A new investigation has revealed that Belgrade Mayor Aleksandar Sapic failed to report a villa purchase made in 2018 to Serbia’s Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. The villa purchase... read more →
Simona Guerra, University of Surrey As 2022 drew to a close, Hungary and the European Union made a modicum of progress in their long-running battle of wills. The (pro-Kremlin) Hungarian... read more →
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution recommending that other EU bodies advance negotiations over Serbian accession to the bloc “only if the country aligns with EU sanctions against Russia... read more →
In many European countries Russian influence has reached alarming levels, particularly when it comes to elementary services like energy and transport, but an even more insidious front, that of misinformation,... read more →
The Albanian government has moved to make changes to the 2014 law on freedom of information that would block FOI requests made by individuals, including journalists. The proposal to block... read more →
A recent survey for Hungary’s decennial census caused widespread alarm on social media, with many expressing concern that Viktor Orban’s government is gradually building a surveillance state. The delivery of... read more →
More than 10,000 people rallied in the city of Banja Luka, the administrative center of the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska, on Sunday in protest against so-called election fraud in the entity’s... read more →
Albanian authorities have been accused of caving to Turkish pressure after they abruptly closed a school with ties to exiled Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen. Albania’s Minister of Education, Evis Kushi,... read more →
A number of recent cyber attacks used sexism and ethnic hatred to target politicians and vulnerable communities, according to a new report. Groups across Serbia, Hungary and North Macedonia experienced... read more →
The European Commission has adopted the European Media Freedom Act, aimed at protecting media independence and pluralism within EU member states. Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, said, “We... read more →
