In south-eastern Europe, remote working in rural areas is attracting an increasing number of workers seeking a better balance between personal and professional development buff.ly/Ac9gUTm

A metà maggio gli studenti serbi hanno pubblicato un “memorandum sul Kosovo”, che nega l’indipendenza del paese e sposa la retorica nazionalista. Una doccia fredda per molti osservatori internazionali. Ma secondo l’analista Nikola Burazer, è una mossa necessaria. La nostra intervista buff.ly/ORVTQ3B

Il 15 giugno la Moldova ha avviato i negoziati di adesione con l’Unione europea. In questo paese dove il 45% delle esportazioni sono prodotti agroalimentari e il settore agricolo occupa il 21% dei lavoratori, l’agricoltura si appresta ad una trasformazione radicale in pochi anni buff.ly/ij4AcEw

Con i Mondiali di calcio sono tornate di moda le figurine Panini. A Skopje, gli scambi di figurine riuniscono bambini, genitori e collezionisti attorno ad una passione condivisa, lontano dagli schermi buff.ly/iv8A2bn

Belgrado, 1989. Barbi ha otto anni e viene trascinata allo stadio dal padre, che cerca di farla appassionare al “gioco più bello del mondo”. Sugli spalti Barbi sviene e per rianimarla il padre usa la polvere sollevata da Dragan Stojković, detto Piksi buff.ly/DutKhnh

Con la fine della Jugoslavia, il sistema che sosteneva la produzione del vino nei territori della federazione si è sgretolato. Dopo gli anni difficile della transizione, alcuni produttori oggi provano a ricostruire il settore su basi nuove buff.ly/M8YPDUh

Media freedom, European integration, and reform processes in Moldova are the main themes of the recent shadow report published by the Independent Journalism Center (IJC) in collaboration with OBCT and ActiveWatch buff.ly/QWVeAfF

La controversia sui diritti della comunità in Transcarpazia ha bloccato per anni i negoziati tra Kyiv e Bruxelles. Intervista a Tadeusz Iwański e Andrzej Sadecki, analisti del Centro di Studi Orientali di Varsavia www.balcanicaucaso.org/cp_article/i...

In the context of Moldova’s accession process to the EU, the Independent Journalism Center (IJC) has published a legal analysis of the recent legislative efforts introduces to counter vexatious lawsuits buff.ly/tWXWXvg

Chechnya adds a unique dimension to transnational repression: beyond being a state that pursues its opponents abroad, it is also a system of control made up of family, community, and informal networks buff.ly/vyb1dTL

A 150 km a sud di Chișinău, Taraclia è la capitale della minoranza bulgara in Moldova. Nel 2025 un accordo con Sofia ha portato alla nascita di una nuova università, una sezione distaccata di quella di Ruse in Bulgaria www.balcanicaucaso.org/cp_article/m... support.buffer.com/article/621-...

Anche in Europa sud-orientale, il lavoro da remoto in aree rurali attrae un numero sempre più alto di lavoratori in cerca di un miglior equilibrio tra sviluppo personale e professionale. Nostro reportage www.balcanicaucaso.org/cp_article/l...

At the end of July, Özgur Özel, the Turkish opposition leader, left the Republican People’s Party, announcing the formation of a “New party”. How will this split impact the internal dynamics of the opposition and its ability to challenge the Erdoğan regime? An interview buff.ly/UZXc6s5

With the end of Yugoslavia, the system that supported wine production in the federation’s territories crumbled. After years of difficult transition, some producers are now attempting to rebuild the sector on new foundations www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_articl...

Despite the Baku regime’s years-long campaign of repression, there are still those who believe in free and independent journalism. The story of Aytac Tapdıq one of the many Azerbaijani journalists who refuse to be silenced buff.ly/Bl6ifNy

After the disaster of the war, cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro continued, also thanks to EU support. The second part of the report on joint management of cross-border water resources buff.ly/oYwpasK

In the Western Balkans, there is a red, or rather blue, thread that connects the mega-infrastructures of socialist modernism, the bloody Yugoslav wars and the cohesion policy of the European Union buff.ly/o8eqaFs

The Moldovan investigative journalism outlet Cu Sens has faced numerous legal threats in recent years. In this interview, Felicia Crețu and Liuba Șevciuc discuss how they responded to these challenges and the lessons they learned from their experience buff.ly/hVJMi4i

Ten years after the attempted coup of July 15, 2026, President Erdoğan’s Turkey celebrated the victory over the coup plotters linked to preacher Fethullah Gülen with street demonstrations across the country buff.ly/6Nvhqvb

In Serbia l’instabilità non è una fase transitoria, ma un modello di governo. Se il blocco democratico non articola un’alternativa politica e l’UE non smette di considerare Vučić come il male minore, la Serbia non può sperare di uscire dalla crisi buff.ly/Pgrs38G

Albania has experienced rapid and turbulent construction growth, particularly in the capital, Tirana, and along the Ionian coast. Recently, however, increasing doubts have been raised about the source of the capital funding this development buff.ly/70Vwq1N

Following the latest court ruling clearing the way for the Ilovica-Shutka mining project in North Macedonia, environmental organisations are calling for a definitive halt to the investment, which could put the environment and public health at risk across a large part of the country buff.ly/pb2nbSf

After the disaster of the war, cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro continued, also thanks to EU support. The second part of the report on joint management of cross-border water resources buff.ly/oYwpasK

Rada Iveković needs no introduction: philosopher, Indologist, feminist, writer, translator, university professor, migrant and much more buff.ly/Dy6XqeL

25-year-old Marjana Koçeku is the only independent MP sitting in the Albanian parliament. On 14 June she left Edi Rama’s Socialist Party in opposition to the government’s development projects. Our interview buff.ly/vUEU5qk

A field expedition with EuroNatur to Zeletin, a corner of intact forest at risk of disappearing, just as Montenegro negotiates its entry into the European Union buff.ly/bZJ3X4S

Following its victory in the snap elections, Vetëvendosje opened negotiations to resolve Kosovo’s political crisis, finding a potential ally in the LDK. However, the latter has called into question the leadership of its president, Lumir Abdixhiku, and the negotiations have stalled buff.ly/F26V0XM

Turkish society, energized in part by its young population, is one that can turn even its darkest days into a joke. But making jokes is not funny anymore. It is a crime buff.ly/X8i80tt

The Growth Plan was perhaps the strongest external incentive yet offered to break that pattern. With 373 million euros at risk and a December 2026 deadline that the EU says will not be extended, Bosnia is running out of time and excuses buff.ly/ssVKq4u

A 26-year-old woman in today’s Turkey: “There is a strong tradition of disobedience, we must regain our independence” buff.ly/r2JHaLS