Headlines: carnivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, the pyres of hate
Text by: Florentin Cassonnet | Mail from the Balkans
A press review in partnership with Le Courrier des Balkans.
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After Aalst, in Belgium, other carnivals have caused controversy. In Croatia, the effigy of a homosexual couple and their child was burned, while in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a doll of the writer Martina Mlinarović Sopta was sacrificed.
Coronavirus in the Balkans: first cases in Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece and Romania
After the explosion of coronavirus cases in Italy at the end of February, the Balkan countries see COVID-19 arriving on their territory. After Croatia, North Macedonia and Greece, Romania is infected. Are the health authorities of the affected countries ready to deal with the epidemic? Our info thread.
Coronavirus in Albania: defuse psychosis or censor critical voices?
Serbia: xenophobia surge ahead of elections
A few weeks before the legislative and local elections in April, far-right groups are multiplying anti-migrant operations. And they are not the only ones: part of the opposition also goes there with its xenophobic and conspiratorial verse, not hesitating to propagate false information.
Kosovo - Serbia: Albin Kurti announces a "gradual" lifting of taxes at 100%
The Kosovo government has decided to gradually lift 100% taxation on goods imported from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. He awaits gestures of reciprocity from Belgrade. The LDK and especially the United States denounce a "half measure".
Miroslav Lajčák, future European envoy between Kosovo and Serbia?
Albania: the Mehmeti family, victim of France's forced repatriation policy
At dawn on January 28, police knocked on the door of the house where the Mehmeti family was staying, in the center of Pamiers (Ariège). They were immediately forcibly repatriated to Albania after four years in France.
Balkan refugees: "Turkey is no longer able to retain refugees wishing to go to Europe"
Refugees wishing to travel to Europe by land and sea will not be stopped, said Turkey. Turkish police, coast guards and border security officials have been instructed to withdraw from the land and sea crossings of refugees to Europe. Turkey is hosting some 3.7 million Syrian refugees and says it cannot handle more.
Refugees in Greece: clashes in Lesbos and Chios between police and residents
Milorad Dodik does not want to see Đukanović or Frontex in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Milorad Dodik does not want an official visit by Milo Đukanović to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Because of the new law on “religious freedom” adopted by Montenegro, an excellent pretext for provoking a new blockage of the institutions. Another point of dispute: the deployment of the Frontex mission on the country's borders.
Republika Srpska, authoritarianism and the specter of secession
Montenegro: soon an LNG terminal at the port of Bar?
To "reduce Russian influence", nothing like liquefied gas. After the controversial LNG terminal on the island of Krk in Croatia, it is the port of Bar in Montenegro that could accommodate a gas terminal. Officially, it is still a question of "reducing the Balkans' dependence on Russian gas". American companies are getting ready to do very good business.
Energy: the Balkans torn between the EU, the United States and Russia
Romania: mayor of Bucharest waives Oxygen tax after Facebook survey
The Oxygen tax came into effect on January 1 with the aim of reducing road traffic and combating pollution in Bucharest. But after a Facebook poll, Mayor Gabriela Firea decided to abandon it, arguing that residents of the capital were not ready. A populist gesture ahead of the municipal elections in June, denounce some.
Serbia: finally a museum in Staro Sajmište, former Nazi concentration camp
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the site of Staro Sajmište, a former exhibition center in Belgrade transformed into a concentration camp, was almost abandoned. After long years of waiting, Serbian deputies finally passed a law to convert it into a memorial center. A (small) step forward towards the commemoration of the victims of Nazi crimes.
Romania: trip to Caraorman, a forgotten village in the Danube Delta
Caraorman means "black forest" in Turkish and is one of the most isolated villages in the Danube delta. Each year, they welcome tourists who come for its forest of hundred-year-old trees, its traditional cuisine and fishing. But access to the locality is still difficult. Reportage.
Romania : are there still sturgeons in the Danube Delta?
Faruk Begolli: an artist's life between Kosovo and Serbia
He spent the last 20 years of his life in Pristina, after having lived in Belgrade for 20 years. In Serbo-Albanian relations interspersed with hatred and condescension, the actor Faruk Begolli (1944-2007) was a bridge connecting people and cultures.
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