Week in Review: Commitment, Stasis and the Epstein Effect
An unfolding scandal of global proportions combines with eventful developments in the region in our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Kosovo’s Overlooked Survivors of Wartime Rape Face Worsening Odds in Compensation Battle
Campaigners for the women say the official commission that adjudicates reparations claims needs to change tack. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Letter From Brussels: The Epstein Effect Hits Europe
In her latest monthly dispatch from Brussels, Gjeraqina Tuhina looks at the ripple-effects of the Jeffrey Epstein saga, while Serbia falls behind on the long march to EU accession. KAYNAK:…
Kosovo Needs to Kickstart Growth After Political Deadlock: Economist
Visar Vokrri tells BIRN that after a ‘lost’ 2025 due to a lengthy political stalemate, Kosovo’s incoming government should prioritise domestic production and reduce the unhealthy dependence on imports. KAYNAK:…
Cattle Wagon-Turned-Museum Chronicles Kosovo Albanians’ Deportations
BIRN’s second Reporting House museum in Pristina tells the stories of Kosovo Albanians who found refuge in North Macedonia after Serbian forces deported them on trains in 1999. KAYNAK: Balkan…
‘Doing Good to Feel Good’: Using Tech to Help Kosovo Progress
In the first of BIRN’s series about war-displaced people’s enduring connections to their home countries, Nik Shala explains how his computer skills, honed as a teenage refugee in Finland, are…
We Were Always Here: The Balkans Should Honour Its LGBTQ+ Pioneers
Balkan LGBTQ+ people, both in the region and in the diaspora, are often told that their identities are incompatible. It’s time to hear a different story – and learn more…
Monday Briefing from the Balkans: February 2, 2026
Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Week in Review: Plots, Twists and Chaos
Expecting the unexpected seems to be the name of the game in both global politics and the domestic politics of the region, as 2026 kicks off with a few unexpected…
‘That Day, The War Started’: Bosnian Cameraman’s Chilling Footage of Kosovo Killing
Sarajevo cameraman Sulejman Mulaomerovic recalls filming the killing of a 16-year-old Albanian girl in Kosovo in 1990 and the ripple-effects that followed. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight