Balkans Occidentaux

La route des Balkans reste toujours l'une des principales voies d'accès l'Union européenne, pour les exilés du Proche et du Moyen Orient, d'Afrique ou d'Asie. Alors que les frontières Schengen se ferment, Frontex se déploie dans les Balkans, qui sont toujours un « sas d'accès » à la « forteresse Europe ». Notre fil d'infos en continu.

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À Cotonou, deux jeunes motocyclistes interpellés pour avoir participé à un rodéo urbain communément appelé « zéwé » ont été placés sous mandat de dépôt, le 9 mars dernier, après leur présentation au procureur. Cette décision s'inscrit dans les actions engagées pour lutter contre les comportements dangereux sur la voie publique.

Deux motocyclistes ont été déposés en prison après leur implication dans un rodéo urbain. Présentés au procureur près le tribunal de première instance de première classe de la ville, ils ont été placés sous mandat de dépôt le 9 mars 2026.

Les faits remontent à une opération menée par la Police républicaine dans la nuit du 1er au 2 mars 2026. Les forces de l'ordre visaient un groupe de motocyclistes qui s'adonnaient à des acrobaties et démonstrations dangereuses sur la voie publique. Ces pratiques, connues localement sous l'appellation « zéwé », consistent notamment à lever la roue avant de la moto ou à effectuer des manœuvres à grande vitesse.
L'intervention policière s'est déroulée sur l'axe reliant le carrefour Fidjrossè au carrefour Bio Guera. Au cours de l'opération, plusieurs motocyclistes ont été interceptés et 18 motos saisies.
Par ailleurs, un troisième suspect a été interpellé le 8 mars pour des faits similaires. Il est placé en garde à vue en attendant d'être présenté au parquet.
Les autorités rappellent que ces démonstrations sur la voie publique représentent un danger aussi bien pour leurs auteurs que pour les autres usagers de la route.
La Police républicaine assure poursuivre les opérations afin de freiner ce phénomène observé sur certaines artères de la capitale économique.

Abdoul Warissou OSSAN (Stagiaire)

Des technologies de surveillance de plus en plus intrusives se répandent en Serbie. Installés dans des écoles, hôpitaux, transports ou espaces publics, ces dispositifs se développent souvent sans réglementation adaptée, suscitant l'inquiétude pour la vie privée et les libertés publiques.

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Des technologies de surveillance de plus en plus intrusives se répandent en Serbie. Installés dans des écoles, hôpitaux, transports ou espaces publics, ces dispositifs se développent souvent sans réglementation adaptée, suscitant l'inquiétude pour la vie privée et les libertés publiques.

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President of the General Assembly Annalena Baerbock

By Annalena Baerbock
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 2026 (IPS)

We have heard it all:
• When a woman raises her voice, she’s too emotional.

• When she stands her ground, she’s too difficult. • When she leads, she’s too ambitious.
• If she wears dark suits they whisper ‘why does she always look like a man’
• But oh my gosh! if she shows up in a colorful dresses and high heels….

• When women lead nations through crises they are lucky.
• Yet if they stumble, it becomes the biggest crisis on earth.
Yes, we have heard it all.

As have generations of women before us – even more directly, and with this tone:

“You act like a woman”. “You run like a girl”.
As if it is something to be ashamed of. Yet history has proved otherwise.

The facts are crystal clear.
We don’t have to negotiate them again.

• When girls remain in school, economies grow, all over the world.
• When women participate in the workforce, productivity rises all around the world.
• When women sit at peace tables, agreements last longer, all around the world.
• When women lead institutions, they are more resilient.

So, ladies, it’s time to flip the narrative. Today we are reclaiming #Likeawoman, boldly and proudly.

As sports star Serena Williams once said: you call us crazy, we’ll show you what crazy can do.

Especially in the midst of backlash, when it can feel as though, we are forced to fight the same old battles again and again.

Battles from 80 years ago when another so called “difficult woman” Dr. Hansa Metha from India showed what #ChangeLikeA Woman can achieve.

By insisting to change one word in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, she changed the whole meaning of it – affirming that “all human beings” and not only men are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Especially, dear girls out there.
Next time they tell you again that gender sensitive language or standing up for our reproductive rights is something “woke” Resist like women.

