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…
As UN Considers Fate of Hague Court Archives, Kosovo Seeks Equal Access
As the United Nations looks at relocating the vast archives compiled by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, non-UN member Kosovo is pushing for better access in order…
Belinda Balluku: Albanian PM’s Loyal Ally at Centre of Political Firestorm
The criminal charges facing former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku have dominated headlines in Albania for months – prompting her boss, Edi Rama, to pick a fight with the judiciary.…
Montenegro’s New Security Laws ‘Expand Political Influence Over Police’
Opposition parties and rights groups say law amendments pushed through under the banner of European integration tighten government control over the security sector. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Monday Briefing from the Balkans: March 9, 2026
Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Presidency Dispute Leaves Kosovo at a Crossroads Between Progress and Confrontation
The battle over the election of a new president has laid bare a political culture in which procedural rules are being weaponised to bring constitutional processes to a halt. KAYNAK:…
Transnistria Feels the Heat as Moldova Pushes Harder for Reintegration
Moldova is tightening screws on breakaway Transnistria – now struggling with an energy crisis – but success in ousting Russian ‘peacekeepers’ from the region will depend in part on the…
Serb War Criminals Given Financial Grants by Bosnian Municipality
The city administration in Serb-led Prijedor approved the payment of financial assistance from the local budget to former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Ilija Zoric and Ljubisa Cetic, who were both…
Week in Review: Friends, Foes and Chocolate Thieves
From European Union accession hopes to ongoing corruption investigations, our selection of Premium stories this week takes a look at the political wheeling and dealing going on behind the scenes…