Pristina Basic Court hands down a detention order for Kosovo Serb Dejan Pelevic, suspected of war crimes in Skenderaj/Srbica that left 15 dead and 16 missing in 1999. This post is also available in ...

Turkey experiences a second school shooting in two days after a teenage student’s attack leaves 20 wounded and two students and a teacher dead, as well as the shooter himself. Ayser Calik Secondary ...

Serbian Minister of Culture Nikola Selakovic said in court that he did nothing illegal, claiming that his trial over the removal of cultural heritage protection from the bombed-out Yugoslav Army HQ is ...

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 ...

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.

Concerns are raised after the Bosnian state court rejects an indictment of Dario Ristic - determining that Ristic, who fought for Russia in Ukraine, did not commit a criminal offence due to his ...

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 ...

A perfect storm of a child abuse scandal, the poor state of the economy and services, and a charismatic former insider with a well-organised party and a huge, diverse voter base were the necessary ...

Our selection of Premium stories this week takes a look at future goals as well as lost opportunities from the past. Vjosa Osmani answers questions after delivering a speech in Berlin, October 2025.

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 race has been a showdown between an experienced but visibly aged and increasingly authoritarian Orban, and a rock star-like newcomer Magyar with a rare talent for social media and endless energy ...

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: ...