Montenegro

Promising results for Green and like-minded forces in Croatia and Montenegro are cause for cautious optimism despite an uphill battle against corruption and discontent elsewhere in the region.

Prospects of EU membership are on hold in North Macedonia, despite it going as far as to change its name to resolve a dispute with Greece.

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.