
Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) is a group of policy analysts, scholars and researchers from Western Balkans and EU. @Balkan_Fund @CSEESGraz
Belgrade, Serbia
Joined January 2016
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At @forumalpbach, EFB’s Ivan Blažević and Samir Beharić joined around 50 participants for “Imagining Balkans Futures in 2040”, facilitated by Ivana Dragičević.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/44v8tjb9
#EFB #HowEuropeWins #EFA26
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🌍 What kind of Western Balkans do we want to live in by 2040?
At @forumalpbach, our Ivan Blazevic and Samir Beharic will join Ivana Dragicević to explore the future young people want for the region.
👉 Learn more: tinyurl.com/4fa5ekwd
#EFB #WesternBalkans
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📰 New interview!
BiEPAG experts Marko Kmezić and Vedran Džihić discuss the findings of our study Mining in the Western Balkans and why critical raw materials, the rule of law, and EU enlargement must go hand in hand.
🔗 newunionpost.eu/2026/07/22/m…
#WesternBalkans #EUEnlargement
Geo-economic competition is reshaping the EU accession process in the Western Balkans.
Join us for a webinar exploring how external actors are influencing EU enlargement and discussing new policy recommendations from the upcoming Policy Brief, From Periphery to Power: The Geo-Economic Case for Southeast Europe.
🎙️Speakers: Ana Krstinovska, @Phil_Lamprecht, @tenaprelec and Frauke Seebass.
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
#EUEnlargement #WesternBalkans #GeoEconomics #EU
@BiEPAG @EstimaMk
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The way and timing of #Vucic announcement point to "a game of castling in chess – relinquishing the presidency to assume the office of prime minister while preserving effective political control" in #Serbia, explains @Gio_Fruscione (@ispionline, @BiEPAG)
newunionpost.eu/2026/06/29/v…
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[OPINION] "While nationalist rhetoric is regrettable and potentially damaging, the Memorandum represents a political mainstream at the time of government toxic nationalist propaganda against the students, and is not their central issue", ✍️@NikolaBurazer.
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Recently I wrote a BiEPAG Blog on the Serbian students' Memorandum on Kosovo.
Despite its regrettable nationalist rhetoric, the Memorandum is politically mainstream at the time of electoral campaign.
Still, nationalism is Vučić's "home turf" and can do damage to their struggle.
Serbian students’ “Memorandum on Kosovo” sparked outrage at home and abroad, but its actual position is political mainstream.
✍️ @NikolaBurazer argues its nationalist rhetoric is unlikely to shape the broader dynamics of the dialogue process.
📖 Read ⬇️
tinyurl.com/2m2fredz
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Out now! 📢My new work: "The EU and authoritarian norm diffusion in the Western Balkans."
Proud to be featured alongside a group of distinguished experts in this new volume edited by @igorvidacak.
It’s #OpenAccess!🔓Read it here:
doi.org/10.4324/978100371722… @GEOPOWER_EU, @BiEPAG
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Today Albania witnessed its biggest BACKSLIDING since 1996.
We travelled back in 2011, at the time when the PM Berisha refused the arrest of suspected national guard members.
This will cost us dearly. ‼️
Kudos to @UKinAlbania @GermanyDiplo 4 standing with @SPAK_Albania
@BiEPAG
Përshëndes deklaratat e ambasadave të Mbretërisë së Bashkuar dhe Gjermanisë, me parimet e shprehura në të cilat jemi të gjithë shumë dakord, 100%.
Por duke qenë se që të dyja dolën sot, kur Kuvendi me plot të drejtë refuzoi heqjen e lirisë së një deputeteje në mungesë të plotë të kushteve për ta ndërmarrë një hap të tillë ekstrem dhe, njëkohësisht, duke qenë se Shoqata e Molotovarëve të Tiranës ka filluar të flasë edhe në emër të Gjermanisë, përfitoj nga rasti të theksoj:
• Kjo shumicë qeverisëse e ka mendjen të ndarë dhe busullën të palëvizshme: Shqipëria 2030 në Bashkimin Europian🇦🇱🦅🇪🇺
• Reforma në Drejtësi nuk kthehet mbrapa, pavarësia e gjyqësorit nuk preket dhe mbështetja për SPAK-un mbetet e palëkundur.
