We Know Why Vucic Considers BIRN the Enemy (Balkan Insight)
By attacking BIRN once again, Serbia’s President is, as usual, trying to divert his own public from social unrest, corruption scandals – and his increasingly authoritarian grip on institutions. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his proxies routinely label BIRN and its journalists liars and traitors. His well-practiced authoritarian concept of “enemies” and “foes” has been […]
Read More →Kosovo’s Abandoned ‘Ghost Villages’, a Black Legacy of Conflict (Balkan Insight)
After many Serbs fled their homes in the violent aftermath of the Kosovo war in 1999, some villages in the country are now almost completely deserted, with poor economic conditions deterring most people from returning. See at:https://bit.ly/2o6bVCh
Read More →Kosovo Serb Remains Handed to Serbian Representatives (Balkan Insight)
The remains of two Kosovo Serbs who went missing in 1999 – and were exhumed from the ‘Bunker Djakovica’ in 2018 – have been given to a Serbian government commission. See at: https://bit.ly/2m7DTwo
Read More →Democracy Digest: Ten Things We Learned This Week (Balkan Insight)
‘Trump’s blessing’ and vulgar postcards… Recommended reading on the state of democracy in Central and Southeast Europe From walls and bridges to the politics of memory, here are 10 things we learned this week about democratic developments in Visegrad Group countries and the Balkans. See at: https://bit.ly/2ZvOd3u
Read More →Last Despatches: Serb Radio Team Abducted in Kosovo and Never Found (Balkan Insight)
Twenty-one years ago, radio journalist Djuro Slavuj and driver Ranko Perenic were seized by armed men while on assignment in western Kosovo – but the investigation was halted before the perpetrators were identified or their bodies found. See at: https://bit.ly/2Zj5CYS
Read More →Balkan Addiction to Coal Worries Poznan Summit Panel (Balkan Insight)
At an environmental panel at the West Balkans summit in Poland, speakers including outgoing Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn voiced concern about the way Western Balkan countries are still building coal power plants. See at:https://bit.ly/2YyVBHx
Read More →Forget Poznan-EU Needs a New Balkan Policy (Balkan Insight)
With the old ‘Berlin process’ and EU enlargement in the Balkans dead in the water, Brussels should forget the doomed Poznan summit and work fast on a new, more realistic, approach towards the region. See at: https://bit.ly/2XnefR9
Read More →‘Without water, life cannot continue’ say hydropower protestors (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo Albanians and Serbs protested together against the construction of hydropower plants in Shterpce on Monday, claiming that their life, agriculture and tourism will be affected by the plans if construction continues. See at: https://bit.ly/2RQuNQd
Read More →Import Tariff Fails to Benefit Kosovo, Study Shows (Balkan Insight)
Kosovo has not increased its domestic production at all as a result of the steep import tax imposed on Serbian and Bosnian goods, a new report from the GAP think tank says. The food processing industry in Kosovo did not increase production or employment as a result of the 100-per-cent tariff applied to goods from […]
Read More →Global Rivalry in Balkans Could Pull Region Apart (Balkan Insight)
In ominous resemblance to the times leading up to World War I – or to the breakup of former Yugoslavia – the Balkans has again become an arena for conflicting global power plays. Germany and France, reinforced by top EU leaders, are convening a Western Balkan summit in Berlin on April 29, in yet another […]
Read More →Last Despatches: Serbian TV Workers Killed by NATO Strike (Balkan Insight)
The story of the 16 people who were killed when NATO bombed Serbia’s national broadcaster RTS 20 years ago is the latest report in BIRN’s Last Despatches series about journalists and media workers killed during and after the Yugoslav wars. See at: https://bit.ly/2XAqD0I
Read More →Kosovo Special Court ‘Dinner Incident’ Sparks Impartiality Calls (Balkan Insight)
After a judge appointed by the Hague-based Specialist Chambers was seen dining with a Kosovo lawyer whose clients have been summoned for questioning, the war crimes court was urged to take more care to demonstrate impartiality. Judges at the Hague-based Specialist Chambers, which will try former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters for wartime and post-war crimes, […]
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