October 2018 – Balkans Policy Research Group in partnership with Institute for Development Policy INDEP) has published an in depth report with solid recommendations on Election Reform. Election Reform is one of the big topics discussed in Kosovo in recent years. Local factors, in particular civil society and the international community, continue to demand that […]

Research Institute of Development and European Affairs (RIDEA), the lead, and Balkans Policy Research Group (BPRG) have published a specific policy paper “Scenarios for the ‘Grand Finale’ between Kosovo and Serbia”. The report outlines possible, and the best scenarios Kosovo should pursue in the final stage of the Dialogue on Full Normalisation with Serbia. For […]

After years of stalemate, Kosovo is making important steps toward a visa-free agreement with the EU. Domestically, the topic is a top priority, at policy level and for the citizens. This spring, the parliament ratified the border demarcation with Montenegro and the EU deployed an expert mission to evaluate the country’s progress on the fight […]

The year 2018 will reveal a new agenda for the Western Balkans. The European Union plans to undertake three important activities in relation to the Western Balkans; new in the prospect and in the content. A Credible Enlargement Perspective for The Western Balkans foresees Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo moving toward […]

January 2018 – 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 […]

Kosovo’s Government accomplished the first 100 days on 19th of December – while for Ramush Haradinaj is the second mandate as Prime Minister. The Kosovo government fulfilled its first 100 days on 19 December – the second term for Ramush Haradinaj as prime minister. Thirteen years ago, Haradinaj resigned as prime minister on the 96th […]

20 October 2017 – European Reform Agenda (ERA) was introduced as an attempt to increase the attention of the Kosovo Government on pressing issues, related to the Good Governance and Rule of Law; Competitiveness and Investment Climate; Employment and Education. The government recognizes ERA as an important reform generator. Initiated by EU Commissioner for European […]

20 October 2017 – The short briefing presents an overview, in chart, of the progress on the implementation of the European Reform Agenda, Pillar One, Good governance and Rule of Law.

29 September 2017 – “The government of Ramush Haradinaj inherits a large and very challenging agenda. The mood and the context are not very favorable. The list of tasks present the priorities that do matter for the citizens, institutions, international partners and Kosovo’s European agenda”

January 2017 – The Agreement on the Association/Community of Serb Majority Municipalities marks the cornerstone of discord of the EU-facilitated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. The General Principles for the establishment of the Association/Community, agreed in August 2015, brought more controversy and caused an unprecedented crisis in Kosovo. Proponents championed it as a tool to […]