Slavko Simic of the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party pleaded not guilty to involvement in violent attacks with stun grenades and bricks on journalists covering protests by Serbs in north Kosovo in ...

Folk music lovers throughout the former Yugoslavia are mourning the death of Bosnian singer Halid Beslic, whose songs became standards at parties, weddings and taverns across the region. Halid Beslic.

MPs slammed the Albanian parliament’s administration for sending out an official document listing the country’s Communist-era dictator Enver Hoxha as a ‘hero’. A scandal has erupted in Albanian ...

Judge Astrit Kalaja was shot and killed during a hearing at the Court of Appeal in Tirana, drawing shocked reactions from political leaders. Judge Astrit Kalaja. Photo: BIRN. Judge Astrit Kalaja has ...

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After his widely predicted win over the weekend, the billionaire former PM has begun talks with smaller right-wing and far-right parties to form a government. Leader of the ANO (YES) movement Andrej ...

Deportations of unsheltered EU migrants, mainly from Poland and Romania, are on the rise in the Netherlands. Some experts and NGOs regard the policy as barely legal; others argue it gives the ...

Echoing the destructive floods of 2023, heavy rain has caused significant damage across the country, especially in the south, where two fatalities have been confirmed. The flooded centre of Burgas, ...

North Macedonia’s highest judicial body has dismissed a Skopje Appeals Court Judge, Enver Bexheti, who the US blacklisted last year for alleged involvement in corruption. Judge Enver Behxheti. Photo: ...

Against a backdrop of growing regional insecurity, Romania is pushing to rejuvenate and expand its depleted reserve forces. Romanian cadets attend the opening ceremony of the new academic year at ...

From the BIRN archives: When the European Union gave what is now North Macedonia candidate status in 2005, people celebrated. But Ana Petruseva argued that, from that point on, it was up to the ...

The Bosnian Serb strongman has named his candidate for the November 23 presidential elections in the Serb-led entity, finally acknowledging his court conviction and exclusion from office in August.