Friday, 18 april 2025.
Serbian Pro-Regime Media Praise Russia ‘Overrunning’ Ukraine
Serbian newspapers, which are usually pro-Putin, either reported enthusiastically about Moscow's troops "reaching Kyiv in a day" or called the Russian attack on Ukraine a "response to NATO threats".
Social Media Emerges as Haven of North Macedonia’s Right
Shunned by many traditional media outlets, right-wing and far-right groups in North Macedonia are expanding their social media presence, but can they convert it into votes?
North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania Fail to Investigate Wagner Group
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.
Montenegro Ponders Ukrainian Far-Right Group Member’s Asylum Request
Authorities are mulling Ukrainian 'Right Sector' member Rizvan Babayev's request for political asylum, after he was detained on a Russian-issued international arrest warrant.
French Connection: ‘Humanitarian’ Far-Right Claims Kosovo as Cautionary Tale
Figures on the French far-right and groups such as Solidarité Kosovo are pushing a revisionist version of what went on in Kosovo to further an anti-immigration agenda, and it’s become...
TikTok Balkans: Alarm Bells over Child Access to Video App
The minimum age requirement to open a TikTok account has done nothing to stop thousands of children in the Balkans under the age of 13 from accessing the short-form video...
Montenegro Mayor Resigns Over Ratko Mladic Graffiti Dispute
The mayor of the Montenegrin town of Pljevlja, Igor Golubovic, resigned amid a controversy over his alleged opposition to removing graffiti celebrating Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic in his...
Zagreb Initiative to Memorialise Murdered Croatian Serbs Praised
Civil rights organisations welcomed Zagreb city council’s decision to add the Zec family, a Serb couple and their daughter killed by Croatian police during the war, to a register of...
Suing Vojislav Seselj: One Croat’s Bid to Make Serb Nationalist Leader Pay
A man who left his home behind in Hrtkovci in Serbia in 1992 after Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj stirred up anti-Croat fervour in the village is now trying...