You are here

Balkan News

Montenegro Jails Crime Reporter for Drug Trafficking

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 01/15/2019 - 13:45
A court in Montenegro found investigative reporter Jovo Martinovic guilty on drug-smuggling charges.
Categories: Balkan News

Vukovar Suffering from Media’s ‘War and Division’ Narrative

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 01/15/2019 - 13:31
Journalists and politicians need to take a fresh look at the town that fell in 1991, one that addresses the issues of today, not only the war of the past, according to a panel discussion.
Categories: Balkan News

Albania’s Rama Slams “Garbage” Voice of America After Exposé

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 01/15/2019 - 13:01
Edi Rama hits out at Voice of America after an investigation into alleged political hiring in the prison system, unbowed by criticism of his treatment of the media.
Categories: Balkan News

Serbia NGOs Decry Silence Over New Information Commissioner

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 01/15/2019 - 06:20
Civil society groups in Serbia say that the process of selecting a new Information Commissioner, a post crucial for obtaining information of public importance, is not nearly as transparent as it should be.
Categories: Balkan News

After Prespa, Macedonia Must Restore Trust in Democracy

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 01/15/2019 - 06:19
The Macedonian government’s political manoeuvres in applying the deal with Greece have eroded people’s faith in democracy – and it must act fast to restore it.
Categories: Balkan News

Belgrade Protests: Old Story, New Chapter

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 01/15/2019 - 06:16
Veterans of protests past compare today’s anti-government demonstrations in Belgrade with those against late strongman Slobodan Milosevic two decades ago.
Categories: Balkan News

Decades On, Kosovo Massacre Village Awaits Justice

Balkaninsight.com - Tue, 01/15/2019 - 06:13
Twenty years after Serbian forces killed 44 people in the small Kosovo village of Reçak/Racak, the survivors still await justice – while historians recall a turning point in a grim war.
Categories: Balkan News

Bombs and Bullets: Fear and Loathing in North Kosovo

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 17:52
A year after the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, a slew of gun and bomb attacks in Kosovo’s lawless north remain unsolved.
Categories: Balkan News

Rama Declares Himself Albania's Temporary Foreign Minister

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 17:06
Following a dispute with President Ilir Meta over the new Foreign Minister, Prime Minister Edi Rama on Monday said he would temporarily take over the job himself.
Categories: Balkan News

Kosovar Pictured with ISIS Flag Detained for Threatening PM

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 15:33
 The Pristina Basic Court has detained a suspect who used social networks to share a picture containing threatening messages about the Prime Minister with an ISIS flag in the background.
Categories: Balkan News

Macedonia Hopeful Greece Will Ratify Deal Despite Turmoil

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 14:00
Macedonia remains optimistic that recent political turbulence in Greece sparked by a minister's resignation will not hold up approval of the historic 'name' agreement in parliament in Athens.
Categories: Balkan News

Breakaway Moldova Region to Open 'Embassy' in Russia

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 13:10
The breakaway region of Transnistria is to open a diplomatic office once again in Moscow, adding to worries in Moldova about the separatist regime's ambitions.
Categories: Balkan News

For Kosovo’s Former Fighters, a New Battle Begins

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 09:57
An ad hoc court in The Hague begins interviewing a number of senior former guerrilla fighters in a bid to bring to justice those behind crimes allegedly committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army. The process has the potential to send shockwaves through Kosovo’s young democracy.
Categories: Balkan News

Macedonians Learn to Love Their Neglected Zoo Again

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 06:39
The people of Skopje once shunned their derelict and embarrassing zoo – but after undergoing a makeover, it is attracting record-breaking numbers of visits once again.
Categories: Balkan News

Serbia Should Not Bank on Europe Turning Right

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 06:28
Belgrade would be wrong to go slow on a Kosovo solution because it expects to face a more sympathetic Europe after the May elections.
Categories: Balkan News

Bosnia in 2019: More Political Gridlock on the Cards

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 06:20
Bosnia starts 2019 with a major government crisis, political tensions and blocked reforms – which will further slow the country’s path towards EU membership.
Categories: Balkan News

Iran Helps Albania’s Rama Mend Fences with Trump

Balkaninsight.com - Mon, 01/14/2019 - 06:09
The expulsion of two Iranian diplomats by Albania won PM Edi Rama personal praise from Donald Trump, whose campaign to become president of the US was once described by the Albanian leader as “frightening”.
Categories: Balkan News

Serbs Brave Cold to Continue Anti-Vucic Protests

Balkaninsight.com - Sat, 01/12/2019 - 20:13
Thousands of protesters braved freezing temperatures in the Serbian capital on Saturday for the latest in a series of rallies against what they see as the government's authoritarian policies.
Categories: Balkan News

Macedonian MPs Pass Amendments to Change Country’s Name

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 01/11/2019 - 19:15
Macedonia’s parliament has passed all four constitutional amendments to allow the country's name to be changed - as required under the historic agreement with Greece.
Categories: Balkan News

Two Kosovo Ex-Commanders Set for Hague Questioning

Balkaninsight.com - Fri, 01/11/2019 - 17:15
Former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders Rrustem Mustafa and Sami Lushtaku will travel to The Hague over the weekend to be questioned by the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, which is probing wartime and post-war crimes.
Categories: Balkan News

Pages

THIS IS THE NEW BETA VERSION OF EUROPA VARIETAS NEWS CENTER - under construction
the old site is here

Copy & Drop - Can`t find your favourite site? Send us the RSS or URL to the following address: info(@)europavarietas(dot)org.