Balkans

After a brief, inauspicious career ferrying drugs across the Adriatic, two hapless Albanian speedboat drivers decided to come clean, exposing the powerful connections and police support that traffickers enjoy. Early on the morning of August 4, 2016, two Albanians disembarked from a speedboat and ordered coffee at a bar near …

The surveillance scandal and subsequent lack of government action is a national scandal that threatens Hungarian democracy. he spyware and the covert surveillance used against journalists, civilians and an opposition mayor could be the most severe abuse of power in Hungary since the democratic transition three decades ago. “Shocking”, “unbelievable”, …

A report by a Bosnian Serb-funded commission has claimed the Srebrenica massacres were not genocide and most victims were not civilians – but some of its controversial assertions are contradicted by evidence heard at trials at international courts. A report published last week by a commission to scrutinise events in …

How a brief crisis at Europe’s borders created an opportunity to challenge a 70-year-old international law safeguarding the rights of refugees. Her real name cannot be revealed and even the particulars of her story were nearly lost to the Greek justice system. Her lawyers asked that we identify her by …

Paris’s Deputy Mayor in charge of greenery and biodiversity – who is of Macedonian descent – tells BIRN that Skopje must make the same tough choices as Paris has done, if it wants to remain liveable. If a Skopje mayoral candidate ahead of the autumn local elections promised to scrap …

Kosovo says it is the rightful owner of more than 160 properties belonging to Yugoslav-era socially-owned enterprises, and it wants them back. More than two decades since it broke away from Serbia in war, Kosovo is trying to claim ownership over more than 160 properties dotted around the former Yugoslavia. …

His Majesty King Abdullah, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a trilateral summit on Wednesday in Athens. The summit, convening for the third time, focused on the importance of the deep-rooted ties and partnership between the three countries, leading to expanding cooperation prospects across all …

Η είδηση για την ακύρωση της παρασημοφόρησης του Ιάσονα Αποστολόπουλου ανήκει σε μια ξεχωριστή κατηγορία, για τα ελληνικά δεδομένα: είναι από αυτές που δεν κρύβονται. Όταν πρωτοδημοσιεύτηκε στο tvxs, σκεφτόμουν ότι το φιλοκυβερνητικό σύστημα θα προσπαθούσε να την «θάψει». Δεν το κατάφερε για δύο λόγους: -ήταν μεγάλη η αντίδραση στα …

Mε αφορμή την 47η επέτειο από την αποκατάσταση της Δημοκρατίας η Προεδρία της Δημοκρατίας επρόκειτο να βραβεύσει τον Έλληνα διασώστη Ιάσονα Αποστολόπουλο ο οποίος συμμετέχει εδώ και χρόνια σε πλοία που διασώζουν πρόσφυγες και μετανάστες, και τώρα είναι συντονιστής του «Mare Ionio».

The Disciplinary Commission of Bosnia’s High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, HJPC, the country’s most senior judicial body, has axed Gordana Tadić as Chief Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it announced on Monday, citing professional negligence among other issues.