Geography of Europe
Balkan Insight’s Week in Pictures
A street artist performs in the Croatian capital of Zagreb on January 14, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Antonio Bat.
An elderly Romanian woman outside of a pharmacy in downtown Bucharest, Romania, on January 14, 2021.Photo: EPA-EFE/Robert Ghement.
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Kosovo Laments ‘Delayed Justice’ as Village Massacre Commemorated
Hundreds of family members of Kosovo Albanian civilians killed by Serbian forces on January 15, 1999 gathered on Friday in Recak/Racak, a village 20 kilometres south of Pristina, to commemorate the anniversary.
Forty-four people are confirmed to have been killed that day, and one woman remains missing.
Croatia Returned 7,000 Refugees in 2020, Bosnian Minister Says
A minister in a Bosnian canton bordering Croatia said the EU member state had forcibly returned over 7,000 migrants and refugees to Bosnia last year, asking why his own country had not done the same to its neighbours.
SYRIZA opposes police force in universities
Harking back to the times when it was on the margins of Greece's political life as an anti-establishment party backing protests, main opposition SYRIZA said Thursday it will fight tooth and nail against the government's new education bill, which, among other things, foresees the presence of police on university campuses to deal with chronic lawlessness plaguing the country's academic institutio
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US Embassy and Runciman Award celebrate revolution’s bicentenary
The US Embassy in Athens is launching a yearlong campaign to commemorate Greece's 1821 War of Independence, US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt announced in an interview with state broadcaster ERT Thursday.
Energy group GEN trumped 2020 plans with EUR 65m in net profit
Krško – Power utility group GEN, which manages the Slovenian half of the Krško power plant, exceeded its plans last year despite the challenging situation and delayed investments due to the Covid-19 epidemic. There were also no disturbances in electricity supply. Net profit reached EUR 65 million, CEO Martin Novšak told the press on Thursday.
Slovenia open handball worlds with 22-goal beatdown of S Korea
Alexandria – Slovenia opened their campaign at the World Men’s Handball Championship in Egypt on Thursday with a convincing 51:29 win against South Korea, getting a much-needed confidence boost ahead of Saturday’s encounter with Russia.
ECDC Covid-19 – Ionian, Aegean and Epirus the only low-risk regions in the EU
Greece has a very good showing overall as it is in the yellow
Greek MPs ratify agreement for French jets
A 2.5-billion-euro deal for the purchase of 18 Dassault-made Rafale fighter jets from France was ratified by Greece's Parliament on Thursday evening.
The deal passed with an overwhelming majority, securing the support of opposition lawmakers from SYRIZA, Movement for Change and Greek Solution. The Greek Communist Party (KKE) and MeRA25 voted it down.
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Only green areas on ECDC coronavirus map are in Greece
Epirus in northwestern Greece, the Ionian Islands and the Aegean islands are currently the only green areas in Europe, according to a revised map published on Thursday by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) charting the spread of the coronavirus.