Firefighters worked through the night as the blaze took hold in the hills around the Dalmatian seaside resort of Omis, destroying houses and cars. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on ...

Record low water levels in the River Danube force temporary shutdown of Romania’s last operating nuclear reactor, obliging the country to import more electricity. River vessels transporting goods pass ...

After a week of fires blazing in the famous nature reserve known as ‘Europe’s Sahara’ amid searing temperatures in Serbia, authorities say they've finally got the situation under control. A fire ...

In March 1999, as Serbian forces expelled Kosovo Albanian families from their homes, Sali Morina and his wife had to carry three of their children, all suffering from muscular dystrophy, by hand to ...

Milorad Pupovac said glorification of Croatia's WWII fascist state in Knin during anniversary celebrations of 'Operation Storm' was an attack on democracy and in no way patriotic. This post is also ...

In the 12 months since Karol Nawrocki took office, Law and Justice – the party that brought him to power – is tearing itself apart, while the president is emerging as the figure around whom Poland’s ...

Opposition condemns lack of transparency after Foreign Minister reveals government is working behind closed doors to solve dispute with Bulgaria and unblock EU talks. North Macedonia’s Foreign ...

Serbia plans to produce drones with the Israeli arms giant Elbit Systems, BIRN/Haaretz can reveal, despite the firm’s high-profile involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza. In early March, ...

With the Danube River at a historical low in some parts of Serbia, fuel imports arriving by river are at risk and energy production is being reduced. Serbia’s Hydrometeorological Service on Wednesday ...

A Serbian national allegedly linked to Serbian intelligence – arrested recently while on holiday in Croatia – is accused of hacking into several major state institutions and agencies. Photo ...

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Using wartime photographs provided by veteran photographers Zeljko Gasparovic and Stanko Feric, BIRN returned to the exact locations where they were taken to document how these places have changed ...