Monday Briefing from the Balkans: March 16, 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
Landfill Land: Romania Is Still Struggling to Manage Its Waste
Since joining the EU in 2007, Romanians might’ve expected the country to have cleaned up its waste management practices by now. Yet it still relies on landfills, ranks last in…
Romania Commemorates Political Prisoners of Communist Regime
President urges Romanians to remember ‘courage of those who turned suffering into dignity’ under Communist rule. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Monday Briefing from the Balkans: March 9, 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: 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…
Letter from London: Are Balkan Bad Guys Stealing Our Chocolate?
From Romanian chocolate thieves to unscrupulous Albanian immigrants, British tabloids are never short of Balkan bugbears, as Marcus Tanner explains in his latest despatch from the UK capital. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Balkan Govts Scramble to Safeguard Citizens in Middle East Conflict Zone
Some Balkan countries are planning to evacuate stranded citizens from the conflict zone around Iran, others have already managed to fly people out - although some have only issued security…
Monday Briefing from the Balkans: March 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: Trades and Betrayals
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…
Romania’s Push to Trim Judges’ Gold-Plated Pensions Sparks Backlash
Romania is moving to limit judges’ pensions as part of a wider reform of the nation’s troubled finances – but the judges weren’t giving up their lavish payoffs without a…