Resist #Like Hansa Metha and remind them that women`s rights are nothing new but have been embedded in the DNA of this institution from the very beginning.

And marking International Women’s Day in 2026 #LikeAWoman means that we will not stop fighting for equal representation and women’s rights – indeed #LikeAwoman: empathetic and ambitious – in suits, and in colorful dresses.

Until the women of Afghanistan are free, and girls worldwide are not being forced anymore to marry before they finish school.

Until we see justice for survivors of sexual abuse, whether it occurs at home or as part of exploitative sexual slavery networks, as exposed in the Epstein files.

Until women are equally paid and represented, whether in newsrooms, in boardrooms, in governments, and yes, at the helm of this institution – our United Nations.

IPS UN Bureau

 

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Le 2 mars, une mère et sa fillette mouraient à Skopje. Ce drame a provoqué une vague d'indignation en Macédoine du Nord et donné un relief particulier aux manifestations du 8 mars. Ivana avait dénoncé pendant des années les violences de son mari, sans obtenir de protection adéquate.

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Le 2 mars, une mère et sa fillette mourraient à Skopje. Ce drame a provoqué une vague d'indignation en Macédoine du Nord et donné un relief particulier aux manifestations du 8 mars. Ivana avait dénoncé pendant des années les violences de son mari, sans obtenir de protection adéquate.

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Wegen des Krieges im Iran ist der Luftraum über dem Irak gesperrt, weshalb das Nationalteam nicht zu den WM-Playoffs nach Mexiko reisen kann. Daher wird über ein anderes Datum diskutiert.

Wie von Blick angekündigt, verlässt Alessandro Vogt verlässt den FC St. Gallen im Sommer. Der Stürmer wird am Montag bei seinem neuen Klub Hoffenheim vorgestellt.

Gina H. steht im Mordfall Fabian vor Gericht: Die Ex-Freundin des Vaters soll das Kind am 10. Oktober 2025 mit sechs Messerstichen getötet haben. Jetzt äussert sich einer ihrer Anwälte erstmals – und wirft Fragen zum Verfahren auf.

Der kosovarische Geschäftsmann Feim Pulaj gerät im Skandal um das Engadiner Hotel Misani in Celerina GR ins Rampenlicht. Ermittlungen laufen wegen verschwundener Millionen und mutmasslich gefälschter Rechnungen über 18 Millionen Euro.

Eine ganze Region hat ihn gekannt. Den Mann, der in Escholzmatt LU ein unschuldiges Opfer eines Überholmanövers geworden ist: Tobias T. (†33). Seine Kollegen im Hornschlittenclub waren dabei oder fuhren an die Unfallstelle. Blick hat mit einem von ihnen gesprochen.

Wie geht es den Schweizer Firmen? Was läuft an der Wall Street? Und wie entwickeln sich der Bitcoin- und Goldpreis? Im Liveticker halten wir dich über die neusten Entwicklungen an den Märkten auf dem Laufenden.

Pourquoi l'Albanie et le Kosovo participent-ils donc au prétendu « Conseil de la paix » de Donald Trump ? Cette participation va à l'encontre des valeurs d'autodétermination et interroge sur la place de ces deux Etats sur l'échiquier européen et mondial. L'analyse du Collectif anticapitaliste albanais.

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Pourquoi l'Albanie et le Kosovo participent-ils donc au prétendu « Conseil de la paix » de Donald Trump ? Cette participation va à l'encontre des valeurs d'autodétermination et interroge sur la place de ces deux Etats sur l'échiquier européen et mondial. L'analyse du Collectif anticapitaliste albanais.

- Libres opinions. L'espace de débat du Courrier des Balkans / Blogs - Diaporama, Albanie, Kosovo, Une - Diaporama - En premier, Grand Bazar - Diaporama, Israël-Palestine , Une - Diaporama

Pourquoi l'Albanie et le Kosovo participent-ils donc au prétendu « Conseil de la paix » de Donald Trump ? Cette participation va à l'encontre des valeurs d'autodétermination et interroge sur la place de ces deux Etats sur l'échiquier européen et mondial. L'analyse du Collectif anticapitaliste albanais.

