Balgarianovinite.com Protests and political turmoil marked the year 2025 across the Balkans.
In Serbia, student-led anti-government demonstrations continued throughout the year after erupting spontaneously following the tragedy in the northern city of Novi Sad, where on November 1, 2024 the concrete canopy of the recently renovated railway station collapsed, killing 16 people.
Turkiye witnessed in the summer its largest demonstrations in more than a decade, triggered by the arrest of opposition figures, including Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In Greece, a corruption scandal delayed subsidies for farmers, which in turn sparked nationwide agricultural protests and blockades of key roads and border crossings at the end of the year. Romania also saw protests, primarily driven by government reforms aimed at curbing the excessive budget deficit.
Croatians set the tone early in the year with a boycott of shops over high prices, a move later echoed in other Balkan countries.
Greece experienced a “seismic storm” in February, when thousands of earthquakes with magnitudes reaching around 5 on the Richter scale struck the area around the islands of Santorini and Amorgos. The tremors led to a state of emergency on four islands, the closure of schools, and partial evacuations.
In North Macedonia, a deadly nightclub fire claimed the lives of 63 young people in March.
Slovenia legalized assisted suicide in July, but suspended the law in November after a second referendum on the issue, in which voters rejected it. Protest Waves and Political Turmoil Marked 2025 Across the Balkans 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-12 09:18:05 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law