Balkans

Increasing political and financial pressure threatens the independence and editorial autonomy of many media outlets in Serbia. We interviewed Irina Milutinović, Senior Research Associate at the Institute of European Studies in Belgrade and co-author of the Country Report on Serbia of the Media Pluralism Monitor 2023 According to the Serbia …

Despite the inconsistencies and uncertainties around the agreement signed between Rome and Tirana for the reception of migrants on Albanian soil, and while awaiting the judgment of the European Court, work on the two centres has already begun in Gjadër and Shëngjin. We went to see how they were progressing …

• Moscou est convaincu que les straussiens vont tenter en Serbie, et non pas en Transnistrie (comme initialement prévu par la Rand Corporation1), la prochaine manche contre la Russie. Il s’agirait de provoquer la 3ème Guerre mondiale en rejouant l’incident de Temes Kubin qui succéda d’un mois à l’assassinat de …

A joint investigation by BIRN and Haaretz has identified six Israeli military flights from Belgrade to Beersheba this year that coincided with Serbian arms exports to Israel worth 15.7 million euros, arms that risk being used in violating international humanitarian law in Gaza. Shortly after 2 p.m. on February 5, …

On the occasion of the declaration adopted at the “All-Serbian Assembly” in Belgrade, the U.S. State Department assessed that some of the provisions in that declaration are a continuation of Republika Srpska’s attempts to violate the Dayton Peace Agreement and destabilize Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region. The United States …

The Bosnian Croats’ reaction and that of their neighboring eponymous NATO-member state to Republika Srpska’s planned separation will be the most pivotal factor for determining whether the West resorts to military force to stop the Serbs. President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik confirmed in an interview with TASS at last …

In one of the houses in Leposavic, a town in the predominantly Serbian northern part of Kosovo, dozens of Serbian police and special forces uniforms, as well as several Kosovo police uniforms, were found. The head of Kosovo’s Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that the find confirms “Belgrade’s continuous efforts …

Bulgaria’s June 9 election may bring about a return of the old GERB-MRF alliance that was rocked by street protests in 2020, kicking off years of political turmoil.The conservative GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is the favourite to win Bulgaria’s June 9 parliamentary election, the country’s sixth …

It is not yet clear whether Hungary is just an unwilling ally or rather a Trojan horse that is already preparing to switch sides. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Europe’s enfant terrible, is a master of making unexpected and surprising statements. His latest came during his weekly Friday radio interview, …

The opening of EU accession talks marks an important milestone for Bosnia, where ethnic tensions run high. But progress on the EU track is no remedy for the chronic crisis besetting the country’s politics. Bosnia finally has some good news. On March 21, the European Council gave the country the …