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…
UN Report Spotlights Mistreatment During Childbirth in Western Balkans
Survey of women who gave birth recently reveals a "pervasive yet often hidden crisis of obstetric violence" and a widespread dissatisfaction with medical care. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
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…
Rebel With a Cause: Kosovo Ex-Prisoner’s Pursuit of Justice Deserves Acclaim
Forty-five years after his first arrest at a student protest, former political prisoner Xun Cetta’s long struggle against inequity casts a harsh light on an opportunistic post-war political class in…
As UN Considers Fate of Hague Court Archives, Kosovo Seeks Equal Access
As the United Nations looks at relocating the vast archives compiled by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, non-UN member Kosovo is pushing for better access in order…
Presidency Dispute Leaves Kosovo at a Crossroads Between Progress and Confrontation
The battle over the election of a new president has laid bare a political culture in which procedural rules are being weaponised to bring constitutional processes to a halt. KAYNAK:…
First Witnesses Testify in Obstruction of Justice Trial of Kosovo’s Thaci
In the first week of Hashim Thaci's trial for obstruction of justice, the prosecution alleged at the Hague court that the former Kosovo president attempted to influence witnesses during his…
Kosovo’s Kurti Challenges Dissolution of Parliament Over Failure to Elect President
Albin Kurti's ruling Vetevendosje party pledges to appeal to the Constitutional Court against President Vjosa Osmani's dissolution of parliament, which was triggered by MPs failing to vote for her successor.…
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…
Kosovo MPs Fail to Elect President, Sparking New Political Crisis
Kosovo has entered uncharted legal territory after parliament failed to elect a new president on the official deadline day, as a boycott by opposition MPs prevented the vote due to…