Balkans Group’s new policy report Kosovo and the Council of Europe: An Accession Roadmap, provides an analysis of Kosovo’s path towards membership in the Council of Europe (CoE), the criteria, the procedural steps, and potential challenges. Kosovo’s application to join the CoE is a significant step towards integrating into the European community. Membership requires the fulfillment of five […]
Balkans Group new policy report Kosovo: Unlocking its Euro-Atlantic Path The EU, Dialogue on Normalisation of Relations with Serbia, and the Prospects for Recognition by Five European Non-Recognisers, analyses the views of 5 European non-recognisers and the role of the EU according to the Franco-German plan. Five out of 27 member states of the European Union (EU) have […]
Balkans Group’s new policy report Visa regime for Kosovo: Will the EU end this long suffering? offers detailed analysis and information about the process of visa liberalisation for Kosovo and argues that the EU’s delays in approving it are completely unjustifiable. In the last decade, Kosovo has achieved notable progress in fulfilling a long list of requirements […]
18 November 2021 Balkans Group has published the new policy report Kosovo and Israel: A long waited recognition. Recognition of states and territories in the contemporary international politics. This report focuses on Israel’s recognition of Kosovo as a long-anticipated recognition, which was welcomed in Kosovo and yet provoked reactions and dilemmas in the international spectrum. Recognition […]
8 February 2021 Balkans Group launched the new project “Elevate peace & state-building agenda and advancing European agenda” financed by The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project aims to elevate peace, state-building and the European agenda for Kosovo, through reconciliation, comprehensive policy-making, expertise, increased political and […]
18 March 2019 – Naim Rashiti’s address (edited talking points) to Members of the European Parliament (AFET and LIBE Committees) on ‘Beyond Accession: Irreversibility of the Rule of Law’ Ten challenges to the irreversibility of the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans 1. Accession and EU integration form the key basis for reforms in […]
4 May 2018 – The Balkan Policy Research Group (BPRG) in cooperation with Democracy for Development (D4D) and Kosovo Center for Security Studies (KCSS) held a high level conference on ‘Kosovo’s Future Decade: Advancing Reforms, Regional Co-operation and European Integration’. The focus of the conference was the advancement of Kosovo’s state-building: strengthening of institutions and […]
Balkans Group Executive Director, Naim Rashiti presented Balkans Group analysis on the Berlin Process organised by the British Council. The regional conference “Active Citizens Western Balkans Youth Conference” aimed to craft policies and recommendations form the civil society and youth organisations for the upcoming July London Summit. Naim Rashiti presented on the deliveries and outcomes […]
The Berlin Process is a German-led initiative with a mandate to facilitate regional cooperation between the Western Balkans Six countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – to enable them to join the European Union (EU). The ‘Connectivity Agenda’ is the most important component which aims to link the WB Six […]
10 November 2017 – Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, Minister of European Integration, Dhurata Hoxha, Minister of Justice Abelard Tahiri, Head of the EU Office in Kosovo Nataliya Apostolova, Norway Ambassador Per Strand Sjaastad contributed to the conference, Balkans Group organized on the occasion of the launch of the Progress Report on the Implementation of the […]
