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🦩 The Zvërnec mega-resort project has sparked debate over project governance, environmental protection, and decision-making transparency in Albania. Lutjona Lula examines systemic issues exposed by recent public discourse and ongoing mass protests. 🔗 tinyurl.com/46jdhzew
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📢 New BiEPAG study chapter is now online ✍️ BiEPAG member Jelena Vasiljević examines how environmental activism has become a major force of civic mobilization in the Western Balkans. ⛏️ The chapter explores anti-mining movements across the region. 📖 tinyurl.com/ahawckpr
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Serbia's Growth Plan funding is simultaneously frozen and under review. Only six of 34 reforms implemented. Judicial laws criticized by Venice Commission. Yet the EU still hasn't made a final decision. New analysis from BiEPAG Fellow Ivana Miličević. 🔗tinyurl.com/28vyasen
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[OPINION] "While nationalist rhetoric is regrettable and potentially damaging, the Memorandum represents a political mainstream at the time of government toxic nationalist propaganda against the students, and is not their central issue", ✍️@NikolaBurazer. europeanwesternbalkans.com/2…
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⛏️ New BiEPAG study chapter "Mining in the Western Balkans: Who Really Profits?" by Biljana Jovanović, Kristijan Fidanovski, and Branimir Jovanović examines who benefits most from the region’s mining boom, from lithium projects to copper extraction. 📖 tinyurl.com/296j73hj
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Recently I wrote a BiEPAG Blog on the Serbian students' Memorandum on Kosovo. Despite its regrettable nationalist rhetoric, the Memorandum is politically mainstream at the time of electoral campaign. Still, nationalism is Vučić's "home turf" and can do damage to their struggle.
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Serbian students’ “Memorandum on Kosovo” sparked outrage at home and abroad, but its actual position is political mainstream. ✍️ @NikolaBurazer argues its nationalist rhetoric is unlikely to shape the broader dynamics of the dialogue process. 📖 Read ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2m2fredz
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In our BiEPAG Blog, @DPC_global's Kurt Bassuener argues Europe must shift strategy. Security in the WB6 isn't peripheral, it's foundational. Bassuener examines how regional instability is weaponized and why Europe can, and must, respond decisively. 🔗tinyurl.com/yzbw2akw
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Serbian students’ “Memorandum on Kosovo” sparked outrage at home and abroad, but its actual position is political mainstream. ✍️ @NikolaBurazer argues its nationalist rhetoric is unlikely to shape the broader dynamics of the dialogue process. 📖 Read ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2m2fredz
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📢New study chapter ⛏️Legal and Environmental Aspects of Mining in the Western Balkans This chapter, authored by a group of contributors, examines environmental governance, legal frameworks, and public participation in mining projects in the WB6. 📖Read tinyurl.com/363ek4c7
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May 18
🔔New BiEPAG blog ✍️Gresa Hasa 🔹Edi Rama is Offended by Corruption Can GDP growth be used as proof that corruption is declining? Hasa examines how GDP growth, construction booms, and public spending can coexist with corruption risks in Albania. 📖Read tinyurl.com/48a83956
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Out now! 📢My new work: "The EU and authoritarian norm diffusion in the Western Balkans." Proud to be featured alongside a group of distinguished experts in this new volume edited by @igorvidacak. It’s #OpenAccess!🔓Read it here: doi.org/10.4324/978100371722… @GEOPOWER_EU, @BiEPAG
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🔔 This month, BiEPAG presents chapters from its forthcoming study on mining and critical raw materials in the Western Balkans. BiEPAG Coordinator Florian Bieber writes about geopolitics, mining projects, and strategic competition in the region. 📘Read⬇️ tinyurl.com/y699t978
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May 14
⛏️Mining & Real Estate in the Balkans: Is Corrosive Capital Western now? From Jadar Valley to Vareš, this BiEPAG Podcast episode explores how major mining projects affect governance, public trust, and environmental justice across the region. 🎧Listen⬇️ tinyurl.com/hb2884f8
