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Bulgaria Ends State-Funded Protection for Ex-PM and Sanctioned Oligarch
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Kina · 13. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Security Agency cuts off funded security for political heavyweights Delyan Peevski and Boyko Borissov – as some question whether they were entitled to such services in the first place.

Letter from Brussels: May is the Month for Montenegro
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 13. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The EU feels a spring in its step as it readies to accept its first new member since 2013 – a decision of enormous symbolic weight, which will also set important precedents.

Bidding for Comeback, Kosovo’s Opposition LDK Bets on Ex-President Osmani
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 13. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Abandoned by Prime Minister Albin Kurti, Kosovo's ex-President Vjosa Osmani has returned to the opposition party she left six years ago. But will the rapprochement help or hinder the LDK come elections in June?

Kosovo Special Court Rejects ‘Misleading’ Rights Violations Claims
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 12. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers said a review commissioned by the Kosovo Ombudsperson does not establish that the rights of defendants at the Hague-based war crimes court were violated, contrary to media reports.

Report Slams Secretive, Prisonlike Conditions in Bosnia’s Migrant Centre
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 12. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

New report says Bosnia’s only centre for the detention of migrants and refugees operates without clear oversight and transparency and in violation of international standards, especially concerning the detention of minors.

Bulgaria, Poland Among EU States Accused of Selling Spy Tech to Autocracies
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 12. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

In a report, HRW urges the EU Commission to strengthen due diligence and transparency rules after finding surveillance tech produced by EU companies is being exported to states with poor human rights records.

Bulgaria Mulls Targeting Price Hikes With Fines and ‘Fair Price’ Rule
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Globalno · 11. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Rumen Radev's new government pledges to tackle soaring prices by forcing large retailers to prove sudden rises are economically justified – not rooted in speculation.

Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Convicted of Killing Five in Village Attack
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 11. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Court sentences Dusko Zoric to 15 years in prison for involvement in a Bosnian Serb Army assault that killed several civilians in Zecovi near Prijedor in July 1992.

Justice in the Dock: The Kosovo Specialist Chambers and a Crisis of Legitimacy
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 11. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

As the verdict in the case against Hashim Thaci and his co-defendants at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers approaches, a difficult question comes into focus: what is achieved when justice is delivered in a form that the affected society largely rejects?

Croatia Finds Serb Ex-Paramilitary Guilty of Crimes Against Captured Fighters
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 8. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Osijek court sentences Zeljko Travica to 20 years in prison for war crimes committed in Ceric and Mirkovci in 1991, when captured Croat fighters were abused and executed by Serb forces.

ARTE Europe Weekly: Are European Political Firewalls Beginning to Show Cracks?
Balkan · Balkan Insight · SAD · 8. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

In Romania, the Social Democrats joined forces with the far right to bring down the pro-EU government. Elsewhere, some mainstream parties are considering deals, or already cooperating with, parties they previously saw as too radical.

Serbian Water Polo in Crisis After Federation Chief ‘Belittles’ Players
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 8. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Eleven players withdrew from the Olympic gold-winning men’s national team while the head coach resigned after criticism from the new Federation chief sparked anger.

Radev’s Party Takes Office in Bulgaria, Pledging Stability But Raising Early Doubts
Balkan · Balkan Insight · SAD · 8. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

New government headed by ex-President Rumen Radev officially assumed office on Friday, with its anti-corruption mandate already facing scrutiny.

Democracy Digest: Hungary’s ‘Luxury Elites’ Try to Outrun the Reckoning
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 8. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Elsewhere, Poland’s institutional crisis continues to disrupt workings of state; a Congress of Sudeten Germans set to take place in Czechia prompts protests; and Slovak judges issue warning over political attacks on judicial independence.

Bosnia Sets October Election Date Amid Push for New Voting Technology
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 7. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Central Election Commission schedules elections at several levels for October 4, while preparing to introduce new biometric voter identification and ballot-scanning technology.

WWII Historical Revisionism is ‘Suffocating’ Present-Day Croatia
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 7. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Historical revisionism concerning the fascist Ustasha movement’s role in World War II has become embedded in contemporary Croatian politics and society.

European Court Judgment Spotlights Turkey’s Weaponisation of Terrorism Laws
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 7. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The landmark ruling in the Yasak case has turned the spotlight on the Turkish authorities’ practice since the failed coup of convicting people by association rather than on a basis of clear personal guilt.

WWII Historical Revisionism is ‘Suffocating’ Present-Day Croatia
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 7. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Historical revisionism concerning the fascist Ustasha movement’s role in World War II has become embedded in contemporary Croatian politics and society.

Delay to Thaci War Crimes Verdict Draws Criticism in Kosovo
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 6. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Judges in the trial of ex-President Hashim Thaci and three others have extended the deadline to issue the verdict until July – sparking condemnation in Kosovo, where some called it 'an extension of injustice'.

What Now for Hungarian Fidesz’s International Influence Network?
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 6. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

While in power, Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party used Hungary’s state resources to build a formidable influence network abroad. Whether that network can survive a change of government is now hotly debated.

Montenegro’s Former Anti-Corruption Chief Convicted of Abuse of Office
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 5. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Jelena Perovic, former head of the Anti-Corruption Agency in the EU candidate country, is sentenced to two years and two months in jail in a first-instance ruling.

Romania’s Government Ousted by Parliamentary No-Confidence Vote
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Globalno · 5. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Ilie Bolojan's pro-European cabinet has been toppled by a successful no-confidence motion, raising concerns about renewed political and economic instability.

When Balkan War Criminals Apologise, Few Want to Hear Them
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Balkan · 5. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Jovica Stanisic was one of the few Hague Tribunal defendants to apologise for his crimes. War criminals who do voice remorse are often disbelieved by their victims and labelled traitors by their own ethnic group.

Shadowy Exchange: Moldova’s First Spy Swap Rewrites Region’s Security Playbook
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 5. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

A secret spy exchange between Russia, Moldova, Poland, Romania and the US shows Moldova has finally joined the ‘select club’ of European intelligence services.

Tisza’s Victory Offers Historic Opportunity for Media Freedom Reform in Hungary
Balkan · Balkan Insight · Europa · 4. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

While Tisza’s landslide election victory offers an opportunity to rejuvenate press freedom after 16 years of backsliding, unwinding Fidesz’s media capture model will be complex, but essential for achieving wider democratic reform.

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