21 November 2017 – In this occasion Balkans Group presented the report Association of Serb Municipalities: Understanding the conflicting views between Albanians and Serbs. 21 November 2017 Balkans Policy Research Group (BPRG) in cooperation with NGO AKTIV hosted a roundtable discussion on “Kosovo-Serbia relations, the impact of this relations on the Kosovo Serbs and implementation […]

20 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 […]

November 2016 Part of the Advocacy project for institutionalization of the RAE education rights, Balkans Group has researched on all present and ongoing programs and projects, and developed a chart mapping all actors, partners, policy makers, donors, and implementers in the area of RAE social inclusion and instutionalisation of education learning centers. See the map of ongoing […]

4 December 2016 – The Brussels agreement on normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, signed in April 2013, brought unprecedented changes to the four northern municipalities of Kosovo. The Serbian administration was to be dissolved, replaced by a Kosovar one. Local elections were held throughout Kosovo, including in the North, in 2013; the police […]

22 November – 2016 Members and NGO partners of the Kosovo and Serbia Policy and Advocacy Group held a brainsotriming session with the senior EEAS officials on the Kosovo Serbia dialogue. Leaders of the Balkans Policy Research Group, D4D Institute, Kosovo Center for Security Studies, NGO AKTIV, Belgrade Forum for Political Excellence, Belgrade Center for […]

12-14 October 2016 – BPRG Executive Director, Naim Rashiti was invited to speak at the Belgrade Security Forum on the topic of “The Belgrade – Pristina Dialogue and the EU Future”. His presentaiton included an overview of the dialogue achievements, addressing challenges and opposition to the dialogue and how to develop stages of normalization toward […]

19 March 2015 – Balkans Group launched the policy report “Serb Integration in Kosovo after the Brussels Agreement”. The launch of the report was preceded by a roundtable discussion in the presence of the key political and internationals actors, policy makers, and journalists in Prishtina. The report examines the current state of the implementation of […]

19 March 2015 – Kosovo and Serbia have started an immense task, the integration of the Kosovo Serbs and Belgrade’s administrative and financial infrastructure on Kosovo’s territory into the latter’s system – in short, “Serb integration”. This builds on a hard-won agreement mediated by the EU and hailed as among Brussels’s best achievements. Yet its […]

3 November 2013 – Kosovo will hold local elections. For the Serb-held northern municipalities, the elections mark the end of Serbian and the beginning of Kosovo administration, the transition from one country to another. Pristina believes November will cement its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Belgrade hopes the European Union will reward its cooperation with membership […]