Yet because the election system is designed to favour strong parties, a two-thirds parliamentary majority seems to have become the norm in Hungary, which contains its own dangers.

Police raids targeted call centre fraud operations across Tirana, with 10 suspects arrested and almost a million euros in cash seized. Albanian police. Photo illustration: Geri Emiri/BIRN. Albanian ...

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 ...

Rumen Radev says his party's likely success in April 19 elections could trigger a rerun of events last year in Romania – where a far-right candidate's presidential win was annulled by courts citing ...

The two countries’ failure to maintain liaisons to the EU’s criminal justice agency – partly for political reasons – is a setback to vital cooperation against cross-border organised crime groups. In ...

The arrest of opposition politician Umit Erkol on corruption allegations has intensified claims that President Erdogan’s government is using the judiciary to target political rivals in a sweeping ...

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 ...

President Erdogan’s ruling party has taken control of the important municipality of Bursa following the arrest of its opposition mayor on April 4, along with 30 others. Bursa Municipality headquarters ...

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 ...

US vice president heaps praise on Hungary’s right-wing leader in a late attempt to swing the weekend election Viktor Orban’s way. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomes US Vice President JD ...

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: ...