All eyes will be on the capital, Belgrade, but Serbia’s snap election on Sunday, October 25, will also be decided in the country’s heartland. As in Niš, where Vučić brought his campaign to a close and students have been building a movement for change for years. Our report

23/10/2026, Francesco Martino  Niš

Strengthening cooperation will “shift the focus from managing persistent uncertainty to creating shared, consolidated economic interests,” ultimately laying the groundwork for political reconciliation. An interview with Will Bartlett, author of the paper on this topic

21/10/2026, Federico Baccini 

Last weekend downtown Tirana turned into a scene of violent clashes between protesters and police. Molotov cocktails, stones, tear gas, water cannons, and rubber bullets were used during the unrest, as riot police confronted groups of demonstrators

20/10/2026, Arbjona Çibuku  Tirana

Bulgaria goes to the polls for the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, October 25. Interim President Iliyana Yotova, backed by Progressive Bulgaria, is the clear frontrunner. Her main challenger is former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the widening conflict in the Black Sea are at the heart of the campaign

20/10/2026, Francesco Martino  Sofia

After more than four months of peaceful demonstrations, Albanian student protests erupted into violence last week. Faced with rising youth discontent, Prime Minister Edi Rama refuses to resign, and the country is on the brink of a crisis with uncertain outcomes. A comment

19/10/2026, Fred Abrahams 

On the eve of the parliamentary elections in Serbia, we spoke with three students and a lawyer who believe that freedom is the greatest human value and that the future does not necessarily have to be marked by abandoning one’s country. We must fight for a society where no one has to choose between their rights and their safety

16/10/2026, Danijela Nenadić  Belgrado