Balkans

  • Sep 16, 2021
  • 2 min read

Serbia poses no threat in Balkans for all its bluster

Serbia (and the Bosnian Serbs) celebrated yesterday as Serbian Unity day, to predictable alarm

Serbia
  • Sep 13, 2021
  • 7 min read

Western Balkans will be laggards in coal phase-out

Western Balkan countries have made some pledges to decommission their coal sectors, but overall progress is slow

Balkans
  • Apr 29, 2021
  • 2 min read

West Balkan economies may recover slowly from pandemic

Montenegro’s GDP recovery will depend on tourists returning after pandemic; Serbia has relied on economic stimulus

Balkans
  • Apr 6, 2021
  • 7 min read

Foreign powers will use media for Balkan influence

Russia and others have entered the Balkan information sphere to expand their soft power reach, as EU influence weakens

Balkans
  • Mar 17, 2021
  • 7 min read

Turkey will export its internal crisis to the Balkans

Erdogan is strengthening his influence in the Balkans, where he is interfering in Bosniak politics

Turkey
  • Mar 2, 2021
  • 7 min read

Balkan #MeToo movement is gathering momentum

A series of revelations of women’s sexual abuse has broken a silence and threatens powerful men’s systemic impunity

Balkans
  • Feb 4, 2021
  • 7 min read

China's virus diplomacy has limited pull in Balkans

Lack of transparency and BRI disappointments will frustrate China's attempts to rest soft power on 'vaccine diplomacy'

Balkans
  • Jan 27, 2021
  • 7 min read

Water joins series of Balkan pollution concerns

High levels of water pollution, a symptom of long-standing problems and bad governance, are sparking popular protests

Balkans