Tales from the Region

The Balkans’ European Path in the Shadow of Global Crises

13.02.26

The current global political situation that features growing tensions between the European Union and the United States, raises the question of how much will such disruptions affect the European path of the Western Balkan...

Friend or Foe? The complexities of Turkish influence in Albania

18.12.25

While Turkey may not have the same nefarious intentions as Iran and Russia when it comes to foreign influence and misinformation, many are still cautious. They see the promotion of Islam in Albania by Ankara as ‘un-Albanian’, and an infringement of its...

How the Russian narratives became a domestic policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina

16.12.25

NATO and the EU are portrayed as a security threat rather than a framework for collective...

Islamophobia as a political weapon

12.12.25

The global increase in Islamophobia in the recent decades has become fertile ground for politicians who want to mobilize fear, insecurity, and identity divisions in...

Why Is Serbia So Afraid of Russia?

12.12.25

The crisis with Serbia’s Oil Industry (NIS) showed how strongly Serbia depends on Russia and how hard it is for the country to choose clearly between Moscow and the European...

Why Is Serbia So Afraid of Russia?

10.12.25

The crisis with Serbia’s Oil Industry (NIS) showed how strongly Serbia depends on Russia and how hard it is for the country to choose clearly between Moscow and the European Union. Now, as Europe draws clearer lines of values, a key question grows in Serbia: is it...

The marathon towards the EU feeds the Russian propaganda in Macedonia

05.12.25

The marathon towards the EU and the obscured perspective due to the indecisiveness of the Brussels bureaucracy have left room for Russian influence in Macedonia as...

Red card for the Green agenda in Bosnia and Herzegovina

18.10.24

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has around 2,000 illegal dumpsites of municipal waste that occupy about 1 million m2 of the area of ​​this entity. The share of the pharmaceutical waste in this regard is 20%, chemical waste is 23% and infectious waste 55%....

What happened to the Green Agenda in Serbia?

07.10.24

Will the improvement in Serbia happen only after we resolve the dilemma of whether we should erect a monument to the Chetnik leader and quisling Dragoljub Draža Mihailović in the center of Belgrade and at the same time evict Tito from the House of Flowers? The...

Why Kosovo’s cities are going green

10.06.24

Kosovo generates 88% of its energy through the Kosova A and Kosova B power plants, which also rank among the top of Europe’s...
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