Nate Tabak
Nate Tabak focuses on the stories that rarely get told in the Balkans. He lives in Kosovo, where he serves as editor-in-chief of Prishtina Insight, a newspaper published by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.
Nate Tabak focuses on the stories that rarely get told in the Balkans.
He lives in Kosovo, where he serves as editor-in-chief of Prishtina Insight, a newspaper published by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network.
What turns some law-abiding Canadians into smugglers? The high price of imported cheese.
Canada has tariffs and quotas on imported cheese, which results in higher prices and limited availability. So some Canadians resort to cheese smuggling.
In Europe’s former pot capital, now the only grass is for sheep
These Kosovo website creators treated Trump as a joke. Then he won.
This punk band uses English to get across — to some — their feminist message
PreMenstrual Syndrome says English makes it easier to push the envelope in socially conservative Albania. But is the message lost in the process?
Young women in Kosovo are writing code to fight harassment
Developers of a new app, Walk Freely, hope it will help solve Kosovo’s sexual harassment problem.
Kosovo can't get recognition from the UN, but it can get it from Facebook
Kosovo can't get recognition from the United Nations, so it's gone for digital recognition from the likes of Facebook and Google. But while it's mostly been a success, some Kosovars aren't sure that digital legitimacy amounts to much.
Serbs in Kosovo say Serbia is abandoning them. Again.
Serbia withdrew its forces from Kosovo 13 years ago, but have supported a sort of Serbian parallel government in northern Kosovo. Now Serbia is telling Serbs there to vote in the Kosovo election, and many Serbs see that as a betrayal.
Former Guantanamo detainee now making pizza in Albania
Five Muslim Uighurs from China who spent years in Guantanamo are now living in Albania. One of them is now a pizza maker in Tirana.
Hungary's Surf Rock Band, the Summer Schatzies
Landlocked Hungary gets surf music of its own. Summer Schatzies put a dark Central European spin on Southern California genre.
In Srebrenica Election, a Horrific Past Looms Large in Vision for Future
Race could give town first Serb mayor since Ratko Mladic's forces killed 8,000 in Bosnian town. Serb candidate says it's time to move, but survivors say moving on, is moving backward.
Showing Off Your American Car in Kosovo
When Kosovo ex-pats in the US go home for a a visit, they like to bring something with them: their cars with American plates. It's a sign of status in a country that still reveres the US for its role in the 1999 Kosovo war.
Slovenian Website Asks People to Share Passwords for Art
A group of designers in Slovenia is asking people to give up their passwords voluntarily for the sake of art.
