Balkan News

The UN secretary-general did not reappoint Hague court judge Aydin Sefa Akay under pressure from Ankara after he was convicted of belonging to a ‘terrorist organisation’ alleged to have staged a coup attempt in Turkey.

As Bosnia splurges cash on wages, pensions and benefits for war veterans, the International Monetary Fund has put its credit programme for the country on hold.

Liberal leader Ludovic Orban testified as prosecutors investigate whether the prime minister and ruling party leader damaged state interests when disclosing plans to move Romania’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

Australian company Valley Eyewear removed footage of the memorial at the World War II concentration camp at Jasenovac in Croatia from a sunglasses advertisement after a public outcry.

Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Sladjan Pajic was arrested on suspicion that he committed multiple rapes and mistreated detained Bosniak civilians in Vlasenica in 1992.

The death of 21-year-old David Dragicevic has triggered anger over what some Bosnian Serbs see as police incompetence and indifference.

Pro-Russian President Igor Dodon could be suspended if he continues to refuse to endorse Moldova’s new military security strategy, which identifies Moscow’s forces in breakaway Transnistria as a threat.

Serbian experts say President Vucic will try to use Vladimir Putin's visit in November to impress Serbian nationalist voters at a sensitive time – when a deal between Kosovo and Serbia could be imminent.

Bosnian government institutions and public companies spent around 4.5 million euros on purchasing vehicles in the first six months of 2018, BIRN’s new database shows.

Kosovo opposition parties have dismissed President Hashim Thaci's call for them to join talks on the negotiating team and platform with Serbia – saying he lacks the legitimacy to lead such talks.

The failure of the Brussels summit to reward Macedonia and Albania with a start date for membership talks will have a chilling effect on the prospects for reform all across the region.

The second part of BIRN’s series on ‘Feral Tribune’ looks at how the Croatian authorities hit back against the iconic anti-establishment magazine, crippling the satirical publication’s finances with lawsuits and taxes.

Five years after Croatia joined the EU, all member countries have opened their labour markets to Croats except Austria – which has decided to keep restrictions in place until July 2020.

Ahead of a referendum due in autumn, Macedonia's government has launched a social media campaign in support of the historic agreement with Greece over its name.

Former soldiers from Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Federation entity blocked the Bijaca border crossing with Croatia, demanding welfare benefits and a proper register of those who fought in the 1992-95 war.

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Radomir Susnjar pleaded not guilty to participating in the murders of 57 Bosniaks who were burned alive in a house in Visegrad in 1992.

Prosecutors called for the conviction of Jovan Tintor, a former adviser to Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is accused of crimes against humanity against Bosniaks and Croats in Bosnia’s Vogosca area in 1992.

Vienna’s motto during its six months at the helm of the EU will be “a Europe that protects” – with ‘protecting’ the continent against migration at the top of the agenda.

There was euphoria on the streets of Croatia on Sunday night after Croatia beat Denmark with a nail-biting penalty in Nizhny Novgorod – pushing Croatia though to the World Cup quarter-finals.

As Croatia marks the fifth anniversary of its EU membership, the country is still assessing what it gained – and lost – from becoming part of the club.