Weapons from the Balkans are fuelling violence on the streets of Sweden. People & Power follows their trail.
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More than 100 people injured in the deadly fire at a nightclub in Kocani, 100km (62 miles) east of the capital, Skopje.
What drives the popularity of Hungary’s Viktor Orban is not his geopolitical game but his governance model.
Sentiments towards the EU expressed by some civil society actors increasingly overlap with those of anti-EU forces.
Right-wing party secures a parliamentary majority, and its candidate has become the country’s first female president.
The vote is the first in a series of polls that could decide whether the diverse Balkan country will ever join the EU.
As the war enters its 571st day, these are the main developments.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes appeal for unity at summit with regional leaders in Berlin.
The Macedonian civil society has joined the right in rejecting a deal with Sofia and Brussels. This is dangerous.
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