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…
‘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’…
On the Run from Serbia, Student Activist’s Story is Told on Stage
Doroteja Antic has been in exile for a year, together with five other Serbian student activists who are being tried for subversion in their absence - but her story of…
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…
‘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…
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…
Caught Between Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest: Vojvodina’s Fractured Minorities
As protests continue to shake Serbia, minority Hungarian and Slovak communities in the country’s northern Vojvodina region describe growing political pressure, shrinking autonomy and a quiet exodus of youth. KAYNAK:…
Croatia Sees Red Over Serbia’s ‘Orange’ Listing as ‘Unsafe’ Destination
Croatia's inclusion on a Serbian government list of destinations only to be visited 'in cases of extreme necessity' drew a sarcastic response from Zagreb. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight