In the spotlight: #MeToo, the voice of women is free in the Balkans
At the start of 2021, the #MeToo wave hits the Balkans (illustrative image).
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The wave that arose after the rape accusations launched by Serbian actress Milena Radulović against her former drama teacher is sweeping through other countries in the region where women now dare to denounce their attackers.
#MeToo
, the voice of women is free in the Balkans
.
Overview of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Greece.
The links of the Calabrian mafia in Albania
Money laundering and real estate speculation, the maxi-trial of the Calabrian mafia opened on January 13 in Lamezia Terme, Italy, passing very close to the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and the mayor of Tirana.
How do the tentacles of the 'Ndrangheta extend in Albania?
The revelations flood the media.
Tough, hard, pandemic forces, when you are a student, to take online courses and be deprived of practical lessons.
But the hardest part is above all the lack of social interactions.
Report on
the great loneliness of students in Kosovo
.
Still in Kosovo, but this time in the predominantly Serbian north, Belgrade has announced
the start of a vast vaccination campaign
... But without informing Pristina in advance.
Enough to rekindle old quarrels, while Kosovar society is already divided in terms of health coverage.
Environmental concerns in Croatia and Bulgaria
After the deadly earthquake in Croatia, citizens are wondering
where the Civil Protection system has gone
.
Fight against terrorism, military spending… The authorities seem to live in the past, while the real threats are elsewhere: earthquakes, floods, fires and epidemics.
And the environment is still not a priority for Zagreb either.
Witness the Kosinj Valley in Lika, about to be flooded and
sacrificed for a hydroelectric power station
.
Environmental issues are also topical in Sofia.
Like everywhere else in Europe, elected officials and citizens are questioning the social, environmental and ecological relevance of the 5G network.
But in Bulgaria,
it is the nationalists who recover the fight
.
Bor mines: a criminal complaint filed against Zijin
In Serbia, the Chinese company Zijin, owner of the Bor mines, continues with impunity to poison the air well beyond the permitted standards while receiving numerous tax benefits.
But this time, and this is a first,
a criminal complaint has been filed against the Chinese polluter
.
In Serbia again,
anger is roaring among independent digital workers
who demonstrate to express their dissatisfaction with the tax authorities.
The administration, which had ignored them until then, asked them to pay their taxes with five years in arrears, plus interest.
Amounts that far exceed their meager income.
In Montenegro, the cabinet of the new Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić is known to be close to the Serbian Orthodox Church.
While the government wants to bring legislation in line with European directives, will it keep this commitment, knowing that a third of Montenegrins do not want to live in the same country as LGBT people?
Between Church and Reforms: The LGBT Rights Test
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