Island of Castaways: Traumatic Histories Wash Ashore on Gokceada
The paths of a street-vendor from Kandahar, an elderly couple from Bulgaria, and a Greek tech worker and a tattooist converge on an Aegean holiday island with a troubled past.…
Serbia’s Vucic Confirms Drone Project with Israel, Mockingly Praises BIRN
President Vucic confirms BIRN/Haaretz investigation about joint Serb-Israeli drone production plans and says he hopes to significantly increase arms sales and defence cooperation with Israel. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Serbia Poised to Produce Drones with Israeli Arms Giant Involved in Gaza
Serbia plans to produce drones with the Israeli arms giant Elbit Systems, BIRN/Haaretz can reveal, despite the firm’s high-profile involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Understaffed Croatian Care Homes Rife with Abuse, Restraints and Sedatives
Witness accounts and watchdog reports point to widespread physical and verbal abuse, neglect, restraint and sedation in understaffed care homes in Croatia for the elderly and those with mental disabilities.…
Father’s Dying Wish: Albanian Sues Serbia in Strasbourg after Address ‘Erased’
A lawyer for ethnic Albanian Teuta Fazliu says Serbia’s practice of declaring the addresses of ethnic Albanians ‘inactive’ has chilling echoes of the ‘erasure’ of thousands of ethnic minorities in…
‘They Forget We Exist’: North Macedonia Failing to Ensure Disability Access
Obstacles to access are an everyday fact of life for people living with disabilities in North Macedonia, with real and far-reaching consequences for their independence. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik Convicted of Anti-LGBT Discrimination
Rights groups welcome ruling that the veteran Bosnian Serb nationalist leader discriminated against LGBTQ+ people in statements in 2023, saying it was a reminder that no one is above the…
‘Still Alive?’ Kosovo’s Elderly Forced to Prove Their Pension Rights
Campaigners have welcomed a Supreme Court judgment declaring that an order obliging certain types of pensioners to prove they are not dead in order to access their pensions is illegal.…
‘Foreigners Law’ Scares Kosovo Serbs and Albanians from Serbia
Legislation enforcing a system of residence permits and vehicle licences has caused alarm among Serbs who have no Kosovo identity documents, as well as Albanians from southern Serbia who spend…
‘Sonic Weapon’ Mystery Unsolved, One Year After Panic at Serbian Protest
A year after a powerful noise sparked a stampede at a Belgrade vigil for victims of the Novi Sad station disaster – prompting speculation about use of a ‘sound weapon’…