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Zvërnec protest, Tirana, 5 June. Photo: Terfili / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0

From Albania to Serbia: there is a whiff of rebellion in the Balkans

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Sir Keir Starmer at Munich, February 2026. Photo: Flickr/Simon Dawson

Trump’s European toadies fall out over Iran – weekly briefing

A distressed EU. Graphic: Pixabay/Mediamodifier

Recovery tanks and Trump attacks: is this the end of Europe?

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Irish politician Catherine Connolly in November 2022. Photo: Houses of the Oireachtas / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Unlikely Drama of the Irish Presidential Election

Anti-war demonstration, Berlin, 3 October 2024. Source: Robert Dale / cropped from original / with permission

Ukraine: The end game?

Meeting between US President Trump and EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen in Scotland. Photo: Fred Guerdin / Wikimedia Commons / CC by 4.0

Trump has humiliated the European Union

Photo: Freedom Flotilla Coalition

Attack on Freedom Flotilla: international outrage must follow

European Leaders Summit, 2 March. Photo: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Whither Europe?

Olaf Scholz and Moldovian President Maia Sandu in Chișinău, August 2024. Source: McNam – Wikicommon / cropped from original / CC BY 4.0

The European Dream is Fading in the East

Refugees in camps in Tunisia. Source: Mohamed Ali MHENNI – Wikicommons / cropped from original / shared under license CC BY-SA 2.5

Tunisia and the collective expulsion of migrants