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News and comment

REGIONAL

  • 6yka: Political and cultural magazine from Banja Luka, brings together some of the best writers.
  • Deutsche Welle: Daily news and often a decent analytical piece.
  • E-Balkan: Regional and cultural focus, a lot of NGO stuff but also a little bit of nice sensationalism.
  • E-novine: Edited by Petar Luković, who has brought together writers who have left many of the best publications in the region.
  • Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso: Journalism with a bit of an ethnographic flavour.
  • Slobodna Evropa: Daily news, but it is the dossiers, interviews and weekly features that make it stand out.
  • Tačno: Mostly essays and opinion from around the region, published by the “Centre for Critical Thought”.

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

  • Dnevni Avaz: Populist daily paper from a big corporate publisher.
  • Dani: The legendary magazine, sadly for the most part behind a paywall.
  • Glas Srpske: The title says it all.
  • Nezavisne novine: Independent paper from Banja Luka covering all of BH.
  • Oslobođenje: Staying true to its roots since they were pulled out.
  • Radio Sarajevo: News, essays, blogs and “dno dna”.
  • Sarajevo-X: The original news and opinion portal.
    Slobodna Bosna: Solid weekly, sadly hides behind a paywall.

CROATIA

  • Drugačije: Often an interesting essay, sure wish they had more than three on the front page.
  • H-Alter: For the “Hrvacka alternativa”.
  • Index: Your portal for all kinds of stories, whether you wanted them or not.
  • Jutarnji List: The daily paper for the morning, when you are still feeling optimistic.
  • Nacional: Yes, it is behind a paywall, but no, you don’t mind.
  • Novi List: More of this should not be behind a paywall.
  • Novosti: It really just keeps getting better.
  • Slobodna Dalmacija: It’s an institution. Isn’t that enough?
  • Tportal: Quickly gathering together many of the best columnists.
  • Večernji List: The daily paper for the evening, when your hopes have been crushed.
  • Zagrebancija: Great title! Also, great title.

KOSOVO

MACEDONIA

MONTENEGRO

  • Dan: Do you like sensationalism? Me too, also they have a section on “lov and ribolov”.
  • Monitor: Independent magazine, often provocative.
  • Pobjeda: The traditional daily.
  • Vijesti: The portal is getting to be a little bit ambitious.

SERBIA

  • B92: Remember when they were independent and courageous?
  • Blic: In between the features on celebrities, frequently a good news story.
  • Danas: La lotta continua.
  • NIN: At one time it was edited by Frane Barbieri, but that was a long time ago.
  • Novi Magazin: It’s new.
  • NSPM: Don’t even get me started.
  • Peščanik: The weekly radio broadcast has become a portal for good essays.
  • Politika: According to Njuz.net, “still the oldest daily paper”.
  • Večernje Novosti: The Velvet Underground of dubious tabloids.
  • Vreme: Like the weather, sometimes it is good.

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