A robust railway network is seen as part of Europe’s decarbonisation strategy. But the railways in the Balkans have been long neglected and the modernisation process is slow.Read the full article
Dijana Šobota:Workers who more positively assess their level of being informed about workers’ rights are more likely to state that their rights have not been violated, while a higher incidence of violations of rights was recorded among those respondents who felt that their level of being informed was [...]Read the full article
“One of the main problems is that many believe that they have come to work in a decent industry of nice, office jobs, as well as outdated convictions that workers’ rights struggles are important only to those working in factories and [...]Read the full article
From Serbia to Bosnia, from Croatia to Slovenia, volunteers assisting refugees stranded along the Balkan route face animosity, obstruction and harassment.Read the full article
Since 2010, just five oil and gas giants have spent at least €250 million on lobbying the EU. The push for more LNG infrastructure has come directly from the gas and pipeline industries.Read the full article
“Croatian trade unions are not xenophobic, but it is in nobody’s interest to see the brain drain continue while we import a much cheaper workforce. This can only serve the interests of employers.”Read the full article
Dijana Šobota:The unions needed to gather 373,568 signatures (representative of 10 per cent of all Croatian voters) for the referendum to be held; we secured 748,624, more than twice the number required.Read the full article
“We were amateurs. We didn’t really know what we were doing. We were just trying to get more information about what is happening in the shipyard and share it with other workers.”Read the full article
“The ratification of the Istanbul Convention is great news because on a symbolical level, when it comes to the balance of power between conservative and progressive forces, it was an important victory for the latter.”Read the full article
Pollution and over-development caused by mass tourism could see Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes National Park moved from UNESCO’s World Heritage List to its List of World Heritage in Danger this June.Read the full article
With thousands of frustrated doctors across the Balkans having migrated west for better pay and working conditions in recent years, who will be left to heal future generations and ageing populations?Read the full article
As the flood waters slowly subside across the Western Balkans, the million or so people in Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia and Serbia affected by the worst natural disaster to hit the region in modern history are now trying to rebuild their [...]Read the full article