24. February 2022.
Despite joining European Union restrictions on the Russian mercenary group, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania have yet to investigate Wagner Group ties in their countries.
Skoplje
22. December 2021.
In focussing on the threat from religious extremism and Islamic radicalisation, North Macedonia risks underestimating the dangers of the far-right.
21. December 2021.
BIRN has identified 135 Chinese-linked projects in the Balkans worth more than 32 billion euros. Few have come without controversy.
18. October 2021.
Victims of revenge porn in the Balkans face an uphill fight against legislative gaps, institutional prejudice, widespread victim-blaming and unethical media coverage. No wonder so few seek justice.
20. August 2021.
The recent repatriation of families of ISIS fighters to Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia poses a tough challenge to all three countries to rehabilitate them back into society.
6. May 2021.
Thirty years after a Macedonian soldier was killed during clashes at a protest against the Yugoslav military’s presence in the Croatian city of Split, the perpetrator remains unknown and arguments continue about which side shot the teenage conscript.
29. January 2021.
Laws and counter-terrorism strategies in the Balkans demonstrate a failure on the part of governments to take seriously the threat from far-right extremism, according to a BIRN analysis.
4. November 2020.
After the revelation that one of the Vienna terrorist attackers was a citizen of North Macedonia and that others may have been involved, authorities are waiting to hear if one of the victims also came from the Balkan country.
6. July 2020.
Evidence in terrorism cases is proving difficult to find, while experts warn that the reintegration and rehabilitation of foreign fighters is an even greater challenge.
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