Kosovo police held 109 suspects as part of a major operation in Prizren municipality related to allegations of fraud in the December 28 parliamentary elections. A police van in front of the Basic ...

Kosovo, Bulgaria and Turkey have signed the Board of Peace Charter, under Donald Trump’s auspices, but several other Balkan countries are still pondering whether to join the initiative. US President ...

Boban Tonic entered a not guilty plea at Pristina Basic court on Tuesday, where he is on trial for allegedly committing war crimes against ethnic Albanian prisoners held in the Lipljan/Ljipjane prison ...

While Albania’s Edi Rama welcomed an invitation to join Donald Trump’s proposed Board of Peace, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and Greece merely confirmed that they had received invitations. United States ...

Election Commission orders recount at all polling stations in the country after limited recount in ten municipalities reveals significant manipulation of votes cast. Illustration: BIRN/Denis Sllovinja ...

Rights organisations hail acquittal of 24 humanitarian workers who took part in migrant rescue operations in Greece, slating the trial as ‘an attempt to criminalise solidarity and demonise ...

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has proposed using artificial intelligence in public procurement processes to tackle corruption – but experts argue that the root causes should be dealt with first.

BIRN's monitoring of digital rights violations in August and September highlighted a threatening Hungarian ‘dark web’ site that contained illegally obtained images of women, plus a series of arrests ...

Ending months of rumours, Rumen Radev on Monday announced that he was quitting – and dropping heavy hints that he is now likely to create a party of his own. Rumen Radev at a press conference with ...

Far-right demonstrators in Bucharest shouted slogans against a law that has tightened the penalties on supporters of fascist and racist movements – even though its implementation has been patchy. Riot ...

When police attacked the first demonstrations against Albania’s repressive communist regime in April 1991, four students were killed. The officials who were initially convicted were amnestied, and ...

Mijic was released from extradition detention in Serbia, after spending a year behind the bars, which is the legal maximum a person can spend in extradition detention. Currently, he resides on the ...