Rights organisations in Montenegro welcome law change offering women suffering from painful menstrual cramps two days' paid leave each month.

Arrest of unnamed suspects relates to ongoing excavation of suspected mass grave near Zubin Potok – which some believes may contain remains of 23 Kosovo Albanians abducted in 1999. Nearly three ...

Confrontation erupts as MPs gather for the final parliamentary session before the summer holidays, as daily anti-government demonstrations continue. Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in front ...

Successful hacking of the national cadastre has brought real estate transactions to a halt – and revealed the poor state of cybersecurity in the country’s major institutions. Photo illustration: ...

Lab tests back claims that faeces have polluted Gostivar's drinking water, causing a major health crisis – with more than 3,000 locals falling ill so far. The centre of Gostivar, North Macedonia.

Prime Minister Rumen Radev says parliament will likely approve US military aircraft using Bezmer airfield in central Bulgaria for refuelling purposes - after previously criticising the presence of US ...

The 2026 report found that 47 per cent of its recommendations made in last year's report have been followed up, either fully or partially. Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European ...

Rights organisations in Montenegro welcome law change offering women suffering from painful menstrual cramps two days’ paid leave each month. New digital rights monitoring report published by BIRN ...

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The Trump administration is now making it clear that it sees the Balkans as a field to pursue its commercial, energy and defence-related interests – and not ‘democracy-building’. Litter, construction ...

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Serbian women’s right organisations welcome Montenegrin law amendments introducing paid menstrual leave – and call for similar advance in their own country.