The Bosnian court upheld the verdict sentencing seven wartime fighters and military policemen to a total of 30 years in prison for the unlawful detention, torture and murder of Serb civilian ...

Serbia has done little to implement European standards in handling cases of sexual violence against women, meaning survivors who report their abusers face a long and often humiliating path to ...

As Albanian websites spread falsehoods to discredit women in the media, a culture of silence and weak legal protections leave women journalists increasingly vulnerable.

Bojan Jevtic, a Kosovo Police officer suspcted of espionage, is taken to Pristina Basic Court on July 18, 2025. Photo: BIRN Pristina Basic Court on Friday ordered 30 days of detention for a police ...

This week’s Balkan Insight Premium stories reflect the region’s ongoing push-and-pull between hopes of peace and the bitter weight of history.

We Continue the Change is facing unprecedented challenges as key figures are targeted by institutions – potentially leaving pro-Russian nationalists as the only ‘opposition’ left in Bulgaria.

Highly professional outlet’s disappearance will lower the quality and standards of media throughout the region – but could stimulate a push for reform and change.

Former Serbian security service member sentenced in absentia to 15 years' prison over the disappearance of a Kosovo Albanian doctor who went missing in April 1998 – and has not been seen since.

As heatwaves intensify across the Balkans, the 2025 wildfire season is not merely testing the region’s emergency responses but long-term planning, coordination and political will.

Millions of euros in EU subsidies were paid out to Greeks who fraudulently declared pastureland, but while state complicity is clear, the government looks unlikely to fall.

Hague court overrides defence motion to dismiss some war crime charges against Hashim Thaci and three others on the grounds that they include events that did not occur within the timeframe of the ...

PM on Wednesday lays cornerstone of country's biggest renewable energy project so far, a €430-million wind farm that could bring power to some 100,000 households.