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Apr 28
🔔 New BiEPAG podcast 🎙️ Hungary after Orbán The opposition Tisza party defeated Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz after 16 years in power. What does this political shift mean for Southeast Europe and regional illiberal networks? 🎧 Listen on streaming platforms⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/3Ss…
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🔔New BiEPAG policy brief 🔹Mining in the Western Balkans: How to counter authoritarian extractivism? As the EU advances its CRM strategy, #mining projects in WB6 raise concerns about environmental risks, transparency, and governance gaps. 📄Read here⬇️ tinyurl.com/mrxz77xh
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🔔 New BiEPAG blog ✍️ Giorgio Fruscione 🔹 The US and the Legitimation of Secessionism in Bosnia The lifting of US sanctions against Milorad Dodik sends a strong political signal, raising concerns about secessionism and the future of 🇧🇦. 📖 Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/yd3u43pe
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Today Albania witnessed its biggest BACKSLIDING since 1996. We travelled back in 2011, at the time when the PM Berisha refused the arrest of suspected national guard members. This will cost us dearly. ‼️ Kudos to @UKinAlbania @GermanyDiplo 4 standing with @SPAK_Albania @BiEPAG
Përshëndes deklaratat e ambasadave të Mbretërisë së Bashkuar dhe Gjermanisë, me parimet e shprehura në të cilat jemi të gjithë shumë dakord, 100%. Por duke qenë se që të dyja dolën sot, kur Kuvendi me plot të drejtë refuzoi heqjen e lirisë së një deputeteje në mungesë të plotë të kushteve për ta ndërmarrë një hap të tillë ekstrem dhe, njëkohësisht, duke qenë se Shoqata e Molotovarëve të Tiranës ka filluar të flasë edhe në emër të Gjermanisë, përfitoj nga rasti të theksoj: • Kjo shumicë qeverisëse e ka mendjen të ndarë dhe busullën të palëvizshme: Shqipëria 2030 në Bashkimin Europian🇦🇱🦅🇪🇺 • Reforma në Drejtësi nuk kthehet mbrapa, pavarësia e gjyqësorit nuk preket dhe mbështetja për SPAK-un mbetet e palëkundur. • Lufta reale kundër korrupsionit vazhdon, më këmbëngulëse se kurrë, siç e tregon qartë edhe pasqyra objektive e përditësuar e Komisionit Europian. • Belinda Balluku nuk akuzohet për korrupsion dhe hetimi i çështjes duhet të vazhdojë, i patrazuar as nga pengimi as nga yshtja e SPAK-ut, prej faktorësh jashtë kufijve të pushtetit të pavarur gjyqësor. • Shumica qeverisëse, bëri sot pa asnjë diskutim atë që do të bënte çdo parlament demokratik i Europës, ku kalimi i kërkesave të prokurorisë jo për arrestin pa gjyq të një deputeti si kjo kërkesa e sotme, po për të filluar apo jo hetimet, nuk është askund si kalimi pa asnjë lloj kontrolli i kufijve në zonën Shengen. Ai është një proces serioz, i bazuar në norma kushtetuese e ligjore, të cilat nuk janë as karta bianka, as dyer të mbyllura për prokurorinë. Sot ne i kemi respektuar plotësisht ato norma dhe kush pretendon të kundërtën, ka të drejtën e vet të padiskutueshme, po s’ka argumenta të mjaftueshëm për ta fituar debatin mbi ekzistencën ose jo të kufirit mes pushteteve të pavarur kushtetues, të cilin parlamenti i Shqipërisë e mbylli sot duke treguar se dinjiteti i parlamentarëve nuk është material për eksperimente socio-politike, të cilat e bëjnë kurën më të rrezikshme se sa sëmundja që duhet të luftojë! Ecim përpara, Shqipëria nuk ka plan B🇦🇱❤️🇪🇺
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🔔 New BiEPAG blog ✍️ Gresa Hasa 🔹 Corruption Is Terrible, If You’re Not the One Doing It Protests in Albania reflect political rivalry as opposition actors seek renewed relevance amid corruption investigations and cabinet reshuffles. 📖 Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/5n75zxvr
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Feb 27
🔔 Seriously Balkans – The BiEPAG Talks ep.22 🔹 The Student Protest Movement in Serbia: What does the Future hold? 🎙️ Our BiEPAG Coordinator Florian Bieber is hosting his guests: 🔸 Marina Vulović 🔸 Jelena Vasiljević 🔸 Nikola Burazer 👇 Tune in now👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1Y4…
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🔔 New BiEPAG policy brief ✍️ Jovana Marović & Odeta Barbullushi 🔹How Accession Treaties Can Strengthen Europe Our authors argue for enforceable safeguards, rule-of-law conditionality, and performance-based integration. 📄 Read here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/ycbuu8wy
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