Dimitar Bechev

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Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic acknowledged that at least one Russian spy had made contact with members of his country’s military. Photograph: Koca Sulejmanovic/EPA
US scolds ‘destabilising’ Russia and urges Serbia to act on spy scandal

The United States has accused Russia of trying to destabilise Europe and urged Serbia to take action over Moscow’s intelligence operations against Be(...)

The Great Mosque of Tirana, which Turkey is building for €30m in the Albanian capital, will be the biggest mosque in the Balkans. Photograph: Daniel McLaughlin
Erdogan’s enemies in the Balkans fear Turkey’s growing reach

By the time he turned 40, Ahmet had co-written 14 Turkish television series and worked in theatre and film, and was raising a son and a daughter with (...)