Balkan News

Man erpresste im Kosovo Stile: 500.000 €, als das abgelehnt wurde, kam der Sprengstoff Anschlag auf Salih Kastrati. Die Tochter wurde sogar entführt, es geht um Geld Kredite, Wucherzinsen auch mit dem Gashi Clans, Tahir Daci, und in Peja auch sehr normal. Die Ramuz Haradinaj Mafia ist mit dem Dollhouse und Gani Dreshaj, sehr aktiv mit dem Hamburger Senat und Knut Fleckenstein und Co. PAMJE TË RËNDA/ Si u vra biznesmeni kosovar që refuzoi t’u paguante 500 mijë euro gjobë njerëzve të lidhur me Haradinajn (VIDEO) 2 orë më parë Biznesmeni Salih Kastrati, sot mund të ishte i gjallë nëse do t’u nënshtrohej kërkesave të grupeve më të fuqishme kriminale […]

The decision of Kosovo’s Prime Minister to replace the national Albanian flag at the entrance to Pristina with the Kosovo flag has drawn mixed reactions from people.

Bulgaria is grieving over the death of the urban legend, hermit and church benefactor Dobre Dobrev, who passed away on Tuesday at the amazing age of 103.

The trial of Marinko Maric and Zeljko Rodin, former Bosnian Croat soldiers accused of abusing Bosniak civilian detainees and prisoners of war in 1993, was told how prisoners were abused and intimidated in camps.

With Valentine’s Day approaching, BIRN tours city addresses that were the scenes of romantic, often tragic, love stories.

As Germany moves towards the installation of a new left-right coalition government, some say that Croatia may have to consider the same option.

Elvedin Konakovic told BIRN he will not quit as premier of the Sarajevo Canton after leaving the Bosniak ruling party, the Party of Democratic Action - and vowed to keep criticising it for alleged corruption.

A Czech NGO, 'Czech Friends of Kosovo Serbs', has announced a protest on the tenth anniversary of Kosovo's independence – when it will urge the Czech Republic to withdraw recognition of the former Serbian province.

Human rights campaigners will lodge a complaint against Serbia with the UN Committee Against Torture because of Kurdish activist Cevdet Ayaz’s extradition to Turkey.

Die Kosovo Mafia kauft sich in Albanien die Albanische Staatsbürgerschaft, inklusive neuer Identitäten, und die teuren Migranten in Deutschland, welche Milliarden kosten, unterstützt von kriminellen Horden der Grünen und Roten Banden, welche das Chaos fördern, auch um gut bedient zu werden, von kriminellen Clans, mit Sex Partnern aller Art. Das Idioten im Kosovo und Albanien regieren, ist ja lange bekannt, aber die Peinlichkeit der Bordell und Zuhälter Mafia im Kosovo ist schon peinlich. Überwiegend „functional illerate“ ist die komplette Kosovo Regierung, also mit einem IQ unter 70 und damit reicht es zum Partner der EU und US Mafia, aber eben nicht zum regieren eines Landes. Einzige Kultur: Frauen Handel und […]

c How the £1.3 Billion EIB Loan Uses Public Money to Muddy Democracy, the Environment and Climate Change Targets The European Investment Bank’s (EIB) board granted it’s biggest ever investment this week, a £1.3 billion loan for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). This contentious grant has been attacked by those fighting for democracy and climate justice. KATIE HODGETTS dissects 2018’s most controversial decision… By Katie Hodgetts Global Research, February 11, 2018 The Ecologist 9 February 2018 Region: Europe Theme: Global Economy, Oil and Energy  1  3  0  7 If you listen carefully on a quiet day, you can hear the gasps of future generations. They are looking back into a distant […]

Betim Ibrahimaj, who was wanted by the Kosovo authorities for his alleged role in recording an ISIS propaganda video, is been reported to have been killed in Syria.

A court document obtained by BIRN reveals that two policemen in north Kosovo admitted in court to tampering with evidence at the crime scene where Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was shot dead.

Serbian media outlets’ economic weakness means journalists are vulnerable to pressure on their reporting, suggests new research conducted as part of a project involving BIRN, the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia and the Slavko Curuvija Foundation.

Croatian opposition MPs criticised officials in Zagreb for telling journalists not to ask visiting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic questions about his nationalist rhetoric during the 1990s wars.

The contract for the New Kosova coal-fired power plant is a monumental error – for which the people of Kosovo will be paying, in various ways, for the next six decades.

The authorities have begun to impose financial penalties on media outlets in an attempt to prevent alleged attempts to spread Russian propaganda in Moldova.

A map of last December's YouTube hits shows that music fans in several Balkan countries still prefer their local bands to top international songs – though audiences in Croatia, Macedonia and Romania are now part of the global mainstream.

Serbia's main faith denomination is pitching for a new online audience, with a site that describes itself as a a sign of the Church's embrace of modern technology.

With its poor infrastructure, brain drain and population loss, the north of Bulgaria is falling ever further behind the booming south, creating new social tensions in the country.