East & Southeast Europe

Dossiers

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Critical Raw Materials in South Eastern Europe

Published: 21 August 2024

The Western Balkans have critical raw materials, such as lithium in Serbia. These are essential for the EU's green transition. But there are fears locally that democratization will be sold out, and massive protests are directed against environmental damage and corruption.

Die Brücke über die Drina oder auch Mehmed-Paša-Sokolović-Brücke (serbokroatisch Most ... in der Stadt als Kontrollpunkt an der Straße von Sarajevo nach Serbien

A Watershed Moment for Bosnia and Herzegovina too?

Published: 1 April 2022

Dossier

April 6, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the outbreak of the Bosnian War - the first war in Europe after World War 2. The reality in Bosnia and Herzegovina to this day is a succession of increasingly severe crises.

Articles

Photo: A bearded man with glasses in a blazer stands next to a woman with shoulder-length red hair and a dark dress in front of a “Zeleno levi front” wall.

What Strategies Are Needed to Counter Authoritarian Tendencies in Serbia?

Published: 30 April 2025

Interview

"The only approach we haven't tried is a transitional government tasked with establishing proper electoral conditions, which is why we're proposing it now." – Radomir Lazović and Biljana Đorđević on engagement, resistance, and the future of the Green Left in Serbia.

Map: Kosovo marked with colored dots showing massacre sites and number of civilians killed.

"Go to Clinton!" A Kosovar historian reconstructs the massacres of the Kosovo War

Published: 3 April 2025

Comment

Michael Martens reviews Shkëlzen Gashi's book on 83 massacres during the Kosovo War, documenting crimes by Serbian forces and reprisals. The author's merit is to provide new information about the victims, the perpetrators and the search for justice.

Photo: Night protest in a Serbian city, large crowd fills the street, many hold up phones with flashlights, one sign reads "Don't lie to my grandma!" in Serbian Cyrillic.

Femicides and Silence: Navigating the Struggle for Feminist Solidarity in North Macedonia

Published: 31 January 2025

Background

Can digital activism replace the power of in-person protests? In North Macedonia, dwindling protest numbers and rising anti-gender movements challenge the fight for gender equality. Activist Sara Milenkovska's insights on the urgent need for solidarity.

By Angela Boshkoska

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German-Georgian Migration agreement: Germany must take a close look

Published: 20 December 2024

Commentary

The migration agreement between Germany and Georgia has been in place since December 2023, and Georgia has been considered a safe country of origin for just as long. However, the increasingly repressive policies in Tbilisi make it necessary to rethink the German view of the country.

By Dr. Sonja Katharina Schiffers and Kirsten Krampe

Ending Russia's War in Ukraine

Published: 10 December 2024

The brutal Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and its consequences for Ukrainian society and the future of Europe are the subject of this dossier. Ukrainian partners and pro-green voices from Germany and Europe comment on current developments.

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Publications

Photo: A dilapidated building with a partially collapsed roof and chimneys. In the foreground, a warning sign in Serbian. Above, the cover of the report The Jadar Project, Serbia: history, context and concerns.

The Jadar Project, Serbia

Published: 4 March 2025

E-Paper

Concerns about Serbia’s Jadar project grow due to irregularities by authorities and Rio Tinto. Issues like sustainability failures, activist repression, unlawful assessments, corruption, and political influence, erode trust. This briefing covers the developments, concerns, and implications.

By Jovan Rajić, Tibor Moldvai, Johanna Sydow and Katja Giebel

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EU accession of Western Balkans: Stale technical processes need bold political steps

Published: 29 October 2024

position paper

This revived hopes in the Western Balkans that the more than decade-long stalled process would finally start to move faster.

By Agon Maliqi

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Cover: Stellungnahme zur Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung des Projekts „Jadar“

Statement on the environmental impact assessment of the “Jadar” project

Published: 28 October 2024

Commentary

At the request of the Serbian Ministry of Environment, the Renewables and Environmental Regulations Institute (RERI) comments on the environmental impact study prepared by Rio Tinto for underground lithium and boron exploitation in the Jadar region.

By The Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute Belgrad

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Gender-Sensitive Recovery and Development at the Local Level:

Published: 3 June 2024

Russia's all-out war against Ukraine has been ravaging the country for more than two years now. It creates a multitude of new challenges that need to be adequately taken into account when planning and implementing Ukraine's reconstruction strategy. A fair and sustainable reconstruction requires gender-sensitive decision-making and implementation of measures.

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Here, at last

Published: 7 March 2024

Book

In his book, author Vedran Horvat takes a personal journey through the last two decades of politics in the Western Balkans and sheds light on the potential of green politics under extremely difficult conditions.

By Vedran Horvat

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Political Discourse on the Jadar Project

Published: 19 December 2023

Report

This study by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy examines the political debate around Serbia's Jadar Project, exploring its global significance, key actors, and evolving narratives. It details the debate's stages, its impact on Serbian politics, and the potential future of environmental discourse.

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Politics of Denial and Dealing with the Past in Western Balkan

Published: 30 May 2023

Magazine

The Belgrade and Sarajevo offices of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, together with our editor Miloš Ćirić, have invited relevant voices to reflect on what was achieved over the past decades in the fields of documentation, memorialization, and processing of recent history.

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Strained by War

Published: 11 November 2022

Policy Paper

This policy study focuses on the bilateral relations between Germany and Ukraine from the outset of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's presidency to the outbreak of full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine all the way to the present moment, seven months later.

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East & Southeast Europe

Dossiers

Critical Raw Materials in South Eastern Europe

A Watershed Moment for Bosnia and Herzegovina too?

Articles

What Strategies Are Needed to Counter Authoritarian Tendencies in Serbia?

"Go to Clinton!" A Kosovar historian reconstructs the massacres of the Kosovo War

How Brussels Risks Undermining Serbia’s Democratization Potential

Will Serbia’s Protest Movement Lead to a Democratic Beginning?

Moldova ahead of the parliamentary elections

Femicides and Silence: Navigating the Struggle for Feminist Solidarity in North Macedonia

German-Georgian Migration agreement: Germany must take a close look

Ending Russia's War in Ukraine

Publications

The Jadar Project, Serbia

EU accession of Western Balkans: Stale technical processes need bold political steps

Statement on the environmental impact assessment of the “Jadar” project

Gender-Sensitive Recovery and Development at the Local Level:

Here, at last

Political Discourse on the Jadar Project

Politics of Denial and Dealing with the Past in Western Balkan

Strained by War

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