Balkans

EU enlargement policy is facing renewed scrutiny, with analysts arguing that the bloc must now make difficult decisions about admitting new members. The debate centres on whether the European Union can keep expanding without reforming its own institutions, as candidate countries in the Western Balkans, Ukraine and elsewhere wait for progress on their membership bids.

The city of Munich decided not to host a public screening of a match involving Serbia, according to a report by WEB.DE. The refusal is drawing attention in Germany, where debates over security and political symbolism around football broadcasts involving Balkan teams have flared repeatedly. Details about which match was refused and the city's exact reasons were not given in the available reporting.