by CBBSS | Jun 26, 2021 | Regional News
RFE/RL reports Bosnian and Kosovar leaders are maintaining their support for EU membership even after the UK voted to leave the bloc. Both Bosnia and Kosovo are years away from being ready for EU membership. Read original...
by CBBSS | Jun 19, 2021 | International News and Analysis
A piece in The Economist states the Western Balkans are still enthusiastic about joining the EU, yet Brussels is deferring the accession process. If Brussels keeps delaying, Russia and others may attempt to move in to fill the political and economic vacuum. ...
by CBBSS | Jun 16, 2021 | Regional News
Voice of America reports a Kosovo citizen admitted in U.S. court that he stole identification data from more than 1,000 U.S. government employees and military personnel and provided it to the Islamic State. The man faces a maximum of 25 years in prison, after which he...
by CBBSS | Jun 3, 2021 | Regional News
Kadri Veseli, Kosovo’s parliament speaker and head of the ruling PDK party, said Pristina’s agreements with Montenegro and Serbia will take effect, Balkan Insight reports. Pristina reached a border demarcation deal with Montenegro and an agreement with...
by CBBSS | May 29, 2021 | International News and Analysis
U.S. public radio syndicator NPR points out that the Islamic State is recruiting a much higher number of fighters per capita from the Balkans than from Western Europe. The Balkan IS recruits are mainly coming from Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia, but there are...
