Romania in 2026: Walking a Political-Economic Tightrope
Last year was tough for many Romanians. Unfortunately, 2026 is unlikely to be easier – with a ‘perfect storm’ of economic and political pressures looming on the horizon. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Exposing Scams, Probing the Powerful: A Year of BIRN Investigations
As 2026 begins, we look back on some of the most important investigations published by BIRN in its 20th anniversary year – from brutal migrant-smuggling gangs and arms deals with…
Turkish Media Regulator Embraces New Role: Stifling Dissent
Vowing to protect the nation’s moral welfare, the Radio and Television Supreme Council imposes content takedowns, temporary bans and financial sanctions in line with the Turkish authorities’ ongoing crackdown on…
Kosovo in 2025: Wartime Sexual Abuse Stigma Challenged in Public
For the first time since the 1998-99 Kosovo war, a Kosovo Albanian man spoke publicly about the sexual violence he was subjected to by Serbian fighters. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Hiding Behind Telegram, Pay-Per-Like Scammers Hook Unwitting Serbians
Fraudsters are targeting Serbians on Telegram, promising work and investment opportunities but ultimately stealing their money. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Croatia in 2025: More Bodies Found, But Search for Wartime Missing Continues
Croatia is still searching for 1,740 victims of the 1991-95 war, many of them from the wartime flashpoint town of Vukovar, where the funeral this year of one of the…
How Student Protesters Spurned Serbia’s ‘Demonised’ Civil Society
In Serbia, 2025 was the year when protesting students rejected collaboration with the country’s civil society NGOs - but at what cost? KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
War Taught Me Lessons of Solidarity, Says Bosnian Peace Campaigner
Jadranka Milicevic recalls how her wartime work with the courageous peace activists of Women in Black while she was a refugee in Serbia taught her the importance of supporting others…
Letter From Washington: The US Just Blasted Balkan Authoritarians – Or Did It?
The recently-passed Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act shows that some US lawmakers still care about the region. But it doesn’t mean that Donald Trump is going to tell Aleksandar…