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
14h ago
The British PM chose Warsaw as the place to announce the UK would significantly increase its military spending, with more weapons headed to Ukraine to help its war effort ..read more
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15h ago
Amid increased fears of a threat from Russia, the Romanian Army has registered a huge deficit in personnel, with 43 per cent of officers’ positions unfilled, but officials have ruled out introducing compulsory military service ..read more
Balkan Insight
17h ago
A government proposal to extend the abortion time limit by two weeks and allow surrogacy was criticised by an opposition MP who called the practice a form of modern slavery for poor women ..read more
Balkan Insight
17h ago
A book of the drawings and memories of children from the war-ravaged Ukrainian city of Irpin, which was temporarily occupied by Russian forces in 2022, has been published in Albanian in Kosovo ..read more
Balkan Insight
17h ago
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey violated the rights of Aydin Sefa Akay when he was arrested on terrorism charges after a failed coup attempt in 2016 despite his diplomatic immunity as a UN judge ..read more
Balkan Insight
19h ago
A memorial service was held for 16 media workers at state broadcaster Radio-Television Serbia who were killed when NATO bombed the station’s Belgrade headquarters during its air campaign against Yugoslavia in April 1999 ..read more
Balkan Insight
23h ago
Almost seven years since being unlawfully ejected from Hungary as an unaccompanied minor, Iraqi Kurd Karoh Pistevan has made a life for himself in Serbia ..read more
Balkan Insight
23h ago
Czechia’s relationship with the EU, marked by a high level of economic integration, a pro-Western leadership yet a deep-rooted pessimism towards all things Brussels, is still in its infancy and holds huge potential for change – for better, or for worse ..read more
Balkan Insight
23h ago
Acting on a warning from the US treasury, commercial banks in Bosnia have begun closing the accounts of individuals and entities sanctioned by the US. And the law is on the banks’ side ..read more
Balkan Insight
2d ago
Following evidence obtained via the Sky and Anom apps, 22 people were arrested in an organised crime swoop in three Bosnian cities, including high-ranking police officials ..read more