Balkans

The Bulgarian Socialist Party long ago lost credibility among young, progressive, pro-Western leftists. But who else is there on the Bulgarian Left? For progressive, pro-Western, left-leaning voters in Bulgaria, options are limited when election time comes around. Very limited. They might be expected to vote for the Bulgarian Socialist Party, …

Slovakia is traditionally viewed as the more religious part of the one-time common Czecho-Slovak state. Yet the latest census shows the country is becoming more atheist and this shift will likely be irreversible. Population data since 1989 has supported the stereotypical view that Slovaks are the more religious people of …

Kosovo has been urged to find a way to establish the Association of Serb Municipalities (ASM) in Kosovo, without infringing on state sovereignty. Pristina has previously refused, saying it would create a state within a state, like in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has failed. The request has come from the …

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has obtained a €10.6 million loan from a Hungarian bank to finance her presidential election campaign, according to RTL radio on Wednesday. This comes after the presidential candidate for Rassemblement National said she was having trouble obtaining bank loans at home. Le Pen’s party …

Amid simmering tensions between the West and Russia, after nearly five hours of talks in the Russian capital on Tuesday (1 February), the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blasted the ineffectiveness of the EU’s punitive sanctions on Moscow and hailed his successful relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Described by …

Венгерского премьера Виктора Орбана глобалисты и либералы называют “маленьким европейским Путиным” — это страшное ругательство в одном ряду с фашистом, националистом и гомофобом, как тоже обзывают Орбана. Самому венгерскому премьеру нет до этого никакого дела — он идет своим путем, ставя во главу угла интересы своей страны и своего народа. …

Ungarns Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán hat sein Land zu einem bevorzugten Partner autoritärer Regime in der EU gemacht. Das hat sich für beide Seiten ausgezahlt: für Orbán in Form von Investitionen in sein Land, für die Herrscher in Moskau und Peking dadurch, dass der Ungar die Einigkeit des Westens ihnen gegenüber …

While Bulgaria will not just benefit from other’s security, Sofia de facto refused an additional presence of NATO forces on the country’s territory in connection with the Ukraine crisis and committed to resolving it diplomatically. The position of the Bulgarian government is clear – Bulgaria will be a constructive ally …

The political crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a consequence of the decision[2] by the then High Representative in BiH (OHR) Valentin Inzko on amendments to the BiH Criminal Law criminalizing and sanctioning negation of genocide but a result of carefully and long planned activities primarily by the Serb …

A ceremony at the Tanagra Air Force Base marked the arrival, in which a Greek priest blessed the jets and their pilots. “La bas!” – “Over there” – a French journalist broke the silence pointing at a formation of specks in the overcast sky. Greece’s newly-acquired fourth generation Rafale aircraft …