Letter from Washington: Balkan Leaders Find Shared Values with Trump’s America
In her latest despatch from the US, Jovana Djurovic looks at the support shown by Balkan leaders for Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran and the ties that are…
Cost and Complication: Electric Vehicles Still Stuck in Serbia’s Slow Lane
Relatively few electric cars are to be found on Serbia’s roads, reflecting price concerns, a lack of charging stations and a need for new regulations. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Hungarian Far-Right Recruitment in Serbia’s Vojvodina: Not Going to Plan
A declining, ageing, politically divided ethnic Hungarian community in the Serbian region is complicating efforts by Hungary’s extreme right to recruit there. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Monday Briefing from the Balkans: March 23, 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
Russian Despatch: War in Iran Fuels Kremlin’s Hope of a Comeback
In the second of his monthly despatches on Russian-Balkan relations, Maksim Samorukov considers Russia’s changing fortunes since the United States and Israel began bombing Iran and whether this can really…
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…
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…