Letter from Washington: Balkan Leaders Find Shared Values with Trump’s America
In her latest despatch from the US, Jovana Djurovic looks at the support shown by Balkan leaders for Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran and the ties that are…
Week in Review: Ripples, Currents and Changing Fortunes
Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week takes stock of a world and a region caught in flux and uncertainty. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Russian Despatch: War in Iran Fuels Kremlin’s Hope of a Comeback
In the second of his monthly despatches on Russian-Balkan relations, Maksim Samorukov considers Russia’s changing fortunes since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran and whether this can really…
Unholy Scam: Ugandan Fraudsters Prey on Bosnian Muslims’ Ramadan Generosity
Unscrupulous impostors are using Muslim goodwill in the holy month of Ramadan to trick Bosnians into sending them money to ‘feed poor orphans’ in Uganda. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Week in Review: The Wheel of Fortune
Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week takes a look at the changing fortunes, power dynamics and neighbourly relations of countries and politicians in south-east Europe. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Letter from Brussels: Is a Hopeful Breeze Blowing Through the EU’s ‘Waiting Room’?
Brussels has already gone cold on a scheme to allow some aspirant countries like Albania and Serbia second-tier membership – but that doesn’t mean that other creative approaches to European…
How a Swedish Bosnian’s Facebook Donation Ended up Changing Hundreds of Lives
In the last of BIRN’s series about war-displaced families' enduring connections to their home countries, Emira Havdic Cof explains how a one-off campaign to help a needy family grew into…
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…
Inside Roj: Syria Tensions Fuel Fears for Balkan Women, Children in Detention Camp
BIRN went inside the Roj camp in northeastern Syria, where thousands of women and children who lived under the Islamic State are being held in indefinite detention - meeting Serbian…