Serbia dropped reference to biometric technologies from its draft Law on Police, but its interior ministry has anyway installed formidable facial recognition software already used by Russia and Iran ...

Decision to hire US lobbying firm to boost ties to Trump’s administration prompts questions about the high cost – and whether it is even needed. Romanian President Nicusor Dan. Photo: EPA/DUMITRU DORU ...

The new leftist mayor of the Greek capital – whose seismic victory over the incumbent stunned observers – tells BIRN that dialogue, transparency and the reduction of inequalities will be the hallmarks ...

Six weeks after his Tisza movement upended Hungarian politics, Peter Magyar arrived in Poland on his first official foreign trip – a visit carefully designed to signal both democratic realignment and ...

In the latest in a series of espionage verdicts, Bojan Jevtic was jailed for six years for leaking confidential police information to Serbia's intelligence service, the BIA. Bojan Jevtic at the ...

Authorities say they are responding faster to domestic violence reports – but a series of recent deaths or murders of women suggests the gap between promises and meaningful change remains wide.

Central Bank data shows direct investments from Russia have fallen by 73 per cent since EU sanctions were imposed in 2022 over the war against Ukraine. Jelena Perovic, former head of the ...

Ukrainian Security Service says it suspects Davor Savicic, alleged commander of the Wolves combat unit, tortured and mistreated civilian captives while fighting for Russia in Ukraine in 2022.

Rare critical voice in Serbia's media scene is set to be acquired by new owners, raising concern in civil society about its future independence. Serbia’s foreign policy officials rests on 'four ...

Veteran right-winger takes up PM's post for fourth time, promising a focus on development, security and completing what he called a 'half-finished' transition to democracy.

Most European leaders stayed well away from Putin’s May jamboree – and the meagre presence of a few Bosnian Serb political leaders only underscored Moscow’s isolation.

Orban turned Hungary’s public service media into a propaganda machine after taking office in 2010. Now out of power, questions are being raised about what to do with the state media and the ...