Decision to hire US lobbying firm to boost ties to Trump’s administration prompts questions about the high cost – and whether it is even needed. Romanian President Nicusor Dan. Photo: EPA/DUMITRU DORU ...
The new leftist mayor of the Greek capital – whose seismic victory over the incumbent stunned observers – tells BIRN that dialogue, transparency and the reduction of inequalities will be the hallmarks ...
Most former Yugoslav countries have been supporting Ukraine since the Russian invasion, recalling their own wartime suffering in the 1990s. But Serb officials remain sympathetic to their allies in ...
Six weeks after his Tisza movement upended Hungarian politics, Peter Magyar arrived in Poland on his first official foreign trip – a visit carefully designed to signal both democratic realignment and ...
As tensions grew in Yugoslavia, Serbia used the crimes committed by the fascist Ustasha forces of World War Two to whip up fear and hatred of Croats, preparing the public for war. Unpicking the ...
The new edition of BIRN’s Western Balkans Stability Monitor looks at election fever in the region. Some countries are heading towards elections; in others, parties are using possible polls as a PR ...
Veteran right-winger takes up PM's post for fourth time, promising a focus on development, security and completing what he called a 'half-finished' transition to democracy.
Orban turned Hungary’s public service media into a propaganda machine after taking office in 2010. Now out of power, questions are being raised about what to do with the state media and the ...
The conviction of the once-powerful former tycoon Vladimir Plahotniuc is proof that Moldova’s judicial reform is providing results. The next test is making sure the system doesn’t drift back. Many ...
Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. Our Premium Service gives you full access to all content published on ...
For the rest of that decade, it was the local League of Communists that organised commemorative events at the site. Then, in 1991, as Bosnia teetered on the brink of war, the 50th anniversary of the ...
Czechia’s general election this weekend is likely to see the return to power of the billionaire Andrej Babis. Yet there are still many unknowns and post-election scenarios. Gathered under the rallying ...
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