The danger of ‘pro-EU’ Euroscepticism in the Western Balkans | European Union

The danger of ‘pro-EU’ Euroscepticism in the Western Balkans | European Union

ByNews Polite

Over the past few years, attitudes towards accession to the European Union in Western Balkan candidate states have been increasingly negative. In countries like Serbia, the desire to join the union has slumped to 40 percent from 57 percent in 2014; in North Macedonia – to 68 percent from 84…

Balkan region hit by major power outage during heatwave | Climate News

Balkan region hit by major power outage during heatwave | Climate News

ByNews Polite

Cause of blackout remains unknown, but early indications point to spike in electricity use due to severe heat enveloping the region. A major electricity blackout has hit Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and most of Croatia’s Adriatic coast, leaving people sweltering in the middle of a severe heatwave. Temperatures in…

Zelenskyy seeks support, arms at Albania summit of Balkan nations | Russia-Ukraine war News

Zelenskyy seeks support, arms at Albania summit of Balkan nations | Russia-Ukraine war News

ByNews Polite

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has tried to drum up Balkan support for his vision of peace in Ukraine and has promoted the idea of joint arms production at a two-day summit of Southeast European countries. The meeting was held in the Albanian capital, Tirana, as Kyiv is trying to improve its…

‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again | Features

‘We fled oppression, not our home’: Albania to Australia and back again | Features

ByNews Polite

Pogradec, Albania – Almost every evening during the summer of 1975, Bajram Fezollari’s father, Feridon, would take him on a walk along the banks of Lake Ohrid. But these were not simply strolls for bonding purposes between a once-distant father who had spent more than a decade behind bars and…