MPs elect Albin Kurti as Kosovo's new Prime Minister – as Brussels urges new government to resume stalled reforms and restart the EU-led dialogue with Serbia. Albin Kurti in Kosovo’s parliament after ...

The shootings of six people connected to an environmental activist group and a ‘spiritual’ adventure-tour guide, with no surviving witnesses, have led to the case being dubbed ‘the Bulgarian Twin ...

‘They send people to their deaths,’ Bosnian recruit Selver Hrustic says of the Russian army in an interview in his Ukrainian prison cell, where he’s being held as a prisoner of war. For Selver Hrustic ...

After Milorad Dodik insulted Bosniaks during the election campaign for the Republika Srpska presidency, he called them ‘enemies’ – among other insults – in a speech celebrating his ally’s victory.

As beaches, historic sites and natural beauties in Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and Turkey draw increasing numbers of tourists, governments eye bumper profits – though experts warn that ...

In closing statements at the trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three others, prosecutors demanded 45 years in prison for each of them, based on the 'gravity' of the war-crimes charges ...

BIRN’s second Reporting House museum in Pristina tells the stories of Kosovo Albanians who found refuge in North Macedonia after Serbian forces deported them on trains in 1999. This post is also ...

The trial started in Belgrade of Culture Minister Nikola Selakovic over the removal of cultural heritage status from the NATO-bombed Yugoslav Army HQ site, which Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared ...

A court in Chinsinau convicted three Moldovan citizens of participating in Russian-led training camps in Bosnia and Serbia in 2024 in order to incite unrest and disrupt elections at home. A judge at ...

For the first time in 16 years, the Hungarian opposition is in a favourable position against Viktor Orban. This programme is produced by the European platform ARTE and available in 10 languages ...

Thousands of Bulgarians on Wednesday called for reforms and voiced frustration with political corruption – especially targeting the MRF – New Beginning leader and sanctioned oligarch Delyan Peevski.

BIRN has launched a ten-part podcast of its ‘Women’s Wars’ series, which profiles courageous women activists and journalists who worked for justice and freedom in the Yugoslav wars years. Illustration ...