11/25/w...
- In his new BiEPAG blog, @kurtbassuener.bsky.social takes on the shifting geopolitics around Bosnia: US sanctions lifted, tone changed, and Europe suddenly exposed. If the EU wants credibility, it must act — not wait. Read it here: tinyurl.com/4hjxphnd
- Reposted by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)Last week, the @eucrta.bsky.social together with @epc-official.bsky.social and @biepag.bsky.social organized a public discussion titled “Serbia one year into the student-led protests – Where to next and what role for the EU?”. Key takeaways from the exchange👇
- 🔔BiEPAG member @dimitarbechev.bsky.social for @carnegieeurope.bsky.social "The #WesternBalkans are on the path to become a net contributor to EU security, but much more needs to be done. The 3 NATO members - Albania, North Macedonia, and Montenegro - should lead the way. tinyurl.com/29cd6fj7
- 🔔Listen to the new ep.17 of Seriously Balkans - The BiEPAG talks 🔹Kosovo on the Edge: Democracy, Deadlock, and Geopolitics BiEPAG's Donika Emina w/ 🔹Ilir Deda Senior Research Fellow at KIPRED & Europe’s Futures Fellow 🔹Jovana Radosavljević, Executive Director of NSI 🎙️ tinyurl.com/2j74ap3t
- It’s been an eventful year in #Kosovo. New general elections are a possible scenario while the country is still navigating local elections, with the first round on 12 October and the second round expected on 9 November...
- Tune in for insights and analysis🔎 · Can #Kosovo’s institutions hold under pressure? · What does the return of Serbs in the four northern municipalities mean? · How do we move on from a year marked by political crises, and what’s at stake for the future?
- 🔔#BiEPAGreacts on the EU #EnlargementPackage2025 Our BiEPAG members' reactions to the country reports on #Albania, #BosniaandHerzegovina, #Kosovo, #Montenegro, #NorthMacedonia and #Serbia. Read them at👇 biepag.eu/blog #EnlargementPackage2025 #CountryReports #EUCommission #WesternBalkans #EU
- 🔹Gjergji Vurmo on #Albania tinyurl.com/4ucd4j3d 🔹@vedrandzihic.bsky.social on #BosniaandHerzegovina tinyurl.com/24ueekvt 🔹Donika Emini on #Kosovo tinyurl.com/54wvvrwk #EnlargementPackage2025 #CountryReports #EUCommission #WesternBalkans #EU
- 🔹@jomarovic.bsky.social on #Montenegro tinyurl.com/yzn47pf8 🔹@ndimitrov.bsky.social on #NorthMacedonia tinyurl.com/yc4px6cu 🔹@markokmezic.bsky.social on #Serbia tinyurl.com/4kdkfsaj #EnlargementPackage2025 #CountryReports #EUCommission #WesternBalkans #EU
- 🔸How Montenegro Turned on Turkey - The Politics of Panic and Hate ✍️ blog by @jomarovic.bsky.social 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 🔗 tinyurl.com/436kccd5 #Turkey #Montenegro #VisaRegime #EU #WesternBalkans
- 🔔BiEPAG member Frauke M. Seebass and @wouterzweers.bsky.social on the recent elections in Netherlands 🔶Do the Dutch election outcomes affect the #Netherlands position on #EUEnlargement? 🔎 possible coalitions, as well as the public perceptions and attitudes👇 🔗 www.biepag.eu/blog/do-the-...
- 🔔BiEPAG blog ✍️Egzona Bokshi 🔷You’re Not a Citizen, You’re a Journalist” - The Fall of #MediaFreedom in Kosovo "In a healthy system, journalism is a profession, not an act of heroism. When courage replaces normalcy, you know the system has failed." #Kosovo #Media biepag.eu/blog/youre-n...
- 🔔Our BiEPAG to the point is out! 🔹Reflections on the local elections in North Macedonia 🔶The biggest losers are the citizens - Low turnout (46%) reflects deep voter apathy and disillusionment. Read the one-pager to get the whole picture👇 #Elections #NorthMacedonia www.biepag.eu/biepag-to-th...
- 📰BiEPAG member Donika Emini in an interview for the @newunionpost.bsky.social 🔸Kosovo’s recognition and candidate status have been set back years by outstanding EU measures #Kosovo #EU #EUAccession #EUEnlargement Read it at👇
- According to the Eurobarometer, 43% of citizens would support #Kosovo joining the EU, with surprising results from the 5 non-recogniser members. However, "recognisers can sometimes be more difficult in obstructing its path," warns Donika Emini (@biepag.bsky.social) newunionpost.eu/2025/10/21/k...
