Professional drivers in Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Montenegro are demanding an exemption from a Commission regulation stipulating a maximum stay of 90 days per six-month period in the Schengen area

Blockades at key border crossings and ports in the Western Balkans are disrupting trade routes and threatening fuel supplies as truck drivers protest stricter EU entry-exit regulations

Drivers across four countries halted cargo traffic along a key EU–Turkey corridor, warning that strict Schengen stay limits are leading to deportations and threatening jobs and regional trade

Europe’s immediate neighborhood of the Western Balkans is facing symptoms of deterioration such as a worsening situation regarding the rule of law, rise of nationalist forces challenging international treaties and a deterioration of good neighborly relations with the European Union and its members. Political dynamics cast a shadow over the region’s economies, slowing down any […]