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Corruption in the Balkans remains a stubborn thing, it’s not helped by difficult counting

Џејсон Диган и Феликс Амелунг

07.05.21

Jason Deegan and Felix Amelung With corruption we should worry less on how we fare against the neighbours and focus instead on how to ensure the necessary infrastructure by way of institutions is put in place to actually investigate incidents of corruption. Corruption...

The Unwanted Tag of Being the (Western) Balkans

Владимир Ѓорѓевиќ

23.04.21

Vladimir Djordjevic Let’s face it: the region is in many ways still largely (mis)understood, treated, and referred to internationally as the ‘powder keg of Europe’. It is expected that the security cooperation in a region with such recent history as the Western...

At the Bottom of the Balkans: Kosovo’s Bumpy Road in Securing Vaccines

Арбер Фетаху (Arber Fetahu)

19.04.21

Arber Fetahu The pandemic marked its first anniversary a few weeks ago. Covid-19 exposed systemic problems in the health system of Kosovo and other institutional branches. While the high number of positive cases and deaths made the headlines, the government...

Uniting around “historical truths” or around differences?

Огнен Вангелов и Љупчо Ристески

16.04.21

Ognen Vangelov and Ljupcho Risteski Nowhere in the world have Commissions such as this existed to establish “historical truths”, especially not “truths” about the medieval history, because that would turn them into censorship bodies.  In...

Political wrangling instead of vaccines

Вања Стокиќ

16.04.21

Vanja Stokić Apart from a few isolated attempts, most people are not filing complaints to institutions and are not asking for accountability. They do not even accept the opportunities for inoculation they are offered, as rare as they may be. It’s as if they want...

Bulgaria’s COVID-19 vaccination fiasco: excessive risks, mediocre results

Владимир Атанасов

12.04.21

Vladimir Atanasov Bulgaria’s vaccination program can only be deemed a fiasco. It can be attributed to a number of factors — poor organization, incompetence, and potential conflict of interest. In turn, the drama, which unravels now, is not surprising. Bulgaria is...

The unbearably slow vaccination process in Croatia

Ведрана Симичевиќ

09.04.21

Vedrana Simičević Favoritism, weak strategy and poor communication with the public were the features of the first months of vaccination and they are the reasons that Croatia is currently at the bottom of the EU scale in terms of percentage of vaccinated population....

On Unifying Around Our Common History – Tsar Samuil Erga Omnes

Наум Кајчев

07.04.21

Naoum Kaytchev Objectively unifying our common history, from the time of Tsar Samuil, from the Middle Ages in general, and from later eras, will make us all, the citizens of both countries, more united and more enriched in a European way. As people in the know are...

It will happen when it happens! – The vaccination entanglement in North Macedonia

Стефан Ристовски и Ангел Мојсовски

05.04.21

Stefan Ristovski, Angel Mojsovski The number of people who are infected and have passed has increased significantly in the past period, while the epidemiological situation in the country is critical. The way the authorities are handling the crisis raises the dilemma of...

Greece hopes that beaches won’t be empty again this summer, but vaccination numbers say otherwise

Јеоргија Наку

02.04.21

Georgia Nakou The hope in government circles is that increased vaccination rates and warmer weather will bring infections down to manageable levels and make it safe to welcome visitors for the sake of the economy. The numbers suggest that this will be a higher-risk...