Eyes wide shut: How to read China’s playbook in the Western Balkans - European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Why tackling these (truly) Accursed Mountains is worth it - The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sound of Freedom: Why MTV was Beloved in the Balkans - Balkan Insight

SME Go Green in the Western Balkans - EBRD

EU’s Balkan scorecard—progress for few, stagnation for many - Türkiye Today

Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl - Big Issue

Why tackling these (truly) Accursed Mountains is worth it - Brisbane Times

OnReTech Announces DCS: Balkans Map - FSElite

Economic Convergence Scoreboard for the Western Balkans 2025 - OECD

Key findings on Serbia - European Western Balkans

Drenica 'shocks' the Balkans, peace in Podujevo - Gazeta Express

Go Shipping launches LCL service linking Balkans and Israel - eKathimerini.com

The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller - The Guardian

Relations amongst the Western Balkan countries - Clingendael

Speech by President von der Leyen at the opening ceremony of the EU-Western Balkans Investment Forum - European Commission

Dark Secrets: How Encrypted Comms Boosted Organised Crime in the Balkans - Balkan Insight

How 1878 redrew the Balkans, displaced its Muslim communities, study says - Türkiye Today

European Commission welcomes North Macedonia-Bulgaria agreement - European Western Balkans

I’m a writer from the Balkans. Why do people assume I only know about war and tragedy? | Ana Schnabl - The Guardian

China’s Rising Influence in the Western Balkans and How the West Should Respond - Small Wars Journal

EU Enlargement Report Criticises Serbia, Hails Montenegro’s Progress - Balkan Insight

Bosnians ‘Most Dissatisfied in the Balkans’ with Their Politics – Is Brussels Listening? - Balkan Insight

Bulgarian MPs to Form Commission to Investigate George Soros’s Influence - Balkan Insight

Von Der Leyen Backs Western Balkans' EU Integration - Mirage News

Afterwar crowned Best Film at the Euro Balkan Film Festival in Rome - Cineuropa

Geopolitically Mapping the Western Balkans - Clingendael

Bosnia and the EU enlargement report – A non-event in a non-process - European Western Balkans

The idea of EU membership for the Western Balkans has run aground - Monocle

What is the Berlin Process summit for the Western Balkans? - DW

Ukraine imports gas via Balkans from Greece to keep system running after Russian strikes - eKathimerini.com

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Abrupt closure of Al Jazeera Balkans impacts over 200 media workers - International Federation of Journalists - IFJ

The war in Ukraine and political chess in the Balkans - eKathimerini.com

Monday Briefing from the Balkans: October 6, 2025 - Balkan Insight

Divided and forgotten: Western Balkans drift towards chaos - defenceconnect.com.au

Fire Kills 11 at Elderly Care Home in Tuzla, Bosnia - Balkan Insight

Western Balkans leaders meet in London for talks on migration and security - abcnews.go.com

Next year’s EU-Western Balkans Summit to be held in Montenegro - European Western Balkans

Monday Briefing from the Balkans: August 4, 2025 - Balkan Insight

Albania’s EU path – navigating momentum and stagnation - European Western Balkans

Border security officers sent to Balkans to disrupt people-smuggling networks - The Guardian

Strengthening Electoral Integrity in the Digital Age: EU and Western Balkans Dialogue in Tirana - International IDEA

The UK promises to help combat Russian threats in the Western Balkans - European Western Balkans

Unveiling the Balkans’ advances: In vitro biotechnology of woody plants in the early 21st century - Frontiers

New funding to advance the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans - IUCN

The Best Hotels in Albania, the Next Big Balkan Destination - Condé Nast Traveler

From Dialogue to Action: Western Balkans Pledge to Advance Quality Education - Unicef

Greening the Western Balkans - IUCN

Kosovo country report – The one with the wasted year - European Western Balkans

If the EU doesn’t woo the Western Balkans, Russia or China might, writes a diplomat - economist.com

Under the radar: Western Balkans’ cocaine operations in West Africa - Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

The European Union supports strengthening cooperation between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, said Valentina Superti from the EC - European Newsroom

Balkans holiday tour: This region offers the joys of Europe, without the crowds - The Sydney Morning Herald

