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The programme and priorities for the Danish EU Presidency have been launched.

Listen to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s message here 👇

Go visit www.eu2025.dk to know more 🇩🇰 🇪🇺

I am grateful for the opportunity to write about the status of the LGBTQ+ community in #Albania for the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy country report on Albania—a community that has taught me love and resilience.

Will there be repercussions from Vučić's trip to Moscow? - European Western Balkans The decision by the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to attend the Victory Parade in Moscow will complicate his relationship with the EU, as it has already been indicated by the official Brussels, t...

What will be the consequences of Vučić's trip to Moscow for his relations with the EU? europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/05/09/w...

Romania drops to 55th in 2025 World Press Freedom Index, US also falls to 57th Romania has dropped to 55th place in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), down from 49th last year. While the country has a diverse and relatively pluralist...

Romania_insider: Romania drops to 55th in 2025 World Press Freedom Index, US also falls to 57th. Nordics on top with Denmark No. 6. Germany's place at 11th belies international criticism.
romania-insider.com/romania-pres...

Green transition & #RenewableEnergy marches on in the EU, incl. Denmark & Romania. This week, Danish Eurowind Energy
let us cut the ribbon at Teiuș Solar Park. It will produce 104 GWh/year in the heart of Transylvania. Investing €55m, of which €15m from EU’s RRF. Awesome!

Atlantic Council Europe Center on X: "What are the scenarios for Dodik’s Bosnia? On #BalkansDebrief, @IlvaTare sits down with @adicerimagic of @ESI_eu to discuss rising security concerns and growing international frustration over arrest warrants issued against Republika Srpska’s leadership. https://t.co/ri45jPeV59" / X What are the scenarios for Dodik’s Bosnia? On #BalkansDebrief, @IlvaTare sits down with @adicerimagic of @ESI_eu to discuss rising security concerns and growing international frustration over arrest warrants issued against Republika Srpska’s leadership. https://t.co/ri45jPeV59

What are the scenarios for Dodik’s Bosnia? On #BalkansDebrief on X, IlvaTare sits down with Adi Cerimagic of ESI EU to discuss rising security concerns and growing international frustration over arrest warrants issued against Republika Srpska’s leadership. x.com/ACEurope/sta...

With His Hybrid Secessionism, Bosnia’s Dodik is a Threat to the Region Milorad Dodik is on a path to achieve what Milosevic, Karadzic and Mladic tried and failed to do three decades ago. Failure to halt his hybrid secessionism will have dire consequences far beyond the b...

Sead Turčalo's new piece for Balkan Insight exploring how Dodik’s current tactics dangerously echo secessionist strategies from the early 1990s. He argues that his approach poses serious risks not only to Bosnia but also to broader regional stability. balkaninsight.com/2025/04/02/w...

A Dangerous Standoff: The Battle for Bosnia’s Institutions Bosnia's Serb separatist leaders have crossed a line – offering both a serious threat and a rare opportunity for domestic institutions supported by the EU to halt a long-running agenda.

On 27 Feb in BiH, RS lawmakers passed laws effectively declaring that RS institutions no longer recognise the legitimacy of the state court and its central law enforcement agency. A RUSI commentary: www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

YouTube video by G4 Media Călin Georgescu: Musk and Putin's Man in Romania

G4 Media journalists try to give the full story of what happened with the annulled Presidential elections in Romania: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBIp...

Zaključci NSRS-a: Zahtijevamo da Dodik više ne ide na suđenje, obustavu rada u institucijama BiH i prekid EU integracija Narodna skupština Republike Srpske (NSRS) na posebnoj sjednici zakazanoj za večeras u 18 sati planira usvojiti set zaključaka u vezi s informacijom o, kako se n...

Secessionist controlled assembly in BiH RS entity adopts res calling on Dodik regime to pull out of all BiH institutions & abandon EU integrations in response to his ongoing trial re: previous secessionist efforts. Quote from @jasminmuj on X
www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...

Enig. Må min gamle skolekammerat og elevrådskollega hvile i fred. Han fik sat nogle flag hele vejen igennem sit alt for korte liv.

Arbejdere strømmer til Danmark fra det fjerne: »Der er ikke én eneste dansker, der ikke har haft gavn af det her« Udenlandsk arbejdskraft har stor betydning for dansk økonomi.

Article in Jyllandsposten about the inflow of foreign workers in Denmark boosting the economy. Eight nationalities have grown tenfold last 15 years: Portuguese, Croatians, Greek and Romanians from Europe. Plus from Argentina, Bangladesh, Eritrea & Syria
jyllands-posten.dk/erhverv/ECE1...

Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations with the EU to change Rachel Reeves has spoken of a reset in EU relations. Here, experts in everything from music to farming explain what they hope it will mean Earlier this week, the UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said she was hoping talks in the new year could lead to an…

Brexit reset: five business leaders on how they’d like relations with the EU to change

huge protest tonight in front of the state tv, belgrade, serbia. students demand truth and justice. this wave of protests began after 15 people died under the rubble of newly renovated train station in novi sad, exposing ravaging corruption, captured justice system and autocracy

Congratulations to Radmila Sekerinska, the next NATO Deputy Secretary General 👏
As defence minister of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 she paved the way for her country’s accession. A strong & smart leader, she’ll be the 1st senior alliance leader from the W Balkans & 2nd woman DSG.
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...

Kosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise Pristina labels incident ‘terrorist act’ by neighbouring country, activating armed forces to prevent more attacks Kosovo’s interior minister, Xhelal Sveçla, said on Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends…

Kosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise

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