Bye-Bye, Balkans: A Region In Critical Demographic Decline (Balkan Insight)
Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences. Young people are leaving. Fertility rates have collapsed. Societies are ageing. And though hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants have tramped through much of the region, few want to stay. See at: https://bit.ly/31cjG7q
Read More →Serbia and Kosovo ‘Must Prepare for Compromise Solution’ (Balkan Insight)
With the US stepping up its involvement in the Balkans, Belgrade and Pristina need to clarify their negotiating positions for a compromise solution to normalise relations, analyst Johanna Deimel tells BIRN. See at: https://bit.ly/2m11z5j
Read More →Balkan Oscars Hopefuls Start to Dream of Hollywood (Balkan Insight)
Ahead of next year’s Academy Awards, Bosnia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia have already chosen the movies they are nominating as national contenders for the Best Foreign Language Film category. See at: https://bit.ly/2mcXrzD
Read More →Kosovo ‘Book of the Missing’ Highlights Tragic Memories (Balkan Insight)
A new book, ‘Living with the Memories of the Missing’, shows the traumatic reality of families’ long search for loved ones who disappeared two decades ago during the war in Kosovo. See at: https://bit.ly/2lIrqPC
Read More →Kosovo Serbs’ Freedom of Movement Curtailed by Serbia (Balkan Insight)
For a decade, Serbian citizens resident in Kosovo have been treated differently from other Serbian citizens when it comes to passports and residence papers, leading to complaints of discrimination. See at: https://bit.ly/2lJzHCY
Read More →Intensifying Battle Over Kosovo’s Recognition is Futile (Balkan Insight)
Neither Serbia nor Kosovo will emerge victorious against the other from the continued pursuit of their acrimonious recognition battle – especially if it spills over into other areas. See at: https://bit.ly/2lDFKsn
Read More →Serbian Leader ‘Following Orban’ in Controlling Media – Freedom House (Balkan Insight)
The latest Freedom House report says Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic is following the example of Viktor Orban in Hungary, in consolidating media ownership in the hands of cronies and using them to smear opponents. See at: https://bit.ly/2wGWRfu
Read More →BIRN Urges Russian Leader To Release Journalists (Balkan Insight)
As Vladimir Putin visits Belgrade, BIRN journalists have used the occasion to call on the Kremlin leader to release imprisoned journalists in Russia and respect human rights. BIRN journalists in Serbia on Thursday displayed banners asking Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had arrived in Belgrade, to release imprisoned journalists in Russia and to respect human […]
Read More →Serbia’s President to Receive Controversial Russian Award (Balkan Insight)
Russia’s President is to bestow the Alexander Nevsky award on Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, putting him in the company of a number of world leaders not known for their democratic principles. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has been awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky by Russian President Vladimir Putin – which testifies to the warm links […]
Read More →Serbia: Unrepentant War Criminals Enjoy Public Spotlight (Balkan Insight)
Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj was found guilty by the Hague war crimes court but remains an MP, while other war criminals continue to play public roles despite their convictions. See at: https://bit.ly/2ES1LLW
Read More →Kosovo’s Tough-Guy Tactics Won’t Get it Far (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo’s government is in fighting mood, taxing Serbian goods and vowing to form its own ‘army’ – but it is going for the wrong targets. “Revenge is a dish best served cold,” says an old English proverb. It clearly hasn’t reached Kosovo. Within hours of Serbia blocking Kosovo’s attempt to join Interpol, Kosovo had slapped […]
Read More →Smoke and Mirrors: The Balkan Hub of Global Cigarette Scam (Balkan Insight)
It claimed to have kicked the habit. But Montenegro is again at the heart of a global trade in illegal cigarettes. Its Balkan neighbours risk getting hooked too. In the nineties, illegal cigarette shipments used to leave Montenegro’s port of Bar by speedboat, darting across the Strait of Otranto into the waiting arms of the […]
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