ALBUM REVIEW – THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: THROUGH THIS FIRE ACROSS FROM PETER BALKAN - silentradio.co.uk

20 Years On, New Threats Worsen Outlook for Free Media in Balkans - Balkan Insight

Invisible hands: Unmasking foreign interference in the Western Balkans - European Union Institute for Security Studies |

Key findings on Kosovo - European Western Balkans

The Balkans’ reunification ambition behind Meloni’s Serbia Visit - Decode39

Join Western Balkans thematic groups on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration - IUCN

Monday Briefing from the Balkans: June 23, 2025 - Balkan Insight

Will Russia’s Political Warfare Operations in the Balkans Fuel Its Next War? - Foreign Policy Research Institute

New initiative launched to boost early warnings and disaster resilience in the Western Balkans - UNDRR

Follow the Money: Tracking Hidden Funds Behind Extremism in the Balkans - Balkan Insight

Why Britain Needs the Western Balkans Summit to Deliver on Migration - Balkan Insight

To unlock EU-Western Balkans energy investment, we first need accurate emissions data - ceps.eu

UK urges Western Balkan Six to tackle the illegal migration together - European Western Balkans

Energy Vault, Balkan partner agree on USD-250m BESS framework - Renewables Now

China Index: Beijing’s Influence Waning in Balkans – Except Bosnia - Balkan Insight

IUCN in the Western Balkans - IUCN

Geopolitics, art news and Balkans headlines - Monocle

Monday Briefing from the Balkans: August 25, 2025 - Balkan Insight

Beyond the blacklist: How effective are sanctions in the Western Balkans? - Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

Final workshop in Bosnia and Herzegovina of the joint WHO/EU project aimed at strengthening immunization in the Western Balkans - World Health Organization (WHO)

Ten years on: Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean migration policy under the spotlight / Europe / Areas / Homepage - Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa

Monday Briefing from the Balkans: September 15, 2025 - Balkan Insight

From recipient to contributor: The Western Balkans in Europe's Security and Defence Equation - European Union Institute for Security Studies |

Highest support for EU in Kosovo, lowest in Serbia - European Western Balkans

Ukraine Resumes Gas Imports via Balkan Pipeline to Offset Energy Loss From Russian Strikes - UNITED24 Media

Growth in the Western Balkans Holds Firm Amid Global Uncertainty - World Bank Group

DEF in Toronto: Greece seeks to become a logistics hub bridging EastMed, the Balkans and Central Europe - eKathimerini.com

Facts About Poverty in the Balkans - The Borgen Project

(((O))) : The Mountain Goats – Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan - Echoes And Dust

The Mountain Goats Turn Catastrophe Into Theater on Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan - Paste Magazine

Stability on the agenda, enlargement on the line: Why HR/VP Kallas' Western Balkans visit is more than symbolic - European Union Institute for Security Studies |

Unlocking the Development Potential of Migration in the Western Balkans - World Bank Group

Western Balkans — Migration Routes & Dynamics Monthly Report (August 2025) - ReliefWeb

Surveillance and Censorship Worsening in Western Balkans: BIRN Report - Balkan Insight

Security and stability scenarios for the Western Balkans - Clingendael

When elephants fight: What Trump’s trade war means for the Balkans - European Western Balkans

Monday Briefing from the Balkans: June 2, 2025 - Balkan Insight

Western Balkans energy transition: a new expression of interest for renewable energy community projects - European Commission

Serbian Ministry of Interior: Several people arrested in connection with the case known as "sniper nests" - vijesti.me

Balkan Islamic scholars urge Muslim unity to stop Gaza genocide - Yeni Safak English

Money laundering in the Western Balkans - Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)

Migration flows from the Western Balkans to Germany: implications and recommendations - Bruegel

Reform first, respect next – why Montenegro must not be treated as second-class - European Western Balkans

Growth, reform, Russia: Von der Leyen in the Western Balkans - DW

EU seeks to boost investment in Western Balkans to double regional GDP within decade - Anadolu Ajansı

Secure Property Rights in the Western Balkans Help Grow Businesses and Create Jobs - World Bank Group

BALKAN BLOG: Western Balkans military build-up continues as the world looks elsewhere - IntelliNews

Intra-Western Balkans dynamics: stocktaking and ways ahead - Bruegel