Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) is a group of policy analysts, scholars and researchers from Western Balkans and EU.
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🎙️In Episode 25 of our podcast, BiEPAG Fellow Gresa Hasa and Member of the Albanian Parliament Redi Muçi examine mass protests demanding accountability from PM Rama and opposition leader Berisha.
Hosted by Florian Bieber.
🎧Tune in for a discussion on "the flamingo revolution": tinyurl.com/4ywkcnsp
My latest guest blog for @biepag.bsky.social on how Europe+ can take the initiative in the #WB6 in the interests of these countries' citizens - and their own.
www.biepag.eu/blog/europe-...
The Merz-Macron proposal on gradual integration offers a European Economic Area+ model. But does it address the real challenge? EU must follow through with internal reforms and deliver predictable accession pathways.
Marina Vulović and Odeta Barbullushi analyze the stakes.
🔗 tinyurl.com/7rsfnmnr
🔊 The Serbian and Albanian protests use charged ethnonyms as political weapons. Yet beneath these slogans lies a shared struggle for democracy, rule of law, and environmental protection.
In our BiEPAG blog, Aleksandar Pavlović contextualizes what unites these movements.
🔗 tinyurl.com/23m9uu3y
🦩 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 ongoing mass protests over Jared Kushner-linked resort in Albania.
🔗 tinyurl.com/46jdhzew
🗳️Vetëvendosje remains the largest party, but Kurti's gamble cost him. Turnout collapsed from 48% to 37%. Voters stayed home, signaling lost faith in a process defined by confrontation over compromise.
Donika Emini examines what these results reveal about Kosovo's democracy.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3zp7cu7n
📢 New BiEPAG study chapter is now online
✍️ In her analysis, BiEPAG member Jelena Vasiljević examines how environmental activism has evolved into one of the most influential forms of civic mobilization in the Western Balkans.
📖 Read here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/ahawckpr
Serbia's Growth Plan funding hangs in balance. Only six of 34 reforms implemented by March 2026.
⚖️ The EU freezes payments over judicial independence, yet hesitates to call it. Will geopolitics trump rule of law?
Read the analysis from BiEPAG Fellow Ivana Miličević.
🔗 tinyurl.com/28vyasen
⛏️ New BiEPAG study chapter
"Mining in the Western Balkans: Who Really Profits?" by Biljana Jovanović, Kristijan Fidanovski, and Branimir Jovanović explores who captures the gains from the region’s growing mining sector and critical raw materials projects.
📖 Read the chapter: tinyurl.com/296j73hj
Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG)
Most Western Balkan leaders comfortably inhabit an indeterminate gray zone. They want the validation and benefits of being EU partners without paying the freight. In this sense, the entropy in Bosn...
