21 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Albania
Opposition parties criticise appointment of former state attorney and brother of an MP of ruling socialist party Artur Metani as High Inspector of Justice
Albania Opposition Claims New Justice Inspector is ‘PM’s Servant’ (Media Report, English)
21 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Albania
Article on European Court of Human Rights who found that the state had failed in providing for adequate treatment and placement of mentally ill convicts
Albania ‘Held Mentally Ill Man in Prison Illegally’ (Media Report, English)
21 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Montenegro
Arrest warrant for Israeli national suspected of being involved in plot to overthrow government in 2016 cancelled
Montenegro Cancels ‘Coup Plot’ Warrant for Israeli’s Arrest (Media Report, English)
15 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Serbia
Commentary on close connection between Orthodox Church and the government
Serbian Church Must Keep Distance from Serbian Government (Media Report, English)
15 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Kosovo, Serbia
Article on trial for the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic in 2018 and political controversies with Serbia as 2 of the main suspects remain at liberty in Serbia
Kosovo, Serbia Play Blame Game over Ivanovic Assassination (Media Report, English)
14 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Albania
Representatives of 3 main parties agree to develop new electoral law after opposition boycott of local elections in 2019
Albania Parties Agree to End Electoral Reform Dispute (Media Report, English)
14 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Moldova, Republic
Former leader of Democratic party and oligarch banned from travelling to the USA over corruption allegations
Moldovan Oligarch Plahotniuc Barred from Entering US (Media Report, English)
13 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Montenegro
Nationwide mass protests by supporters of Serbian Orthodox Church against controversial law on religion
Serbian Church Supporters Stage Mass Protests in Montenegro (Media Report, English)
13 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Albania
President vetoed controversial media laws saying they would violate the constitution
Albanian President Blocks PM’s Anti-Defamation Laws (Media Report, English)
13 January 2020 | Balkan Insight
Montenegro
Police detained 2 journalists for allegedly causing panic by publishing an article on an explosion
Montenegro Detains Journalists for “Causing Panic” (Media Report, English)