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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The new head of RTSH, Eni Vasili, admits to BIRN that the company is facing a dire financial situation – after several contributors revealed they had not been paid for months. Eni Vasili (middle), the ...

Alexandru Balan's detention in Romania forms part of a wider crackdown on a suspected Belarusian spy network. A riot policeman at the entrance of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and ...

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Tough new bill introducing fines and prison terms for illegal migrants draws condemnation from opposition parties and human rights organisations. Refugees and migrants walk towards the port authority ...

Three more people have been arrested in Moldova on suspicion of involvement in plotting to cause unrest in the country after allegedly being trained at Russian-run camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina.