Balkans

Launched at the 2023 Group of Twenty (G20) summit in New Delhi, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) features three pillars that integrate existing and future infrastructure: a transportation pillar—the corridor’s backbone—integrating rail and maritime networks, an energy pillar with interconnected energy and electricity infrastructure across continents, and a digital …

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has faced nine months of mass protests against corruption and authoritarianism, with demonstrators facing off at times against riot police and violent pro-government thugs. But most Serbian media coverage has reflected the government narrative, depicting student and other protestors, as well as journalists, as “terrorists” conspiring …

Protestors called for an end to the atrocities and genocide in Gaza. As global outrage toward the state of Israel grows over the escalating humanitarian crisis and atrocities against Palestinians, several hundred citizens gathered last night in Skënderbeg Square in Tirana to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and to …

Supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party members, protected by police, clashed with protesters again in major Serbian cities on Thursday night as months of anti-corruption demonstrations erupted into civil unrest for a fifth consecutive night. In cities and towns across the country, protesters mostly demonstrated at Progressive Party (SNS) …

An opposition councillor in the city assembly, Ivan Manic, told N1 at the start of Saturday night’s protest that Valjevo has never before witnessed scenes like the ones seen in recent days. “The past few days have been the most dramatic in our history. Nothing like this has ever been …

For the first time in 15 years, Viktor Orban faces the real possibility of losing power as Peter Magyar’s opposition party leads in the polls. The outcome could reshape Hungary’s foreign policy, with direct implications for the EU. Two speeches on July 26 presented utterly different Hungarian foreign policy visions. …

As fires rage at overflowing and often illegal landfills in Albania, companies with criminal connections keep securing waste management contracts with the state. The swamp in the village of Shetel, central Albania, used to host birds and other wildlife. For the past few years, however, it has been used as …

Created in 2015, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers war crimes court was supposed to help foster post-war reconciliation between ethnic Albanians and Serbs. It never stood a chance. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague drove another nail in the coffin of ‘reconciliation’ last month when it released a decision granting …

Za izbornu kampanju u Kosjeriću ove godine SNS je potrošio preko 31 milion dinara, pokazuju podaci iz izveštaja o troškovima izborne kampanje stranke na sajtu Agencije za sprečavanje korupcije. Na svim prehodnim izborima troškovi kampanje SNS-a u ovoj opštini nisu bili više od 459 hiljada dinara, koliko je ova stranka …

Novi izbori su bili na vidiku, ali dogovora između vlasti i opozicije tog septembra 2021. godine nije bilo. Iako je vladajuća Srpska napredna stranka (SNS) godinu dana ranije na parlamentarnim izborima osvojila više od dve trećine mandata u parlamentu, zbog bojkota opozicije pitanje legitimiteta je visilo u vazduhu. Stranke na …