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.

Without a new model of financial sustainability, the journalistic profession – a cornerstone of democracy – risks disappearing. Over more than 30 years as a journalist, I have gone through almost ...

The Interior Ministry is seeking to prosecute Mabel Matiz over his latest song, which it says is obscene and undermines public morality.

Some 86 percent of Europeans say heritage matters. Yet the reality on the ground presents a more complicated picture. From lotteries to preserve historic sites, to crowds flocking to European Heritage ...

Pro-Russian parties dismiss reported dismantling of network allegedly trained in Serbia to subvert Sunday's election as a well-timed stunt. Moldovan police during the raid. Screen grab from a video ...

Politicians have joined figures from the arts and acting world in paying tribute to Enver Petrovci, who has passed away at the age of 71. Enver Petrovci in 2021. Photo: BIRN Enver Petrovci, one of ...

The start to the new parliamentary session was overshadowed by more allegations of sexual abuse and systemic cover-up at Hungary’s state care facilities. The scandal risks undermining Fidesz’s ‘family ...

Erion Veliaj’s dismissal as Tirana mayor appears to have terminated the career of a man once seen as a possible successor to Edi Rama.

BIRN exposes the business links between the sons of convicted Serbian war criminal ‘Frenki’ Simatovic and a network of individuals and offshore companies that the US says works for blacklisted arms ...

Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences. Young people are leaving. Fertility rates have collapsed. Societies ...

President Ivan Duque called it “the most severe blow” to Colombian drug trafficking in this century, comparable only to the arrest of drug lord Pablo Escobar three decades ago. The excitement was ...

From powderkeg to “psy-ops” – the story of a Cold War ammunition depot that became a focus of international intrigue. Illustration: Sanja Pantic/BIRN The Fellowship brings you longform stories from ...