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Balkans Sliding Towards Illiberalism, Freedom House Warns
The spread of illiberal politics is becoming the "new normal" in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, US-based watchdog Freedom House warned in its annual 'Nations in Transit' report, published on Wednesday.
US donates million-dollar advance flood warning system
The system is valued at approximately USD 1 million and was donated by the US European Command, the US embassy in Belgrade said in a statement.
War Studies Website Launched for Balkan Teachers
Devedesete.net, a website developed with historians from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, is intended to help educators teach about the 1990s wars in the former Yugoslavia and promote reconciliation.
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W. Balkans: Media freedoms, journalist safety still at risk
They held meetings and consultations with the members of the European Parliament and representatives of the European Commission from the Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement negotiations (DG NEAR).
"Western Balkans could take up to 200 years to catch up with EU"
Western Balkans countries need to tackle their low productivity and speed up reforms, the EBRD said on Monday, warning it could otherwise take them up to 200 years to catch up with the living standards of the EU states they hope to join.
Politico: Leaders in Belgrade will have to swallow bitter pills
EU's new strategy "holds out the prospect that two countries could 'potentially' be ready to join the EU by 2025."
These are Serbia and Montenegro, writes the website Politico, in a piece dedicated to EU's enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans, unveiled on Tuesday.
"Leaders in Belgrade will have to swallow bitter pills"
These are Serbia and Montenegro, writes the website Politico, in a piece dedicated to EU's enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans, unveiled on Tuesday.
The document "also offers increased support for the four other would-be members from the region that was engulfed by war and civil strife in the 1990s," the article continued.
EU to Showcase New Enlargement Strategy for Balkans
The European Commission will present its new strategy for enlargement in the Western Balkans on Tuesday in a bid to give the process a fresh push.
The EC document, entitled 'Credible Perspective of Enlargement to the Western Balkans', will be presented at a plenary session of the European parliament in Strasbourg.
Serbia and Montenegro have a Chance to Enter the EU by 2025
The European Commission intends to speed up the process of EU accession to the Western Balkan countries, according to Die Welt, quoted by BGNES.
These include the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and the Republic of Kosovo. "The membership of the Western Balkan countries corresponds to the EU's political and economic interests," the EC said.
US to Analyse Russia's Links to Balkan States
The US Defense Secretary with the concurrence of the Secretary of State is to submit a report to Congress looking at security cooperation between Moscow and Western Balkan countries.
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