News about the Balkans such as Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, including archived articles on Tsarizm.
Image by Guillaume70 If you visit Croatia, you will notice the EU is very involved in the country. Signs for projects funded by EU wealth are frequently seen on the highways. Wind farms are everywhere, undoubtably subsidized by Brussels. So it is no surprise that Croatia is serious about joining…
Image by Michael Büker When the 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres is commemorated on Tuesday, 12 people who were convicted of responsibility for genocide will not be spending the day in prison cells. Having served their sentences and been released, most of them are now retired and live in…
Kozeta Cika contributed to the article Image by Gertjan R Elections in Albania cemented a deep victory for the Socialist Party. Until now, it presided with 73 MPs, with 71 needed to create government without coalition. Edi Rama, SP leader, has named this victory as a masterpiece of the ordinary…
Kozeta Cika contributed to the article Image by Stefan Kühn The 2017 electoral campaign is over. Today is the day of electoral silence and tomorrow Albanians will turn to the ballot boxes, more dubious than ever. It has been a very aggressive campaign month, with big clashes between two coalition…
Kozeta Cika contributed to this article Image by David Liuzzo The 11th June elections in Kosovo brought big changes to its political situation, due to their outcome. Although the numbering of ballot boxes has not yet expired, which is considered by Kosovo analysts as an a delay, big surprises have…
Kozeta Cika contributed to this article Image by The electoral campaign for parliamentary elections in Albania have been accompanied by mutual accusations between the two parties that were in coalition during the last four-year governance, the Socialist Party and the Socialist Movement for Integration. Socialist Party leaders, including Edi Rama,…
Image by Kremlin.ru The Serbian president-elect and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic declared today that the Balkan nation has no plans to join the NATO alliance, as many of its former Yugoslavian nations have. Serbia is a long-time ally of Russia and was not expected to join the Western defense bloc….
Kozeta Cika contributed to this article Image by Helmandsare Montenegro is expected to be the next NATO member, bringing the total number of member countries to 29. “Montenegro will become a NATO member in June”, NATO General Secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, stated a few days ago. He specified that all Alliance…