Rights groups condemned decision to bury former General Nebojsa Pavkovic, who was convicted of war crimes against Kosovo Albanians, in an area reserved for 'meritorious citizens' – and with military ...

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Robert Fico’s coalition fell short on paper – until opposition lawmakers crossed the aisle, reshaping both Slovakia’s constitution from November 1 as well as the political map.

Raids on four Belgrade call centres in 2023 disrupted a multinational fraud operation that duped an estimated 70,000 people worldwide out of some 250 million euros, but the ringleaders were never ...

The city of Prijedor is a microcosm of how the media is treated by ruling parties across Republika Srpska, with the authorities exerting direct control over some outlets, punishing others they can’t ...

Italian anthropologist Giuseppe Tateo speaks to BIRN about the symbolism and ongoing controversies surrounding the imposing National Cathedral about to be consecrated in Bucharest. Yielding slightly ...

In the first of her monthly despatches from the United States capital, Jovana Djurovic explains that while US involvement in the Balkan region has become low-profile under Trump, Washington is still ...

Hundreds of protestors marched to Hatvanpuszta, a vast estate tied to the family of Hungary’s prime minister and seen by many as a symbol of corruption in Hungary. The so-called ‘safari tour’ was ...

A year since an historic handshake symbolically launched the latest bid to end decades of fighting between Turkish government forces and Kurdish militants, Kurds are growing frsutrated with a lack of ...

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 ...

Three years after hackers targeted Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state parliament, it remains the only country in Europe without a Computer Emergency Response Team because of administrative obstacles and ...

Without a new model of financial sustainability, the journalistic profession – a cornerstone of democracy – risks disappearing, warns the president of the European Federation of Journalists ahead of ...