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Le service roumain de Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty va cesser d'émettre le 31 mars, comme le service bulgare. En cause, la coup des crédits de l'USAGM, décidée par l'administration Trump. Europa Liberă jouait pourtant un rôle crucial dans un paysage médiatique roumain de plus en plus chaotique.

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Le maire d'Istanbul, principal opposant à Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, est poursuivi pour « corruption » et « direction d'une organisation criminelle » dans une procédure dénoncée par l'opposition et les ONG comme un procès politique.

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Written by Sebastian Clapp.

Member States’ defence budgets

The 23 EU Member States that are also NATO members have long been guided by NATO’s 2 % of GDP defence spending commitment formalised at the 2014 Wales Summit. Allies agreed to ‘move towards’ the 2 % ‘guideline within a decade’, but in 2021 only seven of the 21 Member States that were then NATO members spent 2 % of GDP on defence. EU Member States participating in permanent structured cooperation (PESCO – all except Malta) also agreed to ‘regularly increase defence budgets in real terms’ under their PESCO commitments.

While defence budgets have increased in real terms since 2018/2019 (previously they had not even reached pre-2008 financial crisis levels), this follows years of chronic under-investment in defence in most Member States. In 2021, their combined defence budgets stood at €218 billion. Meanwhile, strategic rivals such as Russia and China increased their defence budgets by 300 % and 600 % respectively over the last decade, compared to a collective 20 % increase in EU countries (to 2022). The European Commission notes that, if all Member States had spent 2 % of GDP on defence from 2006 to 2020, this would have amounted to an extra €1.1 trillion for defence spending.

Defence budget definition

The EU uses the Classification of Functions of Government (COFOG) definition of defence spending, which includes ‘Military defence; civil defence; foreign military aid, R&D related to defence; defence not elsewhere classified’. NATO’s definition of defence spending is broader, as it includes military pensions, military healthcare (COFOG includes salaries but not healthcare) and, in some cases, spending on forces such as police or coast guards, but excludes civil defence, which COFOG includes. Moreover, discrepancies may arise from the timing of expenditure recording, particularly for military equipment, since NATO reporting does not adhere to national accounts rules on when such expenditure is recorded. Significant differences exist at national level: e.g. Spain wants to include investment in cyber security, counterterrorism and curbing climate change in its definition.

Russia’s war on Ukraine was a wake-up call for the EU. At the March 2022 Versailles Summit, EU leaders agreed to spend ‘more and better’ on defence. The Strategic Compass, a concrete plan of action for EU security and defence to 2030, reaffirmed this. The second von der Leyen Commission (2024-2029) has made defence a key EU priority. The first-ever Commissioner for Defence and Space was appointed and the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence was elevated to a full standing committee. The Commission also pledged to advance the European Defence Union, launched significant initiatives to boost the European defence industry (such as the first-ever European defence industrial strategy, EDIS), and a European defence industry programme (EDIP). The EU also legislated to boost ammunition production and incentivise joint procurement of urgent defence equipment. On 4 March 2025, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the ReArm Europe plan/ Readiness 2030. This aims to leverage €800 billion in defence spending to 2029, including a €150 billion EU-backed loan through the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument and measures to encourage national defence spending by activating the National Escape Clause of the Stability and Growth Pact for an additional 1.5 % of GDP spending on defence, redeployment of EU cohesion funds, European Investment Bank support and private capital mobilisation. On 19 March 2025, the Commission presented its white paper for European defence, outlining a strategic plan to close critical capability gaps, strengthen the defence industry and readiness, support Ukraine, and boost innovation and partnerships to ensure the continent’s long-term security. On 16 October 2025, the Commission and High Representative put forward the European defence readiness roadmap, which sets out clear objectives and milestones to achieve defence readiness by 2030. At the NATO Summit held in The Hague, NATO Allies endorsed a revised defence spending commitment, setting a target of allocating 5 % of GDP to defence by 2035 (3.5 % for core defence expenditure and 1.5 % for broader defence-related expenditure). All Allies, except Spain, have pledged to meet the 5 % defence spending benchmark by 2035. According to the EDA, meeting the 3.5 % of GDP would oblige many Member States to significantly increase spending, amounting to roughly €254 billion and lifting aggregate defence spending to about €635 billion in 2025 and€807 billion in 2035. This does not take into account that 3.5 % does not apply to non-NATO EU Member States. However, a clear distinction exists between political commitments and concrete budgetary planning (see Annex).

