Hungary and Croatia Wrestle Over Russian Oil Supplies
Clash over Adriatic pipeline pits Budapest’s continuing commitment to close links with Moscow against Zagreb’s goal of becoming the ideal oil supplier for Central Europe. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
As Women March for Rights, Gender Becomes a Digital Weapon
The organised backlash across South-East Europe to International Women’s Day rallies was a reminder that when women stand up for their rights, they face intimidation and punishment online. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Albania’s TikTok Ban Violated Free Expression, Court Rules
Journalists' union welcomes ruling that says government-imposed one-year ban on social media platform was a 'violation of freedom of expression and freedom of the press'. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Landfill Land: Romania Is Still Struggling to Manage Its Waste
Since joining the EU in 2007, Romanians might’ve expected the country to have cleaned up its waste management practices by now. Yet it still relies on landfills, ranks last in…
Rebel With a Cause: Kosovo Ex-Prisoner’s Pursuit of Justice Deserves Acclaim
Forty-five years after his first arrest at a student protest, former political prisoner Xun Cetta’s long struggle against inequity casts a harsh light on an opportunistic post-war political class in…
‘No Random Actor’: Serbian Website Channels Kremlin, AfD Talking Points
Flouting transparency requirements, a Serbian website is parroting Russian talking points and boosting Germany’s far-right AfD. In its content, secrecy, and the support it enjoys from Russian media, digital forensics…
Croatia Completes Refinery Upgrade, Boosting Energy Security
Economy minister hails modernisation of Rijeka oil refinery, completed amid war in Iran, as key 'investment in the country’s energy security in times of geopolitical instability'. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Cem Ozdemir: First German State Prime Minister with Turkish Origins
A senior Green Party member and sharp critic of Turkey's authoritarian president will be first the first state prime minister in Germany with Turkish roots – which may not please…
Romania Commemorates Political Prisoners of Communist Regime
President urges Romanians to remember ‘courage of those who turned suffering into dignity’ under Communist rule. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Poland’s Military Boom Is Running on Borrowed Money – and Borrowed Time
Poland is financing the “strongest land army in Europe” on debt, shrinking personnel and a repayment schedule that collides with the very years NATO expects the threat from Russia to…