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The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the perceived geopolitical contestation in the Western Balkans necessitated a serious relaunch of the European Union’s (EU) enlargement policy, the “EU’s most effective foreign policy” according...

The new law of Ukraine on administrative procedures came into force 2023 after a long period of work on several draft laws. The discussions during the drafting period show, how the understanding of the importance of administrative procedures for the...

Queen Olga of the Hellenes, consort of King Georgios I. since 1867, was a former Grand Duchess of Russia; a granddaughter to Czar Nicholas I. as well as a niece to Czar Alexander II. Having fulfilled her Queen consort duties, which were mainly...

Since 2021, Bulgaria’s parliamentary system has been weakened by a series of preliminary elections coupled with the inability of the winning parties to form a stable majority government. This situation has led to a concentration of significant...

Since 2018, all important competences for the accreditation of educational institutions have been transferred from the previously uniform Ministry of Education to a supervisory authority that reports directly to the government. The constitutional...