Defence spending increases

In 2022, collective annual EU defence budgets had already increased to €240 billion. In 2023, Member States reached a combined €279 billion (1.6 % of GDP) and €343 billion in 2024 (1.9 % of GDP). In 2025, Member States reached an estimated €381 billion (2.1 % of GDP). All EU NATO Allies now spend more than the 2 % defence expenditure benchmark agreed at the 2014 NATO Summit. The four non-NATO EU Member States (Ireland, Malta, Austria and Cyprus) do not. EU defence investment reached €106 billion in 2024 and was set to approach €130 billion in 2025.

Figure 1 – EU Member State defence expenditure, 2025, in % of GDP

Data Source: NATO and IISS, 2025.

However, there are significant regional differences in the EU. Germany’s defence spending rose by 23 % in real terms in 2024 and 18 % in 2025, bringing the 2025 budget to €95 billion, double its 2021 level. Spending increased from 1.27 % of GDP in 2021 to 2.14 % in 2025. Following reform of the constitutional debt brake, Berlin has committed to further increases, with funding projected to reach €117.2 billion in 2026 and €162 billion by 2029, equivalent to 3.2 % of GDP, or 3.5 % when broader defence-related items are included. Northern Europe has also recorded sustained growth. Sweden has enacted major uplifts under its Total Defence 2025 to 2030 framework, prioritising air defence, long range weapons, naval assets and research. Denmark established a DKK50 billion acceleration fund, raising spending to 2.65 % of GDP. Finland has maintained levels above 2 % of GDP and plans to reach 3 % by 2029. The Netherlands has more than doubled its defence budget since 2021, reaching €25.8 billion in 2025, around 2.2 % of GDP. In fiscally constrained states, growth is more calibrated. France increased its 2026 defence allocation to €68.5 billion, or 2.25 % of GDP, despite wider deficit pressures. Spain and Italy have also raised spending to 2 %, though in part by reclassifying security expenditures. Poland and the Baltic States top the ranking in relative terms: Poland records 4.48 %, Lithuania 4.00 %, Latvia 3.73 % and Estonia 3.38 %. According to NATO projections, all EU NATO members reached at least 2 % of GDP on defence spending in 2025 (see Figure 1). By comparison, US defence expenditure (NATO definition) has consistently stayed over 3 %; it was US$935 billion (3.19 % of GDP) in 2024 (≈€868 billion) and an estimated US$980 billion (≈3.2 % of GDP) in 2025 (≈€910 billion).

In aggregate terms, EU defence expenditure exceeds the declared budgets of Russia and China respectively, although both figures warrant caution given limited transparency. Despite lower headline spending, Moscow and Beijing are likely to generate higher cost effectiveness due to lower domestic price levels, integrated planning structures and reduced organisational overhead. Measured in purchasing power parity, Russia’s defence expenditure in 2024 is estimated at €234 billion, around twice the level indicated by market exchange rates, with a similar distortion likely in China. Over the past two decades, defence spending in Russia and China has more than doubled in real terms; Member States’ expenditure has risen by just over 50 % since 2008.

European Parliament position

Parliament has consistently called for an increase in defence spending. In its annual report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy 2025, MEPs welcome rising national defence spending but urge deeper European cooperation to prevent market fragmentation. They warn of persistent deterrence gaps and call for doctrinal adaptation, expanded industrial output and greater interoperability.

Read the complete At a glace note on ‘EU Member States’ defence budgets‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

La route des Balkans reste toujours l'une des principales voies d'accès l'Union européenne, pour les exilés du Proche et du Moyen Orient, d'Afrique ou d'Asie. Alors que les frontières Schengen se ferment, Frontex se déploie dans les Balkans, qui sont toujours un « sas d'accès » à la « forteresse Europe ». Notre fil d'infos en continu.

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