- 🔔BiEPAG Coordinator @fbieber.bsky.social for savremenapolitika.com 🔹Student list in Serbia is an extraordinary experiment in democracy "The student movement does not offer a comprehensive political alternative, but return of politics to the public space." savremenapolitika.com/biber-studen...
- Read it in English👇 europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/10/17/b...
- Reposted by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)Waarom Westelijke Balkanlanden de EU-toetreding van #Montenegro niet moeten vrezen maar steunen europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/10/13/w... by @jomarovic.bsky.social in @biepag.bsky.social (republished on the European Western Balkans portal)
- 🔔BiEPAG blog by @jomarovic.bsky.social 🔹In Search of Lost Regional Solidarity - or, Who’s Afraid of Montenegro in the EU? "Montenegro’s progress is not a threat to its neighbors; it's a test of whether the idea of a common EU future for the Western Balkans still holds". 🔗 tinyurl.com/488wnvwu
- 🔔Our BiEPAG member Donika Emini and her colleague Iliriana Gjoni with a commentary for @carnegieeurope.bsky.social 🔹In Kosovo’s Elections, Serb Representation Is the West’s Fig Leaf #Kosovo #KosovoElections #BrusselsAgreement #EU #WesternBalkans #Serbia 🔗 tinyurl.com/auduybpu
- 🔈BiEPAG in the Media 📰 @fbieber.bsky.social in an interview for @vijesti.bsky.social "Relations in the Balkans have become "quite harsh and difficult. Serbian President Vucic is not the only one to blame for this, but that he is the main cause of it. #Montenegro #EU tinyurl.com/4ajcn2v6
- ℹ️At our yesterday's panel at Europe House in Podgorica, BiEPAG experts, media & diplomats agreed: now is the moment to push forward reforms in #Montenegro & seize the geopolitical chance! 🎯🔹Support is high🔹 Mistakes are costly🔹EU window of opportunity won't stay open forever
- Read the full report 👇 tinyurl.com/4hxdtawh #EUIntegration #Montenegro #WesternBalkans #EU #EUEnlargement #EUCommission @jomarovic.bsky.social @fbieber.bsky.social
- 🔔Read the new BiEPAG blog👇 🔷Albania’s AI Minister Dilemma: Fighting Corruption or Strengthening Authoritarianism? ✍️ @gresahasa.bsky.social "The appointment of #Diella was made without constitutional basis, since #Albania has no legal provisions for an AI minister" 🔗 tinyurl.com/4v6x4ycd
- 📣Join us for our upcoming BiEPAG event in Podgorica 🔹 Montenegro at the Crossroads: Driving EU Integration in the Western Balkans 📅 Thursday, 25 September 2025 ⏲️ 15:00 - 16:30 📍 Europe House, Podgorica #Montenegro #EUAccession #EUEnlargement #WesternBalkans #EU
- Panelists: • Dr. Ivan Vukovic, Chair of the Committee on European Integration of the Parliament of Montenegro • Miloš Radonjić, Advisor to the President of Montenegro for European Affairs • Dr. @jomarovic.bsky.social • Prof. Dr. @fbieber.bsky.social Moderator: Dr. Marina Vulović, BiEPAG Member
- ℹ️More info on the panel discussion👇 www.biepag.eu/news/biepag-...
- Reposted by Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)My take on protests in Serbia 🇷🇸 for Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @biepag.bsky.social
- 🔔New BiEPAG blog ✍️Author: BiEPAG's Programme Manager Samir Beharić 🔷Eleventh Stage of Genocide: Srebrenica Is Remembered Once a Year, Denial Happens Every Day Read it at👇 tinyurl.com/49dvdr3w #Srebrenica #Srebrenica30 #SrebrenicaGenocide #BosniaandHerzegovina #EU
- 🔊BiEPAG in the Media📰 BiEPAG member @jomarovic.bsky.social in an interview for the Montenegrin News Agency MINA "The #EU should issue a political declaration by the end of this year committing to concluding an accession treaty with #Montenegro". #EUIntegrations mina.news/vijesti-iz-c...
- Read it in English👇 en.vijesti.me/news-b/polit...
