Police made multiple arrests at a student-led demonstration in Novi Sad on Friday night, which descended into violence following a police intervention.

State Department sanctions former Budva mayor Milo Bozovic and former Supreme Court president Vesna Medenica, stressing its 'commitment to combating illicit drug trafficking'. Former president of the ...

October’s local polls are shaping into a bareknuckle fight between two ethnic Albanian blocs, each claiming to be the community’s ‘authentic’ representative. Local elections due in North Macedonia in ...

Outside programme contributors to Albania’s indebted public broadcaster say they haven’t paid for months and are in the dark as to when they will receive the money they are owed. Albania’s public ...

The new data comes as anti-immigration parties across Europe gain support, including in Czechia where a general election will be held next month. Migrants walk along the railway crossing in the ...

As beaches, historic sites and natural beauties in Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and Turkey draw increasing numbers of tourists, governments eye bumper profits – though experts warn that ...

Attending a World War II victory parade in Beijing, the Serbian and Slovak leaders used the occasion to curry favour with Russia's authoritarian president. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and ...

BIRN has identified 135 Chinese-linked projects in the Balkans worth more than 32 billion euros. Few have come without controversy. It started in 2009; the financial crisis that hit the world a year ...

Former communist countries in Southeast Europe face catastrophic depopulation, with far-reaching social and political consequences. Young people are leaving. Fertility rates have collapsed. Societies ...

A church service in Shkoder in November 2016 to celebrate the beatification of 38 Catholics who were executed by Albania’s former communist regime. Photo: EPA/STR. How Albania Became the World’s First ...

Paramilitaries led by notorious Serbian warlord Zeljko Raznatovic, alias Arkan, fought their way through Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo - so why were none of them jailed for his unit's crimes? This post ...

From powderkeg to “psy-ops” – the story of a Cold War ammunition depot that became a focus of international intrigue. Illustration: Sanja Pantic/BIRN The Fellowship brings you longform stories from ...