Balkans

  • Feb 12, 2020
  • 7 min read

EU could be about to lose influence over Balkans

The attempt to revive the ‘EU perspective’ for the Balkans, key for this volatile region's stability, looks inadequate

EU
  • Jan 23, 2020
  • 7 min read

Balkans will manage migrants with little EU support

The Balkans has responded with resilience to sometimes combined challenges of migration, radicalisation and terrorism

Balkans
  • Jan 13, 2020
  • 7 min read

TurkStream will compete in a complex Balkan gas market

Despite progress on TurkStream, Gazprom faces growing competition from other gas sources in South-eastern Europe

Balkans
  • Jan 9, 2020
  • 2 min read

TurkStream nears supplying South-east Europe with gas

Russia portrays TurkStream pipeline as cooperation benefiting everyone as Putin and Erdogan disagree on foreign policy

Balkans
  • Dec 30, 2019
  • 7 min read

Russia will meddle in troubled Balkan waters

Russia is using Serb nationalism to block US-NATO interests and regain some of its geostrategic position in the Balkans

Balkans
  • Dec 13, 2019
  • 7 min read

Balkan Mini-Schengen is second-best to EU enlargement

Mini-Schengen will run up against the same obstacles that have beset previous attempts at Balkans regional integration

Balkans
  • Nov 8, 2019
  • 8 min read

Eastern EU must now scrutinise Chinese investment more

Central-Eastern Europe’s experience of Chinese investment has been mixed at best

EU
  • Nov 7, 2019
  • 2 min read

Unstable Balkans will grow slower than EBRD expects

EBRD forecasts take world trends into account but underestimate impact on economy of Balkan instability

Europe