
Montenegro vs Ukraine: Merit-Based EU Enlargement for Some, Fast-Tracked for Others?
The small Balkan state has been waiting to be allowed into the European Union for over 15 years, whereas a country currently at war claims it could join in 2027.

The small Balkan state has been waiting to be allowed into the European Union for over 15 years, whereas a country currently at war claims it could join in 2027.

The Commission’s strategy to integrate Ukraine strains the EU’s internal unity and fuels criticism over an institutional double standard.

Georgia’s parliamentary speaker urged citizens to ignore EU institutions and instead follow the Orthodox Church, amid deteriorating relations with Brussels.

The country is doing what has been asked of it to join the bloc but continues to be snubbed.

EU leaders and ministers plan to visit Ukraine to back its EU membership bid despite objections from some member states.

Economist and physicist Alexandr Munteanu aims to lead “the government that will bring Moldova into the European Union.”

Newly uncovered documents reveal how Downing Street shaped the British narrative on the war in Ukraine, shutting down any early path to negotiation and projecting a new moral doctrine that now defines European policy.

If the EU’s defence of international law is selective, if it depends on the political convenience of the moment, then its claim to represent a “community of values” becomes fragile indeed.

Former government leader Irakli Garibashvili now faces up to 12 years in a Georgian prison.

The EU Commission chief indicated that Serbia’s path to the EU now hinges as much on political alignment—especially with EU values and Russia sanctions—as on reforms.