Senjanovic, co-founder of the iconoclastic Croatian political magazine Feral Tribune, directed his critical wit against nationalists and warmongers before and after the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

While the number of drug users rises steadily in Romania, harm-reduction programmes face closure as government funds dry up.

The profitable public company has proven a generous donor to causes dear to the ruling URS, which controls the airport.

The alarming decline in the population will further destabilise the economy and society unless the government can turn matters round. 

Belgrade’s failure to obtain a start date for EU membership talks in June will not cause immediate damage to the economy, but the long-term implication are worrying, experts say.

The debate on war crimes courts at the UN General Assembly could have been a genuine chance to examine international justice and reconciliation, but it was marred by politically-motivated rhetoric.

A former opposition MP who headed Albania’s largest public corporation failed to disclose an offshore entity as required by law, Balkan Insight can reveal.