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🔷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...
24.10.2025 09:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🔔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...
23.10.2025 13:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📰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👇
21.10.2025 11:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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
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
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03.10.2025 10:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
🔔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
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
📣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
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
🔔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
"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
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
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