Choirboy, Gamer, Waiter… Spy? Alleged Serb Provocateur Surfaces in Moscow
BIRN has located one of the alleged ringleaders of a group of Serbs accused of staging stunts in Paris and Berlin to whip up social tensions on behalf of Russia.…
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…
‘No Random Actor’: Serbian Website Channels Kremlin, AfD Talking Points
Flouting transparency requirements, a Serbian website is parroting Russian talking points and boosting Germany’s far-right AfD. In its content, secrecy, and the support it enjoys from Russian media, digital forensics…
Cem Ozdemir: First German State Prime Minister with Turkish Origins
A senior Green Party member and sharp critic of Turkey's authoritarian president will be first the first state prime minister in Germany with Turkish roots – which may not please…
ARTE Europe Weekly: How Should Europe Protect its Sex Workers?
From decriminalisation to outright bans, European countries take strikingly different stances on how to regulate the sex trade and protect those involved from harm. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
History Resurfaces on eBay in Images of Nazi Massacre in Greece
Greece has bought more than 200 images that surfaced on eBay depicting the execution of 200 communists by Nazi occupying forces in 1944. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
ARTE Europe Weekly: European Air Defence Project’s Future in Doubt
The future of a European fighter jet project is being threatened by disagreements between France and Germany. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
With No Peace in Sight, Europe’s Ukrainian Refugees Yearn for Home
Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, some of the Ukrainians who fled the conflict are struggling to integrate in their host countries, while anti-refugee sentiments have risen…