Balkan News

Moscow has once again threatened to hit back after Montenegro officially became the 29th NATO member state at a ceremony in Washington.

As Belgrade officials proudly showed off a new 1.8-million-euro musical fountain in the Serbian capital, locals responded by sharing jokes about the grandiose installation on social media.

Diplomats have gathered in Sarajevo for a Peace Implementation Council meeting, but diverging, sometimes contradictory positions prevent world powers from finding a common strategy on Bosnia's deepening crisis.

The recent legal rehabilitation of Chetnik commander Nikola Kalabic shows how the crimes committed during World War II have been reinterpreted in Serbia in order to posthumously absolve their perpetrators.

Scattered across the Balkans are stunning little gems of nature or human history that are well worth making a detour to visit.

Published 19:43 June 4, 2017 Updated 19:43 June 4, 2017 The defeat of a Russian oligarch by a Greek ship-owner By Kassandra Legendary EU insider, uncovering the deepest and darkest realities of EU governance and administration It was last Wednesday that ship-owner Vaggelis Marinakis bought Greece’s historical media group, the Lambrakis Press Organisation (DOL), by tendering the most competitive bid. Marinakis is the new owner of Greece’s most historical and troubled newspapers, TA NEA and TO VIMA, as well as a 22.11% stake in private MEGA TV, one of Greece’s most popular private channels, which had hardly been hit by the crisis when its past owners abandoned it to its […]

US-Think Tank: Feindliche Übernahme in Deutschland mit Hilfe gekaufter CIA Gangster, wie Volkes Perthes Ablenkung von wichtigen Themen, wie Lebensmittel, Gesundheit, neue Jagd Gesetze, Aussenpolitik, und das Bundeswehr Desaster. Banken Mafia: Nichts wurde je geregelt und modernisiert. Zitate zur Zeit: Apocalypso now! Eine Politik, die nicht in der Lage ist, die Krankenkassenbeiträge zu stabilisieren, gibt nun vor, die Welttemperatur in 100 Jahren um zwei Grad regulieren zu können. Tief sind Deutsche und EU Politiker gesunken, um über die eigenen Lügen und Verblödung abzulenken. Es lebe die Scheinheiligkeit! Die USA kündigen ein wirkungsloses Klimaabkommen und die Welt versucht ihre schönste Fassade zu wahren Harald Klimenta Ober Lehrerhaft, wollte man Donald Trump […]

Die Franzosen, werden noch schlimmer von den Politik Ratten betrogen, als in Deutschland, oder mit Carl Bildt (ebenso ein CIA Mann und Betrüger) die Schweden. Schon der Werdegang von Sarkozy, der sich von Gaddafi den Wahlkampf finanzieren lies, wo Sarzozy Motor bei der Ermordung von Gaddafi war, mit Hillary Clinton. Die Operation Sarkozy : Wie die CIA einen ihrer Agenten zum Präsidenten der Republik Frankreich machte von Thierry Meyssan Die Französische Regierungs Mafia mit Sarkozy bis Mitterrand, Waffenhandel, Bestechung, Finanzgaunerei, Mord und Frankreichs Neo-Kolonialpolitik Stichwort Rothschild-Banker: Macron regiert Paris Wappen der Rothschilds Gilbert Perry Rothschild, Rockefeller, Bilderberger -unsere Geld- und Machteliten haben einen neuen Liebling. Emmanuel Macron regiert als smarter Jung-Präsident […]

Georg Soro’s Style: 31 May 17 Macedonia Parliament Approves New Gov’t after Prolonged Stalemate Macedonia’s parliament has approved a new Social Democrat-led coalition government, headed up by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who has vowed economic prosperity, EU and NATO integration, and zero tolerance for corruption. Sinisa Jakov Marusic BIRN Skopje Macedonia’s new government. Photo: MIA Macedonia’s new government was elected Wednesday night with the support of 62 MPs in the 120-seat parliament. Its establishment is expected to put an end to the prolonged political crisis in the country. The previous government, led by the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE party stood accused of allegations of wiretapping and corruption. “I will be a prime […]

Macedonian police have arrested a man aged 67 in relation to Thursday's failed assassination attempt on the former health minister, Nikola Todorov.

The European Roma Rights Centre and other organisations condemned the UN's refusal to provide compensation for Kosovo Roma victims of lead poisoning.

New Save the Children report highlights big gap in child mortality rates, malnourishment and consequences of conflict between Croatia - at one end - and Albania - at the other.

Albania's public broadcaster, RTSH, long seen as the biased mouthpiece of governments, seems to be making a real effort to behave more professionally during this election campaign.

A planned visit by Kosovo’s former President to Belgrade, to talk about victims of wartime rape, is meeting a bitterly hostile campaign from the Serbian tabloids.

The new Socialist bosses of the coastal town of Kavarna - famous as Bulgaria’s rock 'n roll capital - are accused of trying to erase its image as a musical hub.

The leader of the Save Romania Union, the third force in Romania's parliament, has quit over the party's decision to oppose a controversial bill, redefining the family in the constitution. 

Politicians in the beautiful Boka Bay area on the Montenegrin coast want to take more matters into their own hands.

Teachers, students and activists will take to the streets of Zagreb on Thursday to demand a resumption of reform to the nation's out-dated educational system.

The dramatic expulsion of five Russian diplomats looks like a bid by the faltering, unpopular pro-EU government to impress Brussels - and humiliate the pro-Russian President, Igor Dodon.

While Kosovo's politicians mostly target foreign policy and national security topics, the voters with whom BIRN spoke said they wanted the next government to work more on social and economy issues.