Our selection of Premium stories this week takes a look at future goals as well as lost opportunities from the past. Vjosa Osmani answers questions after delivering a speech in Berlin, October 2025.

Donald Trump Jr’s visit to Banja Luka for a business panel, held under heavy security, is seen as part of Republika Srpska’s efforts to cultivate ties with Washington. Donald Trump Jr speaking at the ...

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, ...

One man was killed, two others were captured and two police officers were wounded after a gunfight erupted near a building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. The building that houses the ...

The Greek government will ban children under 15 years old from using TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, saying the goal is 'to push the EU in this direction as well'. Photo illustration: ...

Kosovo will face a much more hostile international environment if far-right parties gain more power in core EU states like France and Germany, while the US under Trump remains indifferent to the ...

Viktor Orban toured military units near the Serbian border the day after the Belgrade authorities said they found explosives near a gas pipeline to Hungary – and denied the incident was staged to ...

Archival records indicate that Jup Kazazi died by suicide following a firefight in the city of Shkodra with the People’s Defence Brigade, an arm of the communist regime’s Ministry of Defence. His body ...

US General Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser to Donald Trump, is to host the ‘First Annual Economic Summit Europe 2026’ in Republika Srpska in May. Michael Flynn speaks to Trump ...

Lence Ristoska quits after being removed from two politically sensitive cases concerning alleged corruption within the ruling party – calling it the last straw in a series of moves aimed at preventing ...

Witness accounts and watchdog reports point to widespread physical and verbal abuse, neglect, restraint and sedation in understaffed care homes in Croatia for the elderly and those with mental ...

North Macedonia’s new Chief Prosecutor, Nenad Saveski, has made a decision that could determine the fate of two of the country’s most sensitive cases, both of which target the alleged illegal ...