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…
Kosovo’s Kurti Returns to Premiership with ‘a Lot of Work Ahead’
Albin Kurti’s Vetevendosje is on the way to forming a new government after the weekend’s elections – with a lot of catching-up to do after ten months of political stalemate…
Nine Killed as Islamic State Militants Battle Turkish Police
Three police officers lost their lives and six Islamic State militants were killed in a gunbattle in Turkey's Yalova province after a large-scale police operation was launched to thwart suspected…
From Deadlock to Direction: What Kosovo’s Parliamentary Vote Revealed
In giving a clear victory to Albin Kurti’s Vetevendosje, Kosovo’s voters delivered a strong message – the months-long political stalemate must end so the country can move forward. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Bosnia in 2025: As Dayton Remembered, War Crimes Reckoning Still Incomplete
In 2025, Bosnia looked back at the peace deal that ended the 1992-95 war and, 30 years after the Srebrenica genocide, rued the time it has taken to bring the…
One Tampon at a Time, Czechia Moves to Break Cycle of Period Poverty
Come January, Czech schools across the country will have to provide free menstrual products to their pupils. A welcome move, activists say, who urge an even more systemic approach to…
Turkey’s Cybersecurity Problem: Governance, Culture and Coordination
Despite fresh tweaks to Turkey’s cybersecurity infrastructure, mass data breaches continue. No surprise, say experts, when policy is not implemented and the security culture goes unchallenged. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight