Balkan News

Greeks opposed to the recent deal with Macedonia over its name clashed with police in the capital, Athens, and in Thessaloniki on Sunday.

Montenegro’s authorities said they will join Serbia and Kosovo in supporting the establishment of the RECOM fact-finding commission on the 1990s wars in the Balkans.

Over 20,000 people protested in the Great National Assembly Square in the Moldovan capital on Sunday, condeming the invalidation of the recent mayoral election in Chisinau.

An exchange of territories between Kosovo and Serbia as part of a final deal between Belgrade and Pristina seems an unlikely outcome, but equal rights should be agreed for Serbia’s Albanians as well as Kosovo’s Serbs.

Analysis shows many Bosnian politicians still make no use of social media to get their message across – which one expert says is a big mistake in the modern era.

After the Venice Commission expressed concern that some of the planned changes to Serbia’s constitution could undermine judicial independence, NGOs and judges want to be included in any further amendments – despite the government ignoring their call.

Romanian factories making clothes for British fashion brands were already struggling with dwindling profit margins, high worker turnover and competition from Asia. Then came Brexit.

In the first of a two-part series, BIRN looks at the founding 25 years ago of ‘Feral Tribune’, a magazine that fought constant battles with Croatia’s 1990s regime and remains a symbol of independent journalism.

Police arrested a Bosnian Serb who was crossing the border into Croatia on suspicion of ordering the inhumane treatment of prisoners at the wartime Manjaca prison camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

While most of Europe has begun phasing out coal, Balkan politicians continue to claim that building new coal plants will bring jobs in the lignite industry. Such rhetoric misleads communities and jeopardises the chances of a just energy transition.

A US court has ruled that former Bosnian Serb soldier Aleksandar Knjeginjic can be extradited to Bosnia and Herzegovina on suspicion that he participated in the murders of a Bosniak couple in Prijedor in 1994.

Amid worries in Serbia over the declining use of the Cyrillic script, Belgrade city hall is introducing benefits for companies that promote the country's traditional alphabet.

From July 1, Kosovo prosecutors will be handling serious corruption and war crimes cases without international supervision as the EU’s rule-of-law mission switches to an advisory role.

Bosnia’s Constitutional Court will hear an appeal filed by the defence of former Croatian Defence Council fighter Indira Kameric, who was sentenced to four years in prison for crimes against civilian detainees.

The Serbian parliament adopted new legislation to regulate the building of war memorials which says that monuments that are not in line with “the tradition of the liberation wars of Serbia” could be demolished.

The EU has said it will help Bosnia cover the cost of a new centre for migrants and refugees once the authorities in Bosnia have agreed on a suitable location for it.

Kosovo police have arrested three persons suspected of terrorism in an operation conducted in collaboration with authorities in Germany.

The EU's last-minute compromise statement backs formation of processing centres inside the EU and 'disembarkation platforms' outside EU borders – and promises more financial help for African states and cooperation with Western Balkans.

The US Congress’ House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution urging Belgrade to prosecute the killers of the Albanian-American Bytyqi brothers, murdered in 1999 after being detained by Serbian police.

We take a look at the consequences of the Turkish elections, Bulgaria’s stewardship of the EU, the latest turmoil in Moldova and much more.