Serbia’s production of research papers listed in Thomson Reuters has boomed since 2006, thanks to a government policy of requiring publication in JCR-listed journals in order for scientists to be promoted and get government funding. Read more [...]
One of the world’s youngest nations, Kosovo, has been trying in vain to lure top researchers in its diaspora back to the war-torn country of just over two million. Its €600,000 fund (about US$829,000) aims to rebuild research and teaching capacity Read more [...]
The rector of University of Pristina - Kosovo's largest university - Ibrahim Gashi is being pressured to resign after it was revealed he published articles in predatory journals to meet the requirements for promotion to full professor, reports Scholarly Read more [...]
Kosovo may soon be allowed to take a greater part in EU research funding programs after the country signed an EU-brokered reconciliatory deal with Serbia last month (19 April), following years of conflict, reports Science Insider. After the signing Read more [...]
The tiny nation of Kosovo has a new science law, which mandates the government to invest 0.7% of its budget in research. This is great news for the nation of less than two million which has been through a bloody break-up with its bigger neighbour Serbia. A Read more [...]
The dreaded brain drain from the Western Balkans may actually be good for development, according to a report which finds that most students emigrate only to return more educated within five years, bringing back newly acquired skills. "Skill migration Read more [...]
A new science law that would pave the way for more research funding for Kosovo's scientists suffered a blow two weeks ago (20 February) when the parliamentary committee on finance sent it back to the ministry because of "big budgetary implications that Read more [...]
Four years in the making, the World Bank-led project responding to the Western Balkans science ministers' 2009 plea for aid to integrate their countries' scientific efforts is expected soon to result in concrete new research funds, networks of excellence, Read more [...]
Research and development systems in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey were among the issues put under the spotlight in a series of reports on states' preparedness of those nations for EU membership, Read more [...]
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