Huge crowds are expected to gather at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre on Saturday as Bosnia marks the 31st anniversary of the 1995 genocide and buries ten newly identified victims. Republika Srpska’s ...

The casting of a black actor as the legendary beauty in Christopher Nolan’s Hollywood remake of Homer’s Odyssey is stoking right-wing fury in the US – but some Greeks point out that no one ‘owns’ ...

Prime Minister Edi Rama claims the daily protests shaking Tirana are misguided or manipulated from outside. BIRN spoke with some of the most dedicated protesters to find out more about their hopes for ...

Nirha Efendic was 16 when her father and brother were killed in 1995. Photographs collected for a memorialisation project about the Srebrenica genocide are a powerful reminder of her family’s last ...

Looking out over Prague from where a monument of the Soviet dictator once stood, the Stalin Cultural Centre has long been a hub for the city’s alternative culture scene. Now it’s fighting for survival ...

More than three decades after the peace deal that ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armin Graca's photographs and materials found in archives show how the former frontline still has an impact ...

Late last year, responding to US and EU pressure, the Montenegrin government said it would require telecoms providers to phase out Chinese equipment. It has yet to do so, BIRN can reveal. Montenegro ...

Decision to again postpone verdict in trial of ex-President Hashim Thaci and three others – to September 16 – draws furious criticism in Kosovo, with critics calling it 'unjust' and 'humiliating'.

Individuals acquitted of war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina have received far more money in compensation than the survivors of war crimes. The latter wait for decades and often never receive ...

In Ankara for the NATO summit, President Trump announces end of sanctions against Turkey – and greenlights fighter jet sales to the country. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes US ...

New 'Virtual Memories' app allows users to access virtual memorials at 50 unmarked war crime sites – aimed at helping younger people learn more about their country's wartime past. This post is also ...

Republika Srpska's law changes introducing prison terms for displaying symbols of the Bosniak-led 1990s wartime army – or of the World War II-era fascist Croatian state – are likely to be challenged ...