As the world’s attention remains focused on the wars in Ukraine and, more recently, the Middle East, several countries in the Western Balkans are ramping up their military capacities.
wiiw research blames crisis in German industry and the uncertainty surrounding Donald Trump’s second term as US president for sharp slowdown in FDI.
Creation of auxiliary police force is widely seen as a move towards formalising the existence of paramilitary groups in Bosnia's Serb entity.
Across the region, six units exceeded their individual ceilings for sulphur dioxide emissions by more than ten times last year, according to a survey by environmental NGO CEE Bankwatch.
Instability in the Western Balkans "presents Russia with a win-win scenario", says FPRI analysis.