Balkan Documentary Market 2025 Awards

SOFIA: The Balkan Documentary Center (BDC) supports filmmakers, journalists, and activists across the region through its programmes. For the fourth consecutive year, the Balkan Documentary Market served as a professional platform for regional...

Swedish Firm to Deliver Carbon-Neutral Surveys for Baltic Sea OW Projects

Oct 13, 2025 (Credit: Njord Survey) Swedish offshore survey specialist Njord Survey has signed a long-term framework agreement with German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz to support offshore wind development in Baltic Sea. Under the...

West Lafayette home to Baltic State Bank's newest branch office

Baltic State Bank recently opened a new branch in West Lafayette at 200 N. Kirk St. The bank dates back to 1902 and has more than $100 million in assets. Other branches are in Baltic, Sugarcreek and New Bedford. WEST LAFAYETTE − A bank that was...

From Scandinavia to Florida, Airline Bankruptcies Sweep the Skies in 2025

The optimism that defined the start of 2025 for the airline industry has since given way to turbulence. Despite early forecasts of record travel demand, several carriers around the world have faced financial collapse, leaving travelers stranded...

Von der Leyen begins tour of Western Balkans with message of support and €100 million for Albania

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Tirana today, kicking off her annual tour of the Western Balkan countries. In the Albanian capital, she met with President Bayram Begaj and Prime Minister Edi Rama, as well as...

West Lafayette home to Baltic State Bank's newest branch office

Baltic State Bank recently opened a new branch in West Lafayette at 200 N. Kirk St. The bank dates back to 1902 and has more than $100 million in assets. Other branches are in Baltic, Sugarcreek and New Bedford. WEST LAFAYETTE − A bank that was...

2,500-Year-Old Ancient Greek Vase Found in Hungary Was Made by Spartans

The Ártánd hydria. Credit: J. Rosta / CC BY 4.0 A rare ancient Greek vase from a find in Hungary is reshaping views of early Iron Age elites in Central Europe. Archaeologists say the bronze hydria recovered near Ártánd, in eastern Hungary, was...

Ghost Fleet in the Baltic: Russia’s Shadow War at Sea

An investigation by Le Monde reveals how secretive Russian-linked tankers are skirting sanctions, spreading risk, and stirring fears of sabotage beneath Europe’s northern waters. In the gray September light of Tallinn’s naval base, Estonian Navy...

Call on President von der Leyen to address media freedom crisis in the Western Balkans

Since October last year, our organisations have recorded extraordinary pressures on media freedom across the region. The abrupt shutdown of Al Jazeera Balkans, the intensifying political pressure on the N1 and Nova TV channels and the launch of a...

Speech by President von der Leyen at the opening ceremony of the EU-Western Balkans Investment Forum

European Commission Speech Tirana, 13 Oct 2025 “Check against delivery” Thank you, Prime Minister, dear Edi, for hosting this Forum here in Tirana. Ladies and gentlemen, One year ago, I came t...

McKinsey & Company elects Sander Smits as Managing Partner for Benelux

Global strategy consulting firm McKinsey & Company has appointed Sander Smits as Managing Partner of its Benelux operations. The 45-year-old Dutchman was selected from a handful of senior partners by a selection committee that included company...

Coalition calls on President von der Leyen to raise the media freedom crisis during her visit to the Western Balkans this week

Credit: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a meeting with Serbia's President at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on March 25, 2025. JOHN THYS / AFP Against the backdrop of a rapidly worsening media freedom crisis across...

Central Europe’s first LED cinema opened in Budapest: another universe of film magic – video, photos

Starting today, audiences can purchase tickets to Hungary’s—and indeed Central and Eastern Europe’s—first LED cinema, whose grand opening we had the pleasure of attending yesterday. Photo: HM/DNH A stunning spectacle of colours and lights Unlike...

Russia: Authorities escalate attacks on activists in exile with “terrorism” charges against Anti-War Committee

Reacting to the launch of criminal proceedings against exiled opposition figures and members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia – a leading umbrella initiative of Russia’s anti-war movement in exile – on terrorism-related charges Marie Struthers,...

Lackluster EU Gas Capacity Auctions Hinder Supplies to Ukraine

Gas transmission system operators from Central and Eastern Europe are seeking ways to supply war-torn Ukraine during winter despite persistent difficulties to attract interest amid high costs and technical issues.

Italian general expects Pentagon to dissuade Trump from sending Tomahawks to Kiev

ROME, October 14. /TASS/. Tomahawk deliveries to Kiev will only lead to a dangerous escalation no one wants, Italian General Fabio Mini, former Chief of Staff of the NATO Command of Southern Europe and commander of the international mission in...

Espionage, sabotage and ghost tanks in the Baltic Sea

Estonian Navy Commander Ivo Värk is waging an unusual war, one with no battles and no visible enemy. On this gray morning of September 19, his tall figure walked along an old red-brick warehouse – a relic of Hanseatic trade – on the quays of the...

UK visitors to southern Europe ‘should allocate four hours for border checks’

UK travellers visiting countries such as Spain, Portugal and Italy are being urged to prepare for four-hour queues when a new EU border system comes into force on Sunday. The Entry Exit System (EES) involves people from third-party countries such...

The Baltic ‘bog belt’ plan to protect Europe from Russia

As Europe ramps up defence spending in the face of the growing threat posed by Russia, states on Nato’s eastern flank are turning to a more unusual line of defence: bogs. “Water has played a role in defensive strategy for millennia,” said the...

Fiscal choices: Scandinavia or America?

This is a re-post of an article originally published on pundit.co.nz. It is here with permission. New Zealand has ‘Scandinavian ambitions in terms of quality of life, but a US attitude to tax’: Lara Clark. One of the most perceptive remarks about...