19 May 2021
In the last two decades, around 500 vultures in the Balkans have died by poisoning. Yet, the real numbers are much higher, since only 20% of these cases are discovered and documented. According to the Foundation for Protection of the Vultures, at least 115 vultures are dying by poisoning annually in the Balkans, as a […]
24 April 2020
Two months since the first case of COVID-19 was registered in Croatia, as the first Balkan nation to have officially confirmed the presence of the virus, there almost 20,000 inhabitants of 10 Balkan nations that have been infected with the virus. What’s most striking about the official statistics published by the World Health Organization, the […]
24 September 2018
In recent years, online media in Albania has boomed. However, many of them are not transparent and “produce” unverified news, Meta’s correspondent reports from Tirana. One of these media portals is Pamfleti.net. Much of the news published are actually claims presented in the form of facts. For example, one of the most viewed news on the […]
4 September 2018
The topic of the law that would demolish the National Theatre in order to build a new one in Albania keeps being the main topic in the public discourse. This law was voted by the majority on July 5, 2018, despite continuous protests from the artist’s community and activists. According to this law, the new theater […]
5 February 2018
It will require some heavy lifting by heavy EU states and institutions to get a Macedonia name compromise, but without one the EU Balkan strategy risks collapse, said the Co-Chair of the European Council for Foreign Relations and former Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt. “I think it will require some heavy lifting by heavy EU […]
12 January 2018
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk looks upon the history of the Balkans as more dramatic and more interesting than the popular TV series Game of Thrones. At the inauguration of the Bulgarian EU presidency in Sofia, he warned against the Game of Thrones screenplay happening in the Western Balkans, where Brussels is […]
11 March 2017
The Greek daily newspaper “Kathimerini” in an analysis of the situation in Macedonia stressed that this political crisis is one of the worst moments for the country since the conflict in 2000 and that the state is facing the serious risk of collapse. The newspaper comments that the Greek government is distancing themselves from the […]
1 December 2015
At least seven Kosovo citizens who fought for the of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) in Syria, three weeks ago returned to the Balkans and took refuge in the region of Skopje, reports the Kosovo daily “Koha Ditore“. Relying on information from intelligence agencies, including the Kosovo intelligence services, the newspaper writes that […]
16 June 2015
“The Ministry of Interior (MOI) monitors the security situation and all incoming announcements, knowledge and information, and, if necessary, the Ministry is ready to act,” stated Deputy Minister of Public Relations at the Ministry of Interior Ivo Kotevski for META in connection with the information published by Albanian and Kosovo media for alleged terrorist attacks […]
