In finding Greece responsible for a “systematic practice of pushbacks”, the European Court of Human Rights has offered a glimmer of hope for asylum seekers summarily sent back to Turkey - but few ...

Thousands joined the parade commemorating the outlawed Day of Republika Srpska, uniting bikers, veterans, civil servants and armed police in collective defiance of Bosnia’s state. Delegations from ...

Three decades later, and with war raging in neighbouring Ukraine, it’s worth remembering the sparks that ignited the conflict over Transnistria. Thirty years ago, in March 1992, people on both sides ...

The cost of menstrual products remains a little-discussed form of inequality, even though it affects large numbers of women and girls in wealthy Western European countries as well as in the Balkans.

German defence giant is to build a new ammunition and propellant factory in central Romania, as Europe ramps up arms production amid the war in Ukraine. Germany’s Rheinmetall AG CEO Armin Papperger (L ...

Some Croatian defence industry manufacturers are leaders in their field, and business is booming. Assault rifles, pistols, demining hardware and helmets – these are the backbone of Croatia’s growing ...

In Kosovo, image-based sexual abuse, sometimes known as ‘revenge porn’, feeds on stigma and an intense fear of exposure, meaning victims suffer largely alone. Five years ago, Albana, then in her early ...

President and prime minister voice indignation over far-right attack on Serbian folk dance and choir in the city of Split – as opposition insists the government bears responsibility for growing ...

Acting PM's latest plan – to form a Vetevendosje government without him as premier – has drawn a cool response from his rivals, who have repeated their calls for early elections. Vetevendosje leader ...

Twenty-four years on, refugees from Kosovo – and those who took them in – recall the pain of leaving a home, and perhaps never returning. This post is also available in this language: Shqip ...

Witnesses told the Hague Tribunal that the notorious Scorpions unit was controlled by the Serbian Interior Ministry during the Yugoslav wars. Can an in-depth analysis of the court’s archives establish ...

As the tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina goes, instead of fireworks, the country welcomes the new year with another political dispute – this time, over the impending verdict in the trial of Bosnian ...