Recent photos and videos confirm the presence of Serbs engaged in Russian troops in Ukraine. While the Wagner group is recruiting mercenaries, Belgrade recalls that engaging in armed conflict abroad is prohibited. Without much effect.
Is the Orthodox Church really Russia’s main channel of influence in Serbia? But what are, in reality, the relations between the patriarchates of Belgrade and Moscow? What brings them together is above all the defense of their respective canonical jurisdictions, undermined by the break-up of the USSR and Yugoslavia. To analyse.
Urbex or espionage? Two Russian bloggers and their Ukrainian friend are still being held in Albania. They were arrested last August in an abandoned arms factory in Gramsh, in the center of the country. They claim they were doing urban exploration (urbex), but have been charged with espionage.
To make or not to make the energy transition
In Greece, the “Balkan Ruhr” is preparing for a coal-free future: by the end of 2028, there should be no more lignite mining. But this announcement scares the already devastated region of Kozani, where coal has long been the economic engine. The promises of transition aid from the European Union and the government are not enough to convince. Reportage.
Conversely, Romania will open its largest coal mine in Oltenia in 2023, for an annual production of eight million tonnes of lignite. With the gas crisis, electricity produced from coal is making a strong comeback. The energy transition will wait.
Romania imports 80% of the pork it consumes. A large agricultural country, it cannot manage African swine fever or compete with European competition. And it’s a whole sector that is dying.
A month after the Paris massacre, the anger of the Kurdish community
A month ago, three Kurds were murdered in front of the Kurdistan Democratic Center in Paris, and clashes broke out the next day during the tribute demonstration. Return on the anger of the Kurdish peoplebruised and disappointed by the reaction of the French State.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the state will finally compensate a victim of war rape. Over 20,000 women were raped during the 1992-95 war and none have ever been able to obtain redress so far. But Sarajevo has just agreed to compensate “Ms. A.”. A sign of hope for the other victims?
Pugnacious and faithful, they do not hesitate to fight against wolves and bears. For centuries, the Sharr dogs valiantly protect their flocks and the shepherds would not part with them for anything in the world. Report in the mountains which dominate Prizren, in the south of Kosovo.