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…
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…