Turkish Military Plane Crash Exposes Air Force Crisis
Without fifth-generation aircraft, Turkey’s ageing air force risks falling behind its rivals in the region. Forty new Eurofighters won’t change that, say experts. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Serbian Oil Refinery Suspends Production Due to US Sanctions
A refinery that supplies most of the Serbian market has halted work due to US sanctions imposed on the mainly Russian-owned company NIS over the war against Ukraine. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Defendants Plead Not Guilty in North Macedonia Nightclub Fire Trial
All 35 defendants and the representatives of the three companies who are being tried for the deadly fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kocani in March pleaded not guilty. KAYNAK:…
Turkey Releases Investigative Journalist From Prison after 201 Days
Furkan Karabay was freed pending his appeal against his four-year sentence for “insulting the president” and other offences connected to his journalistic work. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
As Serbia’s Students Continue Fighting, the EU Keeps Drowning in its Own Irrelevance
The students’ refusal to frame their struggle in explicitly pro-EU terms is not mere indifference – it is the expression of a generational break. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Major Anti-Government Protests Erupt Across Bulgaria
Tens of thousands filled the streets of Bulgaria’s biggest towns to protest against the current government, the proposed state budget and the lack of long overdue political lustration KAYNAK: Balkan…
The Keyholder: Guarding the Secrets of a Greek City’s Ancient Jewish Cemetery
A retired merchant in his nineties holds the keys to the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe - and to centuries of Jewish history in Greece. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
‘Hope Dies Last’: The Bosnian Wartime Sexual Violence Survivor Fighting for Justice
In the second of BIRN’s series about women’s wartime activism, Midheta Kaloper explains how she survived sexual violence during the Bosnian war and now helps other survivors to fight for…
Bulgarian Ex-Mayor Charged Over Huge EU Funding Fraud
Ivan Portnih, GERB-affiliated mayor of Varna from 2013 to 2023, is accused of forging official documents and providing false information in order to unlawfully obtain 3.4 million euros. KAYNAK: Balkan…