30.06.2025
On Sale for One Euro: Will Albania’s Forests Go Private? 

The government’s touristification drive is likely to have profound implications for the residents in Albania’s lush northern woods

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30.12.2024
Born in the Streets: Green Politics in the Western Balkans 

Across the region, protest movements are evolving into promising political realities. Could they contribute to the renewal Europe’s Greens are seeking?

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04.12.2023
Albania: Longstanding European Dream  

Aspiration meets realism in Albania, where eventual EU accession requires renewed political direction.

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04.12.2023
Meanings of Europe

The EU’s visions of its enlargement are only one side of the coin. Here is the other.

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05.06.2023
Protecting Nature, Empowering People: Environmental Protests in the Balkans

In recent years, the citizens of Serbia and Albania have offered inspiring examples of mobilisation against extractivism and ecosystem degradation. Can their success be replicated across the Balkans and beyond?

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08.11.2019
Europe and the Western Balkans: Dull Reality and Unrealistic Expectations

An analysis of how and why the EU accession process for the Western Balkans seems to be going nowhere, and what this might mean for the region.

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