As fires rage at overflowing and often illegal landfills in Albania, companies with criminal connections keep securing waste management contracts with the state. The swamp in the village of Shetel, central Albania, used to host birds and other wildlife. For the past few years, however, it has been used as …

Created in 2015, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers war crimes court was supposed to help foster post-war reconciliation between ethnic Albanians and Serbs. It never stood a chance. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague drove another nail in the coffin of ‘reconciliation’ last month when it released a decision granting …

The Kremlin did not publicly commit to a bilateral or trilateral leader-level meeting, contrary to US President Donald Trump’s announcement following the August 18 multilateral summit. Trump stated that he called Russian President Vladimir Putin following the August 18 summit and began to arrange a bilateral meeting between Ukrainian President …