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.

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 ...

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 ...

John Stewart Duncan told the court the KLA was 'not a hierarchical organisation where people do what they are told' – and real power lay with the operational zone commanders. This post is also ...

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 ...

Long-awaited US sanctions on the company should go ahead on Wednesday, after the US Ministry of Finance postponed their imposition for just four more days. Gazprom gas station in Belgrade. Photo: BIRN ...

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 ...

China’s Huawei has come to dominate the 5G rollout in Cyprus, with risks for data security and independent policymaking that go far beyond the island’s shores, experts warn. This post is also ...

A church service in Shkoder in November 2016 to celebrate the beatification of 38 Catholics who were executed by Albania’s former communist regime. Photo: EPA/STR. How Albania Became the World’s First ...