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IOM comments on the article “Bosnia and Herzegovina, the challenges of reception”

19/09/2024 -  IOM

We publish the comment received from IOM to the article we published last September 9th entitled “Bosnia and Herzegovina, the challenges of reception”

The One Caucasus Festival promotes regional unity

13/09/2024 -  Onnik James Krikorian Tbilisi

Last August, the One Caucasus Festival brought together Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia through music, culture and educational and participatory projects. An example of how communities can build a peaceful future together

North Macedonia, digitalisation against the grey economy

11/09/2024 -  Aleksandar Samardjiev Tetovo

At least 20% of the economy of North Macedonia develops in the “grey zone”, thus depriving the country and the national budget of resources essential for development. The government of Skopje has announced that it wants to combat the phenomenon through more effective digitalisation

Croatia, media under attack

10/09/2024 -  Giovanni Vale Zagreb

Media campaigns and even kidnapping threats to marginalise and silence an inconvenient media outlet: this is what is happening in Croatia to the maritime affairs website "morski.hr", an episode that reopens concerns about freedom of the press in the country

Bosnia and Herzegovina: the challenges of hosting migrants

09/09/2024 -  Massimo Guglietta

As Bosnia and Herzegovina prepares to take on greater responsibility for migration management, one of the main challenges remains that of guaranteeing people on the move adequate and dignified reception conditions

Film Festivals, from Sarajevo to Pesaro

06/09/2024 -  Anna Lodeserto

Anniversaries of two film festivals from two sides of the Adriatic Sea - Pesaro and Sarajevo. A cultural exchange focused on cinema, cities and music from a youth perspective

All the cross-border trains in Europe

04/09/2024 -  Gianluca De FeoLorenzo Ferrari

For over two years, activist Jon Worth has documented the state of rail connections between different European countries by taking hundreds of trains in every corner of the continent. We interviewed him

Adriatic views: Bar

03/09/2024 -  Fabio Fiori Bar

The Mediterranean is where the olive tree, wheat and pomegranate grow. This is why, says Fabio Fiori in his Adriatic wanderings, the Montenegrin city of Bar, surrounded by wild pomegranates, merges with and embraces the soul of the great sea

Armenia’s nuclear dilemma

02/09/2024 -  Onnik James Krikorian

Armenia wants to close the Metsamor nuclear power plant, obsolete and built in seismic territory, and build a new plant by 2036. To achieve this, Yerevan is negotiating with Russia, France and the United States: a contest that touches on energy but also geopolitical issues

Sea, sun, and a good book: reading habits in Greece and Croatia

30/08/2024 -  Mary DrosopoulosGiovanni Vale

The analysis between the two countries shows similar trends, with a rather low number of readers. In both cases, reading habits reflect existing inequalities at the socio-economic level

Croatia: neighbours

29/08/2024 -  Giovanni Vale Krupa

Krupa, Croatia, a village with a Serb majority and mostly depopulated after the 1995 Operation Oluja (Storm). This is where the story of two women – neighbours, friends and activists – unfolds: one is Serbian and the other Croatian

Labour exploitation in the Western Balkans, an insidious phenomenon

27/08/2024 -  Massimo Guglietta

After a brief decline, labour exploitation in the Western Balkans is on the rise again, threatening the already fragile economic and social fabric of the region

BIRN Rejects Pressure to Delete News Reports About Turkish Fraudster

26/08/2024 -  BIRN

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network said it will not take down reports about convicted Turkish fraudster Yasam Ayavefe and described an order from a Turkish court to remove the articles as an attack on media freedom

César Campoy: the Valencian author who dreamed of being Yugoslavian

23/08/2024 -  Anna Lodeserto

César Campoy, a writer and journalist originally from Valencia, Spain, is one of the leading experts on the Balkan region in his country. We met him in his hometown before he left for the Balkans. His "Balkan Odyssey", published in Spain last April, is already in its second edition

Culture: artists' mobility as driving force of the economy

23/08/2024 -  Paola Rosà

An Interreg project involved Italy, Albania and Montenegro in the relaunch of cultural spaces intended to host artists and creatives, to promote new forms of tourism and foster cultural industries

Bulgaria and Hungary’s Reluctant Green Transition

21/08/2024 -  Massimo Guglietta

While the European Union has made a strong effort to create a recovery plan that incorporates sustainability targets, some member states are falling behind in their duty to implement such reforms

Open Balkan, a failed step in the right direction

20/08/2024 -  Sava Mirković

Conceived as an alternative to EU cooperation, the Open Balkan initiative, promoted by Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia, aimed to create a regional common market to allow the free movement of goods, services, capital and people. The reasons for its failure

Romania and Bulgaria, trains worth improving

16/08/2024 -  Vlad Barză

In many European countries people increasingly use trains for their travel, preferring them to cars. This is not happening in Romania and Bulgaria, because of the poor state of rail service. Something is starting to change however

Oskar Maurer and Serbia’s natural wine revolution

13/08/2024 -  Ian Bancroft

From being criticised for his unconventional wines to finding them in the cellars of top Michelin-starred restaurants, Oskar Maurer is a reference for natural wine production in Serbia. We spoke to him about his winemaking philosophy and much more

Russian border guards leave Yerevan airport in symbolic break from Moscow

08/08/2024 -  Onnik James Krikorian

After thirty-two years, on July 31, Armenians and Russians signed a protocol to end the presence of Russian border guards at Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport. This does not signify Moscow’s withdrawal from Armenia, but nevertheless has symbolic value