Balkan Countries Most Vulnerable to ‘Fake’ News, Report (Balkan Insight)
The 2018 Media Literacy index of the Open Society Institute in Sofia says Balkan countries are the most susceptible in Europe to ‘fake’ news – owing to their highly controlled media, low educational levels and low levels of trust in society. See more at:http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/report-balkan-countries-most-vulnerable-to-adverse-effects-of-fake-news-03-29-2018
Read More →Balkans Not Very Joyful, UN Report Says (Balkan Insight)
Te latest World Happiness Report suggests the people of most Balkan countries have little to smile about. With the partial exception of Romania, the Balkans is not a very happy part of the planet, according to the latest World Happiness Report 2018, produced by the UN’s sustainable development solutions network, SDSN. See at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/balkans-not-very-joyful-un-report-says-03-15-2018
Read More →Balkan Women Plan Protest Marches Across Region (Balkan Insight)
Women’s rights organisations from the Balkans are marking International Women’s Day, on March 8, with a series of rallies designed to raise awareness of discrimination, violence and unfair treatment. Women’s rights activists all over the Balkans will be leading other rights organisations and leftist groups at a series of rallies on Thursday, marking International Women’s […]
Read More →Center for Europan Polycy Analysis: Balkan security and U.S. strategy (Europe’s Edge)
The Balkans are returning onto America’s radar screen as threats to regional stability and European integrity mount. To prevent a dangerous spiral of escalation, Washington must pursue a more vigorous strategy to help secure the remaining states within Western institutions and curtail Russia’s spreading subversion. Drift and delay in dealing with the Western Balkans can […]
Read More →Serwer: US ready to engage in Kosovo negotiations (NIN, peacefare.net)
Professor and expert for the Balkans Daniel Serwer, in an interview with the Belgrade weekly NIN, says that Vucic threatens with Russia and loses the direction in normalizing relations with Kosovo, as well as that it seems to him that the President of Serbia chooses the wrong chair. In his view, if Belgrade accepts the […]
Read More →Russia “depends on Serbia as its key launching ground” (B92, RFE, Beta)
Russia will continue to try to influence the events in the Balkans, where Serbia is its most important link that serves as a launching ground. This is according to Beta, which quoted Mark Galeotti of the Institute of International Relations Prague, who spoke for Radio Free Europe’s Bosnia-Herzegovina/Serbia/Montenegro service. Galeotti said that Moscow is using […]
Read More →Balkan states sit in endless EU waiting room as Trieste summit approaches (DW)
All talk, no action? Cooperative economic projects have been the hot topic ahead of a conference between leaders from the EU and Western Balkan countries. But EU expansion in the region remains as elusive as ever. “The future of the Balkans is within the European Union.” European Union (EU) leaders made this declaration during the […]
Read More →Đurić: Let’s make ‘Balkans for Balkan people’ our slogan (B92)
Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija head on Thursday suggested that the Balkans should adopt the slogan, “the Balkans for the Balkan people.” However, he continued, “this does not mean isolationism – but instead making connections with the West and the East, to the benefit of citizens.” Speaking at a panel of the “New […]
Read More →US Balkan Policy Will Eventually Catch Up With Reality (Balkan Insight)
At some point, Washington will be forced to re-engage with the Balkans and work out a new policy that is in tune with political reality. Not everything about Donald Trump is unpredictable. At least towards the Balkans, his policy so far has been entirely consistent in its general indifference. Not only is the region irrelevant […]
Read More →US to send 130 more soldiers to Kosovo (B92, Blic)
Analysts say the US announcement of sending an additional 130 troops to Kosovo to support KFOR and NATO is a message to warmongering politicians in the region. The troops in question are members of US special units of the Tupelo-based 1st Battalion, “highly trained for emergency response,” the daily Blic is reporting. They will arrive […]
Read More →Balkan States Suffer Decline in Media Freedom (Balkan Insight)
Reporters Without Borders’ latest World Press Freedom Index says media freedoms are diminishing in several Balkan countries, with Croatia and Serbia registering the worst declines over the past year. Reporters Without Borders, which campaigns for media freedom and journalists’ rights, said in its 2017 World Press Freedom Index, published on Wednesday, that there have been […]
Read More →Bumpy Ride Ahead (Balkan Insight)
A growing political crisis in Albania, fears over foreigners buying up land in Serbia and problems of youth radicalisation are among the top stories on Balkan Insight this week. Hotting Up The political scene in Albania seems to be getting more and more heated by the day. No accident, given that Parliamentary elections are only […]
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