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Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) is a group of policy analysts, scholars and researchers from Western Balkans and EU. ℹ️ www.biepag.eu

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Bieber: Student list in Serbia is an extraordinary experiment in democracy - European Western Balkans We spoke about the parallels with 2000 and the perspective of democratic changes in Serbia today with Florian Bieber.

Read it in English👇

europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/10/17/b...

18.10.2025 08:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Biber: Studentska lista je izuzetan demokratski eksperiment - Savremena politika Studentski pokret ne može ponuditi sveobuhvatnu političku alternativu, ali to ni nije potrebno. Ovo je borba koja ima za cilj da uspostavi osnovne uslove za politiku.

🔔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...

18.10.2025 08:06 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Who's afraid of Montenegro in the EU? Montenegro seems to be caught in a kind of European delirium - ask the prime minister, a taxi driver, or even a five-year-old in the street, and they will tell you without hesitation that we are defin...

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)

14.10.2025 08:22 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🔔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

13.10.2025 09:33 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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In Kosovo’s Elections, Serb Representation Is the West’s Fig Leaf Left without a functioning Assembly since February 2025, Kosovo’s febrile politics is due for another test. With options for representation of the Serb minority limited to Belgrade-backed proxies, Oct...

🔔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

03.10.2025 10:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bieber: Montenegro could benefit the most from possible fall of Vucic's regime Montenegro is the country that could benefit the most from the possible fall of Aleksandar Vucic's regime in Serbia, said Florian Bieber, a professor at the Uni

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#Montenegro
#EUEnlargement
#WesternBalkans

tinyurl.com/yc4vbxet

03.10.2025 09:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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INTERVJU Biber za "Vijesti": Ako "padne" Vučić, Crna Gora će najviše profitirati Ako bi Crna Gora ušla u EU, koja poruka bi time bila poslata Srbiji: da je razlog zašto ona nije ušla - sadašnja vlast. To nije poželjno za Vučića, i on će raditi ...

🔈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

03.10.2025 09:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Read the full report 👇
tinyurl.com/4hxdtawh

#EUIntegration
#Montenegro
#WesternBalkans
#EU #EUEnlargement
#EUCommission

@jomarovic.bsky.social @fbieber.bsky.social

26.09.2025 09:10 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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

26.09.2025 09:10 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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🔔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

25.09.2025 11:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
BiEPAG - BiEPAG in Podgorica: Montenegro at the Crossroads: Driving EU Integration in the Western Balkans, Europe House - September 25, 2025

ℹ️More info on the panel discussion👇

www.biepag.eu/news/biepag-...

23.09.2025 10:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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

23.09.2025 10:42 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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📣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

23.09.2025 10:42 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Serbia Protests: Student-led Demonstrations Aim to Unseat President Vucic More violence over the summer has shown the depth of discontentment in a country that the EU has been trying to keep onside.

My take on protests in Serbia 🇷🇸 for Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @biepag.bsky.social

17.09.2025 17:07 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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🔔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

23.07.2025 11:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Marović: EU should commit to concluding an accession agreement with Montenegro The former Minister of European Affairs, commenting on Montenegro's results achieved this year on its European path, said that another step has been taken towards ...

Read it in English👇
en.vijesti.me/news-b/polit...

15.07.2025 14:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Marović: EU da se obaveže na zaključivanje pristupnog ugovora sa Crnom Gorom | MINA

🔊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...

15.07.2025 14:32 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
BiEPAG - From Norms to Noise: Why the EU Talks Reform but Fuels decline in the Balkans

Focus on🔎
#Albania #BosniaandHerzegovina #Kosovo
#Montenegro #NorthMacedonia #Serbia
#EU #WesternBalkans #EUAccession
#EUCommission #EUEnlargement

⬇️Download it at👇
tinyurl.com/mw4jp5t3

10.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

She also urges limiting the misuse of bilateral vetoes and empowering civil society to restore the EU’s normative power and credibility in the enlargement process.

10.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Marović calls for providing a time-bound accession path fast-tracking for frontrunner(s) based on measurable rule of law progress, aligning EU rhetoric with reality and enforcing clear accession criteria...

10.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Despite positive rhetoric, the EU tolerates backsliding, rewards autocrats, and applies conditionality inconsistently. This deepens public distrust and weakens reform incentives...

10.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In this paper, BiEPAG member @jomarovic.bsky.social argues that the #EU undermines its credibility in the #WesternBalkans by prioritizing stability and strategic interests over democratic reforms...

10.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🔔BiEPAG policy brief by @jomarovic.bsky.social

"From Norms to Noise: Why the EU Talks Reform but Fuels Decline in the Balkans" offers a timely and sharp analysis of the EU’s approach to enlargement in the Western Balkans, highlighting inconsistencies between rhetoric and practice.

#EUEnlargement

10.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
BiEPAG - Mining in the Western Balkans - The Rise of Dangerous Transactionalism

For more insights on this topic, check the BiEPAG policy brief: Mining in the Western Balkans - The Rise of Dangerous Transactionalism authored by Džihić.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/yxy6ubrx

08.07.2025 11:47 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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"According to Džihić, governance failures, combined with state capture and corruption, risk turning the region into what some critics have called “Europe’s future mining colony.”

#Environment #Minning
#CriticalRawMaterials #Lithium
#EU #WesternBalkans #EUEnlargement

08.07.2025 11:47 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Protecting the environment in the Western Balkans - K2.0 Industry, resource exploitation, and construction in protected areas are threatening both public health and the environment across the region.

🔈BiEPAG in the Media📰

Our BiEPAG member @vedrandzihic.bsky.social
contributed to KOSOVO 2.0 regional overview on
"Protecting the environment in the Western Balkans"

Read the article in English, Albanian and B/C/S.
#Environment #Minning
#EU #WesternBalkans

kosovotwopointzero.com/en/protectin...

08.07.2025 11:47 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

"This would not only deliver a fatal blow to the EU’s credibility among candidate countries but, amid escalating geopolitical threats, threaten the security and stability of the Union itself."

07.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Without a paradigm shift in Brussels, Belgrade risks sliding down the same authoritarian path of Tbilisi and Ankara, empowering aspiring autocrats and inviting disruptive external influence across the Western Balkans."

07.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

"As the façade of democratic competitiveness crumbles, it stands at a crossroads: either it drops the mask and reveals its authoritarian nature, or it will likely lose power to genuine democratic change."

07.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

"SNS’s threat to cancel upcoming local elections, should the “undemocratic atmosphere” of Zaječar and Kosjerić recur, offers yet another indication that, caught between fading legitimacy and a declining cooptation effectiveness, Vučić regime is increasingly turning to repression to maintain power."

07.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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