Serbian leader voices dismay and Hungary mulls legal action after EU energy ministers voted to phase out all Russian gas imports from 2028. Construction work on the ‘Bulgaria and Serbia’ (IBS) gas ...

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A protest planned for Friday in Tirana – against the Hague war crimes court's trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci – has reignited feuding between Albania's premier Edi Rama and the biggest ...

Robert Fico’s coalition fell short on paper – until opposition lawmakers crossed the aisle, reshaping both Slovakia’s constitution from November 1 as well as the political map.

Raids on four Belgrade call centres in 2023 disrupted a multinational fraud operation that duped an estimated 70,000 people worldwide out of some 250 million euros, but the ringleaders were never ...

From the BIRN archives: After the death of nationalist leader Milosevic in 2006 while he was on trial for war crimes, Gordana Igric explained how he was not the only man responsible for the malign ...

The shocking killing of judge Astrit Kalaja on Monday inside a Tirana court has led to serious questions over levels of security in the country’s institutions. Photo illustration: EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA ...

A wild river given protection as a ‘national park’ in 2023 still faces serious threats to its biodiversity from pollution – and Albania’s government is doing little to stop it. Only a few metres ...

Against a backdrop of growing regional insecurity, Romania is pushing to rejuvenate and expand its depleted reserve forces. Romanian cadets attend the opening ceremony of the new academic year at ...

“A few weeks before the 2024 election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina started, my phone rang – it was a top-ranking person in the city administration and the ruling party. This person had never ...

With most votes counted, the main pro-Western party looks set to govern Moldova for a second consecutive term with a solid majority – and with the clear aim of steering Moldova into the EU fold.

From the BIRN archives: When the European Union gave what is now North Macedonia candidate status in 2005, people celebrated. But Ana Petruseva argued that, from that point on, it was up to the ...