Albania

  • Sep 30, 2020
  • 7 min read

Lagging Albanian reforms overshadow EU accession talks

Slow judicial reform, disputed voting reform and threats to online media may delay opening Albania’s EU accession talks

Albania
  • Oct 25, 2019
  • 7 min read

Stresses will build in Balkans despite stable veneer

A growing crisis sparked by the opposition's threat to boycott elections is bringing Serbia into the regional spotlight

Serbia
  • Oct 21, 2019
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Albania will try harder to meet EU calls for reform

Albania’s EU integration is delayed again, judicial reform proceeds slowly and parliament lacks a genuine opposition

Albania
  • Aug 14, 2019
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Albanian crisis will hold off reform needed for EU

Premier and president are at odds, parliament is not functioning properly and the PD boycotted recent local elections

Albania
  • Jun 7, 2019
  • 7 min read

Albania’s EU accession talks will be step on long road

Albania will be encouraged if it is allowed to start EU accession talks, but membership will still be far off

Albania
  • Jan 7, 2019
  • 7 min read

Protests could shift Albania towards authoritarianism

Student protesters have their own grievances but also articulate a general mood of dissatisfaction

Albania
  • Mar 9, 2018
  • 7 min read

Politics may still subvert rule of law in Albania

Albania is in the middle of reforming its deeply corrupt judiciary

Albania
  • Jul 19, 2017
  • 7 min read

Albanian reform may pick up now PSSh rules alone

Governing alone with an outright majority, the new administration will have a freer hand to pursue its policy goals

Albania