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Kurti’s Vetevendosje Set to Win Kosovo Election on Low Turnout
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 7. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Incumbent Prime Minister tipped to win Sunday's snap polls although his Vetevendosje party saw its level of support shrink compared to last December's elections.

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Europe Using ‘Healthcare Denial’ to Stop Migrants Reaching West, Report Claims
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Globalno · 5. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Report by activist group No Name Kitchen accuses European countries of systemically denying healthcare to migrants to deter them from reaching the EU.

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Democracy Digest: Czechia and Poland Urge Ban on Russian Tourist Visas
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 5. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Elsewhere, Czech police charge four in OnlyFans human-trafficking case; Hungarian PM raises pressure on president to quit; fresh dispute over wartime history frays Polish-Ukrainian ties; Slovak government defends overdue package of measures to support growth.

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From Street Names to Textbooks, WWII in Kosovo is Not What it Once Was
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 5. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Yugoslav authorities marginalised and airbrushed the Albanian experience of World War Two in Kosovo; today, new forms of historical revisionism overlook the cooperation of Albanian Partisans with the Yugoslav Partisans and the complexity of the conflict.

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Europe’s Enlargement’s Bargain on Ukraine, Balkans, Risks Backfiring
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 5. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

As EU moves to prioritise geopolitical needs over old merit-based approaches, the concern is that rushed membership for Ukraine and Albania could come at a cost.

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Slovenia Braces for Veteran Right-Winger’s Radical Agenda
Balkan · Balkan Insight · SAD · 5. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Critics fear Janez Jansa’s new government will be ideologically driven, copy-pasting policies from Trump’s America and Orban’s Hungary.

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Serbia President Attends Summit in Montenegro Despite Intelligence Warnings
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 4. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Despite alleged security threats and a ban on 87 Serbs entering Montenegro, Vucic travels to EU–Western Balkans Summit, saying it is 'important to represent Serbia there'.

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Romania’s President Taps Independent Candidate to Form Govt
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Globalno · 4. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

PM-Designate Eugen Tomac has only ten days to try to form a government and present it to parliament for approval, which may prove difficult.

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Hungary Drops EU Veto to Open New Chapter in Relations with Ukraine
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 4. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Deal between Ukraine and Hungary’s new government over minority rights clears way for Kyiv to start EU accession talks.

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Greek Police’s ‘Unlawful Force and Impunity’ Criticised in Amnesty Report
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Globalno · 4. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Watchdog's new report says routine use of 'unlawful force' during demonstrations combined with high level of impunity has 'chilling effect on right to protest'.

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Kosovo Leaders Again Bid for Power Amid Vote-Influencing Claims
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 4. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

As Kosovo heads toward its third election in 16 months – with few signs that it will resolve the political deadlock – acting PM Kurti faces accusations of using public money to swing voters.

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Montenegro Bars Entry to 87 Serbian Nationals Ahead of Summit
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Authorities block 87 Serbian nationals from entering country ahead of EU-Western Balkans Summit, amid heightened security measures surrounding regional and European gathering.

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Romania’s President Struggles to Name PM as Political Deadlock Persists
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Globalno · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

A month after the fall of Romania’s coalition government, President Dan has still not named a new prime minister, leaving the country in political limbo.

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Albanian Protests Mount Against Kushner-Linked Luxury Resort
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Protests intensify against planned upscale resort in protected area, linked to Trump's son-in-law – which Prime Minister Edi Rama has strongly defended.

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Asylum, Bulgarian-Style: Deterrence Has Turned Into Abuse, Corruption and Crime
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Globalno · 2. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

On paper, Bulgaria’s policy offers asylum claimants protection – but in practice does the exact opposite.

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Hungary Shows Limits to Central-Southeast Europe’s ‘Nuclear Renaissance’
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 2. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Nuclear power remains attractive from an energy security and decarbonisation perspective, but Hungary illustrates how such projects have become more complicated economically and geopolitically to build than a decade ago.

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Kosovo Parties Have Way to Go on Women’s Representation – Expert
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 2. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Ahead of new snap elections, Rezarta Krasniqi of Democracy for Development, D4D, says Kosovo parties are still failing to go beyond the legal quota when it comes including women on candidates lists.

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Serbia Grows its Facial Recognition Arsenal Amid Legality Concerns
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 1. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Serbia dropped reference to biometric technologies from its draft Law on Police, but its interior ministry has anyway installed formidable facial recognition software already used by Russia and Iran to track down dissenters.

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Bulgaria Stops US Military Aircraft Refuelling After Crossing Swords With Trump
Balkan · Balkan Insight · SAD · 29. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Radev halts refuelling arrangement after Trump declines to lift visa requirements for Bulgarian visitors to US.

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ARTE Europe Weekly: Just How Corrupt is Europe?
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Globalno · 29. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Across the region, corruption is shaking the highest levels of government. How is Europe tackling the issue?

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Croatia Ex-Transport Minister Convicted in Corruption Case
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 29. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Ruling on Bozidar Kalmeta follows retrial ordered by Supreme Court in decade-long corruption case linked to state road firms and alleged misuse of public funds.

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Romania Mulls Response After Russian Drone Injures Two
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 29. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Authorities are under pressure to act after another Russian drone breaches country's airspace and explodes, injuring two people.

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Democracy Digest: Witness Claims Chief Suspect in Murder of Slovak Journalist Had Protection
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 29. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Elsewhere in the region, Hungarian parliament revokes planned withdrawal from the ICC; speculation explodes over possible sale of Czech maker of Semtex; Poland and UK sign a new security and defence treaty.

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Croatia Unveils Taxes on ‘Excess’ Profits and Short-Term Rentals
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Minister says new taxes on company profits and short-term rentals will help to curb inflation, now running at 5.4 per cent, one of the highest levels in the EU.

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Preparing for War: How WWII Serb Suffering Was Weaponised Decades Later
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

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.

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