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Balkans

The Recovery Files: scrutinising the billions from Brussels

By Lise Witteman, Peter Teffer Nov. 3, 2021 The EU has set up a 723.8 billion euro recovery fund to help member states boost their post-pandemic...

The winter of death: Governments slash COVID-19 restrictions as cases surge

By Andre Damon Nov.8, 2021 Over the past week, the world reached two horrific milestones. The official global COVID-19 death toll surpassed five million, and the...

World Health Organisation warns “pandemic is far from over” as COVID-19...

By Thomas Scripps 1 November 2021 Europe is driving a new global upsurge of COVID-19. Total worldwide cases have now increased for the last two weeks...

Why Bulgaria and Romania failed in COVID mission

The two Balkan countries have the lowest vaccination rates across the bloc, and the epidemiological situation is getting out of control again. Our reporters...

Germany, 4 EU states launch military reaction force initiative — report

Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Slovenia said their EU-wide initiative to expand the bloc's military units was inspired by recent events in Afghanistan. Oct....

It’s time for NATO to leave Kosovo before it does any...

By Boris Malagurski, 2 Oct, 2021 Just as it all ended badly for the West’s military interventions in Vietnam and Afghanistan, so it will in Kosovo. NATO...

Serbia inks deal with breakaway Kosovo region to end spat that...

30 Sep, 2021 Chief negotiators for Serbia and Kosovo have formally reached agreement to conclude the latest round of escalation. “We have a deal,” tweeted...

In Memoriam : Une bougie s’éteint et le monde s’assombrit

Claude Karnoouh... Né le 25 mars 1940 à Paris, décédé à Bucarest le 12 septembre 2021. Spécialiste d'anthropologie culturelle et politique, de philosophie de...

Mikis against NATO’s bombings of Yugoslavia 26.4.99

Speech of Mikis Theodorakis - Greeks against bombing of Serbia Mikis Theodorakis – The anti-war concert in Syntagma 1999  

Serbia mourns Mikis Theodorakis

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic offers his condolences and deep sorrow over his death Miki Theodoraki. “Today Serbia mourns the legendary Mikis Theodorakis, who was not...