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  • Chiara Bonfiglioli, Mara Montanaro, Rada Iveković and Stefania Maffeis in Paris, February 2024, at Rada Iveković’s home (private archive photo)
    review

    The book “A Life in Translation: The Transnational Feminism of Rada Iveković” was published earlier this year. The book’s three co-authors and editors, Chiara Bonfiglioli, Stefania Maffeis and Mara Montanaro, consider it “a femmage to Rada Iveković: a feminist homage that not only celebrates, but acknowledges, restores and revives”. Our review

    23/07/2026, Luka Zanoni 

  • Tirana © Steph Couvrette/Shutterstock
    Economy and society

    In recent years, 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: recent investigations point the finger at organised crime

    22/07/2026, Arbjona Çibuku  Tirana

  • The Ilovica-Shutka mine © Julia Nikoff/Shutterstock
    Environment and economy

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

    21/07/2026, Aleksandar Samardjiev  Tetovo

  • Marjana Koçeku at the anti-government protests. Photo courtesy of Isa Myzyraj.
    interview

    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

    20/07/2026, Giovanni Vale 

  • © Allexxandar/Shutterstock
    Neverending political crisis

    Following its victory in the snap elections on 7 June, Vetëvendosje opened negotiations to resolve Kosovo’s long-running political crisis, finding a potential ally in the LDK. However, the LDK itself has called into question the leadership of its president, Lumir Abdixhiku, and the negotiations have stalled

    17/07/2026, Mehmet Krasniqi  Pristina

  • © Serg Grbanoff/Shutterstock
    Humor and power

    The case of the comedian Deniz Göktaş, who is in prison for his jokes about corruption in the Turkish political system, is just the latest in a long series of instances in which challenging those in power – particularly through irony – is punished in order to silence critics and preserve the stability of the existing order

    16/07/2026, Burcu Karakaş  Istanbul