WB30's COO, Reuben Johnston statement put out pre-EU Western Balkans Conference. Twenty-three years ago, Brussels told the Western Balkans they belonged in the European family. They are still on the doorstep. When EU and regional leaders convene in Tivat on 5 June, the difficult truth is that the door has not moved an inch since Croatia slipped through it in 2013. The Western Balkans are still queuing, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and S

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and Montenegro’s president, Jakov Milatović, at a press conference on 4th June in Cetinje. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images The following is the statement by EU Presidents von der Leyen, Costa, and Milatović at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tivat, Montenegro. President Milatović, dear Jakov, Thank you very much for hosting us, my friend António Costa and me. It is wonderful to be back in Montenegro. We have now met with our

Pierre Crom/Getty Images. The United States’ 2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, released earlier this week, underscores a range of persistent and evolving threats to U.S national and international security. The report identifies several key state actors, including Russia, Iran, China, and Pakistan, as significant challenges to both domestic and international stability. In its evaluation of Russia’s relationship with European states, the assessme

WB30 welcomes the Vučić–Rama late February Op-Ed as a sign that the region's leaders are finally speaking with one voice — but urges the EU to think bigger: collective, full accession for all six Western Balkan states, now. Photo: Tanjug/Jadranka Ilic The joint op-ed published late last month in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is a landmark moment for Western Balkan diplomacy. For the first time, le