Week in Review: Highs and Lows, Twists and Turns
As 2025 draws to a close, our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week takes stock of a turbulent 12 months in the life of the region. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Don’t Blame the Hague Tribunal for Amnesia About War Crimes
Eight years after the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal closed, as the memory of its work fades, new generations know increasingly little about even the worst wartime atrocities. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Confiscating Phones, Serbian Police ‘Nonchalant’ in Terms of Consent
During more than a year of anti-government protests in Serbia, there have been multiple reports of police taking away phones from people detained or questioned, whether they have given consent…
How Serbia’s Government Spent the Year Trying to Dodge an Election
The entire year in Serbia was shaped by the actions of the protest movement led by students - and by the desperate attempts of Aleksandar Vucic’s administration to relieve itself…
Week in Review: Between Optimism and Gridlock
Our selection of Premium stories this week brings a note of optimism that some long-standing problems and deadlocks could be resolved in the near future, tempered with an inevitable dose…
Serbia is Stalling Citizenship for Some Russians, Leaving Them Stateless
While handing out ‘special interest’ passports to Kremlin-connected Russians, Serbia has quietly stalled the citizenship applications of many ordinary Russian nationals, leaving some effectively stateless. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight