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This edition of Lossi 36 Weekly was originally sent by email on 1 June 2020. Subscribe to Lossi 36 Weekly here. ?  In the Balkans… Hybrid vs. Democratic Serbia. For the first time since [...]

The National Theatre of Albania was an essential part of the architectural landscape of Tirana. The Italian architect Giulo Berte, who had designed other prominent public buildings in Tirana, [...]

“We are short millions of cubic meters of water”, cried out a recent TVN24 headline. Regional radio echoed the sentiment: “Biebrza wetlands dry out – National Park employees take alarm”. Biebrza [...]

Like virtually everywhere in Europe in the last month, Bulgaria’s media focused almost entirely on the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are a few key figures and some of the main measures taken by the [...]

– Approximately 200 far-right supporters gathered in downtown Sofia on February 22nd  after Bulgaria’s  Supreme Administrative Court upheld the city mayor’s ban on their annual torchlight [...]

Bozho Kolov recounts the latest news from Bulgaria, Jan-Feb 2020.

– MinKavkaz to be abolished. The resignation of Russia’s government on 22 January will have a direct impact on the North Caucasus (also see below), as the federal Ministry of North [...]

– On December 21st, a state of emergency was declared in Pernik, a mining town in Western Bulgaria about 25 km away from Sofia. Water restrictions had been imposed there in mid-November and [...]

– Russia was handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency on December 9th. Russia’s participation at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 FIFA World [...]

– From December 1st through the 8th, the Tbilisi International Film Festival screened a diverse row of movies, from classic and modern Georgian films, such as Inhale-Exhale (Dito [...]