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BALKAN BLOG: Head prosecutor Stoianoglo is first target and first test for new pro-EU government in Moldova
July 23, 2021
Moldova’s President Maia Sandu wants to resume the judicial reforms she started in 2019, beginning with exactly what led to her dismissal as prime minister: the appointment of new head prosecutors.
BALKAN BLOG: Diaspora voters set to choose change in Bulgaria and Moldova
July 8, 2021
Bulgaria and Moldova will hold general elections on Sunday that follow public debates over the number of polling stations for diaspora voters – an issue that has repeatedly surfaced in elections in the region.
BALKAN BLOG: Slovenia takes over EU presidency amid squabbles with Brussels
June 28, 2021
Rifts between EU and Janez Jansa’s right-wing government constrain Ljubljana’s ability to provide leadership to the bloc at a critical moment.
BALKAN BLOG: Digging up Borissov’s hidden skeletons
May 29, 2021
Virtually every day the caretaker government has been revealing new examples of corruption and abuse of office during Boyko Borissov’s 10 years in power.
BALKAN BLOG: North Macedonia’s Sisyphean struggle for EU membership
May 20, 2021
Bulgaria's veto on North Macedonia's accession talks threatens the EU's credibility in the Western Balkans.
BALKAN BLOG: The positive side-effects of Serbia’s regional vaccination campaign
May 3, 2021
Serbia’s success in first securing vaccines for its own population and then sharing them with its neighbours have done more than two decades of diplomacy to burnish its international reputation.
BALKAN BLOG: All eyes on opposition response as Albanian Socialists prepare to declare victory
April 27, 2021
Prime Minister Edi Rama announced a victory rally after scoring an unprecedented third term in Albania’s general election, but will the opposition accept the result?
