Balkan Insight

05/06/2026

Fillers and Botox have hit the mainstream. Now it’s totally normally for people in the 20s to get injections to stop wrinkles. But how safe are they? There’s been a boom in DIY injections and unlicensed clinics advertising their services on social media – and it’s leading to botched trout pouts, drooping eyelids, or worse.

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Watch the video: https://balkaninsight.com/2026/06/05/arte-europe-weekly-how-botox-has-hit-the-mainstream/bi/

05/06/2026

Czech police charge four in OnlyFans human-trafficking case; Hungarian PM raises pressure on president to quit; fresh dispute over wartime history frays Polish-Ukrainian ties; Slovak government defends overdue package of measures to support growth.

Elsewhere, Czech police charge four in OnlyFans human-trafficking case; Hungarian PM raises pressure on president to quit; fresh dispute over wartime history frays Polish-Ukrainian ties; Slovak government defends overdue package of measures to support growth.

05/06/2026

Yugoslav authorities marginalised and airbrushed the Albanian experience of World War Two in Kosovo; today, new forms of historical revisionism overlook the cooperation of Albanian Partisans with the Yugoslav Partisans and the complexity of the conflict.

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Yugoslav authorities marginalised and airbrushed the Albanian experience of World War Two in Kosovo; today, new forms of historical revisionism overlook the cooperation of Albanian Partisans with the Yugoslav Partisans and the complexity of the conflict.

05/06/2026

For the sixth day in a row, thousands of Albanian citizens gathered a Tirana city center to protest against a resort planned to build in a natural protected area of Zvernec, south of Albania, linked with Trump's son in law - Jared Kushner.
Under the slogans "Albania is not for sale", protesters called on PM Edi Rama to abolish the project and resign from the post.
Read BIRN’s investigation to learn more about the project: https://balkaninsight.com/2026/06/04/behind-a-trump-linked-albanian-resort-project-a-host-of-murky-interests/bi/

05/06/2026

OPINION by Engjellushe Morina I As EU moves to prioritise geopolitical needs over old merit-based approaches, the concern is that rushed membership for Ukraine and Albania could come at a cost.

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As EU moves to prioritise geopolitical needs over old merit-based approaches, the concern is that rushed membership for Ukraine and Albania could come at a cost.

05/06/2026

Critics fear Janez Jansa’s new government will be ideologically driven, copy-pasting policies from Trump’s America and Orban’s Hungary.

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Critics fear Janez Jansa’s new government will be ideologically driven, copy-pasting policies from Trump’s America and Orban’s Hungary.

05/06/2026

Hundreds of citizens, activists and diplomats marched through Kosovo’s capital on Friday celebrating the city’s 10th Pride Parade under the slogan ‘Equality or Revolt’.

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Hundreds of citizens, activists and diplomats marched through Kosovo’s capital on Friday celebrating the city’s 10th Pride Parade under the slogan ‘Equality or Revolt’.

05/06/2026

While Kosovo is tying itself up in political knots, Serbia is eying a possible pivot to the (far) East. BIRN’s selection of Premium stories tackles these issues and more.
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While Kosovo is tying itself up in political knots, Serbia is eying a possible pivot to the (far) East. BIRN’s selection of Premium stories tackles these issues and more.

05/06/2026

From Poznań to Podgorica, and from Prague to Plovdiv, journalists across Central and Southeast Europe are invited to pitch ideas for in-depth reporting projects on issues shaping democracy across the region.