Balkans in August 2026: the most important developments in society
In the Balkans in August 2026, the most covered event in society news came in Kosovo, where a lawmaker threw eggs at Albin Kurti in parliament on August 8 or 9, according to differing reports. In the same country, remains were found in mass graves from the 1990s war: seven bodies in a grave reported on August 1, with more remains found at a second grave by August 4. Kosovo also hosted an annual bridge diving competition, and DokuFest in Prizren marked its 25th anniversary.
Drought and heat affected the region. Serbia faced wildfires and the Danube fell low enough to reveal Nazi shipwrecks, while a 100-year-old boat also emerged in Serbia. Rare European buffalo in Serbia lost their cooling ponds. Albania fought wildfires in record heat.
On August 4 Serbia marked the anniversary of Operation Storm with remembrance of the victims of the 1995 Croatian offensive. On August 14 Aleksandar Vulin said Serbia should have expelled a journalist of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung over remarks about Russians. The same day, one year after student protests in Valjevo, Serbia was described as standing at a crossroads.
Italy's centre in Albania for deporting migrants remained nearly empty for a second year, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was reported to have revised the plan to use Albania centres for deportations to Africa. North Macedonia reported a new suspected case of West Nile fever in Skopje.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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