Compiled by Eva Jovanova and Hristo Voynov   1. Serbia’s media freedom has drastically deteriorated according to the latest press freedom ranking published this week by Reporters Without Borders. The country’s press freedom index marked a huge drop of 10. ...

Compiled by Eva Jovanova and Hristo Voynov   1. Great news for the Balkans came from Brussels this week. The European Commission published its annual progress reports on the Western Balkan countries and Turkey this Tuesday. The seven individual reports ...

Out of touch. Condescending. Uneducated. Speak broken Macedonian. These are only some of the stereotypes which many Macedonians hold for their diaspora. Like in many other countries, Macedonian emigrants are the ultimate “other”, as they have committed the ultimate sin. ...

Compiled by Hristo Voynov and Kristijan Fidanovski 1. Russia’s tension with the rest of the world continues to mount this week. Earlier in the week, the US put further sanctions on various Russian oligarchs and companies. This was the harshest ...

Compiled by Eva Jovanova and Hristo Voynov   1. Kosovo slips further in diplomatic tensions. After last week’s announcement by the Serb minority party in Kosovo that it would leave the government coalition due to the arrest and deportation of ...