From the Streets to the Ballot Box: What Hungary Can Teach Serbia

Author: Tjaša Feher The political crisis that followed the November 2024 Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse has produced something Serbia has not seen for years: sustained civic mobilisation, new networks of trust and participation by large numbers of people outside conventional opposition structures. But moving from the streets to the ballot box changes the […]

Witnessing a Mass Grave - A Citizen’s Legal Duty or Espionage?

News of the arrest of R.T. (1980) from Istok on suspicion of espionage was published by the media on July 30. The arrest, captured by cameras, involved several units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in cooperation with the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Kraljevo and the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA). “The arrested individual, R.T., […]

“Albania to Albanians !”: a luxury resort project, USA and rally citizens in one story

Named after the endangered bird populating the peninsula, these protests contest the investment of more than one billion euros made by Donald Trump’s son-in-law to develop a luxury tourist destination, including up to 10 000 hotel rooms and villas. Key issues at stake for Albanian citizens started with the destruction of a protected wildlife zone, […]

Russian trade’s threats: Is Armenia the new battleground between Eastern and Western influence?

After two mandates, the centrist Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan led the parliamentary elections polls as well as its preliminary results despite Russian pressure, indicating his likely pursuit as a pro-EU head of the government of Armenia. Pashinyan’s political choices to diversify its trading partners, through partnerships with UAE, Azerbaijan and China, and strengthen ideological ties […]