Record-breaking penalties imposed by Bosnia’s Central Election Commission for campaign violations will not change the main parties’ ways, fair-elections campaigner warns.

Top politicians in Kosovo said the Hague judgment finding ex-President Thaci and three other Kosovo Liberation Army ex-leaders guilty of war crimes was unjust – but a Serbian minister said it proved ...

With elections approaching in Bosnia and Serbia, rhetoric is heating up, while in Turkey and Albania, campaigners are feeling the pressure, as our round-up of Balkan Insight Premium stories shows.

The EU said Ursula von der Leyen's Balkan visit will miss Serbia and Bosnia – citing elections – but Serbia's president dismissed this as ‘elegant’ excuse for a no-show after controversy over Ratko ...

MEP Siegfried Muresan has accepted the challenge of becoming Romania’s prime minister-designate, but his prospects for forming a new government are poor, experts said.

Authorities arrest fund managers suspected of manipulating markets and liquidate 130 troubled investment funds as turmoil roils country's financial industry. A Turkish trader at the Borsa Istanbul ...

The Dutch city and the war crimes court are on alert, with thousands expected to gather in support of former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders ahead of their trial verdict. This post is also available in ...

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three fellow ex-guerrilla leaders were given lengthy prison sentences for war crimes including arbitrary detention, torture and murder during the 1998-99 ...

Demonstrations continue against guilty verdicts handed down to former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former KLA leaders – with war veterans hoping to widen the protest movement.