Kosovo police held 109 suspects as part of a major operation in Prizren municipality related to allegations of fraud in the December 28 parliamentary elections. A police van in front of the Basic ...

While Albania’s Edi Rama welcomed an invitation to join Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and Greece merely confirmed that they had received invitations. United States ...

Kosovo, Bulgaria and Turkey have signed the Board of Peace Charter, under Donald Trump’s auspices, but several other Balkan countries are still pondering whether to join the initiative. US President ...

Rights organisations hail acquittal of 24 humanitarian workers who took part in migrant rescue operations in Greece, slating the trial as ‘an attempt to criminalise solidarity and demonise ...

Far-right demonstrators in Bucharest shouted slogans against a law that has tightened the penalties on supporters of fascist and racist movements – even though its implementation has been patchy. Riot ...

New draft law aims to drastically tighten restrictions on smoking, and on advertising nicotine products, amid stubbornly high consumption rates. A woman smokes a cigarette in Skopje. Photo: EPA/GEORGI ...

In Serbia, 2025 was the year when protesting students rejected collaboration with the country’s civil society NGOs - but at what cost? Twenty-one-year-old Jovana Pongracic is a third-year student of ...

In 2017 the opposition VMRO DPMNE party accused the then ruling Social Democrats of secret plans to take in Middle Eastern migrants. These turned out to be unfounded. Now the VMRO DPMNE is in power, ...

Court snubs a compensation request from veteran former Montenegrin leader Milo Djukanovic as he disputes an anti-corruption agency decision related to a credit card while he was in office.

Tirana’s EU accession process is running in top gear – but worryingly, there’s no sign this is being matched with a democratic deepening at home. In 2025, Albania moved through the EU accession ...

As 2026 begins, we look back on some of the most important investigations published by BIRN in its 20th anniversary year – from brutal migrant-smuggling gangs and arms deals with Israel to state ...

In giving a clear victory to Albin Kurti’s Vetevendosje, Kosovo’s voters delivered a strong message – the months-long political stalemate must end so the country can move forward. As the dust settles ...