Exposing Scams, Probing the Powerful: A Year of BIRN Investigations
As 2026 begins, we look back on some of the most important investigations published by BIRN in its 20th anniversary year – from brutal migrant-smuggling gangs and arms deals with…
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…
Fear is ‘Degrading’ Europe’s Response to Migrants, Cleric Warns
On a visit to the Balkans, French Catholic priest and author Benoist de Sinety says that anxiety about Western civilisation’s decline is undermining the Christian message – and turning migrants…
Croatian Weekly ‘Globus’, Known for Independent Stance, Ceases Publication
Weekly news magazine known for its willingness to tackle sensitive issues in Croatian society and resist government pressure printed its final edition on Wednesday. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Week in Review: Highs and Lows, Twists and Turns
As 2025 draws to a close, our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week takes stock of a turbulent 12 months in the life of the region. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Don’t Blame the Hague Tribunal for Amnesia About War Crimes
Eight years after the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal closed, as the memory of its work fades, new generations know increasingly little about even the worst wartime atrocities. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Thompson, Trump and the ‘Deep Church’ Overshadowed Croatia’s Year
The strengthening of the right in Croatia, personified in the music of Marko Perkovic Thompson, has deepened the kind of social fractures that can strengthen radicalism. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Croatian Nuclear Waste Storage Plan Dismays Bosnian Activists
New Croatian law paving the way for a radioactive waste disposal centre near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina draws outrcy from Bosnian officials and environmentalists. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Monday Briefing from the Balkans: December 15, 2025
Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
In Croatia in 2025, the Right Rises – and So Do Prices
There was success for the centre-right HDZ at local elections this year and a headline-grabbing mega-gig by nationalist singer Thompson, while consumers angry about the cost of living tried to…