Churches in southeast Europe are under growing pressure to address the theological and practical issues raised by the use of artificial intelligence in religion. When the 14th century Tuman Orthodox ...

Michael Durkee, former adviser to NATO commander Wesley Clark, tells court that Hashim Thaci did not have the authority within the Kosovo Liberation Army to rein in post-war acts of revenge by some ...

They are Muslims like the majority of Kosovo Albanians, and speak a similar language to Serbs, but Kosovo’s minority Bosniaks have encountered discrimination, violence and poverty as they endeavoured ...

New rules making it easier to shoot bears roaming in towns and villages follow rise in reports of bear attacks on humans and populated areas. A male brown bear at the courtyard of the Octavian Goga ...

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In Kosovo, image-based sexual abuse, sometimes known as ‘revenge porn’, feeds on stigma and an intense fear of exposure, meaning victims suffer largely alone. Five years ago, Albana, then in her early ...

With one of the highest rates of overweight or obese people in Europe, Czechia has a long way to go in promoting a healthier lifestyle and a better awareness about the dangers of those extra few or ...

A Greek-Swiss initiative seeks to reopen the historic Peloponnese Railway to boost tourism and generate income for locals – but is the project really practical? “The train passed through my village. I ...

Some Croatian defence industry manufacturers are leaders in their field, and business is booming. Assault rifles, pistols, demining hardware and helmets – these are the backbone of Croatia’s growing ...

A seven-year vetting process in Albania has been hailed as setting new standards in the fight against judicial graft. Can the country maintain them? In mid-December, Albania’s Independent Qualifying ...

Pupils at some Serbian high schools left classes to show support for the mother of one of the victims of the Novi Sad railway station tragedy, Diana Hrka, whose hunger strike is in its fifth day.

In finding Greece responsible for a “systematic practice of pushbacks”, the European Court of Human Rights has offered a glimmer of hope for asylum seekers summarily sent back to Turkey - but few ...