Balkan Insight

@BalkanInsight

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balkaninsight.com Joined April 2009

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With Hashim Thaci and its other former leaders behind bars in The Hague, analysts say it’s time for the once-powerful Democratic Party of Kosovo to face the future and decide what it stands for.
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balkaninsight.com Kosovo’s PDK Urged to Embrace Change After Ex-Leaders’ Hague Convictions With Hashim Thaci and its other former leaders behind bars in The Hague, analysts say it’s time for the once-powerful Democratic Party of Kosovo to face the future and decide what it stands for.

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Sanctions imposed on several TV talk shows over language used by guests are raising concerns about restrictions about the right to freely debate the ongoing anti-government protests in Albania.
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balkaninsight.com Albanian Talk Show Hosts Slam TV Regulator’s ‘Orwellian’ Fines Sanctions imposed on several TV talk shows over language used by guests are raising concerns about restrictions about the right to freely debate the ongoing anti-government protests in Albania.

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European Commission President pledges 60 million euros to Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey to monitor – and respond to – the growing spillover from Russia's war on Ukraine.
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balkaninsight.com EU Offers Black Sea Countries Support to Counter Security Threats European Commission President pledges 60 million euros to Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey to monitor – and respond to – the growing spillover from Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic pleaded not guilty at a hearing marking the start of his trial in a high-profile case centred around a murder at a Belgrade restaurant in May.

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balkaninsight.com Serbian Prosecution Drops Claim Accusing Ex-Police Chief of Assisting Killer Prosecution has dropped claim that former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic aided a murderer after a killing – but not the allegation that he failed to report the crime, despite being told it had...

Balkan Insight @BalkanInsight 17h

Twenty-one people have been found dead in the sea area of Kaloi Limenes, a port village in the Heraklion regional unit of southern Crete, trying to reach Greek shores, authorities said.

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balkaninsight.com Greece Retrieves 21 Dead Migrants off Crete Island Coast guard says 21 migrants lost their lives in the sea area south of the island of Crete while attempting to reach Greece.