Balkan Insight
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BIRN, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, was established in 2004 as a network of non-governmental organizations promoting freedom of speech, human rights and democratic values in Southern and Eastern Europe. Follow this blog to get news covering politics, society, and business in Balkan region.
Balkan Insight
10m ago
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, the candidate of the right-wing opposition VMRO DPMNE party, soundly beat ruling party-backed incumbent Stevo Pendarovski in the first round of North Macedonia’s presidential elections ..read more
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2h ago
Up to a hundred Ukrainian citizens, mostly men, were gathered on Wednesday in front of a passport centre in Warsaw, unable to pick up their documents, after Kyiv suspended consular services as part of a drive to increase conscription ..read more
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2h ago
While addressing disinformation is a crucial task, the concern is that Albania's new parliamentary committee could be just another tool to silence critical voices ..read more
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16h ago
As a number of Western Balkan countries join the global trend toward authoritarianism, human rights are suffering, the latest Amnesty International report warns ..read more
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23h ago
Prosecutors say pro-Kremlin governor was involved in the systemic smuggling of Russian money into Moldova to buy voters and support political groups linked to the convicted oligarch Ilan Shor ..read more
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23h ago
A Serbian court sentenced seven former Yugoslav Army soldiers to a total of 56 years in prison for committing war crimes during attacks on Kosovo villages in 1999 that left 118 ethnic Albanians dead ..read more
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23h ago
Court of Auditors' report says EU funding has been crucial for millions of refugees in Turkey – but the future of funded projects is uncertain once the money runs out ..read more
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1d ago
President-elect Peter Pellegrini is already being compared to former president Ivan Gasparovic, who was also beholden to the Smer party and Robert Fico during his time in office ..read more
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1d ago
The relative election winner,the HDZ,is negotiating with the far-right Homeland Movement but it also wants to keep national minorities – who the far-right reject – on board ..read more
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1d ago
Voting has started in the country’s seventh presidential election since independence – one that may inform the outcome of the more high-stakes general election due in two weeks’ time ..read more