Why I don’t like the term “Western Balkans”
"Western Balkans" is a label born 15 years ago that has certainly not helped – if anything it has slowed down – the path of south-east Europe towards the EU. A comment
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The National Theatre in Tirana risks demolition, as part of the broader transformation of the capital
Projects
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Multimedia
Pristina, closed for smogSky-high pollution rates led Prishtina authorities to close the centre to traffic, while many citizens protested to ask for new measures to improve quality of air. A photo-report by Veton...
The numbers of the Eu enlargement The EU-Western Balkans summit, held on May 17 in Sofia, was conceived to restore momentum to the European perspective of the region. But what are the cultural, institutional and eco...
Russia’s Spiritual Christians on Armenia’s HighlandsThe village of Fioletovo in northern Armenia is one of a kind. Nestled among the mountains north of Lake Sevan, it is home to 1,500-odd Molokans, a Christian sect which split from Russia’...
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Arts and culture
- Who else is watching Romanian films? 17/04/2018
- Roma in the Balkans: the story of Nazif 26/03/2018
- Europeans at the cinema, from East to West 13/02/2018
- Faruk Begolli, a life between Belgrade and Prishtina 08/02/2018
Reportage
An exceptional trip to the Strofades islands, regarded as home to the mythical Harpies, and the breathtaking beauty of an ancient hermitage that risks disappearing
Dossier
After the outbreak of some world-famous scandals (Wikileaks, LuxLeaks, Panama Papers ...) the debate on the democratic role of the so-called "whistleblowers" finally rose up at European level. OBCT published an analysis and asked from its network of media partners to go deeply into the subject. The dossier
Interview
Serbia increasingly appears as a central hub in the Balkans for the Chinese-led "Belt and Road Initiative", both at an infrastructural and a political level. We discussed about it with Dragana Mitrović (University of Belgrade)