• Lufta reale kundër korrupsionit vazhdon, më këmbëngulëse se kurrë, siç e tregon qartë edhe pasqyra objektive e përditësuar e Komisionit Europian.
• Belinda Balluku nuk akuzohet për korrupsion dhe hetimi i çështjes duhet të vazhdojë, i patrazuar as nga pengimi as nga yshtja e SPAK-ut, prej faktorësh jashtë kufijve të pushtetit të pavarur gjyqësor.
• Shumica qeverisëse, bëri sot pa asnjë diskutim atë që do të bënte çdo parlament demokratik i Europës, ku kalimi i kërkesave të prokurorisë jo për arrestin pa gjyq të një deputeti si kjo kërkesa e sotme, po për të filluar apo jo hetimet, nuk është askund si kalimi pa asnjë lloj kontrolli i kufijve në zonën Shengen. Ai është një proces serioz, i bazuar në norma kushtetuese e ligjore, të cilat nuk janë as karta bianka, as dyer të mbyllura për prokurorinë.
Sot ne i kemi respektuar plotësisht ato norma dhe kush pretendon të kundërtën, ka të drejtën e vet të padiskutueshme, po s’ka argumenta të mjaftueshëm për ta fituar debatin mbi ekzistencën ose jo të kufirit mes pushteteve të pavarur kushtetues, të cilin parlamenti i Shqipërisë e mbylli sot duke treguar se dinjiteti i parlamentarëve nuk është material për eksperimente socio-politike, të cilat e bëjnë kurën më të rrezikshme se sa sëmundja që duhet të luftojë!
Ecim përpara, Shqipëria nuk ka plan B🇦🇱❤️🇪🇺
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Read our (open-access) article offering an agency-structure perspective to EU enlargement and let us know what you think.
Link: degruyterbrill.com/document/…
@MonnetEu , @GEOPOWER_EU , @BiEPAG , #WesternBalkans, #EUEnlargement
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Throughout 2025, Europe, and foremost the EU, have been sidelined as partners and often depicted as adversaries of the US. A new @BiEPAG discussion explores the implications of this emerging transatlantic rift on the #WesternBalkans.
open.spotify.com/episode/4nt…
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"Evropska unija mora biti spremna kada se nove političke platforme oblikuju, obezbeđujući da EU bude viđena kao poželjan saveznik"
@Balkan_Fund @BiEPAG
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A call for the EU to reset its approach to Serbia. Read our policy brief
🔔New BiEPAG policy brief:
🔹Resetting the EU’s Approach to Serbia:
Lessons from the 2024-25 Protests
Authors:
BiEPAG members @NikolaBurazer, Marina Vulović, and Jelena Vasiljević.
#Serbia #EU
#StudentProtests
#StudentLedProtests
#EUAccession
⬇️tinyurl.com/ya2eyrk8
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"Years were lost. No — decades. Twenty-two years since the Thessaloniki promise, and the #WesternBalkans is still orbiting the EU like a satellite nobody wants to land."
biepag.eu/blog/why-the-eu-mu…
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Despite the positive approach of gradual integration of the region into the Single Market, full membership is the only “real game changer” for the #WesternBalkans economies, says @RicGri, Deputy Director at the @wiiw_ac_at and @BiEPAG member
newunionpost.eu/2025/11/25/w…
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The open call for Core Programmatic Support Grants 2026 is open!
Strengthen trust, dialogue, and social cohesion in the Balkans with support for your organization’s core work.
Apply here 🔗 balkanfund.org/open-call-for… | 💶 Up to €20,000 | Deadline DEC 19, 2025 (5 PM CET)
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The open call for Core Programmatic Support Grants 2026 is open!
Strengthen trust, dialogue, and social cohesion in the Balkans with support for your organization’s core work.
Apply here 🔗 balkanfund.org/open-call-for… | 💶 Up to €20,000 | Deadline DEC 19, 2025 (5 PM CET)
#CGP #EFB
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[OPINION] "Even if North Macedonia were to exceed the most optimistic reform scenarios, progress would remain blocked without the adoption of the required constitutional changes," writes @Dimitrov_Nikola.
@BiEPAG
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[OPINION] "The EU’s unwillingness to use its leverage to ensure a fair democratic process in Serbia has led to disappointment and frustration, even among the country’s most ardent pro-EU supporters", ✍️@markokmezic.
@BiEPAG
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