Infected Bulgarian Millionaire Violates Containment Rules
After testing positive for COVID-19, Bulgarian oligarch and shipping magnate Kiril Domuschiev, 50, checked on Wednesday into...
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Hungary Grants Asylum to Macedonian ex-PM Convicted for Graft
The day Macedonia requested his extradition, former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced he has been granted...
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Czech President’s Main Donor on Balkan Arms Shopping Spree
Jaroslav Strnad is the main campaign backer of Czech President Miloš Zeman, who is up for reelection this week. Why did he...
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Made in China: How Czech Companies Bought Tens of Millions of Rounds of Old Ammunition
Millions of rounds of old Chinese munitions, hoarded since the Cold War, were rotting away in Albanian warehouses. Now...
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Strnad’s Balkan Factory Buy-Up
Czech arms tycoon Jaroslav Strnad did not limit his Balkan shopping spree to​ stockpiled​ munitions. The businessman also...
Spooks and Spin: Information War in the Balkans
How Macedonia’s Scandal-plagued Nationalists Lobbied America’s Right and Pulled Them Into an Anti-Soros Crusade
Until late last year, a mention of Macedonia in the halls of power in Washington, DC, would most likely elicit only...
Spooks and Spin: Information War in the Balkans
Leaked Documents Show Russian, Serbian Attempts to Meddle in Macedonia
Secret intelligence documents obtained by OCCRP and partners show how Russian and Serbian operatives in Macedonia have...
Macedonia Prosecutor Seeks Freeze on Former Ruling Party’s Assets
Macedonia’s special prosecutor said Monday it had asked courts to freeze the assets of the country’s nationalist VMRO-DPMNE,...
Macedonia: Special Prosecutor Investigates Secret Service for Illegal Wiretapping
Macedonia’s Special Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday it is investigating 10 current and former members of the Balkan...
Macedonia: Wiretap Investigation Targets Secret Police, Ex-PM’s Relative
A special prosecutor in Macedonia announced Wednesdayit was investigating four interior ministry and counter intelligence...
Macedonia: President Revokes All Controversial Pardons Amid Heightening Tensions
As protesters painted the main square in Skopje red Monday evening, commemorating the murder of a young man by a police...
Bulgaria: Refugee Agency Bosses Sacked after Journalistic Investigation
Nikola Kazakov was fired as Head of the State Agency for Refugees (SAR) on Monday, the cabinet’s press office announced. ...