Controversial US rapper also known as Ye – who has been banned from the UK and Australia – will hold a concert in Tirana on July 11, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Facebook. Kanye West at the ...

Defence lawyers filed an urgent motion to the UN court for the release of the 84-year-old Bosnian Serb war crimes and genocide convict after he reportedly suffered a stroke last month. This post is ...

The former head of the Serbian State Security Service, Jovica Stanisic, sentenced to 15 years in prison for wartime violations in Bosnia and Croatia, has apologised for his crimes and requested early ...

Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe bestows its top 'award' on Croatian judge Ivan Markovic for issuing over 20 lawsuits against journalists – the third 'winner' from Croatia in five years. Hrvoje ...

The vote removing Diana Sosoaca’s parliamentary immunity clears the way for her criminal prosecution in Romania for allegedly detaining a journalist and promoting anti-Semitism. Diana Sosoaca waves ...

Former prime minister warns of democratic decline, criticises the rightward shift of her former party, the HDZ, and reflects on Croatia’s successful path to the EU. Interviewing Jadranka Kosor, ...

Catch up on the weekend’s most important developments with Balkan Insight’s digest of news from countries across the region. Our Premium Service gives you full access to all content published on ...

If the European Commission decides to follow the parliament’s recommendation, it could start a process that both Hungary and Poland went through when they were governed by anti-EU, populist ...

The current Law on Religious Freedom, adopted the year before Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, provides no mechanism for the legal recognition of a religious community, but it does ...

Former President Rumen Radev is on course for a landslide win with his freshly formed Progressive Bulgaria party, vowing to tackle poverty and oligarchic power - but raising questions with his ...

Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week tells a story of political change in key countries in the region, but associated uncertainty about future political directions. Rumen Radev, ...

In a world that increasingly finds itself turned upside down, our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week tries to make sense of the past, present and future. Following parliament’s ...